I’ve been reading chapters of Good Calories, Bad Calories again, and I was finally moved to look for Dr. Yudkin’s books on Amazon. His books Pure White and Deadly and Sweet and Dangerous cost way too much, but I did buy a copy of Eat Well, Slim Well.
Normally, I love diet books that are all about the meal plans, as this one is, but the recipes and meal plans were pretty disappointing. I think, for my taste, the original Atkins book (1972) is better.
Anyway, the introduction *was* interesting, and I’ve put up a PDF of it.
Here is a list of “unrestricted” foods: those, that is, which you don’t have to limit but which limit themselves. They are meat, poultry, fish, eggs, butter, margarine, cream, leafy vegetables. In addition, you should take between half and one pint of milk a day, up to half a pound of fruit, and up to two ounces of cheese.
The margarine is not something anyone recommends now, but in 1982 (the copyright date), people were a lot more warm and fuzzy about it.
Anyway, I’m keeping an eye out for a cheap copy of Pure White and Deadly.
Check out abebooks.com – they have a couple of used copies. Still expensive, but considerably cheaper than new.
$100 is better than $500, but it’s still way too much.
Thanks for the pdf!
Margarine? Half a pound of fruit? Dang.
I’ve decided to eliminate fruit for a month to see if that’s making me hang on to all this body fat. I’m down to 160lb but I’ve still got a gut, man-boobs, and visceral fat and lost way too much muscle mass. I thought paleo was supposed to be muscle-sparing…
I am a bit of a fan of John Yudkin and get rather irritated to see the publicity given to the Atkins diet as if it was the greatest thing on earth.
Look for a copy of John Yudkins book “This Slimming Business”.
Basically keep your cards to about 60g or less a day and pig out on meat, fat and green veg but avoid alcohol (sorry). Lose weight and also feel more perky.
Best wishes to all….