The Low-Gl Diet Made Easy: The Perfect Way to Lose Weight, Gain Energy and Improve Your Health

By Patrick Holford

Book Overview

Patrick Holford's revolutionary diet, based on balancing your blood sugar, is the most safe and effective way to lose weight. In this easy-to-read full-colour book, he highlights the basics of his approach. THE LOW-GL DIET MADE EASY explains the revolutionary Glycemic Load (GL) system and tells you which foods are low-GL 'heroes' and which foods you should avoid, how to get started, portion size and how to add up your GL count. There is also a comprehensive three-week action plan - including shopping lists, day-by-day menus and delicious mouth-watering recipes. THE LOW-GL DIET MADE EASY is essential reading if you want to lose weight safely and effortlessly, improve your health and increase your energy levels.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0749927143
• ISBN13: 9780749927141
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Piatkus
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.2" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Easy diet to follow

I found this book very helpful and easy to use. It explains how our bodies react to sugars and what foods to avoid. The diet was fairly easy to stay on, with a few modifications. The first 45 days on the diet I lost 8 lbs and a total of 5 inches. Giving up the chocolate has not been easy and I look forward to my once or twice a week treat. I found my craving for chocolate never went away, like the book said.

The Best Diet Ever! No B.S - This WORKS!!!

I have tried, unsuccessfully, to lose weight for a decade. And when I say I had tried everything, I do mean everything. I eventually simply accepted that I would be a "fat chick" for the rest of my life. That is, until I had a medical and was told I was now officially a Type 2 diabetic. I was horrified! My sister, who had always been thin, had managed to lose her post-pregnancy pot-belly with this book, plus there was the incentive that it claimed to help stabilize blood sugar. With nothing to lose, except hopefully a few pounds, I went ahead and bought the book. Smartest money I ever spent. The recipes were actually dead easy and absolutely delicious and within a short period of time, I understood the philosophy of what should and shouldn't be on my plate, even when eating out. Within 3 months I had lost 35 pounds! As if that wasn't enough to impress my doctor, blood tests also showed that my blood sugar was back in the normal range! This is so much more than a 'diet'. It's a lifestyle change, and I found it incredibly easy. Dinner guests have been known to apologize for coming over for dinner and forcing me to break my diet. I smile and tell them that I'm not breaking my diet - everything they've just eaten is part of the Holford plan. None of them can believe I can eat like this and still lose weight! If you've ever struggled to shed some weight, do yourself a favor. This is the only thing that has ever worked for me and it was easy! I'm still losing weight, I'm healthier and fitter and really feel as though I've been given a new lease on life!

Thorough in every way

The book has covered well the whole concept of why the low-glycemic load diet is a good choice & why the Adkins isn't, includes some interesting recipes, helpful suggestions for menus and a fairly comprehensive list of foods and their glycemic load. Includes studies showing how to get the most out of the regimen and recommends supplements that enhance its effectiveness as well. Altogether a very satisfactory book.