Fran McCullough created The Living Low-Carb Diet. Struggling with her own weight, she discovered that low-carb dieting helped her a lot. The book "Living Low-Carb" contains 175 low-carb recipes, detailed explanations and advice about low-carb dieting.
The Basics of Living Low-Carb
The major aspect of the book is how to adapt to low-carb diets and make them more enjoyable and delicious.
Fruit must be eaten at breakfast, and dieters are advised to choose low-carb fruits such as melon, berries, kiwi, and peaches. To achieve maximum weight loss, the carbs should be kept below 30 grams daily, with limited cream and butter consumption. Dinner should be small and eaten as early as possible. McCullough also recommends that dieters eat protein at every meal.
Recommended Foods
The recommended foods are: melons, peaches, peanuts, green leafy vegetables, turnips, cauliflower, cheese, chicken, meat, fish, daikon radish, and berries.
Sample Diet Plan
Breakfast
Cottage cheese and strawberries
Morning Snack
Walnuts with lemon ginger cream
Lunch
Greek Salad with herbs
Afternoon Snack
Guacamole with raw vegetables
Dinner
Mashed "potatoes"
Moroccan-Style chicken
Evening Snack
Intense Chocolate Cake
Exercise Recommendations
Exercise is recommended for it's health benefits.
Pros
- Eating low carbohydrates helps to increase the rate of initial weight loss
- Provides practical tips for eating out
- Provides alternatives for high-carb foods such as mashed potatoes and pizza
- Provides many tasty recipes, which makes it easier to follow a low-carb diet
- Recipes contain information on carbohydrate content
Cons
- Low-carb diets usually lack in adequate fiber
- Recommends the use of artificial sweeteners
- Does not contain calorie information for recipes
- Some dieters do not respond well to the higher consumption of protein and fat
- Recommends the use of supplements such as L-carnitine, which is not effective for weight loss
Conclusions
McCullough provides interesting recipes for a low-carb diet, and this book will suit dieters who do not want to give up delicious foods, but would like to try a low-carb diet. Her book provides tasty meal ideas, and may also help to inspire long-term low-carb dieters.
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