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Dr. Atkins' Quick and Easy New Diet Cookbook

By: Robert C. Atkins
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
ISBN: 0743462416
ISBN-13: 9780743462419
Released: 06 Jan 2003
RRP: £6.99
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Exactly what it says on the tin.. - By: , 13 Feb 2004
This book has had some slating in some reviews, but it is now one of my most used cook books. I've been an avid atkins follower for 4 months now & bought this as I was getting tired of steak & salad but didn't want to spend hours preparing meals.

There are some great recipes in this book, & they are alll quick & dead easy to make. Some of the weight conversions can be baffling, but if you go to www.atkins.com, they have a US to UK weight conversion so you can work it alll out. Each recipe also breaks down your carb count so you can keep an eye on what you are eating.

It doesn't have the most extensive variety of recipes in the book, but with this one, its quality more than quality. Definitely worth a go if you plan to stick with the Atkins (or other low carb diets)

It works and you'll feel good - By: , 14 Dec 2003
Atkins gets a lot of bad press, but when alll is said & done his diet reallly works, & it works reallly fast. Atkins explains why he thinks it works, & his theory sounds plausable. But who cares, it works.

I suffered from a lot of stress, or hypertension before this diet. That has alll gone, I no longer get sugar cravings, (i.e. shivering for no reason), mood swings, sudden hunger or faintness. And I got alll this when I was not on a diet.

Now that I am doing Atkins (not alll that strictly), I feel fantastic. Do not believe the bad press this book gets. This guy gets screwed because of his induction phase. But even he admits that induction is not healthy for long term, & he does not recommend this as a lifetime change, just a short kick start to a fat burning mechamnism.

I almost forgot to mention, I did get this book to lose weight, & I did. Its just that the other benefits I got seem to far outweigh the actual weight loss.

Don't be tempted to get info on Atkins from the Internet, there is enough rubbish on this guy out there. Read from the source.

Get this book if you want to diet, get this book if you do not feel 100% & you suspect diet (I mean an eating plan) could help.

There are much better low -carb cookbooks available - By: L. Day, 05 Mar 2003
This isn't a bad diet cookbook but it's a lousy cookbook if you remove the qualifier of 'diet' cookbook.
It's American in the extreme & I could create much better low-carb recipes by just slightly adjusting my normal cooking. With the re-iterance of the rules of Atkins taking up three chapters at the beginning & pitifully few creative recipes (many of which depends on special products which would have to be ordered on-line) it smacks somewhat of 'let's sell yet another Atkins book to the low-carbing public'
If you're looking for a good value low-carb cookbook then in complete contrast I would recommend Fran McCullough's low-carb cookbook. This is a genuinely good cookery book. She's a food editor & it shows - her's is a book that contains recipes you would choose to use even if you were not on a low-carb program! I very strongly recommend her book instead of this one. It contains truly useful diet tips like what to eat if you are craving a certain type of food i.e. crunchy, salty, sweet or mashed potato & she gives dinner party & special occasion recipes that friends would never know were low-carb.
Pass the sugar substitute! - By: lauren foreman, 22 Feb 2003
If you are a serious 'atkins-head' with the time & inclination to painstakingly "finely chop macademia nuts", then this is the book for you. Packed with mouthwateringly good recipes for those die hard atkins fans who are sick to the back teeth of the bacon, burger & beef combo!

Relish the 'Garlic Rosemary Beef Rib Roast', delight in the 'Duck Breasts with Blackberry Wine Sauce'. If you think that these recipes sound like hard work - you're right! Most of the recipes take more preperation than cooking. Added to which, you may have to shop around for ingredients. I can't remember seeing 'pumpkin spice' in my local supermarket & I reallly can't be bothered to look!

For those with a sweet tooth toying with the idea of Atkins Diet - do not despair! This book provides a multitude of sugar (substitute!) packed recipes. Chocolate truffles (yum), Italian Almond Cream (yipee) & Banana Custard (yikes).

My advice?
If Atkins is your 'thang' you need this book to break the low-carb monotony!
If you are happy to endure the hell that is induction just to drop those extra pounds you have been carrying since the Christmas carb-fest - don't bother!

Atkins Diet Revolution - By: , 09 Dec 2002
No one that I speak to believes that this diet could possible work. It Does! You don't feel hungry, you don't have to count calories & you see effective results in a short time. All other diets leave you miserable & obsessing about food. You miss sauces, but you can find low/carb-free alternatives by shopping on the Internet. Go for it.