Love carbs? Check out this plan.

If you long for the days of eating bread, pasta, rice and potatoes while continuing to lose weight, you might want to give Franco Carlotto's new book, Carb Cycle, a read.

Unlike bodybuilders who try to reach maximum size, this LA-based Mr. World Fitness winner developed a diet and exercise plan for an optimally toned, lean and balanced look. With a simple and logical approach, his book explains our natural responses to eating carbs and how to time their intake so we can have our cake and eat it, too.

Take this test to find out if you're on the right track:

True or false? After two years of beginning a diet, 97% of dieters have gained the weight back. Click here for the answer.

True or false? Any low-carb diet you choose will be about the same. Click here for the answer.

True or false? Once the body depletes its sugar stores, you'll start burning fat. Click here for the answer.

True or false? There's no need to exercise to lose weight. Click here for the answer.

It's as easy as pie.

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