I just saw the book at Costco for $5.99 and Last weeks Womans's World Mag had a nice article on the diet.

Hi Lady Pat:
That could be the small paperback called simply "The GI Diet" which is really all one needs. I also bought "Living The GI Diet which is bigger and is really just the original book with quite a few recipes added. I think they are going to put out a book in a while which is like a companion book full of recipes.
Slow but steady.
Quincy.

Hi, I have read with interest all of your posts. I would really like to try the GI diet, I was just wondering what sort of food you can eat as I am worried about the amount of carbs. I would appreciate someone letting me know roughly what is allowed and not allowed on the GI diet.

Thanks

Hi Lowestcarb, Hope you find this helpful:

The G.I. Diet is of course based on the Glycemic Index.
The Author was the former president and CEO of the Heart and Stroke foundation of Ontario. Consequently he developed a diet that is not only for people generally wanting to lose weight but one that is very heart healthy. The diet's emphasis is not only a reduction of high glycemic carbs but also low fat. What I like about it is it is very very easy to follow. If you can read a traffic light you can do this diet the book says. He has all the foods we normally eat on a chart marked in red, yellow or green. Red light foods are ones that we should always avoid (or at least while we are reducing weight) such as most potatoes, white bread, short grain rice and the usual high glycemic foods with the addition of high fat foods such as regular bacon and whole milk. Nothing wrong though with lean meat or most anything lower fat such as back bacon, chicken breast etc. Yellow light foods are those which we can eat only very occasionally while in weight loss mode or in moderation after weight loss, such as corn, popcorn, boiled new potatoes, most nuts and bananas to name a few. You can eat all of the green light foods at every meal, such as most veggies, lean meat, most fruit and so on.
There is no measuring. Just three basic things you have to remember. 1 - Just stick to green light foods during weight loss. 2 - Fill half your plate with green light veggies and a quarter with a lower glycemic carb such a brown rice or pasta and a quarter with protein such as lean meat. 3 - Eat three meals a day and 3 green light snacks so you do not feel hungry.

This may sound too good to be true but these guys did their homework so we could have a simple plan to follow.
I don't feel this diet is a hardship at all and I do not feel hungry all the time. Also, this is the way I want to eat for the rest of my life.
My usual green light breakfast is:
Porridge made with old fashioned big flake oats with a couple of tablespoons of low-fat no-sugar yogurt and skim milk with coffee and an orange.
For lunch I have something like:
Black forest ham open faced on 1 slice of stone ground 100% whole wheat bread and a bowl of low carb soup.
A green light supper might be:
A pita pizza made with 100% whole wheat pita, lean hamburger, green pepper, black olives, tomatoes, tomato paste, green onions, low-fat mozzarella and a side salad.
I could also have a couple of snacks between meals - grapes in low fat no sugar yogurt, and half an apple.
Anyway this w.o.e. is working for me so far at 1 or 2 lbs. per week. Slow but steady. This may seem like it will take quite a while on this program but I don't feel like it's much of a hardship. Oh, I also excersize a fair bit
I know this will work if I stick to it. Time will tell when I reach my goal weight.

Hello all! I don't follow anyone's plan (like "The GI Diet" or anything) I just follow my own plan ... I eat low GI foods most of the time, and I'm finding it the easiest thing I've ever done! At the time of this post, I've lost 54.5 pounds and my husband has lost 28 pounds ... we love this way of life!

Anna
288 / 233.5 / 130
54.5 Pounds Gone using Low G.I.

My favorite Low G.I. Recipes

It's good to see your success! Low G.I. has pretty well become a way of life for me. I don't even think of it as a plan I have to follow, rather a very healthy balanced way to live and eat for the rest of my life. I've tried most everything from Slim-Fast to Atkins and eating low G.I. is something I can truly live with.
Slow but steady.

I read the posts yesterday on the GI Diet and found the book at the library after work. (I had the book The Formula: 40-30-30...and posted about it but have not had any replies). This seems simular to the Formula but much easier to follow. Think I'll give it a try. I am grateful to Atkins for getting me off the bad carbs and helping me lose a lot of weight. I want to continue to good carb thing and take off the last 15 pounds or so.

wondering where onecould get a copy of the book " the g.i diet" ?

I had been doing the atkins diet since may 20th 2004,but am so tired of eating the same things and now I am just doing low carb my question is do you think I will put back all the weight I lost so far if I would eat low carb and also incorporate eating low glycemic foods as well?

Amazon.com is a good place to get The G.I. Diet.
It's not as popular as Atkins etc. since it hasn't been around very long, but it makes sense, is simple, works, and is a w.o.e. you can maintain forever.

I know some people mix and match diets to their preferences, but you have to be careful that the concepts that make an individual diet work are not negated by mixing them. I would be inclined try a new diet and see how it works for you first before mixing.
Just my humble opinion

"The GI Diet" isn't the only book on the subject ... that's one person's version of low GI eating ... remember there are other great books on the subject, and I recommend "The New Glucose Revolution," and "The Good Carb Cookbook" as two of the best.

Anna
288 / 231.5 / 130
56.5 Pounds Gone using Low G.I.

Hi
I am on the Easy GI diet by Helen Foster (different title in the states apparently)
I am wondering if all the lowcarb products such as lc bread, tortillas, sweets, chocolate etc are also lowGI?
She allows high cocoa plain real chocholate on her plan (as its low GI) which is great but I have a stock of low carb choc so I am assuming they would be okay because they have a minimal impact on blood sugars which is the whole point of lowGI???
Thanks for any help or clarrification you can offer

Your right Topangasun.
There are quite a few low GI plans - South Beach, Sugar Busters etc. to name a couple more. The G.I. Diet is my personal favorite because it is so easy for me to follow. I guess they all work if you don't deviate too much from the plan.
BTW, you have put together a very good website

As long as it is low on the glycemic index it should be alright. It makes sense of course to keep things like chocolate to a small snack level.