Is The Sugar Busters Diet Just Another Low-Carb Diet?

The Sugar Busters Diet was made famous in New Orleans when it sold 100,000 copies by word of mouth alone. It is essentially a diet which eliminates sources of sugar and other high glycemic carbohydrates, in order to lower insulin in the blood (same theory as essentially all reduced-carb diets).

Compared to other reduced-carb diets, there is less restriction. There are no ultra-low carb phases, and, in fact, the whole diet could be fairly high in carbohydrate, depending upon food choices. The authors say the diet usually averages about 40% carbohydrate, but they also say that it can be as high as 50-55% carbohydrate. Where 40% is considered low carb, above 50% is not.

There are almost no suggestions in the books for tailoring the diet to an individual's needs, or how to determine what those needs might be (e.g. different people's needs for different amounts of carbohydrate). The assumption seems to be that everyone is the same in regards to dietary needs.

This is a very simple and straightforward diet to follow. You must learn what foods are off-limits, and then learn how to eat within what is left. There is no measuring, weighing, counting, or calculating whatsoever.