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Being overweight isn’t just about carrying around excess flab. The fatty tissue produces hormones that can make you susceptible to a number of chronic conditions – and the more overweight you are the greater the risk. Being overweight or obese increases the likelihood of you suffering from cancer, coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis and stroke.

The good news is that if you are overweight or obese, losing just 10 per cent of your body weight can reduce the risk of these chronic conditions significantly. The research showing beneficial weight loss on a low-GL diet is plentiful. Both adults and children show marked weight benefits and loss of excess body fat when following a low-GL diet.

Being on a low-GL diet doesn’t reduce your metabolic rate as much as being on a low-fat diet – so at rest you are burning more calories on the GL Diet. This can only help with weight loss. GL dieters also report feeling less hungry than low-fat, low-calorie dieters, and actually eat less! Again, great for losing those wobbly bits.

‘I’ve lost 7 stone since using the diet freedom website and books. It’s a really logical way to lose weight and becomes second nature very quickly. It also makes you feel really good. The best thing, though, is that I’ve not regained any of the weight I’ve lost – this is a first as I’d yo-yo dieted my way through life up until this point. My confidence is much increased and it would be no exaggeration to say it has changed my life completely.’

Joe from Worthing

‘In the two weeks I’ve been following this way of life, I haven’t stopped eating and I haven’t felt hungry. I’ve continued with a glass of red wine in the evenings, I’ve had the odd bit of chocolate and I’ve still lost 7lb. Can’t be bad – I only wish I’d come across it sooner. Thanks to all involved with the books, the forum and all its members.’

Caroline

diet freedom online club member

‘I thought I’d cheer myself up this morning by weighing myself, even though I hadn’t planned to do so, and I’m absolutely delighted with the result! In the six-and-a-bit weeks since I started the diet I’ve lost a total of … 15lb! That’s 6lb lost since my last weigh-in only two-and-a-half weeks ago. I’m taking as little exercise as ever, so I have to attribute my improved girth to the diet. This is definitely a very workable plan and fits in well with family life. It’s easy to build meals around this sort of food, supplementing a basic low-GL core with higher-GL accompaniments and extras (such as potatoes) for the rest of the family. I’m very pleasantly surprised to find that it also helps me to lose weight!’

Astrid from Essex