Summary

In her very successful book, The Schwarzbein Principle, renowned endocrinologist Diana Schwarzbein introduced her scientifically proven conclusion that degenerative diseases are not genetic, but acquired. Many studies have supported this, proving that life expectancy is 75 to 90 percent due to habits and only 10 to 25 percent due to genetics. This means that someone who is genetically destined to die at age 100 may not live past age 60 because of poor habits and lifestyle choices that cause accelerated aging and premature death. Conversely, a person can live to 100 and be functionally healthy. In this highly anticipated follow-up, Diana Schwarzbein, M.D., goes beyond the diet she introduced in her first book-which literally helped thousands of people lose weight-and offers a personalized anti-aging program for readers to heal their metabolisms and stop advanced aging in its tracks. Weaving in groundbreaking research and provocative case studies-including her own regeneration and that of her clients-she leads readers through a series of eye-opening questionnaires, which identify where they are on their path to either accelerated or healthy aging. Based on readers' answers, she leads them to the "how-to" sections, which explain, in easy-to-follow and personalized detail, the steps they need to take to restore healthy functioning. For each unique situation, she covers five areas: Nutrition , Hormone Replacement Therapy (if needed), Tapering Off Toxic Chemicals or Avoiding Them Completely , Cross-Training Exercises and Stress Management. The Schwarzbein Principle II is sure to follow the success of the first book and will help people live a more healthful lifestyle by embracing a regeneration process to prevent and reverse accelerated aging.

Author Biography

Diana Schwarzbein, M.D., is a leading authority on metabolic healing. She founded The Endocrinology Institute of Santa Barbara where she sub-specializes in metabolism, diabetes, osteoporosis, menopause and thyroid conditions.

Acknowledgments

Preface

xiii

PART I: WHY TO

Successful Aging

(18)

Hormones and How They Work

(10)

Lifestyle-Based Endocrinology---How Hormone Responses Lead to Illness

(26)

Adrenaline and Adrenaline Addiction

(26)

The Truth About Insulin

(32)

Cortisol---The Forgotten Hormone

115

(34)

Putting It All Together

149

(24)

PART II: THE TRANSITION

The Transition

173

(20)

There Are No Shortcuts

193

(26)

PART III: HOW TO

The Schwarzbein Principle II Program: Introduction

219

(6)

Step One: Healthy Nutrition

225

(102)

Step Two: Managing Stress and Getting Enough Sleep

327

(34)

Step Three: Tapering Off or Avoiding Toxic Chemicals

361

(20)

Step Four: Cross-Training Exercise Program

381

(16)

Step Five: Hormone Replacement Therapy

397

(8)

The SPII Personal Programs for Your Current Metabolism

405

(4)

Personal Program: Insulin-Sensitive with Healthy Adrenal Glands

409

(8)

Personal Program: Insulin-Resistant with Healthy Adrenal Glands

417

(14)

Personal Program: Insulin-Sensitive with Burned-Out Adrenal Glands

431

(18)

Personal Program: Insulin-Resistant with Burned-Out Adrenal Glands

449

(20)

Frequently Asked Questions

469

(6)

Afterword

475

(2)

References

477

(8)

Glossary

485

(10)

Index

495

(14)

About the Author

509

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Excerpts

Chapter 8 The Transition Everyone goes through what I call the transition to restore their metabolism, achieve an ideal body composition and obtain optimum health. The transition is a journey of healing. You can only be in your transition if you are improving your nutrition and lifestyle habits. During your transition your hormones will change in response to the nutrition and lifestyle changes you make, and this allows you to heal. However, you will not have balanced hormones immediately-balanced hormones do not occur overnight. There are sequential steps of healing that everyone must take. When you initiate your transition process by improving your habits, your body will begin to rebalance its hormones. Your body will also rebuild all its functional and structural biochemicals that were not made efficiently during your previous poor habits. The more damaged your current metabolism, the longer it will take for this process to be completed. By taking the time to follow the necessary steps in the SPII program to balance your hormones, you will heal your metabolism. When you have healed your metabolism, you are primed to lose fat weight, if needed. Once you have lost all your stored fat, you are through your transition. The Four Transition Stages For most people, the transition to a healthy metabolism and optimal health consists of four main stages: Initial starting point Healing phase Fat-burning phase Healed state Here is what to expect as you journey through your transition to health. You begin at your initial starting point and then enter a healing phase that may consist of a self-medicating phase. Then you enter a fat-burning phase-if you need to burn fat before you finally reach a healed state. Depending on your current metabolism, your body may skip the healing and/or fat-burning phases. Let's look at each stage in more detail. 1. The Initial Starting Point The initial starting point is your current metabolism type and age when you start improving your habits and begin entering your transition. Listed below are the four metabolism types an individual can have: 1.Insulin-sensitive with healthy adrenal glands 2.Insulin-resistant with healthy adrenal glands 3.Insulin-sensitive with burned-out adrenal glands 4.Insulin-resistant with burned-out adrenal glands These metabolism types are not genetic but acquired. Everyone begins life insulin-sensitive with healthy adrenal glands.* It is only after years of poor nutrition and lifestyle habits that you may become insulin-resistant or have burned-out adrenal glands-or have both conditions. Your age and how long you have had your current metabolism affect the duration of your transition. The older you are and the longer your metabolism has been damaged, the longer it will take for you to complete your transition. Your Goal Your goal is to stay or become insulin-sensitive and to have healthy adrenal glands or to heal them. Therefore, the g

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