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The Carbohydrate Addict's LifeSpan Program: Personalized Plan for Becoming Slim, Fit, and Healthy in Your 40s, 50s, 60s, and Beyond
Explores the carbohydrate-insulin link to dehabilitating health and weight gain and provides a program for people over forty, including reviews of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, alternative lifestyles for promoting health and maximizing weight loss, crave-reducing recipes, and more. Reprint.
496 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1997
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August 27, 2019
I will never believe that it's not the fault of fat people they're fat, unless there's a disorder with that person's brain. Discipline and self-control go a long way, and I will never give any fat person that excuse, because I've been overweight before.
The book, however, offers wonderful insights about chromium, which is an important component of glucose metabolism. Most of the book are recipes, however.
The book, however, offers wonderful insights about chromium, which is an important component of glucose metabolism. Most of the book are recipes, however.
March 13, 2020
Seems like a common sense life style/eating book. Also, please try to chicken recipe on page 360! it was yummy!
April 18, 2020
This book is just ok. Spends to much time on the science behind carbs. I just want the recipes. They are also just ok.
May 17, 2016
Rescued from somewhere ... I need to start reading this today! I am one of those carb addicts: bread, chips, muffins, cookies, pop corn, pretzels and on and on. My eating and weight have been "issues" for me since childhood. As an adult I've weighed in the high 150's and the low 230's. Overeaters Anonymous has greatly helped but I need a better food plan and I need it now. 25 lbs lower, to about 170, is the goal.
I skimmed through this last night and was not impressed. It's quite typical of the genre: the cover looks vaguely scientific and the title is arresting and encouraging. Plus there're two smiling, attractive, want-to-be-helpful white-frocked people on the cover, woman in front, man in back. The authors, one assumes. There's the suspicious promise that we'll be able to eat all those foods we "love to eat" ... as if that weren't the fundamental problem, the "love" of eating! Then we get pages and pages ... and pages ... of chemo-bio digestive info; WAY TOO MUCH in fact. And then(finally) we get some food planning with dinners topped off by carb orgies. I guess the theory is that it's more important when you eat than what you eat. And finally there are all those recipes that I will never ... ever ...prepare. It's all a bit much. The quiz was helpful and some pertinent points were emphasized about eating, weight and aging. This book did help me up my focus and awareness of my carb addiction, but the solutions it offers aren't for me. 2.25* rounds down to 2*.
I skimmed through this last night and was not impressed. It's quite typical of the genre: the cover looks vaguely scientific and the title is arresting and encouraging. Plus there're two smiling, attractive, want-to-be-helpful white-frocked people on the cover, woman in front, man in back. The authors, one assumes. There's the suspicious promise that we'll be able to eat all those foods we "love to eat" ... as if that weren't the fundamental problem, the "love" of eating! Then we get pages and pages ... and pages ... of chemo-bio digestive info; WAY TOO MUCH in fact. And then(finally) we get some food planning with dinners topped off by carb orgies. I guess the theory is that it's more important when you eat than what you eat. And finally there are all those recipes that I will never ... ever ...prepare. It's all a bit much. The quiz was helpful and some pertinent points were emphasized about eating, weight and aging. This book did help me up my focus and awareness of my carb addiction, but the solutions it offers aren't for me. 2.25* rounds down to 2*.
December 14, 2007
This book gave me hope. I didn't want to pick it up at the library because I love sweets so much I couldn't imagine giving them up, but I made myself do it. I always thought low carb diets had to be unhealthy, not to mention difficult for a person that doesn't eat meat, but they describe low fat and vege options that have eased my mind. Besides, could it be any worse than all the sugar I'm eating?
The causes of carb craving are very clearly described and the 3 guidelines of the program are very simple to understand. Best of all, there is no measuring, weighing or counting.
I'm going to give it two weeks and report back.
Update: The good news is I learned that I should eat more lean protein to feel more full (and therefore eat/snack less)and to avoid blood sugar spikes. The bad news: I could only stay on this program for 3 days and then went insane. I lost 5 lbs in 3 days and gained them back in 3. It was all water, I was so thirsty!
The causes of carb craving are very clearly described and the 3 guidelines of the program are very simple to understand. Best of all, there is no measuring, weighing or counting.
I'm going to give it two weeks and report back.
Update: The good news is I learned that I should eat more lean protein to feel more full (and therefore eat/snack less)and to avoid blood sugar spikes. The bad news: I could only stay on this program for 3 days and then went insane. I lost 5 lbs in 3 days and gained them back in 3. It was all water, I was so thirsty!
August 23, 2012
Picked this book up because I'm interested in learning more about the effects of highly refined carbs on the body and how to eat less of them for better health and to lose some weight. The book had a few good points, but I quickly realized it was just another diet plan which seemed very hard to follow.
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August 8, 2009
Has some good points but all in all just another diet really
July 9, 2015
I tried the others...hopefully this is the ONE that works.
It has great recipes also.
It has great recipes also.
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