The GL Diet For Dummies [Paperback]

Nigel Denby (Author), Sue Baic (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 3, 2006

If you’re sick of no-carb diets, or just looking for a healthy eating plan, then the GL Diet is for you. No more calculations, no calorie-counting and no more cravings for carbs – as long as you stick to foods that are low in GL, you can stay healthy and lose weight without having to go without. The GL Diet For Dummies explains the science behind the plan, helps you to incorporate GL into your everyday life and gives readers 80 recipes to try.

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Includes 70 delicious, tried, and tested low-GL recipes

Lose weight, improve your health, and boost your energy levels

Fed-up with faddy diets? Looking for a sensible, simple, healthy eating plan? Then the GL diet is for you. Stick to foods that are low in GL and you'll control your weight and improve your health. Our expert author team explain the science behind the plan, help you incorporate GL diet principles into your everyday life, and give you 70 easy-to-follow, low-GL recipes to try.

Discover how to

• Lose weight safely
• Control your cravings
• Eat out without the guilt
• Keep carbs on the menu
• Balance your blood sugar

About the Author

Nigel Denby trained as a dietitian at Glasgow Caledonian University, following an established career in the catering industry. He is also a qualified chef and previously owned his own restaurant. His dietetic career began as a Research Dietitian at the Human Nutrition Research Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne. After a period working as a Community Dietitian, Nigel left the NHS to join Boots Health and Beauty Experience where he led the delivery and training of Nutrition and Weight Management services.
In 2003 Nigel set up his own Nutrition consultancy, delivering a clinical service to Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte’s Hospital Women’s Health Clinic and the International Eating Disorders Centre in Buckinghamshire as well as acting as Nutrition Consultant for the Childbase Children’s Nursery Group.
Nigel also runs his own private practice in Harley Street, specialising in Weight Management, PMS / Menopause and Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Nigel works extensively with the media, writing for the Sunday Telegraph Magazine, Zest, Essentials, and various other consumer magazines. His work in radio and television includes BBC and ITN news programmes, Channel 4’s Fit Farm, BBC Breakfast, and BBC Real Story.He is the author of Nutrition For Dummies.

Sue Baic is a Lecturer in Nutrition and Public Health in the Department of Exercise and Health Sciences at Bristol University. She has a first degree from Bristol University followed by a Master of Science in Human Nutrition from London University. Sue is a Registered Dietitian (RD) with over 15 years’ experience in the field of nutrition and health in the NHS and as a freelance consultant. She feels strongly about providing nutrition information to the public that is evidence based, up to date, unbiased, and reliable.
As a member of the public relations committee of the British Dietetic Association she has written for the media on a variety of nutrition related health issues. Sue lives in Bristol and spends her spare time running up and down hills in the Cotswolds in an attempt to get fit. She is the author of Nutrition For Dummies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 252 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (July 3, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470027533
• ISBN-13: 978-0470027530
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #598,976 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars for well-rounded health, April 5, 2008

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S. Watson (Hilton Head) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The GL Diet For Dummies (Paperback)

I bought this book and "The Big GL + Diet Planner" by Fiona Hunter so I could start getting all the nutrition I possibly can from my food without feeling like I'm missing out on something, and without feeling guilty when eating some of my favorite foods. This diet helps level out your blood sugar levels which if unstable, can cause plenty of ailments-diabetes ofcourse being one of them-but can also cause mood swings and hunger cravings for more of the sugary, high-carb food you just ate!

This diet is more of a "slow" carb diet. The carbs that you eat are more slowly digested and so they sustain energy much longer and your body still has something to restock up on glucose in the muscle. (ok if my science is off a bit, just read the book:)

overall this is a great diet. For those who are on a low-carb diet, beware-this book does have a few places where it talks quite poorly of the Atkins diet, but it does also mention that without the Atkins thought on carbohydrates, nutritionists may have taken a bit longer to getting around to seeing the real effect carbs have on our blood sugar levels and health overall.

simple diet. easy to follow. anyone can do it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The GL Diet For Dummies, April 17, 2010

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I like the book overall...but, its written by someone in England,
and there are many food items that we don't HAVE here in the USA
so...its not really perfect...but it DOES give you a lot of good
sound info on the GI plan...and as the title states..for DUMMIES,
it IS easy to understand.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good tool, April 14, 2009

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A good tool for those interested in a glycemic load program of eating. Good explanations of the body's processes, as the whole GL way of eating/dieting is very sound and certainly works for lowering high Blood sugars and makes weight management very easy. Also look for "The glycemic Load Diet" by Dr. Dan Thompson, another great book.