Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 613 EAN: 9780918684653 Format: Illustrated ISBN: 091868465X Label: Cameron & Company Manufacturer: Cameron & Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 58 Publication Date: 2004-04-01 Publisher: Cameron & Company Studio: Cameron & Company
"The Drinking Man's Diet", granddaddy and origionator of all low carb diets, was first published in 1964 and sold 2,400,000 copies in 13 languages. It does not encourage drinking but understands that upwards of 60 million people in the US alone enjoy a Carbo-Free cocktail every now and then.
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating: Summary: The Author Owes Us An Explanation Comment: I have to agree with the other reviewer who noted the contradictory advice on pages 8 and 26. The author opens the book by telling us to eat less than 60 grams of carbohydrates a day. He closes it by warning us to eat at least 60 grams of carbohydrates a day. I can't believe this slim little valume has been around for so long without some editor correcting that fundamental mistake.
That said, this is a good and easy to follow diet. By comparing the charts at the back, I realized I did not need to analyze every meal. Just cut out bread, beans, potatoes, pasta and rice -- these are the highest common carb foods. And deserts. If you are a beer drinker, well, too bad. This book is aimed at cocktail drinkers, as only 5 non-lite beers will put you over the 60 gram limit. But tell me this Jameson/Williams: if tonic water has 0 grams, and gin has 0 grams, how can a gin and tonic have 9 grams of carbs? And how do you know a sandwich has 87 grams of cholesterol? Doesn't it depend on what you put in the sandwich?
I'm glad they reissued this little book, but it would benefit from a careful review and editing. Customer Rating: Summary: Not just for men Comment: This was the original low carb diet. I remember the book from my childhood and it's almost identical. I love the fact that it doesn't give advice, doesn't try to 'nanny' you into following the diet -just states the facts. This is a weight loss programme that works, follow it if you want to and if you have deeper issues with food than simply overeating you need counselling and if you have issues with drink you need AA. Basically, what we put into our mouth is up to us but doing it this way allows an enjoyable 'liveable' lifestyle and still lets you lose wight. Customer Rating: Summary: Still a staple after 43 years! Comment: As the author of The Beer Drinkers Diet also available on Amazon, I know a thing or two about this subject. However, this book was first written before I was even born!
It is hard to believe that many of its principles still have merit today after four decades. This book is truly old school.
Although this book is nothing more than a small pamphlet, it is hard to lose for a book that costs a few bucks.
The bottom line is that it still has merit after all of these years! Cool lil' pamphlet! Customer Rating: Summary: Confusing! Comment: I think the premise of the diet is a good one. Thebook is very short and easy to read and entertaining. I liked the book. The problem I had with it and it is a big problem, is that it tells you two different things.
In the first chapter titled- What The Diet Is, the author begins by stating:"This really is a simple diet. It can be summed up in one sentence: EAT FEWER THAN 60 GRAMS OF CARBOHYDRATE A DAY."
He continues in that vein by giving a sample menu for what he says "Is what we serve ALMOST EVERY DAY IN OUR HOUSEHOLD WHEN WE ARE KEEPING STRICKLY TO THE DIET. The total grams of carbohydrate to be consumed in that day are 33 grams.
But at the end of the book he states: "You don't have to go overboard on cutting down carbohydrates. Get AT LEAST 60 grams a day."
So which is it? Eat less than 60 grams a day or get AT LEAST 60 grams a day?
Oh editor! Calling the editor! Was there an editor for this book? You missed a pretty big goof up there. What's a reader to do? Customer Rating: Summary: Good Seller - Small Book Comment: No problems with seller - fast ship, book like new. However, price was inappropriate for such little material as book is more like a pamphlet.
