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Summary: I just don't trust it....
Review: As a previous patient of Dr. Mercola, I experienced being put on a program which basically drained me financially. A high number of tests were recommended and taken, and one treatment ended up being very painful for me, which I later found out was completely unnecessary. Needless to say, I had a very bad experience at his clinic, spent lots of money (nothing was covered by insurance), and got no better. It's difficult for me to trust what this person says or writes. Also, the products he recommends are the same ones he sells via certain manufacturers/distributors through his website. He's a business like any other business, and what is the bottom line for most businesses? I'm sure we all know that one...
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Summary: Another fad diet...
Review: I browsed this book in 10 seconds on a shelf. Not a very good basis for a review huh? Why did I put it back so quick and feel compelled to write here? I flicked to a page supposedly "exposing myths". "Myth #1" was about exercise and high carb diets. He brushes aside the importance of "excess calories" claiming the effect of "carbs turning to fat" is more important! It is at that point I realised the author is probably very rich, smiled and put the book back on the shelf. The authors whole premise, is partly based on something that hardly happens. And this has been known since about 1982!! The author ends up trying to debunk a possibly sound dieting approach by himself regurgitating a complete myth. He says "The body has limited capacity to store carbohydrates so it converts them into fat". He's wrong. Several studies have shown this happens in such small amounts that it is insignificant and that the body can store lots of carbs.
I'm not saying excess carbs dont contribute to getting fatter - they do by promoting storage of dietary fat and reducing the burning of body fat - and the author is right about that, but wrong about carbs turning to fat.
An oversight, you might say? Now if the author can get such a well know thing (amongst REAL nutritionists) wrong, which is, presumably, at the core of his entire book, and has been known for over 20 years, what does that say about his whole approach. Some things he says are right?, others wrong ?, and all he's looking for is a new angle/fad to part you from your money.
It's simple , eat less , eat more real food , cut out processed foods ,cut out emotional eating, get more excercise, rinse and repeat.
The "Diet Book" thing is an industry. Plain and simple. Spend the money on some real food.
(*) The evidence....
"1982 Acheson KJ, Flatt JP, Jequier E."
Conclusion These <u>findings challenge the common perception</u> that conversion of CHO[carbs] to fat is an important pathway for the retention of dietary energy and for the accumulation of body fat.
and
"2001 Regina M McDevitt, Sarah J Bott, Marilyn Harding, W Andrew Coward, Leslie J Bluck and Andrew M Prentice"
Conclusion: De novo lipogenesis[carbs turning to fat] increases after overfeeding with glucose and sucrose to the same extent in lean and obese women <u>but does not contribute greatly to total fat balance.</u>
Google for "de novo lipogenesis" for more
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Summary: Stay slim for life
Review: If you want to stay slim all your life, try this. I started on this food plan in Sep 2003 and by end Nov I dropped 48 pounds. That's how this program works. I've done many diets and the best result came from The No-Grain Diet: Conquer Carbohydrate Addiction and Stay Slim for Life. I am sure you will love this food plan for giving you a new, much anticipated, life style.
By giving up my coffee habit I realized having that wired up feeling all day clouded my concentration. Did you know one cup of joe raises your blood pressure by 14%! Fortunately for me I was able to find a wonderful tasting replacement made from soyabeans. You brew like coffee and it even helps lower my cholesterol. I found it online at www.S o y c o f f e e.c o m. Gaining this understanding will effect every move you make from this point on and will bring with it the necessity to share it.
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Summary: Great advice
Review: I read in an article that only 25% of the US population are able to handle a high carbohydrate (as in high starch) diet. Their bodies are built to handle it. For the 75%, we are a mixed type or protein type diet. That means that we are NOT able to handle large amounts of starch.
I've read thru this book in the library, and compared it to the ZONE diet. Both diets replace the grains with fresh non-starch vegetables. And you have to eat plenty (~3 cups of vegetables) per meal (even breakfast!) in addition to your protein & fat.
What most Americans don't do is to eat the required vegetables. If you don't eat the vegetables, then you are eating a "protein only" diet, which can only spell disaster for anyone's health.
As for grass fed beef, organic chickens, what is wrong with that? If you can afford organics, organics are always better for your body, because there are no preservatives, no hormones, no antibiotics, no pesticides, used in raising the animals. The organics produce are slowly coming down in price. I suggest you check around.
For people like me, who can't afford organics all the time, I try to buy as much organic as my budget allows.
I follow an Asian diet now, and replacing 90% of grains with fresh vegetables that either I eat raw, or simply stirfry.
So for people who can't have starch, eat the best protein you can afford, the best vegetables you can afford. Go check out your local asian grocers. Their vegetables tend to be cheaper and better in quality, simply because of the volume they sell.
They also have a greater number of vegetables. Have people tried pea sprouts, pea shoots, water convolvus, chinese mustard greens, baby mustard greens, daikon sprouts, gailan, youchoy, yam leaf, perilla (aka shiso, ooba), hot mint, hot basil, purple basil, thai eggplants, chinese eggplants, japanese or chinese cucumbers, daikons, kabocha, nagaimo (aka wild mountain yam, chinese yam), soybean sprouts, fresh water chestnuts, fresh lotus root, fresh lotus seeds, lily bulbs, and the unbelievable number of veggies that Asians eat on a daily basis?
As a diabetic and a severe alleries, I've been able to keep both under control without medication, with the large amounts of leafy greens and fresh veggies I eat every day, and good proteins, and good fats. I'm not vegan because I'm NOT one of the lucky ones who can eat lots of starch.
A real change in your life requires a life style change. If this works for you, then it is something you should do for life.
If it doesn't work for you in 14 days, there's no reason for you to keep doing it. The food plans are simply not for you. It doesn't mean it's bad.
We are all the same on the inside, but due to our diets (eating only processed food, or lots of premade meals or not even eating), we all have DIFFERENT reactions from the same foods.
May you all have great health!
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Summary: Silly fool, diets don't work
Review: I guarantee you, the same fatties that will be on this diet will be on a different diet next year. A new fad diet.
Diet's don't work.
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Summary: I just don't trust it....
Review: THE NO-GRAIN DIET IS DYNAMITE!!! I've been hearing so much about low carb diets that I couldn't resist trying to find out what they're all about, and that led me to Joseph Mercola and Alison Rose Levy's THE NO-GRAIN DIET!THE NO-GRAIN DIET IS THE BEST BOOK ABOUT NUTRITION I'VE EVER READ!!! What makes it so special? Well, for starters, the two writers go the extra mile to talk about A thorough health program, not just what's wrong with eating grain, and include lots of pointers on how to live better, like with pointers about how to sleep better at night--restrict outside light!!!--and Mercola and Levy hit home with anybody who's ever drank soda or fruit juice when they go on an all out assault on sugar, which is targeted as THE ENEMY!!! THE NO-GRAIN DIET makes it simple:avoid eating foods that can easily be converted into sugar, and avoid sugar, and you'll protect your teeth and gums, you'll help prevent high blood pressure, and you might just live longer, too! And Mercola and Levy tell you in plain English how following their system will help you to lose weight, or at least, avoid unhealthy weight gain, like by preventing your stomach from becoming a bread factory! THE NO-GRAIN DIET IS DYNAMITE!!! Chari Krishnan
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