Low-Carb Dieting For Dummies 

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Summary: A low-fat diet book in disguise !
Review: The title of this book is misleading. After reading it , I realized what it actually means. A dummy wouldn`t know that the diet descibed in this book is a low-fat, low-cal diet. If you really want to know about the low carb diet, get 'Dr. Adkins`New Diet Revolution' or even 'The South Beach Diet'.I enjoyed this book as much as I enjoy my new beverage of choice. Made from 100% organic soy, taste just like coffee and no caffeine. Finally, I got rid of that wired up feeling all day and feeling great. Look for it on the net by googling "s o yfee".

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Summary: Way Beyond Dieting - Healthy Eating for Life
Review: This book goes way beyond low-carb dieting. It should be called low-carb healthy eating for life and it changes the way you think about food. It simply categorizes all foods into either green, yellow, or red light. Green light foods can be eaten without weighing/measuring, etc.and have no limit. The foods that are green light that include carbs are most of your fruits and veggies. Yellow light foods you can eat, but you need to be careful of what kinds and how much. These are the traditional carbs - bread, pastas, beans, starchy fruit (bananas) and veggies (squash and potatoes). You are restricted to 3 servings (1 serving = 15 grams) of those a day. Red light foods should not be eaten. Add in some dairy, fat, and you have very clear guidelines how to eat healthy for the rest of your life with a focus on whole, unprocessed, foods. Some really good recipes are included as is lots of more technical information, if you are interested. But you don't need to even read that to see the common sense behind this plan. It finally puts together all the different diets, pyramids, plans, etc. into something that just makes good sense and is easy to follow.

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Summary: a great book!!!
Review: This is one of the easiest and most sensible diet plans I've ever followed. I feel great, have more energy, and have improved my health. Chauncey has made healthy eating fun and easy!

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Summary: Misleading Title- Not a Low Carb Program!
Review: While this book's emphasis on choosing a whole food diet is commendable, some of the food choices recommended in the book are not just high in carbohydrate, they are dangerously loaded with simple sugars and trans-fats. For example on page 149, the author has breakfast recommendations for the following pancreas taxing and artery clogging foods: Orange juice, oatmeal, raisins, margarine, honey and brown sugar. With possibly the exception of a small bowl of unsweetened, slow-cooking oatmeal, these foods (and many more that the author recommends) are stictly forbidden on most of the popular low-carb programs.
It angers me that I was duped into paying $21.99 for a book that uses it's misleading title to sell itself. I strongly recommend
"The Schwarzbein Principle" and "Protein Power" and the rest of the books in their respective series. While certainly not books for "dummies", they explain how our health can deteriorate on a diet rich in simple sugars and man made fats.