New Sugar Busters! : Cut Sugar to Trim Fat

by STEWARD, H. LEIGHTONBETHEA, MORRISON MD

• ISBN13: 9780375432019
• ISBN10: 0375432019
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: Random House Large Print

Summary

WIN THE FIGHT AGAINST FATTHE SUGAR BUSTERS! WAY When SUGAR BUSTERS! hit the shelves almost five years ago, it quickly became a diet and lifestyle phenomenon. The millions of people across the country on the SUGAR BUSTERS! plan discovered that by simply choosing the correct carbohydrates and lowering their sugar intake, they could shed the pounds they failed to lose with other diets. Now the weight-loss program that swept the nation has been completely revised and updatedincorporating all the newest nutritional findings, health statistics, and scientific studies, and featuring all-new, easy-to-follow recipes and meal plans. Among the wealth of new material in this edition, you'll find amazing testimonials from men and women who are losing weight and feeling fit the SUGAR BUSTERS! way; frequently asked questions and helpful answers; the latest on diabetesand how SUGAR BUSTERS! can help prevent it; essential facts on women, weight loss, and nutrition; and new tips, updated charts, and practical exercise suggestions. So arm yourself with thefactsand get thefigureyou've always wanted. When it comes to optimal wellness on the SUGAR BUSTERS! program, it's survival of the fittesta way of life in which everybodywins! From the Paperback edition.

Author Biography

<b>H. Leighton Steward</b> has a master of science degree from Southern Methodist University and became CEO of a Fortune 500 energy company. He is on the board of Tulane University and is chairman of the board of trustees at the Institute for the Study of Earth and Man (anthropology, geology, and statistics). His own success with this way of eating and a family history of diabetes motivated him to write <i>SUGAR BUSTERS! ®</i><br><br><b>Morrison C. Bethea, M.D.</b>, is a graduate of Davidson College and Tulane University School of Medicine. Currently he practices thoracic, cardiac, and vascular surgery in New Orleans. Dr. Bethea is a diplomate of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, a clinical professor of surgery at Tulane Medical Center, and an author of many publications in the field of cardio

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction	1	(26)
The Glycemic Index	27	(18)
A Brief History of Refined Sugar	45	(11)
Calculating Fatness and Obesity	56	(6)
Prevention	62	(14)
The Epidemic of Childhood Obesity (and What to Do About It)	76	(6)
Digestion and Metabolism	82	(15)
Insulin	97	(11)
The Sugar Busters! Concept	108	(10)
Eating Patterns	118	(10)
Acceptable Foods and Substitutes	128	(8)
Stocking and Unstocking the Pantry	136	(5)
Why Sugar Busters! Works for Diabetics	141	(21)
Hypoglycemia	162	(4)
Sugar Busters! for the Healthy Heart	166	(14)
Women and Weight Loss	180	(12)
Exercise	192	(7)
Super Foods	199	(27)
Soft Drinks, Hard Facts	226	(8)
Reading Labels	234	(12)
Lifetime Meal Plans	246	(6)
The Plateaus	252	(5)
Why Sugar Busters!	257	(10)
Alternative Sweeteners	267	(8)
To Drink or Not to Drink	275	(4)
Fat Versus Low-Fat Diets and Products	279	(6)
Conclusion	285	(5)
Major Restaurants Do Sugar Busters!	290	(149)
Myths	439	(10)
Frequently Asked Questions	449	(4)
Sugar Busters! Products	453	(3)
Sugar Busters! Support Groups	456	(9)
Notes	465	(10)
Glossary	475	(10)
Appendix A	485	(1)
Index	486