The Low-GL Diet Counter: Discover the GL count of hundreds of foods
By (Author) Patrick Holford
Little, Brown Book Group
Piatkus Books
9th March 2006
5th January 2006
2nd edition
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Dietetics and nutrition
613.25
Paperback
96
Width 110mm, Height 154mm, Spine 18mm
51g
The perfect companion to Patrick Holford's bestselling HOLFORD LOW-GL DIET.
In THE HOLFORD LOW-GL DIET, Patrick Holford revealed a brilliant weightloss diet. He explained how the simple principle of eating no more than 40 GLs a day can help you to lose weight, control your blood sugar and stop cravings. To maintain your weight, he recommends foods with a total GL value of 60 per day.THE HOLFORD DIET GL COUNTER is the perfect tool to help you manage your GL intake and find out the GL content of the foods you are eating. This pocket-sized guide contains a comprehensive list of foods, complete with recommended serving sizes and GL count, protein and fat content.It is produced in an easy-to-follow format that gives you an instant guide to which foods are good, OK and bad according to medically approved low-GL principles. Foods are divided into sections covering breakfast, snacks, main meals and restaurant meals, and each section specifies your daily GL goal - e.g. a maximum daily intake of 5 GLs for snacks and 10 GL for main meals, as well as an extra 5 GLs for drinks and puddings.Patrick Holford is founder of the Institute for Optimum Nutrition in London. He is Britain's top nutritionist and author of over 20 books.
Previous Books: Say No To Arthritis, The Low-GL Diet Cookbook, The Alzheimer's Prevention Plan, The Holford Low GL Diet , The Optimum Nutrition Bible, 500 Health And Nutrition Questions Answered