The Insulin-Resistance Diet–Revised and Updated: How to Turn Off Your Body’s Fat-Making Machine
The Insulin-Resistance Diet–Revised and Updated: How to Turn Off Your Body’s Fat-Making Machine
Conquer insulin resistance. Reduce cravings. Eat your favorite foods. And lose weight!
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If you have tried every diet and are still struggling with your weight, the real culprit may be insulin resistance. When you have more glucose than your body needs, your body responds by producing more insulin to stabilize your blood sugar level and store the excess glucose as fat. In The Insulin-Resistance Diet, Cheryle R. Hart and Mary Kay Grossman show you how to control insulin resistance and lose weight without sacrificing all of your favorite foods.
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Overcome insulin resistance and lose weight with:
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- The exclusive Link-and-Balance Eating Method, which balances carbs with the right amount of protein at the right time for maximum weight loss .
- Self-tests to determine your insulin resistance and check your progress with linking and balancing .
- Real-world strategies for eating at home and out on the town .
- Easy-to-make, tasty recipes and livable meal plans
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User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars A must read!!!
This book is awesome! It goes tho foods and let you make your choices based on what your body needs to function and to lose weight gradually so that you can manage your weight.
Love this book
1 Stars Don’t waste your time
This book is full of incorrect diet advice. There were several points that the authors tried to make that do not coincide with actual proven science. In the book the authors claim that fat is not filling. But later claims that you need small amounts for good health. It seems they can’t get the information correct. It also claims that eating your carbs with protein is a good for lowering insulin response and losing weight. This to me seems reminiscent of The Zone (a much better book) of eating carbs, protein and fat in balance and limiting all three. My advice is to skip this book with its bad and sometimes blatantly incorrect ’science’ and read The Zone or any book by Jack Challem. I have followed these diets and lost not only weight but aches and pains and allergies and gained better mental acuity as well as reversing my insulin resistant state.
5 Stars Finally success
I have stuggled most of my adult life with my weight. I have tried everything from Adkins to the Zone and everything in between. I used to cry at weight watcher’s meetings because everyone else would lose 2 pounds and I would lose 1/4 pound. I have finally found something that is really working. I have been following the plan since Jan 5, 2009 and I am proud to say that I have lost 8 pounds. This more weight than expected to lose and it feels great. I will not lie the first 3 days of this plan are really rough. I had a migraine and felt like crap, but it was like a switch turned on that 3rd day and I started feeling wonderful. It is very easy to follow and it really makes you think about what you are putting into your body. I even had some icecream and did not feel like I was cheating. I would highly recommend it to anyone who has struggled to find something that works on a consistant basis
5 Stars wonderful transaction!
Received the book very quickly and in wonderful shape just as the seller had said it was. Thanks for a great transaction. Would definitely buy from them again.
5 Stars Similar to The Zone and South Beach, but SOOO MUCH better
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.
After a week I have found many of my cravings have gone away, there has been no hypoglycemic episodes and there were headaches only the first day. I am no longer controlled by my hunger, I do not constantly think about food and my blood sugar is not bouncing around. Even if I don’t lose weight- I am waiting two full weeks to weigh- I can’t imagine going back to eating like I did before. I was eating so much and still getting horrible cravings and uncontrollable hunger AND gaining weight. This is so easy to do and I feel much better. I wish I had tried this years ago, it would have saved me alot of misery and I probably would not be carrying around an extra 25 pounds. I will update this review from time to time.
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