Hi there!
Welcome fellow British Isles Montignacer!
I thoroughly recommend the following site for more info about Montignac / GI based eating plans -
http://www.mendosa.com/gi.htm
It's been a lot more helpful to me! Based on this, I'm planning on reading this book it recommends
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...e=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Also, you could pick up one of the Montignac cook books - they are somewhat helpful in figuring out what is acceptable and what is not, especially when you are starting out on the plan. I refered to these cookbooks rather than trying to construct the correct food groups that Eat Slim.... talks about, it takes the headache out of it.
a) butter good or bad:- Butter very bad when cooking with it, i.e. clarfying and melting, such as in sauces, baking etc. This is not neccessarily due to the bad effects that Montignac says to avoid, but is due to the possibility of carcenogenic effects when butter breaks down in this way. Therefore - butter on some warm toast (although bread isn't really good for phase 1) is "ok" when used in extreme moderation.
b) Chocolate - there is no reason you need to avoid chocolate on the Montignac method. It is perfectly acceptable to eat chocolate that has over 70% cocoa solids in it. This is basically dark chocolate - but check on the label, some dark chocolate still has sugar as the main ingredient. I know in the UK it states the cocoa solid content (unlike here in the states so much). Black and Green in the UK makes an excellent chocolate - you can find it at health stores, and Waitrose at the very least! You can use this for a chocolate mousse that is divine, in the montignac cook book.
c) Bananas, Pineapple and Canteloupe - Montignac doesn't like them at all - especially bananas and cantelope (or any melon) because they have a very high GI... However - they have a very low glycemic load, which is explained more in the first web site I mentioned above. Personally - I'd go for cantelope over bananas any day.
I've been eating on montiganc for over 6 months, basically following eat slim and stay slim, and his cook book. I lapsed TOTALLY over Christmas, and did not put 1 pound back on.
Spang