| The GI Diet: The Easy, Healthy Way to Permanent Weight Loss | 
 enlarge | Author: Rick Gallop
Publisher: Virgin Books
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 1996
Media: Paperback
Edition: New title
Pages: 208
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 0753509180
Dewey Decimal Number: 613
EAN: 9780753509180
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Publication Date: January 6, 2005
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 Read it all before January 28, 2003
49 out of 71 found this review helpful
I have already read the Montignac method book and assumed that this would provide things I found that book to be missing - a larger list of foods and their GI, and some more ideas of what to eat. I do like the system of colour-coding foods (red for avoid totally, amber for eat very occasionally and green for go) but it leaves very little that you could actually eat on a daily basis for the 12 or 14 weeks of the diet. This seems just like a calorie restricted diet with the added complication of having to pick foods with low fat AND low Glycaemic Index too. Too difficult for many, I would think.
 At Last - A Sensible way To Lose Weight January 20, 2003
91 out of 95 found this review helpful
Oh yes, I thought another diet book - and I must have the world's biggest collection! But what Rick Gallop says makes sense from the introduction, which refers to his own weight problems, to how he discovered the G I Index and how it works. Foods with a high GI rating, are quick to be digested and give your body little or no 'satisfaction', meaning that you will inevitably want to snack again later. Foods with a low GI rating, take longer to be processed by your digestive system, leaving you feeling full for longer and not inclined to snack.
This book is not full of scientific jargon - but sensible logical facts.He lists foods as red light - to avoid, yellow light - to have in moderation and green light - eat all you want.There is no food combining, no counting calories and no feeling hungry! And while there are foods which are off limits until you reach your goal weight, he does stress that we are all human; so lapses are inevitable. Recipes and an eating plan are included but there is an amazing amount of flexibilty.
This book is for people who want to lose weight, have a healthy heart and change their attitude to food. Rick Gallop has included a chapter on exercise and how to keep your weight loss in his Phase 2, after you have reached your goal weight. There is a weblink too, for added information and he is now working on a recipe book. An added inspiration are the acknowledgements from people who have been sucessful on the diet.Three meals a day and three snacks are advocated so I have started today with 28lbs to lose all I need now is the willpower!
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