The Good Carb Diet Plan: Use the Glycemic Index to Lose Weight and Gain Energy (Paperback)

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Lose weight, look younger, reduce the risk of illness, and feel more energized—all while still eating the foods you love. This revolutionary diet plan is based on what scientists call the glycemic index, or GI, which measures exactly how foods react in your body. Everything about how it works is explained right here, in a handy guide to making the right food choices. It will help you change your eating habits and your life. Best of all, a low-GI menu includes such favorites as nuts, chocolate, red meat, pasta, bread, cheese, and other dairy products; in fact, no dish is completely banned. Shed unwanted pounds using an easy-to-follow 14-day diet, complete with delicious recipes and vegetarian alternatives.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Hamlyn (March 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0600611000
• ISBN-13: 978-0600611004
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #688,783 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very flexible & vegetarian-friendly!!, October 6, 2004

By	Amanda L. Messina (Birmingham, AL USA) - See all my reviews

This book is awesome. The menus are flexible and easy to follow. Foster does not harp about the evils of sugar and say that all those eating carbs will go to hell. She features a 14-day menu plan for both meat-eaters and a separate 14-day vegetarian menu plan, as well as a 7-day "galvanizer" plan if you are looking to get started in a hurry. I have already seen results and this book was a good way to start. See also "The New Glucose Revolution" if you like this book and want some additional ideas and recipes, as well as a more in-depth glycemic index chart.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sensible, but has incorrect information, December 27, 2004

By	Bugbear "bugbear74" (Australia) - See all my reviews

I have a book called "Easy GI Diet" which might be the same thing. The menus are good (although there's not as much protein as I'd like and not much red meat) and the author explains things well without going in to too much technobabble. Annoyances for me are some of the exercise comments such as "book a girl's night out". Umm hello, males are reading this book too. "...yoga... will lengthen your muscles". Wrong. There is nothing you can do, except ripping your muscles out and magically extending them then stitching yourself back up, to lengthen your muscles. I really can't stand seeing this in books as it shows a complete lack of proper research. On Day 9 of the meat eating plan Foster says "your clothes should be feeling looser around the waist, hips and thighs". Again, a lack of proper research. Not everyone loses fat in the same areas first, I know for myself these areas are the last to go and I notice weight loss from my bust and midriff long before anywhere else. The women in my family are the same, we lose the fat there considerably after losing fat elsewhere.

The overuse of the word "tone" used with regard to exercise: "such-and-such will tone your body". A buzzword which most people who really know what they're talking about avoid using.

If that kind of stuff bugs you, the rest of the book is good. I personally would have preferred to see a little more protein in the menu plans in the form of red meat but you can always make up your own menues.