David Jenkins on the Shangri-La Diet

David Jenkins, a professor of nutrition at the University of Toronto, invented the glycemic index, probably the most important nutritional innovation of the last thirty years. The glycemic index helped me permanently lose 6 pounds (see Example 7 of this paper). While preparing her CBC piece about the Shangri-La Diet, Sarah Kapoor interviewed Jenkins. Here is a partial transcript of what he said.

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  1. 1:45, DJ

    2 variations on a 1819 (classical Japanese) dietary haiku by haiku maser, Kobayashi Issa, translated by American professor, poet, author David R. Lanoue on his educational website, “Haiku of Kobayashi Issa”:

    冬篭り悪物喰が上りけり
    fuyugomori aku[mono]-gui ga agari keri

    winter seclusion–
    getting better at eating
    foul food

    冬篭り悪物喰が上手なり
    fuyugomori aku[mono]-gui ga jyôzu nari

    winter seclusion–
    becoming expert at eating
    foul food

    https://haikuguy.com
    https://haikuguy.com/issa/queryallcodetest4.php?keywords=winter+seclusion&year=

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