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Title: Dr. Atkins' New Diet Cookbook: With Dr. Atkins' New Carbohydrate Gram Counter by Robert Atkins, Fran Gare ISBN: 0-87131-937-3 Publisher: M. Evans and Company Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: This is a good purchase if on the diet
Comment: If you are on the Atkins diet or your own version of it you should pick up this book. It is very helpful and the recipes are pretty good. Since I am not much of a cook I did not try most of the recipes but the ones I tried were all decent (some better than others). I do think a book like this helps you stay on the diet longer.
Rating: 5
Summary: Easy to accomplish, and proven to work!
Comment: Unlike fad diets and abstinence, this is a diet that does not require you to carry a scale, or a calculator to figure out if the food in front of you is what you should be eating. True, it helps if you love meat, but I have not met a fat vegetarian, so they should have nothing to worry about. The thought of being able to eat as much of the meat, and eggs that I want is heaven on earth. I no longer munch on pork rinds and feel guilty, but they are actually part of the diet.
There is, however, a misconception that the diet eliminates carbohydrates. This is specifically not the case. The diet allows a severe lowering of carbs, but the allowed total increases somewhat after a short period of time. I have not stopped eating at McDonalds, and other such places, but now I know that instead of a couple of quarter pound burgers, I can get a double burger and stay at my daily carb limit. Once you are at the limit for the day, then you stop the carbs for only that day. Therefore, I can also eat rice, bread, and pasta, but in limited servings. This is not always easy, but I lost 18 pounds within eight weeks.
I have not been as loyal to the diet since that loss, but I remain conscious about carbohydrates and this has kept me from regaining the weight after the last several months. The point is to know what will put on the weight and keep control. My wife and I add our own spices to the book's recipes so as to juice up the meals and to meet our taste needs. I do miss the big plate of spaghetti, but now I can better keep up with my children in play.
Rating: 3
Summary: Usability
Comment: I just purchased the Atkins' New Diet Cookbook and have perused it briefly. However,without having started using the recipes, I have some suggestions to the author as to how to improve the usability.
1. All recipes should be for the same number of servings. It is easy to double or triple for more servings.
2. The page number should be included (rather than an asterisk indicating that the recipe is in the back of the book). I spent several hours locating the recipe and writing the page number by the meal plan. This before I even started considering cooking!
3. Little effort was made to make the recipes cost effective. By that I mean, in the first two weeks, many ingredients are perishable but used only one time and small amounts required--such as 4 strawberries!
5. Too much effort to make recipes exotic when more normal and available (also less expensive)ingredients would make the diet easier to manage and still maintain the low carbs.
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Title: Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution by Robert C. Atkins ISBN: 006001203X Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 04 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Dr. Atkins' New Carbohydrate Gram Counter by Robert C. Atkins ISBN: 0871318156 Publisher: M. Evans and Company Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: Atkins for Life: The Complete Controlled Carb Program for Permanent Weight Loss and Good Health by Robert C. Atkins ISBN: 0312315228 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 20 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Dr. Atkins' Quick and Easy New Diet Cookbook by Robert C. Atkins, Veronica C. Atkins ISBN: 0684837013 Publisher: Fireside Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: 500 Low-Carb Recipes: 500 Recipes from Snacks to Dessert, That the Whole Family Will Love by Dana Carpender ISBN: 1931412065 Publisher: Fair Winds Press (MA) Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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