This book sure makes it clear how it all adds up. I find the layout of each fast-food restaurant very helpful. So much for choosing chicken sandwiches at BK over a Whopper!
This book has been a handy reference for us as my son just started using an insulin pump BUT... there is a dangerous error on the cookie page where they list the number of carbohydrates in ONE OREO as 33. The correct number is 8. My son ate three at a picnic recently, and if we had given him insulin to match 99 carbs instead of 24 we would have landed in the emergency room! Fortunately I noticed that listed right below the Oreo entry were entries for Fudge Covered Oreo and Double Stuff Oreo, both of which showed under 10 carbs. Lucky for us it was me doing the looking up, instead of a grandparent or other caregiver who might have simply followed the printed guideline! This misprint is a DANGEROUS error, and makes me question and check everything else I look up.
I first heard about this diet 3 years ago when I was pregnant with baby #3.Recently, after the Heller's were on Oprah, I was reminded of it and bought the book.I have been working out consistently with a trainer for 6months PLUS following a low fat high carb diet.I didn't loose a pound! After taking the quiz I knew I was Carbo addicted.I studied theguidelines and decided to try it.The first day I lost 3 pounds.I'vebeen on the diet a week and I've lost 7 pounds!The weight is melting off.I have been a little hungry but it's Christmas.A lot of food around totempt.BUt I've remained true to the guidelines and enjoyed my reward mealevery day.It's getting easier.BUy this book.Take the quiz on thewebsite and if you see yourself in the Q&A--BUY THIS BOOK.You will beso grateful to the Hellers.IF you are Carbo. Addicted this diet is thebest for you.
When I began driving a truck I gained 30 pounds in the 1st month.Fortunately I found this book and re-learned how to eat.Doing this diet right is not the easiest thing, breaking food addiction is seldom easy, butif you read this book it will be easier to make happen.I've lost those 30pounds and more, landing at an ideal wieght that I've never imagined beingat again.Good luck, use this book - it's a great resource. Follow whereit leads.
I was a little reluctant to purchase yet another low carb cookbook when I happened upon this one while browsing.I picked it up, looked through it, put it back, moved on and came back to it later.Am I ever glad I did!This book is the best low carb cookbook that I've ever owned, bar none, and I own quite a selection.I was pleasantly surprised to see that the recipes are "new" (you won't find a single cheesecake recipe), and that the ingredients could be purchased in any local grocery store. The format is enjoyable to simply read, for those cookbook lovers like myself who can spend an evening reading recipes!All recipes I have tried thus far have been very good; I wouldn't think twice about making them for guests as well.
The book is excellent. I have read all of the Heller's books and I think this one is one of their best. It makes so much sense and really offers a lot of suggestions on how to help our children change their eating habits,as well as helping our kids achieve weight loss. It also addresses severalbehavioral issues as possibly being food related and offers suggestions forcorrecting these behaviors through food. I have been introducing new foodsto even my 3 year old daughter like they recommend, and she has respondedpositively. It really does work. I would highly recommend this book toANYONE with kids,and a great read for adults too.
I have been using the book and the "diet" for a while now and will report that I feel terrific, which is even more important than my weight loss, which is happening.This book/diet does not promote a highfat/high protein diet like Atkins (which I tried and got sick from), butdoes promote a balanced low-fat, low-carb diet.Almost instantly, I wasfinding my energy levels elevated all day.Before, I would be sleepy latemorning, mid-afternoon and early evening.Now, I can concentrate at work,and have the energy to exercise at night.That's been the most excitingchange.It would be easy for some to dismiss this diet because of thereward meal, but the truth is that once you start the program, your desireto pig out at the reward meal goes away.Yes, I enjoy the fact that I canhave dessert, but I usually don't want that much.Not because I amstuffed; I just don't have the strong desire I used to have!Anyway, giveit a try -- but only if you pass the test and are a Carb Addict.GoodLuck!
This book was an answer to prayer for me.I think it is just excellent and very understandable for the average person.However, I suggest you read it and reread it several times before trying the program. There aremany ideas in the book that are hard to remember the first time through. Ifyou don't fully understand it, you might make some mistakes and then tendto think it doesn't work.For instance, I missed the part about not usingtuna in broth and it really set off cravings. I was tempted to blame thediet. When I discontinued the tuna, it was the difference of day and night. It is a book where you find some new tidbit every time you reread it. Itis working well for me and I have lost 12 pounds in two weeks. I am lookingto find or form a support group here in town for more ideas and recipies.
In this book the Heller doctors present an alternative approach to the typical low carb diet. Drs Heller suggest you start slow, and work up to a low carb diet over a 7 day period. Using this approach, the dieter has an easier time of adjusting to a carb free diet, without the sudden shock of going cold turkey.
As a fan of the Hellers' work, and just then experiencing a plateau in my weight loss progression, I was delighted to see this title.I found the ideas in it practical and workable, and they worked!My weight plateau is turning into a downslope again.
02/03/00 The first week was real tough, I really missed the sugar & cream in my coffee and the scone for breakfast. After the 2nd week I now enjoy black coffee, eggs and ham for breakfast. I have salad and slicedmeat for lunch. Every week I eat smaller portions of my reward meal. I amnow on week 5, I do not consider this a diet, but a different way to eatfor the rest of my life. Have lost 15lbs so far, Have 25 more to go. Mywife has lost 8lbs.
I have been on so many diets in my life--and all they ever did was leave me fatter, crankier, and hating to cook, because of all the weighing, measuring, and special foods I had to fix for me (that no one else wouldeat).I've been following the Hellers' Carbohydrate Addicts LifespanProgram, with wonderful results on all fronts--weight down, cholesterol andtrigylcerides down, energy up, creativity up, and mood soaring (good-bye,Prozac!)--but I was getting tired of fixing the same old "basic"proteins, salads,and vegetables for me and my family.This cookbookmakes cooking FUN again.My husband and kids eat these recipes and don'teven think of them as "Mom's diet food."(Mainly, because theyare NOT diet foods--they are healthy choice foods that control my appetiteand cravings, while allowing my body to release stored fat).Each nighthas become an adventure.I especially like the unusual ways spices areused--allspice in chicken, jalapenos in green beans, for example.Thosewho follow the Hellers' plans do not count calories, fats, carbs, or weighand measure food--so there is no NEED for all this kind of information (assome other reviews suggested).We balance our meals visually, and canenjoy traditional carbs (again, in balance) during a one-hour"Reward" meal each day.This is truly a way of life, and foronce, I am enjoying my life while losing weight.I don't even THINK of theway I eat as dieting anymore.It is just what I do to balance my insulinlevels.And it's nice to no longer hate that daily chore--cooking.ThanksDrs. Heller!I'm so grateful.