The first cookbook fully dedicated to using the slow cooker for making filling, tasty, low GI meals If you have diabetes, heart disease, PCOS, or are simply trying to get healthy, you know how difficult it can be to follow a low GI diet. With this book, you can now create delectable breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and desserts in the easiest way possible--simply pour in ingredients, press a button, and walk away. The slow cooker does all the work, transforming low GI carbohydrates into delectable treats such as: Pulled pork tacos Beef picadillo lettuce wraps Coconut rice pudding Baked cinnamon pecan apples. With detailed step-by-step instructions and 45 beautiful color photos, these tasty meals of spinach and ricotta stuffed chicken, cherry crisp, and vegetarian lasagna will impress your friends and family. Best of all, they'll simultaneously minimize cholesterol, blood sugar, and the stress of cooking. The Glycemic Index is an easy-to-understand measure of how foods affect blood glucose and insulin levels. By using foods that gradually and evenly increase these levels, the low GI items in this book allow you to feel fuller longer and to increase your energy. Low GI Slow Cooker Recipes explains the importance of the GI, sugar's effects on physiology, and how to incorporate GI knowledge into your eating plan.