The Sugar Control Bible and Cookbook

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Summary: Lost a ton!
Review: A self admitted chocoholic, I was skeptical when my accupunturist recommended this food plan. Ahhh--I was proved wrong--lost 16 lbs in 5 weeks and ate quit a bit of yummy food. I am now a beleiver, and my stomach gets upset when I stray from this food plan.

If you buy the book, you must be committed to follow it exactly or it will not work.

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Summary: Lost a ton!
Review: My doctor introduced me to this way of eating by having me try the two week plan. I had my reservations and all the reasons why I could not follow it. but I said I'd try it for two weeks--but no more. I began eating the Sugar Control Program three months ago and will never go back to my old way of eating. I have so much more energy now and I like the food. I'm never hungry and grocery shopping is so very easy: I shop on the outside paramenters of the grocery store. In otherwords, I eat all fresh food now.

I bought the book to learn more about why this works and found it to be very helpful in learning how the body handles nutrients and what the body needs to function properly. Ms Paltis also gives some background on TBM (Total BOdy modification) and using functional physiology in learning how the body works. This book is a great guide and reference if you want to learn improved ways of functioning.

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Summary: A new me!
Review: My doctor introduced me to this way of eating by having me try the two week plan. I had my reservations and all the reasons why I could not follow it. but I said I'd try it for two weeks--but no more. I began eating the Sugar Control Program three months ago and will never go back to my old way of eating. I have so much more energy now and I like the food. I'm never hungry and grocery shopping is so very easy: I shop on the outside paramenters of the grocery store. In otherwords, I eat all fresh food now.

I bought the book to learn more about why this works and found it to be very helpful in learning how the body handles nutrients and what the body needs to function properly. Ms Paltis also gives some background on TBM (Total BOdy modification) and using functional physiology in learning how the body works. This book is a great guide and reference if you want to learn improved ways of functioning.

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Summary: Cure the source, don't treat the symptoms
Review: This should be required reading for Everyone. Americans are ranked somewhere around 16 in terms of health. The 'modern', 'civilized' western diet obviously doesn't work, given the alarming increases in obesity, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, etc. Traditional western medicine doesn't work because it focuses on illness and death, not prevention and cure. * Good nutrition is the cornerstone to well-being. * Unfortunately, determining what 'good nutrition' is in America is a daunting task. Worse, even if you do have good guidelines to help you, there are plenty of potential pitfalls out there. Who would think there would be sugar in lunchmeats, for example? Who would think that there may be sugar in canned fruits, even those labeled 'unsweetened' or 'no sugar added'? How do you eat well when the term 'carbohydrate' encompasses everything from wholesome complex carbohydrates to refined sugar?

Similar to the second reviewer, my acupuncturist also recommended I read this. It is concise, truthful, up-to-date and right on the money. It's horrifying, but it is just the ammunition we need to help balance out the lies perpetuated by the media, food industry, pharmaceutical industry, medical establishment, government, etc. in the US. While I wouldn't trade our capitalist processes for anything (I've lived abroad, and have learned the good outweighs the bad) nonetheless there are too many economic incentives for the above mentioned to keep us sick, instead of curing us.

Even if you're not as sensitive to sugar and refined carbohydrates as I am, you could still benefit from eating 'clean'. The human body is remarkably adaptable, the end result being we adapt to refined foods and may not become sick outright, but instead, begin the gentle but inexorable downward spiral from health to not feeling well, to disease finally. Traditional western medicine doesn't seem to care about this continuum from health to the start of disease; I can vouch for that. I spent many frustrated years taking all sorts of tests (blood tests, etc) and having doctors smile and tell me I was perfectly normal, when I certainly didn't feel that way at all. I attribute the high quality of life I have today to the following: my chiropractor, my acupuncturist, following the 'diet' in the Sugar Control Bible (if you could call it a diet), Ezekiel 4:9 live sprout bread (we LOVE the Cinnamon and Raisin) and 20 minutes of Pilates a day (I found the Pilates for Dummies DVD to be the best).

All diets are do-able. But sustainable? Ah, now that's the key. This is the first set of guidelines I've followed that is both do-able and sustainable.