Easy GI Diet
(The Good Carb Diet Plan in the USA)
Use the Glycaemic Index to Lose Weight and Gain Energy
by Helen Foster

Many people who have diabetes have known about the Glycaemic Index (GI) for years and have used it to help control their blood sugar levels. The basic premise is that different foods take longer than others to digest and break down into glucose (the substance transported around the body in the blood stream for use by the body).

Dr David Jenkins, a professor at the University of Toronto in Canada, set out to find which foods were most suitable for diabetics and in the process developed the Glycaemic Index.

Taking pure glucose, which enters the blood stream very quickly, as a reference with a GI of 100, all other foods are ranked from 1 to 100. The lower the GI, the longer it takes for the food to be digested and affect blood sugar levels.

This new book, Easy GI Diet, clearly explains in layman's terms the theory behind the Glycaemic Index and the health benefits of eating low GI foods. It explains the GI facts of different types of food like carbohydrates, fruit and vegetables, protein, fats and drinks. There are helpful boxes showing foods in order of their GI so you can see at a glance whether they are 'good' or 'bad'.

As well as other health benefits, the book explains how using the Glycaemic Index can help you to lose weight without resorting to fad diets and, even better, how it can help you to keep the weight off once you have lost it. There are helpful eating plans with recipes, all calorie counted, including one called 'GI Indulgences' with suggestions for low GI and low calorie snacks. There is another called 'Vegetarian Weight-Loss Plan', with suggestions and recipes for vegetarians. Finally, at the back of the book, there is a chart showing the GI of many foods so you can check even if the food is not mentioned in the rest of the book.

Easy GI Diet isn't just another fashionable diet, nor does it encourage odd eating habits, excluding whole food groups. This book gives enough information, clearly written in an interesting way, to enable the reader to use it to lose weight, keep it off and follow a healthy eating plan for life.

Quick Facts

Title: Easy GI Diet (The Good Carb Diet Plan in the USA)

Author: Helen Foster

ISBN: 0600610020

Pages: 128

Binding: Softback

Published: March 2004

Price: £9.99

Publisher: Hamlyn

All information relates to the UK edition.

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