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Title: Living Low-Carb: The Complete Guide to Long Term Low-Carb Dieting by Fran McCullough ISBN: 0-316-08976-1 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 02 January, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Love this book
Comment: When I first started to read this book, I thought some of the author's ideas were off-base, and considered selling this book used. However, a few months later, I read about the South Beach Diet, and also bought that book. I had lots of luck w/the diet, and feel great. I then looked at this book with new eyes, and think it really compliments the South Beach regimen. McCullough's book is nice because she adds touches to recipes that are lacking from the South Beach book. She also has an infectious enthusiasm, and obviously loves food and cooking--a fellow chow hound! Generally, I've found the recipes easy to make and have most of the ingredients on hand at home. There have been a few disappointments, but those have been far outweighed by the recipes I like. I made the Mexican soup last night (it only took 30 minutes), and plan to make the walnut soup later this week. She has some amazing recipes for salmon, and unusual (and incredibly delicious) vegetable recipes, including one for zucchini. I will definitely buy other books she has written.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Fabulous Addition to you Low Carb Library!
Comment: My book arrived yesterday & I was up half the night to finish it! I have quite a few Low carb books (including her previous cookbook) and this one is really great. There are tons of useful tips, stories of actual people succeeding with low carb, and a lot of interesting nutritional information. All of this is presented in an extremely readable and straight forward style. The recipes, for the most part, do not have huge ingredient lists which is really great and seem to be fairly simple to prepare! I can't wait to try them! McCullough's "this is not a one size fits all" approach is very refreshing when one finds each low carb diet book to be written in a "do it my way" sort of style. There is great info on stocking your kitchen, web resources and phone/mail sources for specialty products from foods to kitchen equipment. Great Book!
Rating: 4
Summary: I threw out my other low-carb book
Comment: I'm really impressed with the breadth of knowledge Fran McCullough presents in the book. I wish she'd cite her sources. One sidebar about the effects of sugar says that normal body cells require oxygen and a little sugar to function, but cancer cells require lots and lots of sugar. I was pretty impressed with that little factoid. But where'd it come from?
LIVING LOW-CARB is enjoyable to read; it's like she's right there. I find it hard to put down when I go back to review.
In a valuable section called THE LOOKING-GLASS WORLD OF FAKE SUGAR, she gives great information on all the low-carb and non-carb sweeteners on the market, as of the date the book was published. That was really, really helpful. I'm looking for an alternative to Splenda because of that section (possible health risks and the fact that she asserts that all powdered sweeteners are cut with actual sugar ... Splenda in the box contains maltodextrin as its first ingredient, which apparently does affect insulin).
Another section called DEALING WITH BREAKFAST is equally reassuring and informative. It's about how to come up with a decent low-carb breakfast on the run, which, I take it, is the bedevilment of most low-carbers' lives.
Oh, one recipe is great: corned beef and cabbage. The cabbage is really as tender and tasty and she says. The intense custard is delicious and easy to make. The root beer wiggle, on the other hand, is less than delightful. (Diet root beer and gelatine.) McCullough's tastes run a little gourmet and expensive, but not excessively so. She sure knows the market of low-carb foods, and if she weren't a gourmet, how could she give such thorough information about the market?
I'm really hoping for a new edition, because the information about products and scientific findings could be outdated by now (hint, hint). But following the principles she outlines, I am losing weight. I follow a low-carb diet with about 80 percent faithfulness, and I'm losing weight at a moderate pace (about 30 pounds in a year), which satisfies me.
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