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9780658001703

Life Without Bread How a Low-Carbohydrate Diet Can Save Your Life

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  • ISBN13:

    9780658001703

  • ISBN10:

    0658001701

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-03-22
  • Publisher: McGraw Hill

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Based on more than 40 years of clinical research, this illuminating book unravels the mysteries of nutrition and shows that changing the way we eat can help us feel better and live longer. It describes how a low-carbohydrate/high-protein diet can prevent cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and obesity, as well as increase strength, endurance, and muscle mass.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Kilmer S. McCully
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
What Is Low-Carbohydrate Nutrition?
1(8)
An Old Idea: The History of Low-Carbohydrate Nutrition
9(12)
Carbohydrates and Hormones: Balance Your Way to Optimal Health
21(12)
Diabetes and Insulin Resistance
33(22)
Energy: Less Is More
55(18)
Heart Disease: From Fat to Fiction
73(38)
Gastrointestinal Disorders: Reduction, Relief, and Restoration
111(20)
Weight Control
131(16)
Vitamins, Minerals, and Cofactors: The Myths Revealed
147(16)
Cancer: Another Disease of Sugar Metabolism?
163(16)
Evidence from Evolution: The True Fad Diet
179(16)
The Low-Carbohydrate Program in Practice: What You Need to Know
195(24)
Appendix: Carbohydrate Table 219(6)
References 225(8)
Index 233

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