Anyone doing any sort of GI-type-diet-type-thing? Need recommendations for a book please.

[Cadelaide]

I absolutely will not consider anything remotely structured so I guess I'm just after a book that will outline the GI principle and give values for different foods.

Thanks.

I was advised to get on the low GI diet because I have PCOS. I went to the library and got PCOS for dummies, which really advocates the diet and has so much info and loads of recipes at the back. Even if you dont have PCOS its a good read. I get a few GI recipe books fromt the library too.

In Waterstones/other high street book shops there are loads of GI books, including a series by Rick Gallop which are good but repetative so I would say just buy one.

My accupuncturist reccomended The Holford Low GL diet. She swears it is the only diet that works. GL (load) takes into account not just the GI but the quantity you would eat ie some fruit and vegetables have a high GI value and are perceived as bad but considering the quantity of carbohydrate per portion, the GL is low. eg Watermelon has a GI of 72 but in 1 portion of watermelon (150g), its GL is 7 (low). This is due to the fact that watermelon has more water than carbohydrate per portion

Of the several Holford books on Amazon you only need to buy the cookbook - all the blurb is in the first few chapters so don't waste your money on the 'made easy' book etc like I did

Needless to say I have not tried it yet. Am building up to it.