Customer Reviews

The Low GI Diet Revolution: The Definitive Science-Based Weight Loss Plan (New Glucose Revolutions)

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

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!

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.

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)

In my opinion, the low GI diet is a healthy diet not only for weight loss but for people who want to delay the onset of diseases such as Type 2 diabetes. The statistics concerning GI values of common food serves as an excellent resource and the suggested menus are easy to follow.

Fact based book that has helped me understand the Glycemic Index and how to eat so that I am not hungry within 15 minutes after eating.

I am very satisfied with this book. I always have a hard time following a good diet and wondering whats going on with my body while on some diets. But with this diet it is so easy to follow and adjust to. I started reading this book just last month and I combined exercise with it and I have lost 10 pounds. I really recomend this book. Simple easy to understand method for better health

This book is great for searching out foods that are low in the GI index. I use it frequently.

You know the GI diet really works actually it is life changing. People, we are in a sweet world, sugar is added to everything and it is making us sick. Read this book it will teach you such valuable understandable information.

Great!!!
First buy the ones dealing with this change of life...then this one will blow your mine. Also it burned 13 pounds during the first three weeks, just by walking a little, resistance a little and by this point, you already know how to eat!!!!
Gracias to all of you!!!
Kind Regards,
Dr. Annie Domènech Agudo de Guerrero Tamayo

Not a totally easy read. Would prefer charts or some way to more easily choose foods to total needs to meet the diet guidelines.