The GL Cookbook and Diet Plan: A Glycemic Load Weight-Loss Program with Over 150 Delicious Recipes

by Nigel Denby, Tina Michelucci, Deborah Pyner

DELICIOUS & HEALTHY RECIPES FOR LOSING WEIGHT WITH THE MOST POWERFUL GLYCEMIC CONTROL DIET--GL The Glycemic Load (GL) system simplifies and improves GI dieting by converting Glycemic Index scores to reflect actual portions. It's more accurate than GI and results in improved weight loss. Now many foods that GI diets ban, like fruit and pasta, are back on the menu, even chocolate! The GL Cookbook and Diet Plan combines easy-to-follow plan with step-by-step recipes so you can turn your favorite foods into a program for healthy weight loss and reduced risk of diabetes. -Over 150 recipes
-Quick and easy to prepare dishes
-Breakfast, lunch and dinner, and even desserts
-No more off-limit carbs
-Boost energy & eliminate hunger

320 pages, Paperback

First published June 4, 2007

Reviews

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

The GL Cookbook and Diet Plan offers practical advice for substituting foods with lower glycemic index scores for those with higher scores. Recipes were also created looking at the total glycemic load which differs based on food combinations and portion sizes.

The authors provide sample meal plans and easy to read charts with food substitutions and methods for reaching the daily recommended servings for food groups. They also add interesting facts about various foods to keep things interesting. While stressing good choices in eating, the authors also understand that a severely restricted diet will lead to failure and so provide a great deal of flexibility.

The recipes are nicely organized and labeled by how much time they take to prepare. Vegetarian recipes are also clearly labeled. Some of the recipes do use some less familiar ingredients but others are simply new combinations of familiar foods. The recipes in this book are a jumping off point for creating your own low GL recipes for your favorite dishes by using some simple substitutions.

I think it is important to note that this book was originally published in the UK and uses some terminology that may not resonate with a North American audience. Also the website mentioned frequently in the book (http://www.dietfreedom.co.uk/) as a resource for locating vendors is a UK based website with most information only available to paying members.

Thank you to Mini Book Expo for Bloggers for providing me a copy of The GL Cookbook and Diet Plan.

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very readable and helpful book for anyone interested in a low GL diet. Glycemic Load is a newer more accurate way of measuring a food's affect on blood sugar because it takes into account the serving size of the food.

I started a low GL diet because I read that it can help reduce inflammation and I thought it might help reduce my pain. But I am excited about the low GL diet because it can have many other health benefits as well- from weight loss to reducing risk of diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, some cancers, PMS and menopausal symptoms.

I like this book because it is not simply focused on a low GL diet, but an overall healthy and balanced diet which is also a low GL diet. And although the recipes are not entirely vegetarian, the book is very veg-friendly. It has the recipes separated into fast and easy, vegetarian and "foodie" (meaning those recipes that take a little more time and are more fancy.)