The Insulin Resistance Diet Revised and Updated by Cheryle R. Hart, Mary Kay Grossman, 0071499849, Lowest Book Price Finder

Customer Reviews:

Post Atkins Diet

I tried this diet after doing the Atkins diet for 5 months - I lost weight on the Atkins but it made me feel very ill and was very hard to stick to and lead a normal life. This book promised a more sensible approach to losing weight the low-carb way and it is certainly easy to follow. However, after following it strictly for about 6 weeks I have not lost any weight on it!!

But don't let that put you off - I am eating a lot healthier than I have for a long time and I haven't put on any weight that I lost on Atkins. This book encourages a more long term, healthy approach to dieting.It also has helped me stop the 'bingeing' I was particularly prone to on Atkins (i.e. the 'I've broken the diet today so may as well really go for it!' binge)

I'm hoping that if I increase my exercise routine I will eventually lose weight on this diet.It's not a short-term quick loss plan - it is a plan for life.

very good book

This book describes me and my dieting problems absolutly to a T. I can relate so well to this book and all their ideas. It is a sensible eating and life plan. No expensive faddy foods, just a sensible regime. Simply link all carbohydrates with protein - don't go hungry - eat regularly and drink plenty of water.
It sounds fabulous.

Provides a simple method for coping with insulin resistance

Having read a number of diet books this follows much of the same pattern. It has lots of case studies and background into insulin resistance and how it affects sufferers - but the book could easily have been half as long. It's also more of a lifestyle diet than a prescriptive plan to follow. The 'link and balance' method (basically, every time you eat, make sure that the protein:carbohydrate weight ratio is at least 1:2) that it prescribes is very easy to follow (particularly if you're in the habit of checking food labels anyway) and it has some stuff about 'real world strategies' which are useful. It is somewhat confusing in that it switches between ounces and grams, and lots of the references are American (recipies use cups and I'm not sure if lots of the ingredients suggested such as non-fat cheese are available in the UK). I've only been following it for 2 weeks but it's easy to do and I've lost a couple of pounds already.

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