The 30-Day Low-Carb Diet Solution

If you don't need or want the science behind "Protein Power" or low carb eating, if you want to eat Low Carb healthy, then this is THE book to get. It's become my bible for low carbing as a way of life.Three small questionnaires show whether low carbing is the way to go for you. A simple chart based on height and weight shows the minimum protein requirements per meal for women and men. The protein serving lists correlate with the protein charts to show what to eat and how much for small, medium, large, extra large, and extra-extra large protein servings. There are three Carbohydrate serving lists: Small servings for the corrective phase of the diet (weight loss or health restoring), Medium servings for transitioning for increasing the amount of carbs when approaching goal weight or health target values, and Large servings for the maintenance phase. What's the point of reducing weight or gaining health if you can't maintain it?Carbohydrate servings include vegetables; fruits; and bread, cereals and grains. Yet another list shows the carb contents and quantities of combination foods (dairy, nuts and soy). There's several lists of what to eat of "good" fats. There's a generic easy meal plan, 30-days of meals as examples, how to do exchanges within the carb servings, and a section of recipes including egg dishes and breakfast foods; soups and salads; meat, fish and fowl dishes; vegetable dishes; vegetarian dishes; desserts and preserves; and condiments.Not only have I lost weight from 134 (March 2005) down to 113 (June, 2005) and maintaining (I'm 4'11), I've gained health. My blood values are all within normal ranges. I have more energy, my moods have leveled out, my clothes fit beautifully and look good, I don't have any more sugar cravings or the feeling that there's not enough food on the planet to satisfy me, and I can easily adapt this way of eating to restaurants, social events, and vacationing. In fact, I lost a pound while out of town in Memphis, TN over the long Memorial Day weekend, 2005. By the way, there's a wonderful list of what to eat when dining out at many kinds of restaurants in the book "Protein Power," pages 126-130.I have several of my patients in my acupuncture clinic following this way of eating through this book. Both are early stage adult-onset diabetics, both have dropped nearly 40 pounds in 4 to 5 months, both had gastric reflux which lessened and one with sleep apnea greatly improved. Blood sugar values for both have dropped. One patient was able to forego taking any medication for her diabetes, the other had her doseage reduced. Both of their general practitioner doctors are highly pleased.This book is well worth your time and money. You've everything to gain (health and life).

If you already understand and believe that eating low carb is the best way to loose weight and improve you health this is the book to get you started fast!I already own their other books, I think the first Protein Power book is excellent, but there's a ton of details you have to read through to understand how your body works and why this diet is best. Many other authors have similar books with the same details, but their diets are different. I believe in PP most. It's easy to follow, not as strick as Atkins and who doesn't feel good about a married doctor couple writing about this new way to diet. Actually it's not at all new, Atkins came up with this diet 20 years ago. The 11/2002 Duke Univercity study has proven the diet safe and more effective than low fat diets, so low-carb is in the limelight again.I was worried the book would be worthless for me since I have many other low-carb books, but it's an excellent quick read and get's you into the details of the diet fast. I will recommend this to all my friend that want to know how I lost 35 pounds in about 4 months (still working for more).About half the book is text, the other half is menus and recipes. The menus are great for those that just want to follow a plan and not worry about menu planning. They are so well planned, they even built in use of leftovers the next day. All meals are interchangable so if you don't like a certain lunch, just sub with another. The recipes are very good and get you going. Many other cook books are available if you want more, but cooking low-carb and finding foods that may be new to you isn't always easy.Buy yourself this book and start the new year out right!

Great book. Very helpful. Only thing I think it needs that it is lacking is a minimum and maximum daily protein intake guide...not just by food items/meal suggestions, but actually a list or chart that says grams per day suggestions, maybe on the same page as the levels of protein chart...like, explain what small medium etc actually equates to in grams. It's a hassle to figure those things out if you've never done protein tracking before...especially if you're already used to tracking net carbs. It's simpler for me to track individual item numbers than try to look and see sizes and guessing. Understanding protein gram requirements makes it much easier.Otherwise this book is great. Has the medical info but in shortened terms and meal plans and lots of helpful tips to know which foods and substitutions and carb counts and all those necessary bits of info to get this lifestyle really going. I definitely recommend this book.Low carb is a perfect lifelong weight management solution that aids many illnesses and this plan makes it simple and even healthier than people tend to think. I know low carb gets a bad rap...but that's from misinformation and lies. This book and these people have proven that low carb is a very very healthy choice. I suggest reading the first 4 chapters of this book if you're unsure if low carb is for you. It is! It's for anyone and everyone. I've lost about 60 lbs with low carb and exercise changes. This new info is helping me kick it up into an even healthier and next level type of healthy. Go for it.

Great book very informative

They have some very good information here on how much proteinyou need for your weight & have the plan laid out for easy understandingI read their Protein plan years ago & mainly bought this one as any easy one to followfor a newbe to low carb.

I really like that they present an easy to follow diet . I am going to try this and after I will update my review

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Some aspects are OK while other suggestions are a bit over the top