Lose the Weight You Hate [Paperback] Review

I heartily promote reading Dr. Shoemaker's books.I have read his other books as well.He is so down to earth and accurate because of his background in Chemistry.Besides reading his books, I have taken his visual test on line, which proved I had a neurotoxin mediated illness.My weight gain was due to this.Then I fought for months to finally, after 12 years, to get a positive result for Lyme infection.He was too far away to go to for the problem, but my doctor followed his protocol.I also used his little less than $10.00 eye tests to monitor my recovery and also to test the rest of my household, who fortunately had no problem.

His diet and advice are great.

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Finally, a weight loss book that not only is enjoyable to read, but is also jam packed with "how-to-do-it" based on 20 years of clinical practice and obesity research.The No-Amylose Diet (bet you haven't tried it yet) is a fresh approach to a tired subject that usually features some variation on the wrong-headed ideas that "the way to lose weight is to cut back on calories, avoid fat and get small amounts of exercise regularly."Sorry, we have tried that approach for years and it just doesn't work.Just look at the maintenance rate for patients who use the "expert advice."Less than 10% of patients lose 30 pounds and less than 5% of that group keeps the weight off at 1 year follow-up.That advice is worthless, yet just look at the New Years' resolutions to push away from the table and go for a 30 minute jog.That's no way to lose weight! It won't work for very long.
And it can't.Fat storage is a complex process that is based on genetically controlled insulin levels and the response of insulin to the rate of rise of blood sugar following a meal.The controlling factor on insulin release isn't the number of calories we eat, but the effect of those calories on blood sugar.Foods that turn to sugar (glucose) quickly, like all amylose starches, corn syrup (low-fat foods make us fat), maltodextrins and table sugar (sucrose) set off the insulin fat storage machinery like crazy.Most of us with weight problems really aren't self-indulgent overeaters.Most of us hate our extra weight and wish we could eat like those skinny friends of ours who eat more than we do!
Lose the Weight You Hate takes us seriously, as well as our obesity related health problems.Cholesterol?Boy, have we been sold a bill of goods!Learn what really is going on with cholesterol (Chapters 10 and 11) before you swallow another statin drug that you might not need.How about the CDC talking about the national explosion of diabetes and obesity?They want us to think it is all because of our triple cheeseburgers and fries.Wrong!The chapter (14) on environmental acquisition of diabetes and obesity will knock your socks off.Learn what immune system factors, pro-inflammatory cytokines (yes, it is time to learn the medical terms), do to our insulin receptors (and therefore our insulin storage of the sugar we eat as fat).Look why our environmental exposures are the greatest threat to our waistlines.But there is hope when facts about the health effects of our changing lifestyles and our increasing use of chemicals act as a basis for improved weight control.
Even better, Chapter 13 will show you how an FDA approved medication, Avandia, currently marketed to help treat diabetes, actually is a fantastic weight loss aid in those folks with "insulin resistance."In an academic paper, featured at the 83rd Endocrine Society meetings this past June (2001), the author proves that avoiding amylose and adding Avandia gave the most difficult weight loss patients he treats a terrific boost in burning fat.Moreover, look where the ladies lost the weight-their hips!How many patients would like to lose their tummy safely, with a diet that is a new, enjoyable lifestyle not an exercise in self-torture.
Speaking of exercise, if you are like most of us, you don't have the minimum of 12 hours per week (that's right, 12 hours)to sweat off those few pounds.Quit being a masochist!If you want to exercise and have the time, great, have fun.But don't think that walking 3 miles an hour will do anything significant for a jelly roll.It just won't work. With 18 chapters, case studies and 50 enjoyable original recipes mixed in with hard science and an amusing outlook on life and weight loss, Lose the Weight You Hate is worth reading over and over again. 455 pages, index, glossary and appendices and a chapter on Childhood Obesity complete the text.

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The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet: The Lifelong Solution to Yo-Yo Dieting (Signet) (Paperback) Review

02/03/00 The first week was real tough, I really missed the sugar & cream in my coffee and the scone for breakfast. After the 2nd week I now enjoy black coffee, eggs and ham for breakfast. I have salad and slicedmeat for lunch. Every week I eat smaller portions of my reward meal. I amnow on week 5, I do not consider this a diet, but a different way to eatfor the rest of my life. Have lost 15lbs so far, Have 25 more to go. Mywife has lost 8lbs.

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Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health (Vintage) [Paperback] Review

Gary Taubes reviews the medical research of the past 50 years to establish that the connections between fat and cholesterol and heart disease have never been proven and that, on the contrary, the case that unrefined carbohydrates are responsible for obesity and the so-called "diseases of civilization" has been made by the very studies that have been used to defend the "fat" hypothesis.His review of the research is exhaustive. He does not claim that exercise does not improve muscle tone and overall health. Rather, he argues that exercise is not aa "cure" for obesity, and may even make some people fatter, because they eat more of the wrong foods after exercising.

Taubes writes that the rule to follow is the same one that your mother taught you:starch and sweets make you fat.The solution is to center your diet around protein and non-starchy carbs such as green vegetables and berries, and not to worry about fat so much as unrefined flour, rice and other processed foods.(As one reviewer below points out, "bad" calories may include meat, fish and poultry that has been fed a diet of highly-processed grain.Buy grass-fed, and read labels: much of the canned and prepared food that you buy, including some yogurts, contains sugar and food additives made from corn (corn syrup, citric acid, etc.))

Anecdotally, after reading Taubes's 2002 article in the NYT, I realized that I had started gaining weight -- put on twelve pounds, and gone from a size 6 to an 8 or 10 -- precisely when I had changed my diet in the late 1970s to conform to the "new wisdom" regarding fats and carbohydrates.Exercise -- running and yoga -- had helped me to hold the line at 12 pounds, but could not take off the added weight. My husband, for whom I had assiduously prepared low-fat, high-carb meals for years, was 25 pounds overweight, despite daily exercise.Although I had tried The Zone, and lost weight, I was scared to switch permanently to what my doctor warned me was a dangerous diet.So I'd switched back to low fat/high carb, and back came the 12 pounds.

Then, last year, we began cooking with Julia Child's "Art of French Cooking" and, rather than getting fatter, I actually lost -- yes, lost -- weight eating all those butter-sauteed veggies and creamy quiches.When I once again became concerned about eating too much fat, and returned to a low-fat/high carb diet, back came the weight.

Finally, 8 weeks ago -- before reading Taube's book -- I decided that low carb (meaning low starch) had proven itself to me twice over, and that I was going to do what worked. So I ate protein (eggs, fish, chicken, dairy), organic greens and other low-starch veggies, and tossed the rice, bread, potatoes, and sugar.I didn't worry about the fat and cholesterol in eggs, swiss cheese, whole-milk yogurt or almonds; that fat kept me full, and I wasn't eating tons of such foods (who could?), just enough to feel satisfied.

I have lost 8 pounds since July.I feel great.I am not hungry.I no longer have the digestive problems that I used to describe as a "sensitive stomach."Moreover, having recently bullied my husband into giving up sugar, white rice, potatoes and all but multi-grain bread, I am certain that his weight will soon come down as well.

In short, my mother (who was not sick a day in her life until she died -- still trim -- at age ninety, and whose cooking kept my father alive until the same age) was right, and so is Gary.Listen to your stomach, watch your scale -- and read this book.

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Eating Stella Style: Low-Carb Recipes for Healthy Living [Paperback] Review

I'm a real Stella fan as you can read by my review of his first book.Either one will give you the basics to shed the pounds and keep them off with sensible low-carb life, not counting, but shopping wise and cooking really good food that'll work.

Again, my fascination and usage of George's books are especially for breakfast and lunch and snacks, for these and maybe you are the toughest for this reviewer to keep it creative and healthy.This collection is like his first, just outstanding.You'll enjoy such as: Riviera Omelet (with prochiutto or Parma; Southwestern Breakfast Bites; Cinanamon Toast Pancakes!!!!; Chirstian's Banana Bread Muffins; Uncle Al's Sausage and Peppers Casserole; Kim's Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Lemony White Wine Sauce; Thai Scallop and Prawn Stir-Fry;Roasted Pecan and Herb-Crusted Salmon; Forzen Custard Ice Cream.

Did I mention great Entrees and Desserts as well!Each recipe is not only given the needful nutrition breakouts and good instructions, but each further has "Make It Memorable" and "Healthful Hint" sections.These are really neat, as it has other menu recipe ideas and differences with those on rapid diet descent.

With some nice color photos and all the aids you'll need to keep on low-carb track, this is nice resource for our culinary time.

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