Sugar Busters! Cut Sugar to Trim Fat

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Summary: Be careful!
Review: This book is disturbing because it substitutes refined sugar with worse "sugars," aspartame and saccharin. Aspartame has been proven to cause depression because it blocks the production of serotonin. Saccharin is banned in certain countries for its known cancer-causing agents. Sugar Busters has the reader substituting these fake sugars in many recipes and okays diet colas. Try water if you are thirsty. The only reason I gave this book two stars (instead of one) is because it does suggest the switch to whole wheat and other complex carbohydrates as opposed to starches and white flour. If the authors were to revise this book and omit the fake sugars altogether, it would be a decent health regime. Try Ann Louise Gittleman's "Get the Sugar Out" for a healthy way to omit sugar. If you want to lose weight learn to read labels and try these two pointers: Don't eat anything with more than 5 grams of sugar per serving and don't eat anything that has "partially hydrogenated oils" listed in the ingredients. It is that easy.

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Summary: A New Way Of Life!!
Review: I have been doing this for about 4 months now and have lost 30 lbs. I have a hard time losing weight and this has been the most I have ever lost!! I still have a ways to go but it is sooooo easy with this program. Once you understand their way of thinking, it becomes second nature in your life. I strongly recommend this to everyone. You don't have to be a diabetic to use this program. I'm not but my mother is and she has lost 30 lbs. as well! Good luck to you!

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Summary: Finally, a diet system that makes sense!
Review: Diabetes is rampant in my family. I've been lucky so far, but recently discovered that my blood sugar was slightly elevated. My doctor said to "cut back" on sugar, but I decided to do away with it altogether. A friend told me about Sugar Busters and I bought the book. Read it from cover to cover and was both amazed and enlightened!
Sugar does terrible things to your body. For example, if you're insulin resistant (which I am), it will cause you to gain weight and also hold on to excess weight you're already carrying, even if you're "dieting". This was extremely frustrating for me. I was always hungry and super careful about what I ate 99% of the time. Yet I could never lose weight. And I was concerned that I was developing diabetes.
After reading Sugar Busters I understood the physiology of what was happening. The book explains everything in detail and in easy to understand language. You'd be AMAZED at the foods that contain sugar that you'd never think contained any!
I also bought the cookbook and the shopping guide. Now I know what does and doesn't have sugar and what I can and can't eat. The amazing thing is I'm eating more than I ever have before and I'm losing weight! My doctor says I'm doing great and I feel great.
This is the only intelligent diet I have ever come across! I highly recommend it!