Has anyone read Living Low-Carb: The Complete Guide to Long Term Low-Carb Dieting ?

kat819 · 07-01-2010, 06:16 PM

Curious to get the LCF take on this book, if anyone has read it.

kat819 · 07-03-2010, 03:41 PM

I guess no one has read it.

I'm getting it from the library. They have it on the web for less than a dollar, but I'd rather not spend the money on shipping if it's not really going to be helpful.

I'll post a review to this thread.

sheryl0423 · 07-06-2010, 04:35 PM

Is it the one by Jonny Bowden? If so, I have it. I haven't read it all the way thru just skimmed (my mom buys every low carb book she see while at garage sales)
From the little I have read it seems to recap most of the lower carb diets and gives the histoy of low carb.

kat819 · 07-08-2010, 09:53 AM

No, it's by Fran McCullough. I've got it waiting for me at the library.

kat819 · 07-13-2010, 08:13 AM

I just read it. It was definitely worth reading if you can get it from the library. It had some new information in it, even if you've read DANDR a thousand times and read Protein Power. The recipes looked pretty good and a lot were very low carb. I hate low carb cookbooks where one serving of a dish is "only" 26 grams of carbs. The author is a cookbook writer and food writer, so she certainly has dealt with serious challenges to staying on a low carb diet. Her son is a Type I diabetic, so she really gets how important accurate information and sticking to the low carb WOE is.

I'm going to reread it and decide whether to get a used copy or not.

07-01-2010, 06:16 PM	#1
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07-03-2010, 03:41 PM	#2
kat819 Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 1,561 Gallery: kat819 Stats: 263/227/163 5'9" WOE: PaNu/very low carb Start Date: 1st time 9/2003, third time's the charm 5/13/2010	I guess no one has read it. I'm getting it from the library. They have it on the web for less than a dollar, but I'd rather not spend the money on shipping if it's not really going to be helpful. I'll post a review to this thread.

07-06-2010, 04:35 PM	#3
sheryl0423 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Florida TB Area Posts: 998 Gallery: sheryl0423 WOE: WW Points+ lost 24.8 Start Date: 1/20/11	Is it the one by Jonny Bowden? If so, I have it. I haven't read it all the way thru just skimmed (my mom buys every low carb book she see while at garage sales) From the little I have read it seems to recap most of the lower carb diets and gives the histoy of low carb.

07-08-2010, 09:53 AM	#4
kat819 Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 1,561 Gallery: kat819 Stats: 263/227/163 5'9" WOE: PaNu/very low carb Start Date: 1st time 9/2003, third time's the charm 5/13/2010	No, it's by Fran McCullough. I've got it waiting for me at the library.

07-13-2010, 08:13 AM	#5
kat819 Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 1,561 Gallery: kat819 Stats: 263/227/163 5'9" WOE: PaNu/very low carb Start Date: 1st time 9/2003, third time's the charm 5/13/2010	I just read it. It was definitely worth reading if you can get it from the library. It had some new information in it, even if you've read DANDR a thousand times and read Protein Power. The recipes looked pretty good and a lot were very low carb. I hate low carb cookbooks where one serving of a dish is "only" 26 grams of carbs. The author is a cookbook writer and food writer, so she certainly has dealt with serious challenges to staying on a low carb diet. Her son is a Type I diabetic, so she really gets how important accurate information and sticking to the low carb WOE is. I'm going to reread it and decide whether to get a used copy or not.