The Low-GL Diet Made Easy

This is a great easy to follow and start Low GL diet plan. I keep this to refer to as well--I have had two copies of this over the years. Some good recipes and great meal ideas--how to mix and match things and follow the GL guidelines. Highly recommend.

There is a huge variety of very appetising, scrumptious recipes in this book: something for every taste. But before you get into the wealth of lovely food and drinks on offer, there are a few pages of explanation regarding the meaning of Glycemic Load and why it is such a great concept. The language is simple, and it is interesting. It is certainly not a dry, boring old lecture! You learn about carb balancing, and how GL is a progression of GI. It explains how to approach weight loss and weight maintenance in subtly different ways. I was fascinated! Since being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes about ten weeks ago, I have been eating healthily, and I have to admit, obsessed with label reading in supermarkets! I have bought four recipe books, and I dive in and out of all of them. I also admit, that I have not stuck to any one diet, so I am not rigidly on a Low-GL Diet, or any other. What I have done, is to use recipes from these books to ensure that I am always eating healthily, and that I balance my intakes across any single day. By combining the healthy eating with plenty of exercise, consisting at least five early morning sessions on my rowing machine each week, I have reduced my weight during the past nine weeks by 27 pounds, from 225 lbs to 198 lbs. My target is to reduce to 182 lbs. This can only be good for my health! This excellent recipe and information book forms an important part of my successful regime.

This book has some good information in it but don't buy it for the recipes. I didn't realize that the author is British and the recipes have a lot of ingredients that I'm completely unfamiliar with; I have to look them up to figure out what he's talking about! They may be good recipes but they appear to be a lot of work and not what I wanted.

I purchased this book with such high expectations.the diet is covered so very briefly and nothing new and exciting in the book. Would recommend to skip this one

I bought this book about a month ago and I read it three times. Every time I read it I learn something new. His advice is simple to follow and his recipes are very tasty . I got all the ingredients for each week recipes which made cooking very easy. Some of the recipes only take a few minutes to make and you can double them and freeze for another time. I found that by eating 3 main meals and 2 snacks my blood sugar were stable and most of all I was not hungry. Infact I am eating a lot more food now but low GL and in 3 weeks I lost 4 lbs. I also bought a copy of his Low GL Cookbook which has lots of lovely recipes. My husband is also following his advice. Low GL is a very healthy way to eat. I would say his diet is the best one I ever followed for good health as well as to lose weight

this book is great for diabetics and everybody else looking for a high energy low sugar diet ,

I already knew about GL, refined carbs, sugar loads, protein, the importance of exercise, etc. So the decision to buy this was really because I like the author from his previous books. But what I didnt expect in this book was the way Patrick Holford reached out to me as a reader. I felt like he was really trying to motivate me, educate me, to get me to see the light about food, and how it affects my health. His other books are also really well written, as I always feel he is on my side, my team. I have come to trust his research, and I think that plays an important role in readership. But this book resonated within me, on a much deeper level. Especially on page 57, those 4 little italicised words really sunk into my psyche. It really changed my attitude, the way I see my entire future of health and fitness. Even while I was walking today, I recalled those 4 words! I cant say enough for the personal influence this book has had on my outlook. Who would have guessed this simple book would have affected me so profoundly. But it did. Maybe thats because of a personal place I am at with my life, finally realising that I deserve to achieve my potential, but I think many of us are at that point too. Definitely recommend this book if you are at that place in your life.

Great book!!

As a firm Holford believer I am always keen to get my hands on a new recipe book of his. This book reprises the original Holford Diet in a much more user friendly way. I would recommend it to anyone new to the diet as it has lots of tips on how to create your own meals, salads, sandwiches etc sticking to his low GL format. It has a few new recipes although if this is what you're after you are probably better off buying the Holford Cookbook. I needed a little inspiration and have started the menu plans suggested in the book. Wish me luck!!!