The GL Diet For Dummies E-Book

Nigel Denby

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 271

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2011

Beschreibung

If you're sick of no-carb diets, or just looking for a healthy eating plan, then the GL Diet is for you. No more calculations, no calorie-counting and no more cravings for carbs - as long as you stick to foods that are low in GL, you can stay healthy and lose weight without having to go without. The GL Diet For Dummies explains the science behind the plan, helps you to incorporate GL into your everyday life and gives readers 80 recipes to try.

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The GL Diet For Dummies®

by Nigel Denby and Sue Baic

The GL Diet For Dummies®

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About the Authors

Nigel Denby trained as a dietitian at Glasgow Caledonian University, following an established career in the catering industry. He is also a qualified chef and previously owned his own restaurant.

His dietetic career began as a Research Dietitian at the Human Nutrition Research Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne. After a period working as a Community Dietitian, Nigel left the NHS to join Boots Health and Beauty Experience where he led the delivery and training of Nutrition and Weight Management services.

In 2003 Nigel set up his own Nutrition consultancy, delivering a clinical service to Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte’s Hospital Women’s Health Clinic and the International Eating Disorders Centre in Buckinghamshire as well as acting as Nutrition Consultant for the Childbase Children’s Nursery Group.

Nigel also runs his own private practice in Harley Street, specialising in Weight Management, PMS / Menopause and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Nigel works extensively with the media, writing for the Sunday Telegraph Magazine, Zest, Essentials, and various other consumer magazines. His work in radio and television includes BBC and ITN news programmes, Channel 4’s Fit Farm, BBC Breakfast, and BBC Real Story.

He is the author of Nutrition For Dummies.

Sue Baic is a Lecturer in Nutrition and Public Health in the Department of Exercise and Health Sciences at Bristol University. She has a first degree from Bristol University followed by a Master of Science in Human Nutrition from London University. Sue is a Registered Dietitian (RD) with over 15 years’ experience in the field of nutrition and health in the NHS and as a freelance consultant. She feels strongly about providing nutrition information to the public that is evidence based, up to date, unbiased, and reliable.

As a member of the public relations committee of the British Dietetic Association she has written for the media on a variety of nutrition related health issues. Sue lives in Bristol and spends her spare time running up and down hills in the Cotswolds in an attempt to get fit.

She is the author of Nutrition For Dummies.

Authors’ Acknowledgements

We would both like to thank the excellent team at Wiley, especially Rachael Chilvers and Alison Yates, for their part in bringing this book to fruition. Thank you too to Amelia Lake, Deborah Pyner, and Tina Michelucci for their valuable contributions.

Thanks go to my writing partner, Sue, for always spotting my typos and for her meticulous attention to detail!

Thanks to my good-natured, supportive partner, John. He, along with Rosie, helped keep me upbeat whenever deadlines were looming.

I’m also grateful to friends for their interest and encouragement with this book, and to my co-author Nigel, with whom it has been, as ever, a pleasure to work.

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Technical Editor: Amelia A. Lake RD, RPHNutr, PhD. www.lakenutrition.com

Recipe Tester: Emily Nolan

Executive Editor: Jason Dunne

Executive Project Editor: Martin Tribe

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Contents

Title

Introduction

About This Book

Conventions Used in This Book

What You’re Not to Read

Foolish Assumptions

How This Book Is Organised

Icons Used in This Book

Where to Go from Here

Part l : Getting Started

Chapter 1: Introducing GL: Healthy Eating in the Real World

Easy to Choose, Easy to Use

Putting GL into Practice

Living and Loving Low-GL

Completing the Healthy Lifestyle Picture

Listening to the Pros

Chapter 2: Checking Out the Science behind GL

Making the Connection between Carbs and Weight Gain

The Low-down on Low-Carb Diets

Turning to the Glycaemic Index

Welcome to the Glycaemic Load Story: Real Portions, Real Food

Chapter 3: Starting Your Low-GL Plan

Changing Your Diet the Simple and Successful Way

Overcoming Barriers to Change

A Day in the Life of Low-GL: Sample Meal Plans

Finding Balance: How the GL Diet Fits into Healthy Eating