Living the Low Carb Life

Finally picked up this book today. So far I've just read through the introductory stuff - the forward and introduction - but this promises to be a GREAT book - the magnum opus of low carb. It profiles 17 low carb plans, talks about how they are supposed to work, and what he sees as potential problems with each one. He then gives them a rating between 0 and 5 stars. It comes as no surprise to me that the most effective and popular plans are generally the ones written by medical doctors and are the ones that get 5 stars. It makes sense - doctors are better trained than lay people in nutrition and internal medicine.

Anyway, everyone needs to read this book whether you like low carb diets or hate them and think they are unhealthy.

$13 retail, under $5 used at Amazon

Living the Low Carb Life by Jonny Bowden

Here's all the diets and how they rated, from top rated down to lowest rated. When more than one program has the same rating they are in alphabetical order. If you want to know Mr. Bowden's reasoning behind these ratings, you'll have to get the book! :)

The Atkins Diet - 5 stars
The Fat Flush Plan - 5 stars
The Hamptons Diet - 5 stars
Protein Power - 5 stars
The South Beach Diet - 5 stars
The Zone - 5 stars
The 7 Day Low-Carb Rescue and Recovery Plan - 4 stars
The GO Diet - 4 stars
The Schwarzbein Principle - 4 stars
The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet - 3 stars
Neanderthin - 3 stars
The Paleo Diet - 3 stars
Curves - 2 1/2 stars
The Lindora Program - 2 stars (couldn't find a book, just the official Web site)
Somersizing - 2 stars
Sugar Busters! - 2 stars
The Scarsdale Diet - 0 stars

Do you have any experiences with any of these diets, or perhaps a low carb program not mentioned here? Leave a comment!

[After buying the book just today, I found this on Jimmy's site. Wowsers.]