Based on the Glycemic Index, and developed by the author of the "New York Times"-bestselling "G.I. Diet," this 13-week weight-loss plan incorporates recipes, meal plans, motivational techniques and tips, and the inspirational real life stories of dozens of participants.

Now in paperback: The New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. The #1 bestseller in Canada. The book chosen by People magazine and "The View" as one of the top diet books of 2005. The book called "The Canadian Miracle Diet" by Woman's World magazine. The book that first popularized the glycemic index, and brought widespread attention to how dieting based on this index is the foundation for losing weight permanently without feeling hungry, counting calories, or jeopardizing your arteries. And the book that made dieting as simple as a traffic light: Green is go, yellow is proceed with caution, and red is stop. Backed by the science of the glycemic index, The G.I. Diet places every type of food into one of three color-coded categories: Green—make these foods the centerpiece of your diet; Yellow—eat occasionally, after you've achieved your ideal weight; and Red—avoid. For example, quickly digested white bread, including bagels and rolls, causes blood sugar to spike and hunger to return quickly. It's "red." Slowly digested stone-ground whole-wheat bread, which gives a much-longer feeling of satiety, is "green." The diet is a cinch to stick to, truly healthful, and couldn't be easier to follow. Includes recipes, snack ideas, a shopping list, and tips for dining out.

A weight management program based on the glycemic index uses a three-color system to indicate food options and provides ratings for various foods and snacks and tips on dining out, recipes, and shopping.

Rick Gallop's groundbreaking G.I. Diet has been revised and updated once more to provide the best new basics for people looking to lose weight permanently, and to show you how to eat right for your personality type. The G.I. Diet has helped hundreds of thousands of people around the world to lose weight and keep it off. Now Canada's diet guru Rick Gallop, along with his wife Dr. Ruth Gallop, have updated the book once again, including a guide to how your personality type affects your eating behaviours. Whether you are controlling, impulsive, indecisive or feel helpless, you will be able to identify your traits and modify your eating habits. Over the years, the G.I. diet has proven that: • You won't feel hungry or deprived • You will never have to count calories, carbs or points again • It's healthy and will reduce your risk of heart disease and diabetes

In this real-life clinic, Rick Gallop coaches men and women who suffer from diabetes, pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes through the challenges of changing their eating habits to help control their disease. In this latest week-by-week guide, diet guru Rick Gallop tackles the epidemic problem of diabetes and weight gain. Just as The G.I. Diet Menopause Clinic did, this book will include food charts based on Gallop's practical and easy-to-follow traffic light system, up-to-date nutritional information attuned to pre-diabetics, type 2 diabetics and insulin-dependent diabetics, weekly meal plans, practical weight loss tips and delicious and easy recipes. The original G.I. Diet was singled out by the Canadian Diabetes Association for its effectiveness at controlling weight gain and blood sugar levels, both crucial factors in diabetes. Here Rick documents the results as men and women at risk of diabetes or who already have the condition change the way they eat as an effective means of helping to manage the disease.

Rick Gallop, author of the phenomenally successful G.I. Diet series, makes losing weight even easier with this detailed, step-by-step guide to the first 13 weeks on the G.I. Diet. The original G.I. Diet has helped millions of people all over the world lose weight and keep it off. Still, many people frustrated by their yo-yo dieting experiences think a healthy lifestyle is difficult to attain. And who can blame them when most diets are too complex and leave you feeling deprived and hungry? On a mission to turn losing weight into a positive experience, Rick Gallop recruited volunteers with a body mass index of 33 or over–in other words, the hard cases–to participate in an e-clinic he would run from his website. For 13 weeks he introduced them to the basics of the G.I. Diet, answered their questions, taught them how to shop, cook and eat out, coached them through the hurdles and helped them develop strategies for dealing with cravings and the emotional reasons why we eat. In return, participants shared their stories, their feelings, their stumbling blocks and their triumphs. Over 80 percent of the participants stayed with the program–which is easy to follow and never leaves you hungry–and every single one of them lost significant amounts of weight. In fact, the group lost a remarkable average of 25 pounds and an amazing 10 inches from their waists and hips over the three-month period. In the process, Rick received a wealth of feedback that will help others wishing to lose weight. And it’s all here in The G.I. Diet Clinic. With this book, you too can benefit from Rick’s tips and tricks, his weekly meal plans and real-life advice, and you’ll get support and encouragement from the experiences and inspiring stories of e-clinic participants.

The Original International Gi Diet Bestseller, Now Revised And Updated - Over 40 all new recipes and meal plans - Over 100 new red, yellow and green light food listings - Updates on everything from low carbs to office lunches and family meals - More readers' comments and suggestions Most diets fail for these three reasons - you go hungry, they're too complicated or they are simply unhealthy. With Rick Gallop's acclaimed Gi diet - you won't feel hungry or deprived - you will never have to count calories, carbs or points again - it's healthy and nutritious and will reduce your risk of major diseases. Based on the Glycemic Index, or GI, which rates foods according to how fast they are digested, the Gi Diet makes choosing the right food simple with its unique, easy-to-follow traffic light system: *Foods to avoid *Foods to eat occasionally *Foods to eat as much of as you want And the benefits are more than just weight loss! Changing your eating habits can also help prevent life-threatening illnesses, like heart disease and diabetes. "Losing weight is relatively easy with many "fad" Diets; maintaining the loss with these diets is difficult and largely impossible to sustain. Rick Gallop has found the key to permanent weight loss"