A Low Carbohydrate, Ketogenic Diet Manual: No Sugar, No Starch Diet Author: Dr. Eric C. Westman M.D. | Language: English | ISBN:
1482781255 | Format: PDF
A Low Carbohydrate, Ketogenic Diet Manual: No Sugar, No Starch Diet Description
- Paperback: 24 pages
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (March 15, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1482781255
- ISBN-13: 978-1482781250
- Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
So many people are confused about what to eat, what not to eat, and why or why not.
As a cardiologist (with a master's degree in physiology of exercise), I have had to tip-toe through the mine-field of nutrition publications to help myself, before I could help my patients. I started to gain weight while doing triatholons and following a Mediterranean Diet. Then I decided to follow the same diet I recommended to heart attack victims, I followed and failed a rigorous low fat diet. I was worse, gained weight!
I realized then that my patients were not lying to me when they continued to get worse: more weight, higher BP, worse cholesterol and triglycerides DESPITE my recommendations. They told me they followed my dietary and exercise instructions and continued to gain weight, despite a dietary regimen of only breathing air and drinking water.
I was desperate. I was the Cardiologist who was becoming obese with metabolic syndrome. How could I be a reliable, credible teacher for my patients when I couldn't cure my own "disease"?
Yes, I crossed the forbidden line for cardiologists. I "went Low Carb".
I learned about the science, metabolism, and applied biochemistry of low carbohydrate nutrition from Eric Westman MD and his colleagues. I took a course involving hours of tutorials and reviews of hundreds of scientific papers. I was convinced that there was scientific merit. I became my own guinea pig.
It worked on myself. Weight came down, BP came down, Triglycerides went down and HDL went up. All as predicted. Now I offer this to my patients with confidence, and following a 60 pound weight loss, I feel better about myself and about what my patients can achieve.
This manual is the essence.
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