Customer Reviews
Not a lot of help for vegans - By: L. Reiter, 08 Dec 2008 
I avoid Dairyin my diet & chose this book over others as it suggested it was suitable for vegans. On the whole I have made good use of some of Rose's other cook books. There are however very few recipes a vegan would be able to usein this one, even if you substitute milk & cheese products. There seem to eggsin everything!
It also strays a bit from the normal healthy wholefood approach I take by using highly processed ingredients like soya isolate powder to bulk up on protein. I could only ever see this as a strict & temporary diet fix rather than changing your eating patterns for life.
Also, I bought some stevia extract which claims to have no after taste but it is revoltingin most things leaving a strong saccharine after taste. It also gave both my husband & I headaches. Scary.
Fantastic! - By: Nick Tann, 18 Nov 2008 
This is a great diet & a great book.
I've been on it for 5 weeks & have lost a stone.
Follow the recipes & don't cheat & so will you.
excellent book for vegetarians - By: K. Cunliffe, 18 Jul 2008 I have had this book on my shelves for a couple of years now & unfortunately didnt look at it being more into the low fat way of eating. Ive been vegetarian for approx 20 years & have been putting on weight since a cholecystectomy 12 years ago. The key thing for this diet is that this book has enabled me to diet without feeling hungry - cravings are at a minimum. Weight loss wise the first couple of weeks I lost nearly a stone & loss has been around 2-3 lbs since then. While it requires some form of dedication from the dieter, the author has adapted low carb foods for the vegetarian/vegan diet amazingly well & with great creativity. This has helped me no end. I especially like the rice alternative & when you are needing a sweet treat the almond crunch hits the spot. Brilliant book. I have ordered her low carb cookbook to help extend my repetoire of meals - crossed fingers it will be as good as this one.
Would not recommend this approach - By: Books are treasures !, 27 Oct 2007 
I am vegetarian & I eat healthily. After following the guidelines of this low carb diet for a couple of weeks I did loose weight but felt that my diet was far from healthy ! Being advised to avoid foods like oranges while being able to eat almost unlimited amounts of eggs & processed vegie food seemed wrong & unnatural to me.
*I did loose weight but I gained most of it when I tried to re-introduce carbs ie fruit & vegetables
*I felt light-headed for most of the time
*I am sure that the calorific value of the meals was so low that I would have lost weight on that level anyway - low carb or not.
*any diet that requires you to take supplements cannot be healthy
*the only real way to being a healthy weight is to take a lifelong aproach to eating healthily, exercising & monitoring / managing that calorific balance
GREAT BOOK! But Non-Vegitarians be aware... - By: Delta, 26 Oct 2007 
This is a fantastic book! If you are searching for a successful way to lose weight - this is definitely a method that I recommend! After years of checking food labels of calories & fat intake - I never really lost any weight without starving myself (which I knew was a BIG mistake!) However, after buying this book I noticed that by eating, my weight seeemed to be disappearing. I have a few minor things to mention though...
1) If you are NOT vegitarian (like me) then do NOT strictly attempt the vegitarian diet as you lack meat as well as carbs which you are use to. I thought vegetables were healthier & I love vergitarian food so I thought it wouldn't be a problem... but unforuntaly it was. I fainted on the tube, & friends alsoin the same situation experienced severe headaches & painful cramps! After switching to foods we were use to (i.e. meat), we experienced less problems.
2) It takes about a week on about 30g of carbs a day for 11st (+/- a stone) people to have a smaller appetite. I have however slightly broken the rules by having a glass of wine a night, a bite of a biscuit or so & still managed to lose 9lbsin two weeks! A very comforting start to the diet! (People I know on this diet have alos lost a substantial amount of weightin the first stage of the diet!!)
3) Remember to drink LOTS of water. Even after drinking 2 litres of water a day, I usually still feel thirsty & dehydrated.
4) TAKE YOUR MINERALS & VITAMENS! It is essential to take your minerals to ensure you get the essentialsin your body as you are cutting out foods (like fruit) that have the ingredients your body needs.
I do however like the foodin this book! I am a fan of cheese, but I particularly like the yogurt breakfast, the scrambled egg on mushroom breakfast, the vegi-burger dinner & I have yet to try the muffins!
Hope you find this usefull & good luck with your diet! x
