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If you’re sick of no–carb diets, or just looking for a healthy eating plan, then the GL Diet is for you. No more calculations, no calorie–counting and no more cravings for carbs – as long as you stick to foods that are low in GL, you can stay healthy and lose weight without having to go without. The GL Diet For Dummies explains the science behind the plan, helps you to incorporate GL into your everyday life and gives readers 80 recipes to try.
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Includes 70 delicious, tried, and tested low–GL recipes
Lose weight, improve your health, and boost your energy levels
Fed–up with faddy diets? Looking for a sensible, simple, healthy eating plan? Then the GL diet is for you. Stick to foods that are low in GL and you′ll control your weight and improve your health. Our expert author team explain the science behind the plan, help you incorporate GL diet principles into your everyday life, and give you 70 easy–to–follow, low–GL recipes to try.
Discover how to
- Lose weight safely
- Control your cravings
- Eat out without the guilt
- Keep carbs on the menu
- Balance your blood sugar
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The GL Diet for Dummies is a straightforward, easy to read, fun book based on sound evidence-based nutrition and written by two registered dietitians. The format of the book is clear and I liked having the choice of either reading it from cover to cover or being able to pick out specific information quickly and easily when needed. The recipe section is comprehensive and I especially enjoyed the low-GL cake recipes, which were delicious! This book certainly ticked all the boxes for me.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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This is a very useful intro, but it's considerably smaller than most books in the For Dummies series.
You might want to try a low GL diet to lose weight or to improve your general health. The speed at which our bodies process food is crucial to how full we feel and so how often we feel the need to eat. All foodstuffs can be compared on a Glycaemic Index (how quickly they turn to glucose which is what our bodies run on) and this measurement is easily understood as a food's Glycaemic Load; its GL.
The GL Diet for Dummies explains this in greater depth and so you can get a good understanding of how and why GL is important towards general nutrition and losing weight. We got interested in GI/GL to help treat diabetes, and have found that a low GL diet is an amazingly useful tool. It's helped me to lose 15kg in a year while eating well, and my husband has lost about 25kg in the same time (but he had more to lose!)
The Dummies series are very simple to use; once you've got an overall understanding from the first chapter you can dip in and out all through the book, picking up more snippets, or research a specific subject using the comprehensive index, or rely on the big middle section which is full of recipes.
If this Dummies book has a weak point is it that it is a relatively slim volume compared to most, and around 30% of it is made up of recipes. These are very helpful (even if you don't want to follow them exactly you can snaffle ideas and cooking tips from them). I would have liked more of the scientific background to GL diets though.
I've also used the Nutrition for Dummies book and found that to be overall more revealing and educational. However, if you just want to lose weight, and re-educate yourself about the basic foods to eat and those to avoid, then this is a straightforward, inexpensive diet plan which will work if you stick with it.
You might want to try a low GL diet to lose weight or to improve your general health. The speed at which our bodies process food is crucial to how full we feel and so how often we feel the need to eat. All foodstuffs can be compared on a Glycaemic Index (how quickly they turn to glucose which is what our bodies run on) and this measurement is easily understood as a food's Glycaemic Load; its GL.
The GL Diet for Dummies explains this in greater depth and so you can get a good understanding of how and why GL is important towards general nutrition and losing weight. We got interested in GI/GL to help treat diabetes, and have found that a low GL diet is an amazingly useful tool. It's helped me to lose 15kg in a year while eating well, and my husband has lost about 25kg in the same time (but he had more to lose!)
The Dummies series are very simple to use; once you've got an overall understanding from the first chapter you can dip in and out all through the book, picking up more snippets, or research a specific subject using the comprehensive index, or rely on the big middle section which is full of recipes.
If this Dummies book has a weak point is it that it is a relatively slim volume compared to most, and around 30% of it is made up of recipes. These are very helpful (even if you don't want to follow them exactly you can snaffle ideas and cooking tips from them). I would have liked more of the scientific background to GL diets though.
I've also used the Nutrition for Dummies book and found that to be overall more revealing and educational. However, if you just want to lose weight, and re-educate yourself about the basic foods to eat and those to avoid, then this is a straightforward, inexpensive diet plan which will work if you stick with it.
29 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I will admit from the start that I am a devotee of the GL diet, Nigel Denby and the whole 'Dietfreedom' online community thing they have set up. It has changed my life completely. I have read most of the GL books out there (coming through low fat, low carb and GI with no success first) - and the books Nigel writes with his co-authors, and the way the dietfreedom website is put together (online dieting club, community, advice etc) are the most well created of the lot. Nigel & co cut through the bla bla, the jargon and the need to be smug ;o) and get to the point.
This book specifically goes into more detail about the GL than the 7-Day GL Diet or the Cookbook they've released, but it does so without being complicated. As the title suggests it breaks it down into easily digested, bite sized pieces. The recipes are great too. There is good detail on how to adapt from high GL to low GL really easily which is very helpful, and delivered in typically simple and undramatic style. The resources in the book are great too, from the 'top ten' recommendations in part five (top 10 websites, top 10 food swaps) to the step by step guides into 'thinking GL'.
If you're looking for a really good way to lose weight and eat gorgeous food without putting any back on again and feel great - then I would say without any hesitation that you should hoover up the books by Nigel and co and get onto the community website too. It has changed my life, I hope you find the same.
x Claire
PS when I posted this review the 'buy with' book was the GL Diet Cookbook - that's also a really good buy, I use it alot and have found it very inspiring too!
This book specifically goes into more detail about the GL than the 7-Day GL Diet or the Cookbook they've released, but it does so without being complicated. As the title suggests it breaks it down into easily digested, bite sized pieces. The recipes are great too. There is good detail on how to adapt from high GL to low GL really easily which is very helpful, and delivered in typically simple and undramatic style. The resources in the book are great too, from the 'top ten' recommendations in part five (top 10 websites, top 10 food swaps) to the step by step guides into 'thinking GL'.
If you're looking for a really good way to lose weight and eat gorgeous food without putting any back on again and feel great - then I would say without any hesitation that you should hoover up the books by Nigel and co and get onto the community website too. It has changed my life, I hope you find the same.
x Claire
PS when I posted this review the 'buy with' book was the GL Diet Cookbook - that's also a really good buy, I use it alot and have found it very inspiring too!
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GL for dummies
Written by people I feel I can trust. A good starting point. I found the cheat sheet really helpful to print out and put up in my kitchen.
Published 1 month ago by MCO
Not the best book on this topic
This is ok as a preliminary read about sugar, insulin and Glycaemic Load, and it does have recipes too - but I was quite disappointed to see that it still rates fructose as a... Read more
Published 4 months ago by London Customer
Help with the Glucose Index of foods
This has proved very helpful since my diagnosis of High Blood Glucose Levels to explain the condition and help with changes to diet, cooking etc.
Published 9 months ago by Giorgiona
Good Stuff
This is a no nonsense just tell it how it is book. When I bought this book I also bought the Patrick Holford cookery book - I think GL Diet for Dummies is far superior with less... Read more
Published 11 months ago by K..R.
Fine introduction to GL
As a Type 1 diabetic, a GL diet is the most suitable for me in order to keep good, stable blood sugars, but this book is useful to everyone who wishes to follow a good, healthy... Read more
Published on 14 April 2010 by Alan H. Eastwood
MAKES IT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND
This is an easy to read guidebook on GL eating which is easy to understand. Good tips run throughout the book - I just wish there was a larger selection of foods with GL values... Read more
Published on 17 Nov 2009 by D. Garrett
It's not all recipes.
I bought this book because I wanted something that would explain what low GL is and the dangers of eating high GL food; this book does exactly that. Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2008 by John Meanwood
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