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Summary: Good, but...
Review: The Diet Cure is a welcome book on the diet/anti-diet book scene. It explains in easily understood language the imbalances in our bodies as a consequence of past dieting (such as unstable blood sugar, yeast problems and hormonal imbalances) and gives practical advice on how to rebalance together with lots of resources.However, there are a few things which detract from an otherwise excellent book. Rather than being split into separate chapters in two different sections (resulting in a lot of repetition), I would have preferred the symptoms and "cures" for each topic to be in one chapter. Also, in the text there are often vague cross-references, such as "see Chapter 4", when a simple page number would be more helpful. I was also surprised at the stand on soy. Contrary to many recent articles reporting on the benefits of soy regarding menopausal symptoms, Julia Ross opposes the use of soy. For example, she states that soy is responsible for menstrual disturbances in female athletes. But it is well known that female athletes have a high muscle-to-fat ratio that can cause amenorrhea. Julia Ross also states that soy is probably responsible for the high rate of osteoporosis among Japanese women since the Japanese are known to eat a lot of soy products. However, no mention is made that dairy products (one of the best sources of calcium) were only widely introduced in Japan in the post-war years of the 1950's. In spite of my criticisms, this is an invaluable book to have on your shelf if you are at all interested in finding a way to regain your health and vitality.
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Summary: I concur with Daino - Diet Cure works.
Review: Ross includes a "symptom" questionnaire that helps individualize the rest of her text. I agree with Daino that this book is of great help to those of us who have done poorly in the past in the battle of the bulge. Another previous reviewer was concerned about dieters overdosing on the amino-acid supplements Ross recommends. However, I'm of the mind that people could get toxicity overdosing on anything. We need to be individually responsible for following the guidelines recommended by the manufacturer, AND we must purchase products from companies that have proven themselves to maintain quality and honesty. I purchase my various supplements from iHerb because they offer choices within their stock and because they also have links to documentation that explains what a supplement "does". Their service is excellent and I am going to e-mail them to link to this book. Ross has done a good job here and has earned the added advertisment.
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Summary: I can't recommend this book more....
Review: I've been learning nutrition for many years and worked with a nutritionist as both client and student. This book contains all the information that I've been taught on causes of weight gain and inability to lose weight, plus it explains it to the reader in simple terms. It individualizes the problem and makes it easy for someone to understand and apply the information for better health. I'm very very impressed. I have an educational nutritional website and I've linked my article on weightloss to this book so my readers can buy it. Thank you, Julia Ross, M.A. Chris
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Summary: Beyond her scope?
Review: Julia Ross has a background in counseling addicts thusher theories regarding amino acid supplementation to reduce cravings intrigued me. However, the different chapters dealing with yeast overgrowth, food allergies, and thyroid imbalances contained symptom lists that most everyone would qualify for one of these problems! In the end, she recommends a healthy diet focusing on adequate protein, fruits, and vegetables. However, she also relies heavily on dietary supplements in quantities that might put individuals at risk for toxicity. Granted, she does recommend that folks seek the advice of a naturopath or holistic doctor but not all readers will adhere to this advice. It seems risky to make these recommendations without assurance that all individuals will seek medical advice.
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Summary: The best book on diet yet
Review: I found this book really informative and recommend it to anyone interested in losing weight. The individualized Quick-Symptom Questionaire helps pin point your problem areas and then the following chapters explain how you can correct them. The supplements are easy to find and are relatively cheap. This book made a lot of sense. I've tried some of the things and they worked for me.
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Summary: Finally something that makes sense...
Review: Finally a book that makes sense, and not empty promises. I've battled with weight issues since puberty, and never found anything that could help with the cravings, and the less I ate the heavier I got. The information on amino acid replacement has allowed me to supplement my diet, and eat a normal amout of food. Who would have believed that you could lose weight on 2,000 calories a day. I've never been more satisfied and balanced in my life. I wish I could send this book to everyone who ever tried to get healthy by eating nothing but fruits and vegetables. I finally feel like I have to tools to create the active lifestyle I have always wanted. Where's the Beef!
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Summary: One of the best nutrition book available.
Review: Julia Ross has done a mighty work in writing this book. I totally agree with her recommendations and have been taking the amino acids, vitamins and other supplement for two years. I have lost 40 pounds, dropped 15 points in my blood pressure to normal, lowered my bad triglycerides from 217 to 120, and raised my good HDL cholesterol from 35 to 51. I also strongly recommend other books by Robert C. Atkins, Michael R. Eades and Schwarzbein. Friends all around me suffer from their low-fat, low-meat, high-carbohyrate diets that bring sickness and death.
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Summary: had some good advice
Review: While i didn't find it a cure-all, and according to the book you end up taking a lot of supplements, too much for me, I still got some good advice out of this book. It gives a lot of supplement advice to take, and some of it I tried, like taking L-Glutamine for sugar cravings, and it worked... and food advice, like eat your fruit with some kind of protein to help stop cravings, and that worked too. The book is divided into different sections for different problems you may have, like thyroid, or weightloss or whatever and gives you corresponding advice for each problem. I found, though, that that made some of the advice a little hard to find because I still found good advice in each section even if it didn't pertain to me... so if you are interested in a specific supplement for example, go into the index and look it up in all the chapters, and you will learn more than what was just in the chapters that pertained to you.
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Summary: Free @ last....
Review: For 15 years, I've blamed myself for lack of willpower in controlling my 'recreational sugar use' but now I realize - it's not my fault. My body has been conspiring against me with its multiple imbalances. This book has saved my life from an eating disorder, moodiness, heinous PMS, cold hands, skin discoloration, obsessive worrying, memory loss & the list goes on and on with things that I would've NEVER attributed to my diet. 1000 thank you's Dr. Ross!
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Summary: Made sense & answered my questions
Review: I bought the book one afternoon and couldn't put it down until I was through reading it! It answered so many of my lingering questions that weren't urgent enough to see my doctor about but which still concerned me. Julia Ross explains the problems, causes, and solutions in a very clear and understandable way. Now I am finally able to see my patterns of dieting and the troubles which have followed me since. Although I've spent a lot of money on supplements I felt better the day I started taking them; I had more energy and my constant need for sugar disappeared. To me it's worth it! I feel safe taking the supplements because I checked with my MD before hand and he said he took amino acid supplements as well. My doctor's only recommendation was to chart and observe the way I feel so that I can create my own plan and be able to maintain my mood and control my cravings. Julia Ross recommends the same thing: to be aware of your body and be able to help it help itself. Definitely worth reading if you are interested in health and willing to get off the teeter-totter of dieting. Who cares about "double-blind studies" if you get healthy and REAL results? Julia Ross mentions the Blood-type diets which may have been "debunked" but I have found that I am allergic to the foods that Eat Right for Your Type recommends avoiding (dairy & wheat). Personally, I don't care what the majority opinions of theories are, if I feel better and am loosing weight in a healthy way then I'm gonna go for it!
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