Easy Low Carb Living: Simple & Practical Low Carb Lifestyle Advice

This is the second book by Patricia Haakonson, the popular author of Everyday Low Carb Cooking (now published under the title Easy Low Carb Cooking). Co-authored with her physician husband, Dr. Harv Haakonson, this book answers the common questions concerning low carb diets and their application to everyday living.

This is a simple and practical "how to" guide for low carbohydrate lifestyles. This book includes reviews of the current low carb diets, an easy to understand explanation of how the low carb mechanism works, menu planning for weight loss and maintenance, a personal food diary and an easy low carbohydrate counter. This volume contains everything necessary for the reader to start a low carbohydrate eating plan.

Readers will find the text is written in simple, everyday language that is easy to understand. Even complicated medical issues have been translated into common language to facilitate understanding. The book contains testimonials concerning the low carb approach to weight loss from readers of the author's popular cookbook, Easy Low Carb Cooking. This book will be of interest to anyone who wants to lose weight, maintain their ideal weight, start a healthier general diet, increase energy levels or feel better/healthier.

Dr. Haakonson is a retired physician who trained for the Boston Marathon (finishing in 3:35:47) while following a modified low carbohydrate diet and eating meals exclusively from Patricia's cookbook, Everyday Low Carb Cooking (now published under the title, Easy Low Carb Cooking). He is an internationally recognized expert in the field of alcohol and drug abuse and occupational medicine. Dr. Haakonson has spent considerable time researching low carb diets, the low carb mechanism, and how using a low carb approach to meal planning can improve overall health. He has used his considerable experience to "translate" complicated medical ideas and research into simple, everyday language.

Patricia Haakonson is the author of the popular cookbook, Everyday Low Carb Cooking (now published under the title, Easy Low Carb Cooking). This author successfully lost over 35 pounds following a modified low carb diet, and has maintained her ideal weight for over two years. The author wrote this book partially in response to the many requests from readers of the cookbook, for help in menu planning, learning more about the low carb mechanism, and finding low carb resources. Ms. Haakonson has included some new and exciting low carb recipes in this volume.