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Title: The New Sugar Busters by H. Leighton Steward, M.D. Morrison Bethea, M.D. Sam Andrews, M.D. Luis Balart ISBN: 0-345-45537-1 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 24 December, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An information goldmine .. finally some logic at last ..
Comment: About a month ago, in an effort at preventitive medicine to lower my cholestorol and resulting high blood sugars, my GP sent me to a cardiovascular surgeon. Well as a person that rarely has gone to doctors I wasn't exactly excited what this guy told me, but, when I asked him to explain what kind of a diet or program I should follow he just said buy the book Sugar Busters and follow what it says .....
I have been on all kinds of diets before (who hasn't) and every time some Doctor tried to explain to concepts to me they generally lasted only short periods since the darn diets just didn't make any sense, and it just felt like pieces were missing in the overall puzzle of chemistry in they body related to proteins, carbohydrates, sugars, chloesterol, good bad etc etc.....
What a great surprise this book was to me. Not only does it tie all the pieces together and explain its' diet as the 'Sugarbusters way of eating is roughly 40 percent carbohydrates 30 percent protein and 30 percent fat, it is a balanced diet' that makes overall sense.....
The authors go to great detail to explain the functions of the pancreas, the purposes of insulin, glucanol and exactly what happens when you eat a high protein meal vs a high cargohydrate meal....
For example, the book explains that "The glycemic index (GI) is a measure of how much of a specific amount of ingested carbohydrate (usually 50 grams) will cause a persons blood sugar to rise and remain elevated over time relative to the effect on blood sugar of the same amount of pure glucose (which is assigned a GI of 100)... NOW HERE's THE SHOCKER FOR ME the book continues that to "compare the potatoes blood stimulating effect realtive to table sugar is that it would take 118 grams of sugar to have the same impact as one potato. That is 29 1/2 teaspoons of sugar ... WOW all that from one miserable white potato ....
From a historical perspective the book explains that sugar is not even mentioned in the bible and is a modern phenomena dating back only to 500 AD .... obviously the authors have the hots against processed sugars, flour, white potatoes, even white rice (surprising to me cause I thought that rice was a salvation for me .... WRONG) .... The authors also do something that I would have thought was ABSOLUTE BLASPHEMY and even HERECY in that they talk about the famous US goverment food pyramid, that even my dog knows by heart, and advise the reader the this pyramid was formed after many battles with the sugar lobby, the flour lobby, the potato lobby, meat people, egg people, milk people etc etc etc ... needless to say the resulting pyramid is more than suspect, for lack of using stronger words .......
Ok .. so you get the picture ... and as an added bonus this book contains som 100 pages of recepies from restaurants around the US that are in line with the Sugar Busters diet ....
This is one FABULOUS book that is well written, easy to understand, clear cut (don't really need a PhD in chemistry to understand it)and I feel is a definive answer to all those bits and pieces of diet information and stupid, misleading and politically correct food pyramids that I have been exposed to over my 'sugar eating' lifetime.....
Rating: 4
Summary: Of Value, But Atkins is Much More Systematic
Comment: This book focuses on the problems caused by excessive consumption of refined carbohydrates, especially sugar. A graph shows the steep increase in the western consumption of refined sugar in recent decades. There are other helpful graphs and data also included. The Pima Indians are cited. Their rate of diabetes increased by some 50% when they switched from the native fiber-rich corn to the modern refined fiber-free corn.
Unlike Atkins, the authors suggest that a large-scale reduction in carbohydrate intake is not necessary to cause weight loss, so long as the carbohydrates have a low glycemic impact. In my case, this was true. I lost 56 pounds on the Atkins diet without ever formally going into Atkin's Induction Phase (less than 20 grams of ANY type of metabolizeable carbohydrate intake per day). My addiction to sugary junk foods broke relatively easily. I found that, in my case, I could usually lose 1-3 pounds per week just by eliminating all refined carb products and cutting down on metabolizeable carb products to below about 40 grams per day. But the Atkins approach may be necessary for some people. Their metabolism may not switch from glycolysis to lipolysis without cutting back on metabolizeable carb products to below 20 grams daily, or even less. In addition, some people may not be able to break their cravings for sugary products without going into Induction for at least a while. Therefore, one can conclude that this Sugar Busters book may work for some people but not others. Atkins is clearly more detailed and systematic in his approach than this book.
After the initial weight loss, the Atkins approach and the Sugar Busters approach agree. Whatever carbohydrates consumed should be of the low-glycemic, high-fiber type. Emphasis should be placed on low-glycemic vegetables, nuts, and whole-grain products.
Rating: 3
Summary: Some good advice..... but not the total solution
Comment: This book is really a silly book. It's not that the advice is totally bad, but most of it is nothing new.
To wit, consider these rules:
1. Don't eat white sugar in any form
2. Don't eat white flour in any form
3. Exercise daily
4. Have only moderate portion sizes
5. Don't eat late at night
6. Avoid corn, beats, potatoes, carrots
7. Avoid bananas, watermelon, pineapple
Who wouldn't lose weight with such rules? Really, anybody would lose weight with such a regimen -- Rules 1-5 will no doubt produce weight loss, although they may be challenging for some to conform to. That being said, I feel that the diet is too draconian and is basically a modified Atkins diet. This diet will not serve most people well in the long term because it is too restrictive -- Rules 1 and 2 make some sense but are way too strict and difficult to sustain, while rules 6 and 7 are questionable, at best -- no carrots? no bananas? Come on! Rules 3, 4, and 5 are fine.
For those who want a more sensible way to lose weight and keep it off, I recommend "The Fat Fallacy" by Will Clower.
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Title: Sugar Busters! Quick & Easy Cookbook by MORRISON MD BETHEA, SAM MD ANDREWS, LUIS MD BALART, H. LEIGHTON STEWARD ISBN: 0345437772 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 26 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Sugar Busters! Shopper's Guide by H. LEIGHTON STEWARD, MORRISON MD BETHEA, SAM MD ANDREWS, LUIS MD BALART ISBN: 0345435346 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 26 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Sugar Busters! for Kids by Morrison C. Bethea, Sam S. Andrews, Luis A. Balart, H. Leighton Steward ISBN: 0345445716 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 21 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Sugar Bust for Life!... With the Brennans: Cookbook and Companion Guide by Ellen C. Brennan, Theodore M. Brennan, Shamrock Publishing Inc ISBN: 0966351908 Publisher: Shamrock Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Sugar Busters! Cut Sugar to Trim Fat by M.D. Morrison Bethea, M.D. Sam Andrews, M.D. Luis Balart, H. Leighton Steward ISBN: 0345425588 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 07 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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