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Summary: Even if you NEVER had a wieght problem...
Review: ...and suspect you have any problems with blood sugar, look at this book. The simple dietary guidlines can help you cure the mood swings, low energy, and depression that comes with being sensitive to sugar. We have always heard, "You are what you eat!" Well, it is true. This book guides you to healthier eating and uses good old fashioned food to heal brain chemistry. I have never had a wieght problem. But I was always struggling with low blood sugar, mood swings, and depression. I thought I was hypoglycemic and had tried to eat right. I did research and found this book. After following the plan for two months, my mood swings and depression are gone and my blood sugar stablized. It is very useful for diabetics as well.
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Summary: I finally found the answer!
Review: After about 50 years of being on one diet or another, losing a lot of weight quickly and then regaining it all plus some when I attempted maintenance, I found the answer for me! When I read The Sugar Addict's Total Recovery Program, I saw myself on almost every page. For a long time I have known that if I have any sugar in my body I just crave more and more. Now I found out why and what to do about it. Dr. DesMaisons gives a very clear step by step guide to changing your eating habits. I now eat better than I ever have in my life - more balanced meals and my body is slowly coming into balance. As an added benefit, I am losing weight slowly and steadily! I highly recommend this book to anyone who even thinks they may be sensitive to sugar. Dr. DesMaisons writing style is personal and easy to understand. This book has changed attitude toward food and I now enjoy my healthy, balanced meals!
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Summary: Finding a solution
Review: All my life I have struggled with gaining and losing literally hundreds of pounds. Always thought it was because I didn't have emough "will power". I could write a book on all the diets I tried - and eventually failed. I could make no sense out of what was going on for me. I was beginning to accept that I was going to my grave fat. I am a successful woman in every other area of my life, but I could not succeed in losing weight and keeping it off. My life seemed to revolve around getting my sugar fix and never running out of it. I was seriously considering gastric bypass surgery as a way out of my hell. Dr Desmaison's book opened my eyes. Questions no one was ever able to answer got answered. I have hope. I have a way out. I learned that I never needed a "diet" but a way to balance my sugar sensitive body. Today I am calmer, more focused and right where I need to be to experience a weight loss that(in time and with healing) will come off and STAY off. No more mood swings either! This is a guide for healing from the inside out. This is without a doubt the absolute BEST book I have ever bought for myself.
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Summary: A Good Book For Diabetics Too!
Review: As a diabetic I am always looking for books that will help me with my disease. This book is very straight forward and very gentle. While it doesn't have too much specific information for a diabetic, I like that. I can follow a plan that other people do and get spectacular results. I read her other book Potatoes Not Prozac and have been following that for two years now and have felt good and have very little sign of my diabetes. I recommend both books to everyone! SuzanneC
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Summary: Works For Me
Review: Dr. DesMaisons takes complicated information and makes it easy for the non-scientist to understand. I applied her seven step program to my life and the changes are wonderful. I've also lost 55 pounds
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Summary: there is hope
Review: finally, there is hope. all my life i have battled being fat. i was a normal enough baby and a cute chubby toddler, but i never lost that 'baby fat'. it eventually culminated in a 2 year period of depression, low-self esteem, inability to focus on things and a myriad of other health problems due to excess weight. then enter dr. desmaisons' first book 'potatoes not prozac'. i read it in one sitting, crying as i read my story. with 'the sugar addict's total recovery program', dr. desmaisons has removed the science and written a road map to getting on the road to sugar sensitivity recovery. i would call it the first in a series of steps to combatting sugar sensitivity and excess weight. the book outlines the 7 steps to healing sugar sensitivity in layman's terms. she conveys this program with love and compassion and a great understanding of sugar sensitivity. she has many years experience with the treatment of sugar sensitive indiviuals and has listened to what works best in this healing process. besides containing valuable information about sugar sensitivity, there are tips on travelling and sugar sensitive recipes as well. this book will change your life.
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Summary: Oh, please....
Review: Gee...let's find a gimmick/twist on the sugar topic so we can sell books. Let's fly in the face of all the other sugar books and say that potatoes are good. But then we are not surprised at what people will do to make money off the thousands of people just looking for good scientifically based information, are we?
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Summary: Life Saving
Review: I am a long time customer of Amazon.com and this is the first time
I've written a review because it's that important. This book as well
as the author's first book (Potatoes Not Prozac) is life-saving and
life-changing. I am 37 years old and I've finally discovered why my
whole life has been wrought with mood swings, unpredictable violent
tempers, depression, body pain, obesity, low self-esteem etc. The
reason: sugar sensitivity and an unbalanced biochemistry. My whole
life is changing now for the better since reading the books and
getting support from the author's community forum. I thank God everyday that I found these
books and Kathleen DesMaisons.
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Summary: Life Saving
Review: I am a long time customer of Amazon.com and this is the first timeI've written a review because it's that important. This book as wellas the author's first book (Potatoes Not Prozac) is life-saving andlife-changing. I am 37 years old and I've finally discovered why mywhole life has been wrought with mood swings, unpredictable violenttempers, depression, body pain, obesity, low self-esteem etc. Thereason: sugar sensitivity and an unbalanced biochemistry. My wholelife is changing now for the better since reading the books andgetting support from the author's community forum. I thank God everyday that I found thesebooks and Kathleen DesMaisons.
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Summary: A Practical Guide: Straightforward and Insightful
Review: I am so excited about this book! Since the release of Dr. DesMaisons' previous book, Potatoes Not Prozac, I have awaited the writing of her new work. This book surprised even me. It is written in a practical, straightforward style that really "hits the nail on the head." Anyone can read this book, understand, and follow the simple program outlined by the author. The book contains practical ideas, recipes, answers to difficult questions, and suggestions from "fellow travelers." I *love* the personal tone of the book. It is warm and inviting, and full of possibility. As a person with 100+ pounds to lose, I am filled with hope and assurance that this is a program I can follow -- and will. Many thanks to Dr. DesMaisons for this important work.
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