The Insulin-Resistance Diet--Revised and Updated: How to Turn Off Your Body's Fat-Making Machine Author: Cheryle Hart | Language: English | ISBN:
0071499849 | Format: EPUB
The Insulin-Resistance Diet--Revised and Updated: How to Turn Off Your Body's Fat-Making Machine Description
About the Author
Cheryle R. Hart, M.D., is board certified in bariatrics, the medical specialty of weight management, and in obstetrics/gynecology. She completed her specialty training at the Mayo Clinic and is now in private practice at the Women's Wellness Workshop in Spokane, Washington. She also speaks on “Hormones By Hart” in a wide variety of cities.
Mary Kay Grossman, R.D., is the nutritional advisor of the Women's Wellness Workshop in Spokane and consults privately at her own clinic, YouTrition.
- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 2 edition (November 19, 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0071499849
- ISBN-13: 978-0071499842
- Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
I can't recommend this book enough. After years of battling excess weight, facial hair and painful, irregular periods due to PCOS this book saved me. I have had this condition since I was 10 yrs old. The psychological effect of this condition on me as a teenager is something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. I spent years going to infertility clinics and being pumped with hormones because I couldn't get pregnant; years sweating away hours a night with a personal trainer at a gym to no avail and when I found this book, I had been on Weight Watchers for 8 months, yet I began to gain weight on it! WW told me I needed to eat more food! Every useless doctor I went to made me feel like I was doing something on purpose to be the way that I was. Finally, I found this book, went to an Endocrinologist who knew what he was talking about and within 2 months lost the 30 lbs of weight that plagued me for the last 10 years. The first thing my Endocrinologist did was take me OFF Weight Watchers. If you suffer from Insulin Resistance, WW is not for you; it's too low on protein and permits one to eat foods high in carbohydrates without pairing it with a protein. Link and Balance through the Insulin Resistance Diet is the way to go. I learned how to eat correctly and followed this Insulin Resistance Diet, maintained the gym regime and went on 850 mg, 2x's daily of Metformin, 2 Spironolactone daily, BC pills and within 2 months I was normal again. No more irregular periods. Less body hair and I could honestly say, I was at a normal weight - 30 lbs lighter. I didn't starve at all and unlike WW, I didn't "pass out" and get the shakes after I ate something, which incidentally is how my Gyno (who referred me to the Endo Specialist) caught the condition.
I gave this plan more than a week before writing a review. I, like many others, have tried tons of diets. But I can only stay on them for 1-7 days before I start feeling sick, shaky and STARVING. Hunger was not even the biggest issue, it was the terrible migraines and the shakiness that would make me fail. It seems strange to suffer from hypoglycemia and have the high end of normal, fasting blood sugar.
So after giving the link and balance method a try, I found that after one day there was no shakiness and the headaches were at a minimum. Both were kept in line by eating every 2-3 hours, which was actually easier to do then I thought. I found I was not famished when my next eating time came up and often I would go 4-5 hours without needing a snack or meal, even though I was full on much smaller meals than before.
The good thing is if you are still hungry you can have protein (lower fat is suggested)like milk, cheese, chicken, small amount of nuts and much more. But I have found I am so satisfied I rarely bother. You can also have non-starch veggies and some fruits without linking them also. I actually started looking forward to grapefruit- go figure.
So what you are actually doing on this "diet" is linking high carb foods, such as bread, to protein. It is a 2-1 ratio and no more than 30 grams of high carb foods in a 2 hour period. Dairy carbs, some fruits and non-starchy veggie carbs are not counted- sweet. It is easy to do because carbs are not insanely reduced and another satisfying meal or snack is only 2 hours away (if you want). Moderate fat is suggested, but the author wants you to get your fat from canola, olive, omega 3 and other good fats. This really helps with taste and satisfaction.
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