GL diet book?

[tennisfan1986]

Hi all,

I'm trying to just eat more healthily but I'm very interested in low GL foods. I know a bit about GI as I sort of did this after coming of the Cambridge diet a few years ago, but GL is new to me (although I do get the main difference between GI and GL).

So does anyone have any recommendations for a good, simple, preferably cheap book that will give me the low down on which are high GL and which are low GL foods?

Thanks x

[Malteaster]

I found the Collins Gem book good. It is cheap and lists food by a traffic light system. I also found Patrick Holford's Easy GL book good. I tend to buy them used from Amazon marketplace.

[tennisfan1986]

Thank you for the reply Malteaster! I was starting to think everyone on here doing GI/GL magically knew whether foods were high or low lol

Shall look for those 2 books on Amazon

[shakenomore]

Hi, I would highly recommend Holfords books, they are excellent. There is a little green book as well that will give you details on the GL score of foods.....

[leshrew]

I was thinking of doing this diet as seem to fail at the others!!!! Any sucess storys so far would love to hear from anyone who has? I have roughtly done my first day and don't feel as hungry as other diets so far.

[GlamUp]

Good luck Leshrew..
I'm hoping to be a success story - I'm going to try this from Monday
I've bought Patrick Holford's the Low GL Diet Made Easy.

[leshrew]

Hi glamup, I have Patrick holfords bible its good this is my second day now so fingers crossed eh.

[GlamUp]

Oh, I don't have that one. How are you getting on?

[leshrew]

Well I think I'm doing ok lol, get a bit confused about how much protien you can have a day it says 75gms a day to 150gms of carbs but the protien seems pretty low between two meals so I have had more but lower carbs! I'm starting back on my kettlebells today used to do loads with them think I was addicted but stopped. Good luck with today x

[irish molly]

I hope you're doing well. I follow a simple rule re portions. I keep protein to a quarter of the plate, starchy carbs also a quarter and the other half leafy veg or salads. If weighing protein I generally keep to between 80-100g. Cut it up finely and it looks a lot more on the plate.
I also now use more beans and pulses instead of beef or chicken.
Check out the recipe thread in the Stickies section of this forum for lots of ideas.

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[Squeakie]

I hope you're doing well. I follow a simple rule re portions. I keep protein to a quarter of the plate, starchy carbs also a quarter and the other half leafy veg or salads.
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Good tip Molly, it makes it so much more understandable sticking to this rule...
I seem to get confused with number of grams of protein etc.