Dr. Atkins' New Carbohydrate Gram Counter

For each food item listed carbs, fiber, net carbs, protein, fat and calories are included. A nice difference between this and the older version of the book is the inclusion of net carbs.
The net carb of a food is the impact it will make on your body. These are the only carbs you need to count because they exclude carbohydrates and sugar alcohols.

The mini book begins with an introduction that explains the science behind why it's carbohydrates we need to be concerned with not fat. Then the book gives a very basic overview of the Atkins plan. One page also gives portion size guidelines. Really handy. For example 2T peanut butter is about the size of 2 teabags.

The rest of the book is devoted to food and beverage counts. Though the book is not as comprehensive as a larger book such as Corrine Netzger's Book of Food Counts it covers quite a few foods.

If you are only purchasing one guide, I would purchase a larger one as it is more comprehensive. But its really helpful to have this little book in your purse, pocket or car for quick checks of what you are eating.

The small size makes it easy to tote. The back of the book gives tips for dining out and has a small list of popular restaurants and the counts for their food items.

I liked the book so well, I purchased two. One for my purse and the other for quick checks on the kitchen counter!


A great asset to the atkins diet...   October 2, 2003
T. Reinhardt (east coast)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful

While on the first induction phase, the atkins diet can be simple to figure out. But as you get a bit past the first two weeks calclulating out carbohydrates can get a bit complicated. I was surprised at what had carbohydrates and how much it actually had.

This book was a big help to me. And its small size allowed me to carry it around and pull it out when i needed to...without being *obvious*... This book would be helpful for anyone on a low carb/no carb eating plan, not just atkins plan...