The Low GI Diet Revolution: The Definitive Science-Based Weight Loss Plan [Paperback]

Jennie Brand-Miller (Author), Kaye Foster-Powell (Author), Joanna McMillan-Price (Author)

Book Description

Series: New Glucose Revolutions | Publication Date: December 21, 2004

The Low GI Diet Revolution is the only science-based diet that is proven to help you lose up to 10 percent of your current weight and develop a lifetime of healthy eating habits that can protect you from illness and disease. Synthesizing over 20 years of ground-breaking research on carbohydrates and the glycemic index, the authors of the New York Times best-selling New Glucose Revolution series show you how to make "smart carb" food choices for every meal that will satisfy your hunger, increase your energy levels, and eliminate your desire to eat more than you should. In addition, The Low GI Smart Carb Diet features an effective 12-week action plan with food, exercise, and activity goals for each week and a maintenance program to help you solidify your new eating habits and avoid regaining weight. The result: A slimmer, stronger, healthier you-for the rest of your life.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This authoritative but highly readable book...provides all the tools you need to change your diet and improve your health." -- JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Chief of Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

"This is the best diet book....I recommend it above all others." -- Jean Carper, best-selling author of Miracle Cures and USA Weekend columnist

"Written by leading authorities in nutrition...this program is simple, practical, and powerful. I recommend it with enthusiasm." -- David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD, Director, Obesity Program & Optimal Weight for Life (OWL) clinic, Children's Hospital Boston

From the Publisher

The low GI nutrition approach—which ranks foods based on how quickly they raise your blood-sugar levels—is widely acknowledged by health experts as the healthier, better balanced, and more flexible alternative to every other diet regimen.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press (December 21, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569244138
• ISBN-13: 978-1569244135
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #240,290 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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65 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book on how to eat, May 11, 2006

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voracious reader (Las Vegas, NV United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Low GI Diet Revolution: The Definitive Science-Based Weight Loss Plan (Paperback)

This book is an excellent one for understanding how and what to eat. For those of us who may have grown up in families where it was always meat and potatoes until full, with an occasional soggy veg thrown in, this book is great at helping you learn what it means to eat in a healthy way that allows you to be full and lose weight if you need to. It even addresses exercise in ways that most people can do easily at home.

This is the first book on eating (or dieting) that I've really understood because it makes sense. No alarm bells went off in my head about eating this way, no doubt that I could sustain this way of eating for life, and no worrying about how much this was going to cost in specially purchased foods or gym memberships.

The reason I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5 is that the recipes are pretty far out there and contain a lot of ingredients not readily available in the average kitchen. Plus, the cooking involved is probably something that would reduce the chance of anyone trying too many of these recipes.

It's entirely possible though to use types of foods that are low GI and imaginatively combine them in ways you're familiar with cooking and eating.

I would strongly recommend this book despite the difficult recipes at the end. The remainder of the book is excellent and will be one which makes sense to anyone who reads it. May we all achieve / maintain our desired weight and be healthier in the process!

41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative book on controlling glycemia, March 14, 2006

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J. Mork (Miinesota) - See all my reviews
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What recommended this book to me was that the authors were pioneers in the concept of the glycemic index. I knew intuitively that this concept mattered, but till recently all I knew was too many carbs were bad. But this is one of the books that corrects that notion to say that what matters is how directly a carbohydrate enters the bloodstream. Too directly means a load on the pancreas, perhaps an overreaction, perhaps hypoglycemia, and over time insulin resistance. The book not only explains that lucidly but then it moves on to explain how a person can revise his diet so that there is a healthy percentage of carbs without these adverse results. I can't say if the book is superior to others, but I can say that it contains useful information expressed in understandable terms.

43 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Low GI Diet Revolution, August 12, 2005

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G. Price - See all my reviews
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IFound this book very helpful. for I am a personal trainer and I have also beleive in the GI and My clients have enjoyed it too.

I found it easy to understand and easy to follow the 12 week Plan .
I have seen the results and it has only been about six weeks

Thanking you Gae Price (New Zealand)