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The Drink Beer, Get Thin Diet: A Low Carbohydrate Approach

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The concept of the book is a simple one---research the carbohydrate counts of more than 350 regular brewed beers and wrap a low carbohydrate diet around it with recipes and tips for keeping the pounds off. For my part, it's working! I've lost 14 pounds in the last 20 days and can really notice it and so can my wife.

Don't bother looking for the carb counts of regular beers on cans or bottles. The author points out that the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms doesn't allow it though a nutritional analysis is mandatory on all "light" beers. Skilnik claims it took 2 years of telephone calls, e-mailing and faxing to put this book together, probably helped by the fact that he's a certified brewer with a degree in Brewing Technology from the Siebel Institute of Technology, the oldest school for brewers in the U.S.

There's lot of micro and regional beers here and imports too plus the typical American stuff. You can also go to the book's website for updates and additions to the carbohydrate counts of even more beers as they become available.

If you can once again enjoy small portions of once forbidden food items like potatoes, rice and bread (in moderate amounts, of course)in the mid to later stages of a low carbohydrate diet, why not beer?

The list of beers with their carbohydrate counts in this book opens up a whole new side of controlled carbohydrate eating. The key is moderation. You make the decision how much beer you can incorporate into your daily carb intake. With the beer/carb numbers listed in the book, you now have full control to enjoy regular brewed beers while dieting.

BTW, I've dropped 25 pounds and still enjoy a beer or two a couple of times a week.

The book goes up and down in sales in Kindle format (someone's buying it) and yet I've never seen a penny in royalties. If you're having the same problem, contact me at

I have just been on the diet a little over 2 weeks and have lost weight. At this rate I expect to be 30 pounds lighter long before Thanksgiving!!

I just ordered the FREE supplement of an additional one-hundered beer/carbs from the author's website.

I like the idea of not having to rely on light beer all the time. Counting the carbs of some of my favorite regular beers, I've managed to drop 15 pounds so far. 20 more to go but with a beer or two in my hand!