Book offers meals that help get weight off and keep it off.

Publication: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)

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COPYRIGHT 2001 South Florida Sun-Sentinal

Byline: Deborah S. Hartz

When food columnist Linda Gassenheimer found out her husband, Hal, had problems losing a few pounds he'd gained on vacation and that his cardiologist had told him his triglycerides were at an all-time high and his cholesterol was creeping up, she began to worry.

But when Hal announced he was going on a low-carbohydrate diet, she decided to help. So she talked to dietitians and doctors and experimented with recipes. Then she wrote "Low-Carb Meals in Minutes" (Bay Books, 2000).

"This is different than the Atkins' Diet or Sugar Busters because it's more moderate," she says.

After two weeks of eating 10 percent of calories from carbs, 11 percent from fat, 36 percent from lean protein and 40...

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