The Low GI Diet Cookbook: 100 Delicious Low GI Recipes to Help You Lose Weight and Keep It Off

"I've seen a few low GI diet books, and this is by far the best one I've seen, more varied recipes and plenty of literature as regards the GI diet! Recommended book for anyone considering low GI diet!"
~ Written on 2008-05-29

"The recipies in this book are DELICIOUS and leave you feeling really satisfied but not bloated - instead you feel light and lovely - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED (especially the crumbled chicken - yum)"
~ Written on 2008-02-22

"Bought a few books recently as my daughter has been advised to follow a low GI diet for polycystic ovaries. This is by far the best - the recipes we have tried have been great and we feel inspired to try more. The fabulous illustrations help, the ingredients are easy to find and the recipes themselves are not too daunting. I would definitely recommend this one."
~ Written on 2007-09-29

"I am already within my BMI but have decided to lose 10lb or so and get a bit fitter, so I haven't got mountains of weight to lose and already eat a sensible diet.

This book is full of gorgeous looking recipes all 'calorie counted' with beautiful pictures that really make you want to try them. But this book reads a lot like the Cranks whole foods recipe book except with some meat dishes thrown in. So if you're not up for bulgur wheat, chick peas lentils and sesame, pumpkin and sunflower seeds this may not be your kind of book.

Also the calorie counts seem to be optimistically low in places and the portions I find are too small for your average person. Bread portions seem to be particularly mean - they appear to be a slice from a loaf about the size of a ciabatta or a large baguette (so you would perhaps need to up the calorie estimate to include a normal sized slice of bread - or horror of horrors - 2 slices of bread!)

I think I am going to be hard pushed to stay within a 1500 calorie limit, including milk allowance, with this book. Also I know that the snacks recommended of nuts and seeds might be low GI but are very high calorie and are hard to fit into a calorie controlled diet (2oz mixed nuts is 340 calories.)

The recommended seven fruits and vegetables to eat every day gave me stomach ache and is undoubtedly excessive.

Perhaps not a wonderful weight loss diet unless you are very overweight; more of a healthy /wholefood recipe book but still a good tool as part of your overall GI diet plan.

If 2000 calories a day will lose you weight or just looking to eat more wholefoods, then this could be just what you've been looking for... or you could just dig out your Cranks!

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~ Written on 2007-09-13

"I bought this book before Christmas and during cold January our family was transported to wonderful, fabulous, mouthwatering summertime eating without feeling as if we were punishing ourselves on the usual January diet. Really, if the book didn't say 'diet' you'd never know. The recipes are some of the tastiest I've ever eaten and you're never stuck for ideas for accompaniments because these are complete meals. The portions are generous as well. So easy to follow, too, really you can't go wrong. So healthy, we feel fantastic. The photos are brilliant especially the lifestyle photos of healthy looking families on beaches, etc - very inspiring. It's Australian, but no probs with unusual ingredients or strange weights / measures. If you are going to invest in one cookbook to see you into summer and beyond, this is it - you could live on recipes from here and not need another cookbook all summer long! Even if you hate dieting, buy this book because you'll love it to bits - you'll take it on holiday with you, anywhere where you need to cook a bunch of meals for a week or so. And you know what? You won't feel guilty for scoffing stuff you shouldn't because it's all good for you! Good enough to serve up for dinner parties, too. We did, at New Year. "
~ Written on 2007-01-23