[.ca] The New Glucose Revolution: The Authoritative Guide to ... (ISBN 1569242585)

From Amazon.com:
Forget the high-carb, low-carb debate. The glycemic index (GI)--a measure of carbohydrate quality based on how quickly a food raises blood-glucose (blood sugar) levels--is the dietary key to health, say the authors. Contrary to other diets that treat carbohydrates as all alike, The New Glucose Revolution divides carbos according to their GI into two categories. One is high GI (less desirable): carbohydrates that break down quickly during digestion, leading to fast and high blood-glucose response. Examples are baked potatoes, sports bars, instant rice, corn flakes cereal, and baguettes. The other is low GI (more desirable): carbohydrates that break down slowly during digestion, leading to a gradual glucose release. Examples here are pasta, whole grains, fruit, legumes, and yams. A low-GI diet is especially recommended for people with diabetes, abdominal overweight, and Syndrome X, say the authors, who have strong medical, nutritional-science, and diabetes education credentials. They explain the importance of understanding GI values, how GI is determined, health applications, and how to choose low-GI foods and balance the overall GI load. They give cooking tips, menu ideas, and 47 recipes. A 68-page table gives the GI values of many foods, including brand names. The New Glucose Revolution is recommended for health-conscious readers who want to understand the glycemic index and how to incorporate it into their diet. --Joan Price

HEY!:
I've been following this book for two weeks or so and have nothing but great things to say about it - and I don't even know if it's made an impact on my weight situation yet! I love this way of eating just because I feel GREAT. I'm not tired all of the time, no foggy thinking, no particular cravings (and I'm the icecream, chocolate, cheese and bread queen) and I can still have all of these things - what they're teaching you is that everything should be eaten in moderation - and that's much easier to follow when your blood glucose levels are on an even keel. I'm sorry to hear that some have quite a bit of difficulty decoding or following the book, but really, it's not exactly a diet - it's a new yet very old way of eating and it's actually quite simple...They're encouraging you to go back to eating whole foods, not processed. So yes, if you do eat foods that include hydrogenated oils or high-fructose corn syrup, you may need to re-examine how often you eat these foods. They're bad all over - just read 'Fast Food Nation' or 'Fat Land'. Judge for yourself - and to the person who left the comment ..."sugar is bad, don't buy the book." ...They obviously didn't READ the book - sugar is not bad - but anything is bad for you in large amounts.

The New Glucose Revolution:
As a PCOSer who has struggled with her weight since puberty, I highly recommend this book. It is useful not only for the information but is balanced and clear. This isn't a "diet" but information on what affects PCOSer, IR folks, Diabetics and Pre-diabetics and how to avoid the insulin issues. In the last 6.5 months I have lost 75 lbs, 51 1/4 inches, increased my energy and strength (along with exercise) and gone down 10 sizes. I don't count calories, I don't deny myself, I eat healthy food. And this book has helped me do this.

environmental sociologist reports on the book:
If it ignores biochemical individuality and pretends that all foods have the same effects on all bodies, the book is worthless and very dangerous nutritionally. It will certainly help some, though that is only because around 50% of people in the world would apply to its recommendations. For instance, foods can have different effects in different bodies. If you want to know more about your body type before you begin a nutritional program, I suggest the following books instead. Most of the information presently known is from the sympathetic system side and very little is known about the autonomic, though these recommendations can protect you from such false suggestions of a 'common good program' for all people. Know thyself, before you make a nutritional plan. With the following books you can: Day, Phillip. 2001. Health Wars. Kent, England: Credence Publications. Wiley, Rudolf A, Ph.D. 1989. Biobalance: The Acid/Alkaline Solution to the Food-Mood-Health Puzzle. M.D. Foreword by Howard E. Hagglund. Hurricane, Utah: Essential Science Publications. Kristall, Harold J, D. D. S, and James M Haig, N.C. 2002. The Nutrition Solution: A Guide to Your Metabolic Type. M.D. Foreword by John R. Lee. Berkeley, California: North Atlantic Books. Kliment, Felicia Drury. 2002. The Acid Alkaline Balance Diet: An Innovative Program for Ridding Your Body of Acidic Wastes. Chicago, Illinois: Contemporary Books.

Highly recommended life-style altering book:
I do not agree that the authors of this book contradict themselves because they clearly specify that there exist several types of carbs having a better glycemic index compared to similar items in the same category, i.e. sweet potatoes have a lower glycemic index than regular potatoes; basmati rice (if it's brown basmati, even better) has a lower GI than white sticky rice because of its higher amylase starch content which separates the grains(versus the high amylopectin starch content making the grains stick together as in sushi rice, for instance). It's a book about making wiser choices, it's not a book about sacrificing the foods you love, but instead of rediscovering them once again, this time from a more informed mature standpoint, considering all the pros and cons. Moreover, the GI is now used by the Harvard school of medicine as a decisive factor in explaining dramatic rises in blood sugar, in preventive medicine, etc. No wonder the GI has given rise to so many studies, controversies, more studies, and so many other copy-cats and books about it. It is probably not the only book you should read when trying to lose weight, but added to the other books privileging sensible-choice over restriction, it really adds some valid points. So much so, that even though I've read it for free from the library, now I want to purchase it, specifically for the tables of foods tested (over real people, too, not just in vitro studies).

Confusing:
Confusing and dissappointing. I couldn't make heads or tails of this. The structure of the book dosen't make sense. Too bad.