Editorial Review

If you've been a yo-yo dieter for years or if you can eat a pound of pasta at one sitting, this book may very well be an eye opener. In simple--but never condescending--language, it explains the roots of carbohydrate cravings and teaches you how to normalize your insulin levels to prevent future food binges. Regulated insulin levels in turn help to temper serotonin levels, so food cravings and mood swings are prevented. The authors, both research scientists (one a health psychologist, the other a pathologist), have lost and kept off a total of 200 pounds between them. They've based this book on nearly a decade's worth of research, during which they've helped nearly 80 percent of their patients lose weight and keep it off for at least a year.Read more

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A TREAT WHEN YOU EAT !
I like this book very much ! I followed this diet with a friend and she an I were trying to lose weight . Guess what, THE DIET DID WORK ! The book tells you what you have to eat threw the course of the day with foods that are low in carbohydrates. You can decide which meal of the day you choose to have your goodies (TREATS).For EXAMPLE: If you want a Treat for breakfast it can only be with that meal. You can decide when you want to eat your treat, either it be lunch or dinner its up to you. But It will only be that one meal of the day that you choose. You CANNOT eat your TREATS in every meal. Of course, we incorporated EXCERCISE which also helped in the process to lose weight. I'm the type of person who likes VARIETY, so I have many books on diet and nutrition. So when I get bored with one diet I can choose another. When I do find the BEST diet for me, I will tell all you readers out there about it! Stay motivated and be forever fit!

I'll Pass On Carb-Loading One Hour A Day
When you have lost weight, it's a very natural thing for others to be curious about how you lost your weight and kept it off. Whenever they have heard me tell my story, read my blog or book, or found out that I did it on the low-carb lifestyle, one question invariably has come up from time to time:
A life saver
I've been reading reviews written by others and am a little irritated by some people putting this diet down.Everyone needs to understand that not every diet suits everyone and that just because a diet doesn't work for you does not mean it is rubbish or stupid,that's plain immaturity.Everybody is a complex being with different physical,mental,psychological and emotional needs.I can say that in my case if I hadn't come across this book in my local library on a day when I was feeling particularly tired and drained in every way,I don't even know if I would be alive today!I had been suffering from bulimia for two years bordering on anorexia.This book changed me and my life 10 years ago.I am and will be thankful forever.Thank you Dr Richard and Rachael Heller :-) ... Read more

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The 7-Day Low-Carb Rescue and Recovery Plan The word "miracle" isn't in the title, but perhaps it should be. In Read more

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If you need some motivation...read this book!
I picked this book up on a whim and am thankful I did.The quote that grabbed my attention was on the back cover, "If you can't face one more slab of meat or chicken...[This book]can help."This book just may have been written with me in mind!What I like best about this book is that it is informal, light, and is an easy read.I appreciate that people on any low carb diet could benefit from this book.I see how this book would help people who are just beginning to diet, or who have fallen off track, however, this was not my case.I was really just looking for some added motivation.I did read the chapter about just starting or getting back on track but especially loved the later chapters about continuing success and hidden carbs.This book left me feeling more knowledgable and charged to continue on my way to a lighter me!

A whole book on low carb recovery???
This book shows you how to get back on the low carb bandwagon. But they have spent and entire book on something that could've been a magazine article. Basically over 7 days just adding back in more protein, then salads and low carb veggies, and weeding out the bad carbs that you have let creep back in. It is not rocket science but for people that need a boost back on the wagon it may be helpful. Actually it could help someone get on low carb eating for the first time easier than doing it cold turkey.

Belongs on every low-carbers book shelf
Once you've fallen off the low carb wagon, getting back on track can seem a daunting task. This book offers a sensible, gradual plan for easing back into the low carb life. It worked to get me successfully into a struggle-free induction when induction was always a major challenge before. The information about hidden carbs, artifical sweeteners, and other challenges low carbers face regularly is also a great asset. I've only tried a few of the included recipes so far, but they've all been very good. ... Read more

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Richard and Rachael Heller, both research scientists and professors, have taken the dieting world by storm with their bestselling Read more

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You've got to read this book!
I received this book as a gift. There are quite a few books on this subject on the market and this one is the best. I too could not put it down and finished it in 3 days. It's a huge book, a great resource that is well researched and written.. I have a few friends who've purchased this book and really loved it too. I can highly recommend this book.
Good starter cookbook
I really liked this cookbook a few years back when I was just learning to cook. The recipes are simple, healthy, and pretty good.
Easy And Delicious Low-Carb Recipes!
This was the first low-carb cookbook that I bought after choosing to lessen the carbs in my diet. It provides 250 new low-carb recipes, as well as guidelines on how to incorporate Health Agency Recommendations and American Heart Association's Recommendations into the Carbohydrate Addict's Program. After these recommendations, the book delves right into delicious low-carb recipes!Read more

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"If you are carbohydrate addicted, this book will give you the information you need to literally eliminate your cravings for starches, snack foods, or sweets and get control over your eating and your life--at any age, through all the decades to come--and without sacrifice. You will be able to lose weight and greatly decrease your risk for virtually all of [America's] top killer diseases. You will get the guidance you need to make the lifestyle change you have been waiting [for] for so long. And, in addition, you will gain the courage and conviction that your hunger, cravings, and weight problems are not your fault, and as the pounds fade, so will your guilt and self-blame." So begins Read more

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A welcome edition to low carb literature.
This book supplies an interesting twist to the low carbohydrate approach. The essence of the Carbohydrate Addict's diet is that most carbohydrates are only allowed during one meal a day which is known as the Reward Meal. But they must be eaten in a balanced manner. The meal starts off with two cups of low carbohydrate salad vegetables. After this each plateful of food is divided into thirds. On one third of the plate is another serving of low carbohydrate vegetables. On another third is a protein dense selection such as meat, poultry, fish, cheese, eggs or tofu. The last third contains the dense carbohydrate selection such as bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, peas, corn, carrots, fruit, fruit juices and indulgences.The meal must be consumed within one hour.
The Carbohydrates Addict's Lifespan Program:Personalized Plan for Becoming Slim,Fit & Healthy in your 40's, 50's and 60's and
I was expecting simple daily meal plans and it was a lot of reading and recipes that are not always food items on hand.I was really disappointed in the book.

Health and Success Thru Planning
When I first tried this "diet" I was feeling very sick--obese and lethargic and completely down; I felt like this was my last chance.
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I Love This Handy Carb Counter!
I love this handy and compact carb counter! There are more than 4,000 food comparisons in this book that are in two user-friendly formats: alphabetical, and hi-low comparison charts. What's also great is that this book provides carb counts for eating out--including chain restaurants like Taco Bell, McDonald's, and Subway. Even carb counts for medications like cough drops and syrup are included! Better Than ATKINS Counter Book
This is the BEST carb counter handbook I have ever found.It lists all foods I can think of (broken down by groups) both in alphabetical order AND in High / Low comparison. Fast service
I received this book fast.I was quite impressed with its excellent condition. Great buy ... Read more

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Editorial Review

The authors acknowledge that this book is not for everybody. It is not for the healthy eater who may enjoy second helpings of pasta but isn't compulsive or excessive about eating carbs. It is for the true carbohydrate addict who intensely craves sweets and starches and has a hormonal imbalance that can lead to heart disease if untreated.Read more

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Great for people with diabetes
I have type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure.I followed the program this book advises.My blood sugar levels have dropped to normal ranges, 85 to 110. My blood pressure is back to a normal range also.I have even had to quit taking Amaryl because my blood sugar levels were getting too low.I have also lost 22 pounds in about five weeks.The program helps you from giving up because you may eat a reward meal with a high carb food once a day.I'm telling you it works!

I Don't Usually Do Diets
OK...so over the age of 50 I noticed that perhaps I had put on a few pounds.I still run and skate and workout.But I also eat.Many years ago I used the Scarsdale Diet if I needed to lose a few.Today it does nothing.So...I started to try Atkins.I saw the damn thing on the best seller list every week so I figured it had to have some credibility. Not quite understanding.
I have read this book and am extremely impressed with everything in it except there are some parts that I don't understand. One is dressings on salads I cannot find a dressing out there that has no sugar or msg and also when you say sugar does that mean fructose and corn syrup too?I lost about 10 pounds in 4 days and I have felt great but now that it's been about one week since I have been on it I feel dragged so I don't know if I did something wrong or what. It would be nice to talk with someone about it, but I love the book!!I just want to understand. ... Read more

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You don't really need it...
I ordered this along with the Lifespan Book.If you follow that program, they tell which foods you can eat throughout the day.You are not supposed to count carb grams.I have only opened this book twice.I only opened it the second time to search for a reason to use it... I didn't find one.

Don't waste money on the gram counter
If you are a follower of the Carbohydrate Addict Lifespan Program you will quickly find (as I have) that this booklet is totally unnecessary!The whole idea behind the Carbohydrate Addicts books is that measuring is unnecessary.I would rather save the money for the Carbohydrate Addict's recipe book.

This Book Knows It All
This is the perfect book for all who want to know what is in their food. It can be easily taken to the grocery with you for quick reference. This book also has all the most popular foods so you're almost sure everything you need is in it. This is a great gift for all who are concerned about their health, and for those who are just interested in what they are eating. ... Read more

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Does your child crave cookies, ice cream, candy, and sodas? He or she may be suffering from carbohydrate addiction: "a compelling hunger, craving or desire for carbohydrate-rich foods; an escalating, recurring need or drive for starches, snack foods, junk food, sweets." In Read more

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Different from the others
I was surprised at the different plan laid out for kids.It definitely is a lot easier for them to follow and slowly work into than the more serious, but successful, plan for adults in their other books.Even if your child is borderline overweight and you just want to know how to fix them better snacks, etc. than this has some great info.

best diet ever
(...) this is the best diet I have ever been on.After only one night I lost 5 pounds and it isn't hard to follow.I reccomend this book to everybody.

I love this book!
I love this diet plan so much! As a carb addicted teen it's helped me to lose weight and feel better. I've lost 10 pounds already on this diet. The plan is so easy to follow and I don't get junk food cravings any more. I would reccomend this book to anyone who has struggled with weight and food cravings. ... Read more

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ok, but not great
I recently started the South Beach diet so I was looking for some low/no card recipes.I wasn't too excited by the recipes in this book.Some offbeat stuff and stuff I would never eat.True, no sugar substitutes, but I like other low card recipe books I've gotten better.But heck, it was real cheap.

Fantastic!
I was a little reluctant to purchase yet another low carb cookbook when I happened upon this one while browsing.I picked it up, looked through it, put it back, moved on and came back to it later.Am I ever glad I did!This book is the best low carb cookbook that I've ever owned, bar none, and I own quite a selection.I was pleasantly surprised to see that the recipes are "new" (you won't find a single cheesecake recipe), and that the ingredients could be purchased in any local grocery store. The format is enjoyable to simply read, for those cookbook lovers like myself who can spend an evening reading recipes!All recipes I have tried thus far have been very good; I wouldn't think twice about making them for guests as well. ... Read more

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Carbohydrate Addict's Program for Success
Be warned, this book does NOT contain the Carbohydrate Addict's Program food plan. The authors carefully leave any practical information out of this book, to force you to buy another one of their books to get it. Instead, this book is full of rehashed motivational psychobable (which any dieter has read hundreds of times before) about carbohydrate addiction. I want Carbohydrate Addicts on my site (DormantIdeas.com)
What good scientific thinking can do is simply to bring us all closer tothe truth.Works such as DR. Heller(both) perform is nothing more thanwhat should be done by all.Their research needs to be publicized,witnessed to the world.They must be held as an example to true, unbiasedresearch.I want my clients to know about Dr. Heller.My site is designedto promote this type information.Hopefuly, the Hellers will see mymessage and will take the top slot in my Health Section.All their workswill reign at DormantIdeas.com

It changed my life
I started on this way of eating a year ago February.Every one on my Mother's side of the family are large people. I have tried every diet that was ever made and nothing worked. I have lost over 25 lbs and keep it off ,since last Feb 99.I will stay on this the rest of my life. I have showedthis to other people and they are on this also.I am a farm girl and usedto eating bacon and eggs foe breakfast, although i eat other thing also. MyHusband in on this also and loves it.If i can eat any thing i want once aday for a meal, i think that it is great. I drink lot's of water and don'tget hungary anymore.Thanks for giving ud something that we can live with.A KY Farm Girl. Mae Fulkerson ... Read more

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Life Saving Plan
This is an excellent, simply written, but well researched, book on the dangers of bad carbs. I found it extremely enlightening and wondered if it was more than coincidental that Dr. Barry Sears, writes in an amazingly similar vein, in his book "Enter The Zone". It seems that more and more scientists, and doctors, are discovering that we suffer from an overabundance of bad carbs in our eating, and it's also imbalanced versus protein and fat intake.I would heartily recommend this book, and for more scientific corroborative data read "Enter the Zone". Combine this with the sensible exercise program outlined in "Body for Life" byBill Phillips of EAS Inc., and you will do yourself a very large favour.

Buy this book if you ate junk food this week!
I picked up this book while browsing in a bookstore and it changed my life. I started at 153 pounds and my goal weight was 118.I weighed 116 this morning.And I have more energy, am more mentally alert and upbeatthan I ever have been.The book is very motivational. The rules andguidelines for the diet are spread throughout the book so you must read allbefore starting. Only criticisms are that it's wordy and most of therecipes are bland, but I believe it's the best of all the books theHeller's have written.

Buy this book if you ate junk food this week!
I picked up this book while browsing in a bookstore and it changed my life. I started at 153 pounds and my goal weight was 118.I weighed 116 this morning.And I have more energy, am more mentally alert and upbeatthan I ever have been.The book is very motivational. The rules andguidelines for the diet are spread throughout the book so you must read allbefore starting. Only criticisms are that it's wordy and most of therecipes are bland, but I believe it's the best of all the books the Hellershave written. ... Read more

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A real eye-opener
This book sure makes it clear how it all adds up. I find the layout of each fast-food restaurant very helpful. So much for choosing chicken sandwiches at BK over a Whopper! ... Read more

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finally, something more lenient than the atkins
This book is an assest when dining out or at the grocery store.Every imaginable type of food is counted, allowing you to easily stick to your maximum allotment of carbs.This diet has also been easier to follow thanthe atkins for it allows you a reasonable amount of carb intake. ... Read more

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