The G.I. Diet Express: For Busy People

by Rick Gallop

Giving the green light to healthy weight loss even with today's fast-paced lifestyle, this guide is based on choosing foods low on the Glycemic Index scale. In addition to 50 brand-new, super-quick recipes, many time-saving tips and shopping shortcuts are included—all in a handy, accessible format.

Genres: Cookbooks

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Marla Nayer · Rating 2 out of 5]

The GI diet has been around for a long time. This particular book is from 2008 and has some of the explanatory information about the diet and then 50 pages of recipes. The concept is that there are green/yellow/red foods. Glycemic Index is a measure of how fast the food is turned into sugar in your body. High GI = fast sugar and then you get hungry again; Low GI = slow digestion and keeps you filled longer. For Green foods think fruit and veggies, legumes, whole wheat breads & flours, many cereals and grains, 0% fat dairy, and lean meats. For Yellow foods there are canned kidney beans & canned lentils, some whole wheat breads and cereals (e.g., corn flour), low fat dairy, some fruits (e.g., apricots, bananas, kiwi, mangos, persimmon, figs – all things I eat), certain meats, whole eggs, dark chocolate (good thing this made it in) and certain vegetables (beets, corn, potatoes, squash, sweet potatoes). And Red foods are dense & sweet, such as canned beans, many breads (especially white flour), most cereals, most cereal grains, full fat dairy, fats oils, many meats, most snacks, and certain fruits (honeydew [my favourite], cantaloupe, watermelon [summer!]). What is interesting is that the GI index will depend on how the food is prepared, so boiled potatoes is lower than baked potatoes which is lower than mashed potatoes and hot potatoes are not the same as cold potatoes.
There isn’t much that is hugely different from other sensible food lists, though this book is short and very quick to read/peruse.

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

It definitely streamlines the plan. Good book to take with you while grocery shopping to help with the red,yellow, green light shopping. A few items on the list were shocking to me and I will slowly fade them out of my kitchen

[Krista Ehlers · Rating 5 out of 5]

This diet is not specifically targeting behavioral problems or neurological disorders. In fact, it
s primarily a weight loss diet. However, the behavioral application is there, because the idea is to avoid spikes in your blood sugar caused by refined sugars, but also caused by other overly-processed foods. The "G.I." of the GI Diet stands for glycemic index, a numerical measure of the effects of carbohydrates on blood sugar levels. In short, if you make your food harder for your body to digest, you will feel full longer and have a more even energy level, rather than so-called sugar-highs and sugar-lows. It's a little bit like the Atkins Diet, but a far more balanced approach.

[جليس الكتاب · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good summary on glycemic index, a quick read.

[Lgalbert · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great book. You need to read it a couple of times befor starting. If you follow it it works and it is pretty easy to follow

[Debbie Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really easy to read and appears quite straight forward and makes a lot of sense! Now to put it all into practise! Have been following the meal plans which I have found really good.