The New Low Carb Way of Life A Lifetime Program to Lose Weight and Radically Lower Cholesterol While Still Eating the Foods You Love, Including Chocolate,9781590770313

The New Low Carb Way of Life A Lifetime Program to Lose Weight and Radically Lower Cholesterol While Still Eating the Foods You Love, Including Chocolate

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ISBN13: 9781590770313
ISBN10: 1590770315
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-06-11
Publisher(s): M. Evans & Company
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Summary

This book serves as a guide for the next generation of dieters who will be delighted to know that only certian carbohydrates are responsible for adding on the pounds and clogging up the arteries--and sugar is not one of them.

Table of Contents

Ilntroduction 3(6)
PART 1: GEARING UP FOR THE NEW LOW-CARB WAY
Chapter 1 BEYOND LOW CARB: SHINING NEW LIGHT ON DARK FOOD ISSUES
9(14)
Does Anyone Really Know Anything?
1(22)
Overturning Long-Held Beliefs
Reframing Cholesterol and Weight-loss Concepts
Shedding Pounds via the New Low-Carb Way
How the New Low-Carb Way Is Different from All the Rest
How to Use This Book
Chapter 2 SYNDROME X: WHY I CHANGED FROM A CRUSADER AGAINST CHOLESTEROL TO A STARCH BUSTER
23(10)
Growing My Cholesterol Knowledge
Rethinking Diet
Then Came Syndrome X
The (Unmodified) Atkins Diet Is Not for Everybody
Chapter 3 CHOLESTEROL DEMYSTIFIED
33(10)
Mixed Messaging
Understanding How Your Body Processes Cholesterol
Seeing Signposts for Treatment
Figuring Out Where You Stand
Chapter 4 HIGH BLOOD CHOLESTEROL: LIFESTYLE OR GENES?
43(8)
Facing the Reality of Genetics
Lack of Willpower Isn't the Problem
Weighing the Myths and Realities of High Cholesterol
Correcting the Dysfunction
Chapter 5 THE SCOURGE OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM: OBESITY AND ITS HENCHMAN, DIABETES
51(8)
Being Fat Isn't Jolly
Diabetes is Reaching Epidemic Proportions
Spotting the Troublemaker
PART 2: SETTING UP A PROGRAM THAT WORKS FOR YOU
Chapter 6 INSULIN RESISTANCE: HOW DOES YOUR BODY HANDLE CARBOHYDRATES?
59(12)
Understanding insulin resistance
Diagnosing Insulin Resistance
Looking for Signs of Insulin Resistance
Unchecked Insulin Resistance Can Have Major Consequences
Changing Existing Notions about Diet
Chapter 7 PROFILING YOUR BODY CHEMISTRY
71(8)
Let's Get Physical
Addressing the Catch-22 of Body Chemistry
Deciding What to Treat with Diet, What to Treat with Medications
Chapter 8 CHOOSING THE RIGHT STRATEGY FOR YOUR BODY-CHEMISTRY TYPE
79(16)
Customizing Your Health Plan
Following the Carbohydrate Strategy Doing the Cholesterol Strategy
Using the Combined Strategy
Trying a New Food Approach
PART 3: CUSTOM-DESIGNING YOUR DIET TO YOUR METABOLISM
Chapter 9 WHY WE ARE FAT: THIRTY YEARS OF CARBING UP
95(12)
Riding the Cholesterol-Cutting Wave
Why We Get Fat
Seeing Carb Addiction Soar
What Is the Relationship of Diet and Cholesterol?
Chapter 10 AVOIDING THE AFTERSHOCKS OF GLUCOSE
107(14)
Becoming Carb-Savvy
Avoiding Glucose Shocks
Taking the Fast Lane to Good Health
Cuffing Calories without Trying
Contrasting Low-Glucose-Shock with Low-Carb Diets
Are We All Poisoning Ourselves?
Looking at Other Carb-Related Health Problems
Chapter 11 PURGING GLUCOSE SHOCKS FROM YOUR DIET
121(20)
Comparing Old Food Habits with the New Low-Carb Way
Choosing Low-Glucose-Shock Foods
Taking Seven Steps to Low-Glucose-Shock Eating
Low-Glucose-Shock Eating Isn't Hard
Chapter 12 GOOD FAT, BAD FAT, OR JUST PLAIN FAT?
141(10)
Reducing Bad Fats to Lower Cholesterol
Restricting Saturated Fat
Avoiding Butterfat
Limiting Egg Yolks
Substituting Good Fat for Bad Fat
Improving the Quality of Fats You Eat
Chapter 13 THE SECRETS TO LOSING WEIGHT AND KEEPING IT OFF
151(12)
Launching the New Low-Carb Way
Enjoy a New Feeling of Confidence
PART 4: LEARNING NEW MOVES
Chapter 14 PRACTICING EXERCISE REALITY THERAPY
163(10)
Sedentary Behavior Will Shorten Your Life
Accepting Your Love-Hate Relationship with Exercise
Unleashing Your Natural Affinity for Exercise
Ratcheting Up Your Health
Chapter 15 TURNING ON YOUR MUSCLE SWITCH
173(18)
Getting the "Switch-On" Effect of Aerobic Exercise
Simple Solution: Put on Your Walking Shoes!
Building Your Quads
Recapping a Sure Route to Weight Loss
Puffing This Program to Work
PART FIVE: STAYING HEART ATTACK-FREE
Chapter 16 SEEING HOW ARTERIES DEAL WITH CHOLESTEROL
191(10)
Atherosclerosis
Narrow Arteries Got the Attention
Let's Hear It for Blood Thinners and Clot Busters
Chapter 17 CALLING A TRUCE IN THE BATTLE IN YOUR ARTERIES
201(8)
Seeing How Trouble Unfolds
Examining Overzealous Clotting
Discovering the Cure
Revisiting the Narrow-Artery Patient
Narrowing Does Not a Blockage Make
The Complexity of Arteries
Nailing the Ultimate Culprit
Chapter 18 STATIN DRUGS: MAGIC BULLETS FOR HEART-ATTACK PREVENTION
209(8)
Creeping onto the Scene
Studying Heart-Attack-Sparse Countries
Watching the Bullet Work Its Magic
Chapter 19 HOW TO TAKE A STATIN
217(8)
Following Simple Rules
Understanding Possible Side Effects
Using Statin Enhancers
Chapter 20 IS DAILY ASPIRIN THERAPY FOR YOU?
225(12)
So, What's the Downside?
Understanding How Aspirin Works
Deciding Whether You Should Take Daily Aspirin
Tips for Taking Daily Aspirin
Sampling Alternatives to Aspirin
Using the Dynamic Duo
Chapter 21 SEEING THE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE COME TOGETHER
237(8)
Meshing Your Personal Health Info with the New Nutrition
Doing the Right Thing(s)
Recapping the Carbohydrate Strategy
Revisiting the Cholesterol Strategy
One More Look at the Combined Strategy
Grabbing Hold of the Confidence Factor
The Facts
Appendix 1: Recommended Reading 245(4)
Appendix 2: Glucose-Shock Ratings of Foods 249(6)
Appendix 3: Menus 255(4)
About the Author 259(2)
Index 261

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