Description
100 delicious recipes for weight-loss. If there's one diet that is widely acclaimed for its health benefits, it's the Mediterranean diet. It is lauded by health experts for its positive impact on weight loss, heart and brain health, cancer prevention and diabetes prevention and control. The diet is not just nutritious, but tasty too. In particular, the simplicity, exemplary ingredients and all-round deliciousness of Italian cuisine means that it is internationally adored.
But surely Italian food, with its pasta, pizzas and oil-soaked breads, is as far from being low calorie and low carb as you can get? Not in the hands of of Italian food and low-carb specialists Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi. With a combined ninety-three years of cooking experience and several bestsellers between them, Katie and Giancarlo have become leading advocates for the health benefits of a low-carb diet. Here, they show you how, in more than eighty fabulous Italian recipes combining healthy ingredients with a little kitchen know-how, you can still eat some of the tastiest food on the planet while shedding weight and achieving a healthier, happier and more energized you. Expert nutritionist Jenny Phillips introduces the book, defining the Mediterranean diet and relating it to the Caldesi's tried-and-tested approach. Using the recipes that follow and the Caldesi's bespoke CarbScale, anyone can enjoy delicious low-carb Italian food, from sugar-free dolci and low-carb pizza to portion-controlled pasta with abundant vegetables and delicious sauces.
Author: Giancarlo Katie Caldesi
Publisher: Kyle Books
Published: 06/06/2023
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.30h x 7.60w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781914239588
ISBN10: 191423958X
BISAC Categories:
- Health & Fitness | Diet & Nutrition | Weight Loss
- Cooking | Health & Healing | Low Carbohydrate
- Cooking | Regional & Ethnic | Italian
But surely Italian food, with its pasta, pizzas and oil-soaked breads, is as far from being low calorie and low carb as you can get? Not in the hands of of Italian food and low-carb specialists Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi. With a combined ninety-three years of cooking experience and several bestsellers between them, Katie and Giancarlo have become leading advocates for the health benefits of a low-carb diet. Here, they show you how, in more than eighty fabulous Italian recipes combining healthy ingredients with a little kitchen know-how, you can still eat some of the tastiest food on the planet while shedding weight and achieving a healthier, happier and more energized you. Expert nutritionist Jenny Phillips introduces the book, defining the Mediterranean diet and relating it to the Caldesi's tried-and-tested approach. Using the recipes that follow and the Caldesi's bespoke CarbScale, anyone can enjoy delicious low-carb Italian food, from sugar-free dolci and low-carb pizza to portion-controlled pasta with abundant vegetables and delicious sauces.
Author: Giancarlo Katie Caldesi
Publisher: Kyle Books
Published: 06/06/2023
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.30h x 7.60w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781914239588
ISBN10: 191423958X
BISAC Categories:
- Health & Fitness | Diet & Nutrition | Weight Loss
- Cooking | Health & Healing | Low Carbohydrate
- Cooking | Regional & Ethnic | Italian
About the Author
Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi own London's Caldesi in Marylebone as well as Caldesi in Campagna in Bray. They have co-authored the bestselling The Diabetes Weight-Loss Cookbook, The Reverse Your Diabetes Cookbook, Around The World in Salads and The Gentle Art of Preserving and have both appeared on Saturday Kitchen. Giancarlo was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2012. Since then he has lost nearly four stone and kept his diabetes in remission by following a low-carb diet, while Katie has lost more than a stone in weight, too.
www.caldesi.com @KatieCaldesi @MrCaldesi