The New Glucose Revolution: The Authoritative Guide to the Glycemic Index--the Dietary Solution for Lifelong Health Book

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by: Jennie Brand-Miller, Thomas M.S. Wolever, Kaye Foster-Powell, Stephen Colagiuri

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Average Rating: Rating: - 9 Secrets..........? What the heck? What the heck does that have to do with what the "Glucose Revolution" is about? What a joke! I found the book to be a good repreive from the Atkins pundits. Atkins seems to link all carbs into two major categories with very little real evidence as to how it effects the insulin levels. Not all carbs are equal and can't be lumped into two simple divisions. Raw carrots do not equal cooked. "....Revolution" has some real answers. I know people that have lost "10 pounds a week" on Atkins plan without stepping back and examining what that "weight" actually is. Let's do the math. sparing all the physiological details: 3500 calories per pound of body fat times 10lbs, equals about six days of running at ten hours each! (35,000/10 calories per minute/60 = 58 hours of running) Where does the weight come from? Not likely to be fat lose with Atkins plan! Better to get advice from sources that have the numbers from sound science. Rating: - Better than the original edition This book has had one BIG use since its first edition: the introduction of the concept of Glycemic Index (G.I.) which makes it clear that not all carbs are created equal. The G.I. measures how fast the carbs in a food get translated into glucose (which travels in the blood). As most diabetics should know (I am one of them -Type 2, since October 2002), violent blood sugar rises is something that most people (athletes excepted, ocassionally, perhaps) should avoid. This is where this book's meat and bone truly lies: the presentation of this concept plus very useful tables (a ton of pages of them!) of G.I.'s of most foods, which should come in handy when choosing what to pick in the grocery store or the restaurant. On the flip side, there are some VERY conflicting views presented in the book: "the most important message is that the diet should be low in fat and high in carbohydrates." (quote from page 55). This thought disturbed me, after a year of successfully applying a low-carb lifestyle. With the new edition the above approach was not changed, but rather a new concept was introduced: that of the Glycemic Load. Think of it as a sort of weighted average that combines the quantitative (amount) component of carbs with the measure of the glycemic index (more on the qualitative end), yielding a net measure that should be a better indicator of how healthy a particular food is for you. It's too soon to say whether this Glycemic Load concept has any positive effects at all, but it makes perfect sense. To err on the safe side, I will give the book 4 stars: improved if you compare it with the original edition, but too soon to know whether it will work or not. Rating: - Losing 25 pounds should have been harder The importance of optimum health is far surpassed by the premise of this book. It should be called the book of optimum health because that is what I now enjoy with everyday of my life. Thank you Jennie Brand-Miller you've changed my physical life in a way that is stunning and miraculous. I've had dates and for me that is amazing. To be honest I haven't had one in over a year. I could go on and on about how this book has affected my life, but prove it to yourself. You can lose the weight, but you may have to admit to yourself that you need professional help. That's what I did and I'm changed for it forever. Similarly I picked up a book about self-knowledge through life changing growth. It has only been out for a few months but is rapidly inspiring people worldwide. The name of it is Dreams gateway to the true self. None in either of their respective genres have impacted me like these two books.

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