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The Carbohydrate Addict's Healthy Heart Program: Break Your Carbo-Insulin Connection to Heart Disease

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Item attributes.
ISBN 0345426118
Publication Date 2000-11-28
Number Of Pages 448
Publisher Ballantine Books


   
Customers Reviews

2010-07-01
Great service from Seller, book a disappointment
The service was great, book in excellent condition, delivered quickly. Felt the book was too much a re-write of their excellent first book.

2009-11-21
The Carbohydrate Addict's
Purchased for a friend as a gift,
item as described, fast delivery, will purchase from vendor again
Thank You
M Haynes

2008-05-11
Good Buy
Good info and quite a bit changed from what I remember from the first book. Will help me avoid the stupid mistakes I made the first time. Good info on the cardiovascular diseases and possibilities for help using this diet.

2007-07-17
Look no further - this is the diet that finally works!!
I got this book because I wanted to loose about 15 lbs that refused to budge with other diets & exercise. But I knew I could never completely give up white flour/sugar foods as many experts recommend (hey, I'm Italian, I need my pasta)! Cooking & baking are my passions! The Carb Addict's Healthy Heart Program helped me greatly reduce the amount & frequency of refined "unhealthy" carbs in my diet without having to give them up completely. I read the original Carb Addict's Diet first, but didn't trust its use of artificial sweeteners & unlimited saturated fats -- and sure enough the Hellers' more recent research found these to be no-no's.

Honestly, I usually eat more Reward Meal carbs than the recommended 1/3-1/3-1/3 protein-veggies-carbs balance (sometimes twice as much carbs) & not always with salad...yet I still lost weight & rarely get hungry or have carb cravings. However, I do make sure my RM always has all 3 components (protein, low-carb veggies & carbs) and NEVER eat carbs outside the RM. I avoid processed "low-carb" foods (bread, baking mix, etc) like the plague - much like "low-fat" products, they contain unnatural ingredients that can mess with your metabolism. Stick with whole natural foods for your low-carb meals. For bowel regularity, I take psyllium capsules (right before my Reward Meal) and also supplement with calcium tablets.

Weight may come off slowly with CAHHP, but be patient & give your system at least a couple months to adjust. Keeping weekly average weights as the original CAD recommended helps with motivation (weigh yourself every day & calculate average at the end of the week, then compare only weekly average weights). Don't stress about plateaus - they're usually temporary & this way of eating is permanent! Overall, I find CAHHP to be a totally live-able eating plan. In 4 months I'm even lower than my original goal weight (lost a total of 17 pounds) & no more pudge (thanks in part to weight training - don't neglect exercise! It also increases your cells' insulin receptors). I can stay on the plan but still have a normal dinner with my husband & even enjoy my occasional home-baked treats (a gooey cinnamon roll tonight)! I didn't have to throw away my beloved rice, potatoes, or chocolate. I feel CAHHP is so much healthier and easier to stick with than extreme low-carb or low-fat diets.

CAHHP will be easier to stay on if you're willing to try a wide variety of low-carb veggies, and if you make time to cook at home (make extra for handy leftovers, and always keep pre-washed/chopped salad greens in the fridge). You COULD follow it if you eat out a lot or are very picky, but it's more difficult. This diet changed my tastes & you may find you enjoy foods you didn't like before. I find it easier most days to just have "brunch" around 11 a.m.; that way I only have to figure out one low-carb meal per day. Oh, and don't get too obsessed with following every little recommendation (eliminating ALL glutamates & caffeine, adding every single supplement, zero saturated fats, etc)! Just try to take steps in those directions but, as the Hellers say, don't demand perfection from yourself. I still follow the original CAD's list of low-carb veggies (summer squash, turnips, eggplant, etc) & I eat SMALL amounts of ketchup, soy sauce, etc. I feel CAHHP is too restrictive in this area, for all but the most carb-sensitive people.

Bottom line: the CAHHP basic plan is pure genius...stick with it, then experiment with its various options, listening to your body, to see what works best for you & your lifestyle preferences. The Hellers themselves often say there's no "one-size-fits-all" plan.

***UPDATE 3/18/08***: WELL it'S 1 YEAR SINCE I STARTED CAHHP & THE WEIGHT HAS STAYED OFF! HOWEVER, UNFORTUNATELY MY CHOLESTEROL WENT UP ALMOST 25 POINTS TO 222! THIS ISN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN ON CAHHP, BUT MAY BE DUE TO HEREDITY, OR NOT BALANCING MY REWARD MEALS PERFECTLY. I REALIZED MY CONSUMPTION OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS ALMOST DOUBLED SINCE STARTING CAHHP, SO I FOUND ANOTHER BOOK I HIGHLY RECOMMEND: 'CARB-CONSCIOUS VEGETARIAN' BY ROBIN ROBERTSON. THIS IS A COOKBOOK THAT EXPLAINS A LITTLE ABOUT 'GOOD CARBS VS BAD CARBS' AND THE GLYCEMIC INDEX/LOAD, PLUS HAS DELICIOUS *LOWER*-CARB VEGAN RECIPES (REALLY, I PROMISE!).

SO NOW I EAT 1-2 VEGAN LOWER-CARB MEALS AND 1 REGULAR MEAT/CARBS/VEGGIES REWARD MEAL EACH DAY. I WAS WORRIED I'D GAIN BACK THE WEIGHT SINCE THE VEGAN MEALS CONTAIN CAHHP 'FORBIDDEN FOODS' & AREN'T AS LOW-CARB AS CAHHP RECOMMENDS, BUT MY CHOLESTEROL DROPPED BACK DOWN TO 197 IN JUST A MONTH & MY WEIGHT HAS REMAINED STABLE. THERE'S MORE TO LOW-CARB THAN JUST CARB GRAMS & FOOD RESTRICTIONS - YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW FOODS AFFECT BLOOD SUGAR. ALSO HELPFUL ARE ANY OF DANA CARPENDER'S LOW-CARB COOKBOOKS (MINUS THE RECIPES WITH ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS). DON'T GIVE UP! DO YOUR RESEARCH AND YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE A HEALTHY LOW-CARB DIET TO WORK FOR YOU!

2004-03-18
Great for people with diabetes
I have type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. I followed the program this book advises. My blood sugar levels have dropped to normal ranges, 85 to 110. My blood pressure is back to a normal range also. I have even had to quit taking Amaryl because my blood sugar levels were getting too low. I have also lost 22 pounds in about five weeks. The program helps you from giving up because you may eat a reward meal with a high carb food once a day. I'm telling you it works!

Find Out About The Dangers Associated With Dieting

qweDieting should have sensible basis otherwise it may do nothing but undermine and ruin your health. There are some dangers associated with dieting. Danger 1 - on my own The habit always to rely upon oneself is not the appropriate tactics in dieting. Fattiness like any other diseases should be treated under the strict doctor’s control. Every one is unique and needs certain and specific approach. Someone may be stout but have a good health someone may have few “extra kilos” which will intermix with serious diseases. So you should be completely aware of your current state. Work, life style, surroundings, living conditions and even climate should be taken in account when choosing a diet. Danger 2 - on the buckwheat There are several dieting myths: you should eat meat, you should eat once or twice a day, it’s useful to eat only buckwheat or apple pines for example. Each product is wholesome for sure but only in the combination with other useful products. And if you decided to keep to a “one-side” diet you merely deprive yourself of necessary and vital elements. The greatest problems may cause incredible protein decrease, especially animal protein which can not be substituted by soy or legumes protein. Animal protein is the base for ferments and hormones production. In case you reduce protein consumption the reproductive function gets worse and the blood formula changes. Another danger is the lack of calcium which we usually get of the diary products. This element is absolutely necessary especially for the young organism which bones are still in the process of formation. The variety of food is the main point of the right diet. Remember you may eat everything but with the sense of measure. Fish, vegetables and fruits are irreplaceable products and should “find place” in your diet however. Danger 3 – only diet If you really want to loose weight and not to regain it you’d better thing about dieting and physical loading as separate things but work out the plan of healthy life style. It may include the food we eat, the way we spend our free time, sleep and whatever. The main tendency today is square meals and minimum of physical exercise. The quantity of energy we receive should not exceed the quantity we consume. The simplest recommendations are to eat divisionally – every 3 or 4 hours in little quantities, not to eat before going to bed. Danger 4- food is my best friend The other stumbling block is to compensate stress depression by eating sweets and chocolates. Some times in such situations a person may eat even when he is not hungry. Remember everything is in your own hands.

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