The World's Most Effective Health & Nutrition Plan

Based on the research of Atkins, authors Mary C. Vernon and Jacqueline A. Eberstein provide indisputable documentation of the dangers of a high carb (and low fat!) diet on the human body and the metabolic damage that can lead to heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Though the emphasis in this book is on preventing and controlling Type 2 diabetes, the program can also help alleviate symptoms of many other diseases connected to diet, lack of exercise, metabolic damage and insulin resistance.

This big book tops out at over 500 pages of research studies, easy-to-follow meal plans, exercise ideas and lifestyle changes that could make the difference between a healthy future and one spent dealing with the tragic consequences of Type 2 diabetes. Like the regular Atkins program, the emphasis is on eating healthy levels of protein and good fats, and eliminating refined carbs, as well as adopting exercise - especially weightlifting - and taking supplements. Yes, you can eat veggies, and even some whole grains, nuts and seeds, but after reading research study after research study, you may not ever want to touch a donut again. We are literally killing ourselves, and our children, with diets based on junk and empty calories that often damage our bodies at the most basic, cellular level.

Paper Back, 535 pages, 2004