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Hoorah for this little book...just small enough to stick in your pocket when you're out doing your weekly shop.
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The ideal companion to the hugely successful Gem Calorie Counter, this is a handy portable guide to carbohydates in everyday foods. Clearly laid out tables give details of net carbohydrates per portion (slice, biscuit, apple) making it quick and simple to use.
Reducing carbohydrates and following a high protein diet has become a popular and effective way of losing weight and keeping those extra pounds off. The interest in the Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution is clear proof of this.
The key to following a high-protein diet is to control your carbohydrate intake. Collins Gem Carb Counter is a guide to the net carb contents of everyday foods. It also gives calories, protein and fat.
Information is given per portion to make it easy to use. High protein, carb-counting diets are often referred to as a man’s diet and this emphasis on portions rather than 100 g means that there is less working out involved.
Boredom is often the downfall of the carb counter, so a section is included which gives suggestions for different meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks.
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153 of 153 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This essential for anyone with type 1 diabetes that is on a basal-bolus insulin regime. Our daughter has the condition and we need to work out her carbohydrate intake with every meal to calculate her insulin.
Free Carbohydrate listings on the internet seem to be based on strange American foods - so it is good to have a book that covers British foods. This book is excellent value, is a handy pocket size and is very comprehensive.
I gave the book 4 stars rather than five because it mainly Gives Carbs per hundred grams - which is fine at home when you can weigh things. But when eating out or at other peoples houses it would be useful to have more portion descriptions - rather than just giving a total weight for many foods.
64 of 65 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this, and 2 other carb counting books, because I have 2 children who are Type 1 diabetic and we need to carb count for the basal bolus insulin regime they are using. I found it so useful I bought another 3, 1 each for the kids and 1 to be kept in the kitchen. The other books got left on the shelf, this one is far and away the easiest to use (& to carry around) and the best thing it's all UK foods, products and measurments. Since my children are teenagers the fact that it includes fast foods from the likes of McDonalds is really helpful too, they are much more inclined to use this than the others. All in all we have been really pleased with this book and would recommend it to anyone needing to keep an eye on their carb intake.
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This little book was a god send. It it small enough to fit into your pocket or handbag. It contains a well categorised full listing of foods and drinks for the UK reader. Not only does it gives carbs per measure, but also net carbs. For those on a calorie controlled diet it shows calorie content and for people on a low fat diet it gives grammes of fat too (although these would have to be scaled up to per 100g for Rosemary Conley's diet plan.) All this information in a compact and easy to read format. I would thoroughly recommend this to anyone devising their own menus on either a low carb diet, low fat diet or a calorie controlled diet.
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Not quite the real deal
This pocket book is a good size for taking out with you and was a good price, but that is where the good points end I'm afraid. Read more
Published 17 days ago by C. Nabbs
Useful book for Type 1 diabetics who carb count
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I have been a Type 1 diabetic for 53 years and carb counting for nearly 10. I own 2 other carb counting books, both of which are large to carry around. Read more
I have been a Type 1 diabetic for 53 years and carb counting for nearly 10. I own 2 other carb counting books, both of which are large to carry around. Read more
Published 29 days ago by mogwilover
I'm liking the Collins Gem Carb Counter
This small, pocket-sized book contains everything I need to know to help me to figure out a suitable diet for my husband, who has just been discharged from hospital and now has... Read more
Published 1 month ago by esmeralda67
collins gem - carb counter
excellent little book, ideal to carry round in my handbag, with all the information I need with regard to counting carbohydrates. An absolute must for a diabetic!
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. G. S. I. Reed
good reference
As an insulin dependant diabetic on a basal/bolus regime it is really helpful to have a handy reference for working out the amounts of carbohydrate in my food. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Reverend C. Waters
Don't buy for Kindle
Where a book involves images of some sort, do publishers actually check them before releasing a Kindled edition? Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ms Davies
hope your spectacles are at hand
this little [ and I emphasise the 'little' ] book probably has some very useful information. unfortunately I need a magnifying glass to read the print which is very tiny, so... Read more
Published 2 months ago by D. Burbridge
very handy ref book
I am using this book in conjunction with a weight loss diet. It is a very handy guide - pocket size so the only downside for me is the VERY small pale print so I am constantly... Read more
Published 3 months ago by MRS F
carb counter
very handy handbag size,decent amount of information as well as carb count it has calories,fat,etc.and a little synopsis on current diets .
Published 4 months ago by jaggerdylan
nice little carb book if your out and about and carb count with...
Nice little book. Not as good as the carbs and cals book which gives you plate pictures, but this is a good little book for popping into you hand bag, glove box or rucksack when... Read more
Published 5 months ago by sue
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