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Montignac. I know three people who very substantially and enduringly reduced their weight by that (on eof them from 110 kg to below 80 over six months - it's true), I myself control it easily with that, too. for my height, 80kg is a bit much, I'm at 74 now, and lost those six kilos in three months. The method does not count calories (which is stupid! it also does not work), but differs between carbohydrates that cause only a low spike in glycaemic increase, and those that lead to a huge glycaemic spike. You are allowed (and required!) to eat of the first as much you want, while the latter is banned. the ,method even needs you to eat as much as you want, for hunger only reduces the energy consummation of the body - which reduces the efficiency of any "hunger diet". No hunger, no loss in eating and life quality. You just learn to choose wisely. It does not overly focus on fat, or meat - eat as much meat as you want. Of the regular basic foods, the only really obvious loss you may realize is that potatoes in general are considered to be not positive (extremely high glycaemic index value), switch to rice and noodles. but the cooking methods are important sometimes (high temepratures transform carbohydrates in that way that they cause higher glycaemic reactions - cooked potatoes and pommes frites are different for that reason, as is soft noddles and short-cooked Spaghetti al dente).

It centers around a list that presents every food with a glycaemic index value - the lower, the better. More and more doctors become aware of it, too, it is very successful in europe. Due the the diversity in food you are still allowed to eat, there is no health risks from one-sided food habits.The method also is good becasue it teaches you to avoid all that unhealthy crap food and ready-meals supermarkets are filled with, all that industrially-produced bad stuff, bad fats and oils, tons of salts and chemical ingredients, raffinaded sugar, etc.

Think of it less as a diet, but more of a learning a new food and eating habit. If you do so, you will never have weight problems again. It is no typical diet for a given period of time, but a re-education.

there are many books by Montignac - why also is a hobby cook. So, many books are fiulled with recipes, and not of the easiest kinds. Ignore that, you must not cook complicated, you just choose the recommended food - and do with it what you want. The many cooking books are money-making only. Ignore them. A good basic book is "Die Montignac Methode" (Je mange donc je maigris - et je reste mince), published in German in 1999, but I have no idea which of the many English titles matches that. It is compact and includes all what you need to know.