Books : The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Vegetarian Cookbook: 80 Delicious Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes Made Easy with the Glycemic Index (Glucose Revolution)
Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5636 EAN: 9781569242780 ISBN: 156924278X Label: Da Capo Press Manufacturer: Da Capo Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: September 25, 2006 Publisher: Da Capo Press Sales Rank: 35481 Studio: Da Capo Press
The world's leading authorities on the glycemic index offer even more delicious diet solutions in this companion cookbook volume to the New York Times bestselling The New Glucose Revolution series. Low GI eating is widely acknowledged by health experts as a healthier, better balanced, and more flexible alternative to every other diet regimen. Now, based on their groundbreaking research discoveries on the benefits of eating low glycemic foods, Dr. Jennie Brand-Miller and Kaye Foster Powell, along with Joanna McMillan-Price, present a complete low-GI cookbook on vegetarian and vegan meals. Featuring 100 simple, satisfying recipes, The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Vegetarian Cookbook makes it easy for vegetarians and vegans to switch to a low-GI lifestyle — and for low-GI fans to adopt a vegetarian diet. The book includes essential information on the basics of vegetarian and vegan cooking, food shopping the low-GI way, preparing kids meals, and menu ideas for a busy lifestyle. With beautiful color photos throughout, The New Glucose Low GI Vegetarian Cookbook offers vegetarian and vegans the key to achieving weight loss goals and lifelong vitality.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Low GI Veg Cookbook
i love this book! There are great recipes that are easy to prepare and very delicious.
Rating: - Diabetic cookbook
Lots of very good information. Haven't finished reading the information part and haven't tried any of the recipes yet, but they look good.
Rating: - Great looking recipes!
The recipes in this book look scrumptuous! This is hard to find in some vegetarian cookbooks.
Rating: - Low GI but not Low GL
I bought this book expecting to learn how to identify and use low-GI ingredients.
Why I'm disappointed:
(1) The recipes for more substantial dishes have a lot of rice and pasta. While technically these are low-GI, their glycemic load is high because portion sizes of these are typically largish and/or they have a lot of available carbs. I had hoped to learn about alternatives to these kinds of ingredients.
The photos are attractive and the recipes sound good ... Read More
Rating: - Definitely NOT Low-Carb!
Just got this book today, so haven't tried any of the recipes, but I'm very much let down. I'm not a vegetarian, yet I live and eat a healthy, low-carb, high-fat diet. I was looking for interesting vegetarian meals that fit into that lifestyle, but this was the wrong place to look. The carb count for a serving of, say, "Moroccan Bean and Pumpkin Tagine" (a main dish) is 98 carbs (less 7grams fiber...so 91 carbs) is insane. I live with 2 Type-1 diabetics, my hubby and son. Feed them something like ... Read More