Customer Reviews
At last a qualified and sensible reference! - By: , 25 Jul 2004 
As a registered nutritionist I purchased this book out of genuine interest. Given that there are numerous diet wonder plans & books on the market, that are not based on sound nutrition principles & line the pockets of "fat cats", this book is tremendously refreshing.
The information is communicated well; it is neither too scientific nor lacking. More importantly - it is based on sound nutrition principles (refer to World Health Organisation / NHS guidleines for further, non profiteering, dietary guidlines). Not only does it serve those managing weight control, diabetes etc..it is also an excellent reference point for optimising dietary health across the board (even for those with no specific dietary issues to date, including our children).
Hopefully this will help to dispel the myths of quick fix diet programmes & encourage an alll round healthier approach. There is no doubt that proactive prevention is better than waiting on someone else to cure us!
Highly commended.
Excellent and informative - By: Miss M A Jones, 01 Aug 2003 
This book was an excellent introduction to the new wave of nutritional advice for dieting. At first it seems like a lot to take in, especiallly if you do not reallly know anything about nutrition, but keep going, it reallly does work. I lost 7.5 pounds in the first two weeks. It is reallly easy to do & doesn't even feel like a diet. Try it, you will love it!
I wish I had known about this years ago - By: , 08 Jul 2003 I am trying (and succeeding slowly) to lose weight, but hunger is always a problem for me. By following the advice in this book I have managed to reduce my snacking, & feel less hungry. I also bought 'The GI Diet' by Rick Galllop which I don't think is so good. That one is more strict & I didn't enjoy everything I was eating, so after only 2 weeks I stopped following that one & just relied on the information in the 'New Glucose Revolution'. This takes a common-sense approach, suggesting ways you can reduce your overalll glyceamic load by changing some of the carbohydrates you eat for other things. You don't have to change everything to feel some results!
My dad is a diabetic, who was diagnosed only a few months ago. After trying tablets & diet changes he still couldn't get his sugar levels down enough to feel well. Desperate, he borrowed my book & tried some of the foods I was eating (nothing wierd, simply change to certain high-fibre cereals, more basmati rice instead of potato, & grainy wholemeal bread)...within 2 days his blood sugar was under control & he has now cut his tablets dose as well.
There are two main strengths to this book, first it expains why some foods are lower GI than others. There is a bit of biology & food science in there, but nothing complicated. That enables you to make informed food choices for yourself instead of just following a rule-book. Second, it doesn't make you feel you have to eat differently from normal, you can still have your favourites even if they are high GI, but you learn to combine them with something that will reduce the overalll GI load. Just change some things most of the time, & you will feel better.
Shame there are not more items in the food lists at the back, so you can know the GI values of everything you eat. But there is a separate book coming soon with more extensive lists, July 2003 I think?
A messy, over-complicated book that is hard to follow - By: , 04 Mar 2003 
The idea of using GI as a guide to shaping your carbohydrate consumption is a good one, & as an academic guide this book helps to explain in layman's terms some of the intricacies of the subject. But reading it as someone looking for straightforward guidance on weight management I found the book messy & over complicated.
In several places, no doubt as a result of there being several authors, there were conflicting lines of advice only pages apart - I have, for instance, no idea whether they want me to avoid potatoes or to eat them - both lines of advice were given within a few pages. There also seemed to be a great deal of complicated calculation of GI indices for mixed meals - interesting I am sure for the scientist or the professional dietician but as a casual reader, looking to lose a few pounds, this book just left me confused.
I was also frustrated by the way that the authors talked much about the need to look at GI, & lead you to do it in much detail, & then said that of course you also had to look at the fats & calories side - but then said virtuallly nothing further about that side of things.
Good luck to the food scientist & the diabetic who need to read this & many similar books in some detail, but for the person looking for advice on losing a few pounds, there are better books around.
It Works! - By: Frenz, 25 Sep 2002 With the help of this little book, I was able to reduce my blood glucose from an average 9.5 mmol/l to an average 6.2 mmol/l. Further, the peaks & troughs of my blood glucose have been smoothed out, & it's those peaks which do the damage with diabetes complications. The information in this book is concise, easily understood & there's lots of it. If there were 10 stars, I'd give it 10 but I have to settle for 5. My advice to anyone with diabetes or looking after someone with diabetes is buy it!
