Thumm Estate wines is proudly the home of the sensational and now substantially improved DeVine Grape food. As well, recent studies and analysis of similar products confirm also the lower GI value of DeVine, placing it now amongst the vital "Must have" foods of the modern era.

Some Facts about GI

. Low GI foods are rated at 55 or less.
Note also the reference to glucose as not only enhancing brain performance but as essential brain fuel.

The following quotes from "The New Glucose Revolution" indicate the importance of lower GI foods in the maintenance of good health:

• "the GI of carbohydrates plays such an important, but still under recognised role, in determining health and wellbeing".1.

• "Glucose, the simplest carbohydrate, is essential fuel for the brain, red blood cells and growing foetus, and the main source of energy for the muscles during strenuous exercise".2.

• "blood glucose levels decline more during a period of intense cognitive processing".3.

• "The improved mental ability following a carbohydrate meal was demonstrated in all types of people".4.

• "At all times, our bodies need to maintain a minimum threshold level of glucose in the blood to serve the brain and central nervous system".5. The recent medical literature shows that intellectual performance is improved following the intake of a glucose load".6.

• "Choosing low GI foods will not only promote weight control, it will reduce postprandial glycaemia, increase satiety, and provide bulk and a rich supply of micronutrients".7.

• "most of the sugars in foods, regardless of source, actually produced quite moderate blood glucose responses, lower than most starches".8.

• "To date, studies in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Sweden, Australia and Canada have proven without doubt the value of the glycaemic index. Harvard School of Public Health and the Children's Hospital in Boston, however, recommend the glycaemic index even for healthy people".9.

• "The slow digestion and gradual rise and fall in blood glucose responses after a low GI food helps control blood glucose levels in people with diabetes and glucose intolerance. This effect may benefit healthy people as well because it reduces the secretion of the hormone insulin over the course of the day."10.

• "Slower digestion helps to delay hunger pangs and thereby promote weight loss in overweight people".11.

• "There are now over 17 studies that confirm low GI foods are able to suppress hunger for longer than high GI foods".12.

• "Low GI foods result in lower levels of insulin over the course of the day and night".13.

• "New findings also provide evidence that low GI diets are able to reduce abdominal fat specifically".14.

• "Reducing the GI of your diet will reduce insulin levels and increase the potential for fat burning".15.