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Summary: Terrific asset to your cookbook collection!
Review: My husband started on SugarBusters almost a year ago, after my boss lost 50 lbs on it. We bought the SugarBusters book and also the cookbook. Never used any of the recipes in either. Instead, I was cooking only a meat and several veggies for each meal, and we were getting a little burned out. THEN, we found this in a bookstore! Everything we've tried has been terrific, not to mention easy. Hubby has lost 55lbs, thanks to SugarBusters and regular exercise. We're eating better tasting food than we ever have, and it is healthy, to boot! The shopping guide is extremely helpful and more comprehensive than the one put out by SugarBusters. I have since given at least 5 copies of this as gifts, along with Sugar Bust for Life Part II.
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Summary: Buy this one!
Review: Our goal is to make everything in the book! We are half way through, and we have LOVED everything!
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Summary: Poor editing
Review: Poor editing - the oatmeal chocolate chunk cookies called for 1 tablespoon of sugar free syrup - yech! They were terrible! (The almond lemon cookies on the adjacent page (which aren't too bad) called for 1/4 cup plus 1 tbl sugar free syrup. Type of sugar free syrup not specified. Do they mean sugar free MAPLE syrup? Also, several recipes had ingredients listed that were not later called for in the recipe instructions? They need to go back and thoroughly re-edit this book. The recipes sound really good - I want to make sure I'm preparing them with the correct amounts of ingredients before I waste my time again.
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Summary: Eating Well to Lose Weight
Review: So many easy-to-follow recipes and brand names to use in creating delicious meals that help you lose weight! Following the simple "rules" and eating sensible portions work for me. The book is to the point and full of pointers. Thanks, Brennans, I've slimmed down enough now to make a reservation at your restaurant without counting guilty calories! Hope you'll come out with more low-sugar recipes.
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Summary: Excellent resource for the Sugar Busters lifestyle!
Review: Sugar Bust for Life! is based on the diet principles from the Sugar Busters Cut Sugar to Trim Fat book. Ellen Brenan the author of Sugar Bust for Life! was the consultant and publisher of the original Sugar Buster's book. The book Sugar Busters describes a healthy way of eating to gain vitality and lose weight. Sugar Bust For Life! expands on the book with a ton of information to make the Sugar Buster way of life simple! The Sugar Bust for Life! book includes over 400 recipes, menus, an extensive supermarket shopping list with brand names, a glycemic list of foods, detailed information on the program, low fat modifications and even a list of acceptable red wines! The recipes range from simple appetizers to savory entrees. Each recipe was carefully formulated to maximize your taste experience yet help you lose weight, control cholesterol, and improve your health by using ingredients that have a low to moderate glycemic level and little refined sugar. Appetizers include Oysters Rockefeller, Crabmeat Mariniere, Fresh Salsa and Mexican Layer Dip. Soups include basic stocks, Red Bean Soup, and Cream of Broccoli. Tomatoes and Wine, Ketchup and Alfredo are among the sauces. Breakfast dishes, salads and salad dressings, grilling and marinades, side dishes and vegetarian fare are also included. The entrees are extensive ranging from Baked Chicken Supreme to Lasagne to Steak Diane. Over 400 recipes and all made with easy to find ingredients and simple to prepare! The Brennan's include 2 weeks worth of meal plans and suggestions on how to maximize your weight loss. They also have a wonderful section of brand names to look for in your supermarket to help make, selecting healthy choices easy. And they include a list of hidden sugars to beware of. Another welcome section to the book is a list of acceptable wines you can drink in moderation, while following the Sugar Busters program. Theodore Brennan is the co-author of the book and owner of Brennan's restaurant of New Orleans. His brother James, a wine expert and connoisseur, selected the wines. Brennan's restaurant has won numerous awards, for its fine wine cellars. The wines selected are the best choices that are acceptable within the Sugar Busters guidelines. The book Sugar Bust for Life! was formerly called Sugar Less for Life! Unfortunately (...)is selling these two books together as a set when they are the same book! The Brennan's do have a another book out called Sugar Bust for Life with the Brennan's Part II. It's also available through (...). I just received a copy, and like its sister book, it looks wonderful! Sugar Bust for Life! With the Brennan's is certainly a delicious easy way to lose weight and get healthy!
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Summary: Excellent resource for the Sugar Busters lifestyle!
Review: Sugar Bust for Life! is based on the diet principles from the Sugar Busters Cut Sugar to Trim Fat book. Ellen Brenan the author of Sugar Bust for Life! was the consultant and publisher of the original Sugar Buster's book. The book Sugar Busters describes a healthy way of eating to gain vitality and lose weight. Sugar Bust For Life! expands on the book with a ton of information to make the Sugar Buster way of life simple! The Sugar Bust for Life! book includes over 400 recipes, menus, an extensive supermarket shopping list with brand names, a glycemic list of foods, detailed information on the program, low fat modifications and even a list of acceptable red wines! The recipes range from simple appetizers to savory entrees. Each recipe was carefully formulated to maximize your taste experience yet help you lose weight, control cholesterol, and improve your health by using ingredients that have a low to moderate glycemic level and little refined sugar. Appetizers include Oysters Rockefeller, Crabmeat Mariniere, Fresh Salsa and Mexican Layer Dip. Soups include basic stocks, Red Bean Soup, and Cream of Broccoli. Tomatoes and Wine, Ketchup and Alfredo are among the sauces. Breakfast dishes, salads and salad dressings, grilling and marinades, side dishes and vegetarian fare are also included. The entrees are extensive ranging from Baked Chicken Supreme to Lasagne to Steak Diane. Over 400 recipes and all made with easy to find ingredients and simple to prepare! The Brennan's include 2 weeks worth of meal plans and suggestions on how to maximize your weight loss. They also have a wonderful section of brand names to look for in your supermarket to help make, selecting healthy choices easy. And they include a list of hidden sugars to beware of. Another welcome section to the book is a list of acceptable wines you can drink in moderation, while following the Sugar Busters program. Theodore Brennan is the co-author of the book and owner of Brennan's restaurant of New Orleans. His brother James, a wine expert and connoisseur, selected the wines. Brennan's restaurant has won numerous awards, for its fine wine cellars. The wines selected are the best choices that are acceptable within the Sugar Busters guidelines. The book Sugar Bust for Life! was formerly called Sugar Less for Life! Unfortunately (...)is selling these two books together as a set when they are the same book! The Brennan's do have a another book out called Sugar Bust for Life with the Brennan's Part II. It's also available through (...). I just received a copy, and like its sister book, it looks wonderful! Sugar Bust for Life! With the Brennan's is certainly a delicious easy way to lose weight and get healthy!
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Summary: Sugar Bust For Life!...With the Brennans Parts I and II
Review: SUGAR LESS FOR LIFE!...WITH THE BRENNANS was originally published as SUGAR BUST FOR LIFE! The contents of these two books are the same.If SUGAR LESS FOR LIFE ...WITH THE BRENNANS is out of stock or unavailable for any reason just request SUGAR BUST FOR LIFE!(ISBN 0966351908) as this original title is more readily available and will continue to be so in the future. We have just published and recently released a new PART II OF SUGAR BUST FOR LIFE!...WITH THE BRENNANS which is now available. This latest title serves as a PART II for SUGAR LESS FOR LIFE!...WITH THE BRENNANS as well. If you are among the thousands of Sugar Busters dieters looking for over 300 additional, brand new, low sugar recipes, new menus, an extensive wine list, an updated brand name guide, tips for success and more, SUGAR BUST FOR LIFE!...WITH THE BRENNANS PART II(ISBN 0966351924) is the answer! Many Thanks, Shamrock Publishing SBforL@aol.com Call/Fax 504-897-6770
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Summary: For Serious-Minded, Health-Conscious Individuals
Review: The recipes in this book are easy to follow and quite satisfying. There are many recipes from which to choose that will appease the appetite and maintain a healthy intake of food. There is a clearly written explanation of how the low sugar way of eating helps you to lose weight by eating well. If you are looking for McDonald's, go there for an overload of grease and fat. It is important to understand that serving sizes and eating in moderation must accompany following the recipes, as well as drinking water and exercising.There are at least 7 recipes using ground meat that are acceptable in this book. I often improvise with ingredients, if the recipe calls for an ingredient that isn't in my pantry or I am out of at the time, making sure that my substitutes are acceptable or the omissions aren't critical! I think this cookbook and healthy eating guide gives a lot of variety. What a pleasure to know you can eat like a gourmet and not have to sacrifice your taste buds for overly greasy, bland, unappetizing and unhealthy foods! My thanks to the Brennans, who obviously have found the secret and are happily sharing it with those of us with health problems(from overweight to diabetes, etc)and are now seriously trying to eat well. And you're never too young to start. I'm sharing what I learned with campers five years old to twelve years old!
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Summary: January 2005 - Better resources now available !
Review: This book is light reading and lacks knowledge sharing of glycemic foods. I was not looking for a Dr.'s book on food and recipes but this book was not fullfilling for me. It encourages the use of the 'bad' fats. It does encourage low glycemic foods and low sugar foods. What I am trying to share is that I bought two books at the same time, the other by "GALLOP" - Living the G.I. Diet, and found this one to be greatly lacking by comparison.
Just one person's opinion - All the best
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Summary: Best Diet Cookbook
Review: This book makes the diet, SugarBusters!, only easier than it already is. With 400 delicious recipes, including desserts, and a red wine list composed by James Brennan of the World Famous Brennan's Restaurant in New Orleans, it's hard to imagine this cookbook is based on a diet concept. The book is such a bargain for everything included in it. It's great to use as a diet cookbook, but also has great recipes from the Brennan Family that don't neccessarily need to be used with a diet in mind.
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