Friday June 17 2005

London’s first GI Diet sandwich shop today employed two new members of staff due to the soaring demand from slimmers’, but dieticians remain sceptical.

Energi Box, which serves up GI friendly foods was opened last week by former Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch broker Viki Cornish:

GI friendly sandwich

“I wanted to offer people in the City a healthy alternative and have been studying the GI Diet for years. I am overwhelmed by the demand and have already started a delivery service.”

Customer and City worker, Annabel Hall said: “I’m on the GI Diet so it saves me a lot of time coming here rather than having to make my lunch before work.”

Dieticians unconvinced

The popular GI Diet has been followed by diabetics for years to control blood sugar levels but dieticians are unconvinced about its effectiveness for weight loss.

Doctor Frankie Phillips, a registered dietician for the British Dietetic Association said: “Unlike many fad diets the GI Diet is nutritionally complete because it contains all the food groups, but just because a food is low in GI it doesn’t make it low in fat. There has not been enough research done to suggest that it works as a weight control strategy.”

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