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The Glycemic-Load Diet
by
Rob Thompson
"A cardiologist's revolutionary weight-loss plan that allows dieters to enjoy good carbs while still losing weight"
The glycemic index has been the basis of many popular diets. But it doesn't take into account the serving sizes people actually eat and eliminates too many foods for dieters to stick with it. Now Dr. Robert Thompson's breakthrough program uses the gl
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Published
April 1st 2006
by McGraw-Hill Companies
(first published 2006)
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Ann-marie
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Anyone with Insulin issues
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About a month ago, I was diagnosed with PCOS. I had never heard of it before it came out of my Doctors mouth. After a 1/2hr talk with the doc and a days worth of googling, I discovered I have a genetic disorder that makes my body produces homones in a wonky way. All hormones, including insulin.
Much googling later, I came across this book. I've read it and it seems to make sense to me. He's not promising the moon, or for anyone to lose 20lbs in a week. ...more
About a month ago, I was diagnosed with PCOS. I had never heard of it before it came out of my Doctors mouth. After a 1/2hr talk with the doc and a days worth of googling, I discovered I have a genetic disorder that makes my body produces homones in a wonky way. All hormones, including insulin.
Much googling later, I came across this book. I've read it and it seems to make sense to me. He's not promising the moon, or for anyone to lose 20lbs in a week. ...more
Highly sensible, science-based recommendations for losing weight. Roughly aligns with Gary Taubes's (Good Calories, Bad Calories; Why We Get Fat) conclusions about the importance of insulin in determining body composition, but offers more in the way of practical advice. [return][return]Takeaways: 1) starch is much more of a culprit than sugar, because we tend to eat so much at a serving; 2) whole grains are not really much better than white versions when it comes to insulin response (they do hav...more
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I'm all about what this guy is saying. It's starch (all breads, all cereals, and potatoes) that's making America fat. He advises 1/4 starch portions, but don't undereat. He uses a weird scale for glycemic load though where below 100 is good, but if you look on nutritiondata.com or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycemic_lo... below 10 is good. Plus he advises at least 20 minute walks every other day, which I do anyway, to help my sleep.
My only problem is I sometimes cut starc...more
My only problem is I sometimes cut starc...more
Very interesting. I'm a nut for diet/health books and this one was interesting. pretty similar to South Beach, Atkins but allows for fruits, beans and other carbs and mainly focuses on what foods spike your insulin, thus causing you to store more fat. Cookbook is pretty good too.
Very informative and helpful in learning about the effect of food after it enters the digestive system. I would recommend this book for anyone interested in moving beyond weight loss and diet in an effort to gain more insight into the real impact of food on your body.
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Seems much more doable than Atkins, but I'm not agreeing with his chapter on statin drugs.
Jon
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recommended by a friend. and seems to make sense from her capsule summary. :)
liked it. provided alot of info. recommend reading
Focuses on the glycaemic index (GI) of foods as a way to managing and reducing weight. Haven't read the papers it refers to yet, so the jury is still out.
Great book for anyone with PCOS
Finally, a plan that makes sense and that I think will work for me!
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