The Schwarzbein Principle

by Schwarzbein, Diana, M.D.

• ISBN13: 9781558746800
• ISBN10: 1558746803
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Hci

Summary

This groundbreaking book dispels the myths perpetuated by some bestselling diet books that may help people lose weight, but will put them on the fast track to disease. Based on sound research and the success of thousands of people, The Schwarzbein Principle proves that excess weight, degenerative disease and accelerated aging can be controlled - and reversed - in a healthful way. The Schwarzbein Principle is a holistic guide to achieving lasting weight loss, normalizing metabolism and maintaining ideal body composition through lifestyle and nutrition. By bringing the internal systems into balance, the Schwarzbein program has been proven to: reverse type II diabetes; free people from food cravings for chocolate, caffeine and sugar; cure depression and mood swings; and reduce body fat while building lean tissue. The nutritional program consists of two phases -Healing and Maintenance - which are easy to adopt into any lifestyle. Instead of shunning fat, the program advocates eating all of the good fats and proteins your body needs as well as an unlimited portion of non-starchy carbohydrates. By incorporating the lifestyle components of stress management, exercise and eliminating harmful stimulants, program participants experience renewed energy and vitality.

Author Biography

Diana Schwarzbein, M.D., is a leading authority on metabolic healing. She founded The Endocrinology Institute of Santa Barbara in 1993. She sub-specializes in metabolism, diabetes, osteoporosis, menopause and thyroid conditions. Nancy Deville is a writer of nonfiction and fiction with a talent for making science easy to read and understand.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xv
Aging
What Is the Accelerated Metabolic Aging Process?	p. 3
Human Survival Depends on Hormones and Fat	p. 17
Humans Are Part of the Food Chain	p. 29
The Low-Serotonin State: The Common Denominator	p. 39
Cholesterol and Fat
Dietary Cholesterol and Fat Are Essential to Life	p. 61
Why You Must Eat Cholesterol	p. 67
Heart Disease, Type II Diabetes and Cancer
Your Cholesterol Count Is Not the Final Word	p. 75
What About the Good HDLs?	p. 85
The Real Risk Factors for a Heart Attack	p. 93
Two Packs of Cigarettes a Day x Fifty Years = Accelerated Metabolic Aging	p. 103
Cancer and the High-Insulin Lifestyle	p. 109
Achieving a Balanced Diet
Carbohydrates Are Sugar	p. 119
Fat Does Not Make You Fat	p. 127
Gaining Body Fat on a Low-Fat Diet	p. 133
Dispelling Low-Fat Beliefs	p. 141
Eating Disorders
Diet Scams	p. 149
Dr. Schwarzbein, Sugar Junkie	p. 163
You Can Be Too Thin	p. 173
Overfed and Undernourished	p. 189
Children Do Not Have to Be Overweight	p. 195
The Vegetarian Diet
The Committed Vegetarian	p. 203
The Body Is Interconnected	p. 209
Changing Your Lifestyle
Changing Her Lifestyle Without Suffering	p. 217
The Healing And Maintenance Programs
The Schwarzbein Nutrition and Lifestyle Programs	p. 223
The Schwarzbein Healing and Maintenance Nutritional Programs	p. 241
What Not to Eat	p. 277
Planning Your Meals	p. 289
References	p. 339
Index	p. 353
About the Authors	p. 365
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Excerpts

IntroductionResearching the Schwarzbein PrincipleIn medical training, I was taught that a low-fat diet high in complex carbohydrates prevented weight gain and disease. I believed what my professors said. Early on, I advocated low-fat diets. But this soon changed. I now teach my patients to balance their meals. Let me tell you how this all came about. In July 1990, I had just finished nine years of medical training at the University of Southern California. My training was in endocrinology and metabolism, and I was ready to go out and help the world. I accepted a position at a prestigious medical clinic in Santa Barbara, California. The clinic was famous for having been the premier diabetes center in the United States during the 1920s. I was excited about starting my new position, but I was not thrilled that all my new patients would be Type II diabetics. My area of expertise was "esoteric" endocrine diseasesùhypothyroidism, adrenal and pituitary problemsùconditions where the patient's symptoms could be reversed. Type II diabetics did not get better. I had seen too many diabetics have legs amputated, too many who required kidney dialysis or who had scars down the middle of their chests from coronary bypass grafting. Working with diabetics meant that I would have to watch people inevitably get sicker and die. But having accepted the challenge, I committed myself to giving patients my best care. Because the patients were all new to me, I spent a full hour with each one, obtaining a detailed history. I will never forget the anxiety I felt when they would begin by saying, "I hope you won't tell me the same thing all the other doctors have said. It just doesn't work for me." They complained of higher blood-sugar levels and high blood pressure, despite medication, and of chronic fatigue, weight gain and abnormal cholesterol profiles. I heard many stories of patients going for yearly physical exams and being diagnosed with diabetes incidentally. Chemistry panels had come back with a red flag of high blood sugarùdiabetes. These newly diagnosed diabetics were put on the American Diabetes Association (ADA) dietùa low-calorie, high-carbohydrate, low-fat, low-protein program. The diet stressed fruit, milk, bread and very little fat. It was very complicated. They had to measure everything they ateùproteins and fats, as well as carbohydrates. These patients had stuck to this diet, only to see their conditions worsen. Diabetes was considered genetic. The fact that these patients had gotten worse was considered part of the progressive genetic nature of the disease. It was thought that once a person developed diabetes, it could not be reversed. Part of the "standard of care" was to keep diabetics' blood sugar under control to enable them to live relatively normal lives. Physicians manipulated insulin doses to bring patients' blood sugars down. But my patients complained, "When my other doctors gave me insulin, I gained weight." That made sens

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