The cook books I bought are great, and give lots of good ideas for a bit of variety (also lots of photo's which help a novice like me in the kitchen).... but when you look at the ingredients, a lot of the recipes use substantial portions of high GI foods. I know that sometimes fats/ flour are needed for baking, but a lot of these recipes seem to sacrifice the Low GI concept in favour of flavour. I have a always had a terrible sweet tooth, so I recoiled when I saw recipes requiring a huge amount of sugar.... so all I'm saying is that you need to be careful. Just because a recipe is in a Low GI cook book, doesn't mean it's going to help you lose weight.