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Summary: Love this lifestyle change
Review: I went to my doctor and found out I was insulin resistant. After 3 wks on the plan I have lost 12 lbs and have lots more energy. I struggled with many other diets and only put the weight back on after feeling deprived and too tired from lack of real nutrients. I only watch that my carbs and protein are linked and balanced and drink plenty of water. This is also an excellent diet for those gals suffering from pcos and infertility stemming from insulin resistanc.
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Summary: Insulin Resistance Diet: How to turn off your body's fat...
Review: I'm so glad I found this book! My mother is overweight and for years doctors simply told her to eat less. However, she eats very little, excercises constantly and continues to gain weight. She's tried several diets and the results have always been minimal. Finally, one doctor said she might be insulin resistant. This book clearly details how your body's metabolic system can function more effectively by linking protein with carbohydrates at every meal. Unlike other diets that ask you to eliminate carbohydrates, which is unhealthy, this book tells you how to effectively keep carbohydrates in your diet. Some great recipes are also included. This book is better than a diet! It tells you how to successfully boost your metabolism with the foods that you eat!
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Summary: Insulin Resistance Diet: How to turn off your body's fat mak
Review: I'm tired of diets that tell me I can't eat carbohydrates. Eating a diet too high in protein is not realistic over a long period of time. This book offers a healthy eating plan that can be followed for life instead of a limited diet with unsatisfying choices. I'm happy I found this book and I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a healthier way to manage their weight.
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Summary: Straight-forward and Understandable
Review: I've had the book in my hands for a week and am surprised by how much of what I read I have retained. It is written using understandable language and not "medical speak." I have read other books on insulin resistance, and I have to say this one is the best so far! It is straightforward, to the point, and offers explanations in lay terms. I've learned so much in the past week about insulin resistance, and it offers workable solutions for how to combat it. I highly recommend this book if you really want to understand insulin resistance.
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Summary: This Book is the Best
Review: Ignore the last review.Many people, like myself have great success with this program. If you think the carbs are too liberal, eat less. This is a plan, not a diet. There's no rule set in stone that says you must eat an alloted amount of carbs per meal. YOU choose the amount, but you can't go over a certain amount. Also the protein you must eat with the carbs greatly dissipates the high glycemic content of any carbs that are high glycemic to begin with. This is a wonderful book. It encourages lots of veggies, you can even eat fruit! Try that on Atkins! you make this plan your own, so you are never deprived. I agree I don't like the "low fat" emphasis. But guess what, I just ignore that advice, and eat lots of healthy fats. Still I give this book five stars, even with the author's outdated view of fats. The rest of the wonderful information in this book more than compensates for it. That said, I sure hope the authors revise this book and leave out the "low fat" recommendations. I just ignore them. Great book!
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Summary: will not need another diet book
Review: just received my copy of the insulin resistance diet and i thought it was just marvelous. It explained a lot of the things that would happen to me when i would eat to many carbs, tired, lazy not thinking clearly hmm how was i to know i didn't have enough protein to ofset an insulin rise in me that would cause this lethargic feeling. Anyway the book clearly explains how you can balance your food with enough protein, not count calories or fat( of course anyone wanting to lose weight will watch fat intake) and still lose weight.The book also clearly expains how we gain weight and how we can stop storing fat the minute you start the program, which i might add is very very easy. You might not think something this easy would be able to help you lose weight all i can say is read the book try it any you will be telling others because it will be very evident in the way you look and feel. It has only been a few days for me and i already feel lighter and not as tired when i eat now. This is only the begining will get back with you in about four weeks and let you know the results. The book was interesting and very easy to read satarting reading it for the second time last night.
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Summary: This book started me on a path to improved health
Review: My new doctor thought I might be glucose intolerant and suggested I do some research on the topic. I headed for Amazon.com and purchased this book within a few days of my doctor's appointment. As I read through the book, discovering I had all the characteristics of being insulin-resistant, I began to make some of the changes discussed- choosing foods that were on the lower end of the glycemic scale, limiting myself to no more than 30 grams of carbohydrate per meal, linking carbs with protein, waiting 3 hours between meals before consuming anything with carbohydrates, and eating 5 meals per day instead of 3. My goal was to feel better as I felt tired and sluggish a lot. At my next doctor's appointment (3 weeks after the first), I was feeling much better and.... I had lost 7 lbs. without even trying to lose anything! I was merely putting into practice some of the suggestions I had read to help me get rid of feeling so tired and sluggish. As time went on, I felt better and better and had renewed energy. My doctor even said I was all smiles and my eyes glowed. And the weight loss? At a return appointment three weeks after the first, another 7 lbs. were off, and 3 more weeks after that I had lost another 5. Combining this healthier eating plan with exercise, I feel fantastic! I no longer have that mid-afternoon slump, have come off caffeine (except for one cup on Saturday and Sunday mornings), and have more energy than I ever thought possible! I have also lost 30 lbs. in 4 months, gone down 2 clothing sizes, and have even won a Presidential Physical Fitness Award. I am never hungry and I know I can eat this healthier way forever. You don't have to count points like some diet programs and write everything down- who can do that for the rest of their lives? I am working towards another Presidential Physical Fitness Award and am very thankful my doctor put me on the right path to regaining my health and fitness. All I know is this book made a big difference in my life and whenever anyone asks me about my weight loss and energy, I enthusiatically share with them this book which put everything in perspective and helped me improve my health so drastically!
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Summary: Absolutely Wonderful!!
Review: Once you read through this book and put it into practice, if you are carb sensitive, you will lose weight. I've tried watching what I eat to where I was eating 1500 calories a day but I could not lose weight. I bought this book and in 4 months I lost 30 pounds. It's very important to balance you cars and protein and eat no more than 30 grams of carbs every 2 or 3 hours. If you follow that advice it will come off. I am 39 years old and of all the diets I have been on this is the only one that works for me.
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Summary: Highest Praise for The Insulin Resistance Diet
Review: THE INSULIN RESISTANCE DIET is intellegent and easy to understand even though it explains a fairly complex bio-chemical process of the human body. The science seems sound, and the conclusions logical. The explanation of insulin resistance answered questions that have nagged at the back of my mind all my life. This makes sense. I applaud the authors for making the nutritional plan -- the "DIET" -- so easy to understand and easy to follow. This is a real-life way to eat every day. It's not something you will follow for only a few weeks, and then crash on your birthday or thanksgiving. You don't have to be hungry all the time. You don't have to weigh every portion. You don't have to buy special foods or supplements. You can really live your life without making food THE CENTRAL ELEMENT (unless you really want to). I can use the link-and-balance plan just as easily as a guest in someone's home as I can in almost any restaurant. With a little planning, I can eat almost anything, anytime, anyplace without having to make MY DIET NEEDS the biggest deal in town. Now I can eat regular food, without going hungry, WHILE ACTUALLY IMPROVING MY HEALTH and LOSING WEIGHT. (Actually, that IS a pretty big deal!) I have been on (and off) diets for almost 30 years. I was put on 1000 calories per day by my doctor when I was 9 years old. His suggestions included things like: "Have only one egg for breakfast," "Have one piece of toast instead of two," or "On your toast, use only a little jam and no butter" ... What eggs? What toast? What BREAKFAST? I ate less than any kid I knew, and still I kept gaining weight. My mother was put on 300 calories a day by the same doctor at that time. Twenty years later, she died at age 67 of kidney failure caused by chemotherapy. By that time, she had been a diabetic for about 15 years, and her blood sugar had seriously damaged her kidneys. Statistically, she died of Cancer -- but before cancer replicated its very first cell, diabetes (and its precursor insulin resistance) had already inflicted its fatal wound. I am now fifteen years younger than my mother was when she contracted diabetes. THE INSULIN RESISTANCE DIET may give me a chance to live without diabetes. Perhaps its precursor, Insulin Resistance, has not yet sealed my fate. While the jury deliberates for the next 15 years, I may be able to significantly reduce my body's resistance to insulin, and thereby get a verdict of "NOT DIABETIC". That is my hope. That is why I give this book 5 STARS.
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Summary: It's not so much what you eat, but how you eat it.....
Review: THE INSULIN-RESISTANCE DIET was written by Cheryle Hart, a medical doctor trained at the Mayo clinic, and Mary Kay Grossman, a Registered Dietician. The authors bring the most-up-to-date research into the discussion of how to lose weight and keep it off. Their theory resonates with me. My experience has shown me that simply eating less (especially fat) and exercising don't make a difference. When I was younger, I used to be able to keep weight off with ease. When I reached my fifties, the going got harder. I eat much less today than ever. I don't drink alcohol or soft drinks. I don't eat desserts. I seldom eat bread, and when I do it's usually multi grain. I eat lots of fish and chicken, yogurt and cottage cheese, vegetables and fruits. I exercise moderately by walking, climbing stairs, parking far from the door. I do stretches every day (sit-ups, etc.). I've started the insulin diet because it makes sense. Basically, I eat about the same things I have been eating, but do it differently. The authors show you how to "link" foods so that the compliment each other and induce the body to make less insulin. Insulin is the hormone our ancestors needed to deal with the starving times. Today, most of us aren't starving most of the time, so insulin actually becomes dysfunctional. The authors explain the process--how our bodies manufacture too much insulin in response to the foods we eat and when we eat them--and how it can lead to Type II Diabetes. Then they explain how you can change the pattern and be healthier--and slimmer. Carbohydrates can be a problem, but you should not give them up. The authors suggest carbo-depriving can make you unhealthy. Diets overly reliant on protein can cause kidney damage. Balancing what you eat is the key. Our ancestors did not eat steak everyday. Survival and reproduction required some protein and fat, but most likely they ate lots of plants and fruits. But this information isn't new. The USDA has been saying for years we should eat vegetables, fruits, protein, and some fats and complex carbohydrates. Grossman and Hart suggest the way you combine these foods can actually help you lose weight and keep it off. The book contains food lists, recipes, and meals. Also included are lists of items you can order from your favorite fast food joint. Apparently, you can find healthy choices in even the worst circumstances.
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