Carbs & Cals: Count your Carbs & Calories with over 1,700 Food & Drink Photos! Paperback – 29 Mar. 2013

This book was recommended to me by the dietician at the diabetes clinic that I attend. When she first showed me the copy that she had I was quite prepared to be shocked by the price as most informative publications seem to command high price tags, this was not the case with this book though and I was very happy to only have to pay £10 for it.This is a high quality publication with full colour photo's showing a huge variety of foods in various portion sizes and concise, well written text. From the photo's you can make judgements on how many carbs, calories or how much protein or fat you are consuming every time you eat. As well as the photographic aids this book contains a wealth of information about healthy eating, nutrition, weight loss/gain, types of foods and diabetes. It does not delve too deeply into any of these subjects but provides enough information for you to be able to make informed decisions.Physically, this book is not too big to carry with you if you intend eating out although there is a smaller 'pocket' edition available or you can even purchase the app. from the app. store. I have only just started using the book (and the app.) but I can see that it will be getting plenty of use in the future as I doubt that I could ever memorise enough of the information to merit going without it.

Having recently been diagnosed as having type 2 diabetes I found myself bewildered by the amount of information that was given regarding diet etc. Especially as some of the stuff covered was different to the advice given whilst recovering from heart attack(s) (2 years and 9 years ago)This book is really simple to understand. And assists in both of my lifestyle, now health issuesIt shows you pictures of bowls and plates of various portions of food, So it helps you to visualise. Probably a misquote but a picture can really be worth a thousand words. This book has the better part of 2000 pictures on around 350 pages.The book gives an easy guide to breakdown of Carbs, Calories, Proteins, fats(unsaturated & saturated) and fibre. It also gives a guide to your "5 a day"It also gives you a guide to these in several popular Chain Restaurants McDonalds, Subway, KFC are included. So you can plan your night / day out.What ever your need to look at your Diet this an excellent Guide.It doesn't tell you what to do or how to do it.And remember this is a guide and is based on the measurement given (eg 194 grammes rather than the actual 220 or 150 grammes of your portion)

This was recommended to me by a diabetic nurse - it's brilliant! The advice given at the front with regards to units of insulin / carb intake is the first time in 11 years that anyone or thing has ever explained it to me - turns out I have been overdosing for years - AND being told, at the same time, that I must be eating too much sugar!!! Take the time to read and work out the advice.A wide variety of foods are addressed with clear visual pictures with portion sizes and calorie/carb/protein etc intake per portion. I soon learnt to estimate my intake - a set of electronic food scales come in very handy at first.Make the effort to keep a food diary - I lost almost 16 kilos in less than 3 months by trying to keep to a 1000 - 1300 calorie diet, all down to this little book.It's brilliant for anybody who wishes to loose weight and understand exactly what they are eating - use this not fad diets!

Having moved from medication to insulin as a type 2 diabetic I was looking for some help in identifying good versus bad foods. At a basic level this book is excellent. The pictures showing portion sizes is so much better than the normal "per 100gm" breakdown. How big is 100gm of any given food? This book will help identify just how much you are eating and allow carb/calorie counting with ease!Now for the missed trick (IMHO). The intro to the book is a good read, mentioning low GI foods and those other foods we've heard of that are so much better for us diabetics. BUT not a single indication in all the rest of the book as to the GI of the food item displayed!!! It would be SO useful to have an additional tag with a GI rating!!! Another detail that could be considered to add would be to flag the so-called "super foods" with a symbol of some kind (Blueberries being an example).I do not think a specific GI rating would be needed, maybe a simple "traffic light" to quickly help food selection?Without this additional detail this book falls just short of being an ideal single source of dietary information for diabetics! Back to the 'net!

my wife is a diabetic who receives her Insulin 24hrs a day through and insulin-pump with her testing machine being radio paired with her pump. When she is having something to eat this book makes it easy to work out the amount of Carbs in the food and enter the amount in the remote which then sends the information to the pump. She hides the pump in her bra so no digging it out again to key in the carbs as she did before the remote and this, paired with her pump, gives her the extra insulin she needs in a more exact way thanks to this bookIt is perfect for any diabetic type 1 or 2 judge the carbohydrates they are ingesting and keep the sugar level down to a better level. My wife has improved 25% which gives you the value of the book. I am a diet only (with medication) and she now judges my carbs as well. I don't get quite as much of the stuff that I like but I feel better and less worried then I was before. It is invaluable so try it.