Product Description

The easiest way to count your carbs, no matter what diet you're on is with "Dr. Atkins New Carbohydrate Counter". Plan your daily or weekly menu by adding up all the carbohydrate grams in the foods you plan to eat. Pocket sized, it is handy enough to take with you to the supermarket, or to make out your shopping list in advance. "The Dr. Atkins New Carbohydrate Counter": is guaranteed to work for all diets; has over 1200 listings; is now in a fully international edition; lists grams of carbohydrates, protein and fat; and can be used for weight loss and maintenance.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19845 in Books
• Published on: 2003-01-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

From the Publisher
The Carbohydrate Counter is the perfect partner for the Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution.

About the Author
Robert C Atkins is the founder and medical director of the Atkins Centre for Complementary Medicine in New York City. A graduate of Cornell University, he went on to specialise as a cardiologist. Now one of the most recognised doctors for diet, nutritional and natural medicine, his books have been international best-sellers: his original Dr Atkins Diet Revolution has sold over 10 million copies world-wide.

Customer Reviews

Buy this man a scales.
I have one major whinge about this book - does this guy not know how to use a scales? Why can he not give the carb content of a standard weight of food, instead of using measurements of 2 tablespoons? How on earch do you measure out something like salad or raw spinach or fruit in tablespoons? Everyone knows how to use a scales and anyone who has ever been on a diet has one somewhere. Personally, I have no problems with the diet itself, but I'd buy a different carb-counter.

Inaccurate for UK foods
I began the Atkins diet using this carb counter as a guide but soon found that the values quoted were often higher than listed on the packaging of the actual food. In most cases, reading the product's packaging gives a lower net carb value (the things you are supposed to be counting), so you can actually eat more vegetables than the book suggests. So read the packaging and ignore this book. A good carb counter would be useful if the packaging is not available for the food you are eating e.g. if you are eating out, but this certainly isn't the one.

Not worth the bother
This book was made up through the hype of the diet itself. There is nothing in here that you cant do with some time, a note pad and a supermarket.

Trust me, do that instead.. and pick yourself up your shopping whilst there.