Product Description

Whether you want to lose weight, increase your energy levels or reduce the risk of getting diabetes or other diseases, "GI High-Energy Cookbook" explains in clear language why you should be eating a diet based on foods with a low glycaemic index (GI). Writer and nutritionist, Rachael Anne Hill explains why this approach benefits everyone, not just those who want to lose weight. She gives practical advice on how to incorporate this approach into your daily diet, from supermarket shopping to choosing from a restaurant menu. And with over 60 low-GI, low-fat recipes which take only 20 minutes or less to prepare, there is plenty of inspiration for cooking the healthy way every day.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #158188 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages

About the Author
Rachael Anne Hill is a freelance health, fitness and nutrition writer and broadcaster. She is a regular contributor to Top Sante and Slimming magazines. For Ryland Peters & Small, she has also written Real Food for Kids. Rachael lives in Cheshire.

Customer Reviews

My most used Cookbook
Every recipe my partner and I have tried from this book has been a success and we have both lost weight and feel great too.We're both in our late 50's and feel full of Vitality and would recommend this book without reservation.

A great cook book but low GI it aint.
If you want a cook book with some great recipes then this is for you. However if you want to do a low GI diet then this book is very misleading. Some of the recipes use sugar and not always in small amounts, others use honey. I just opened the book at random to write this and found a recipe for scones which uses white flour and demerera sugar which will send your blood sugar rocketing and a load of high calorie dried fruit with little protein to mitigate the fast release carbohydrate. I'm sure they are delicious but they won't help anyone lose weight. The author also recommends fruit juices instead of soft drinks when they have the same effect on blood sugar levels. By following this advice you would probably not lose weight at all. There are better low GI cookbooks on the market and in my opinion you should buy one of them instead.

Not true GI diet
Some tasty healthy recipes (hence the 2 stars) BUT this book is not for GI purists (hence the missing 3). The majority of the recipes do not follow the principles of only low carbs with protein; or low carbs with medium carbs and no protein. It also permits 'forbidden' high carbs. If you are truly following the GI diet then this book will lead you astray. Disappointing really.