- ISBN13: 9781558746800
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
The latest evolution in health and fitness, the unique, proven “Schwarzbein Principle” will revolutionalize the way millions of people look at eating, losing weight, and maintaining optimal health.Amazon.com Review
From her work with insulin-resistant patients with Type II diabetes, Dr. Schwarzbein concludes that low-fat diets cause heart attacks, eating fat makes you lose body fat, and it’s important to eat high-cholesterol foods every day. Picture cardiologists and dieticians tearing their hair out and overweight people cheering as they dive into Eggs Benedict with sausage.
According to Schwarzbein, the high-carbohydrate, low-fat, moderate-protein diet that most dieticians and disease-prevention organizations recommend is the culprit that turns people into diabetics, makes them age faster and get degenerative diseases, and keeps them fat and unhealthy. She supports her theory with case studies of people who were sick and miserable on high-carbo, low-fat diets and who sprang to life when they “balanced” their diets with more fat and protein. Schwarzbein recommends avoiding “man-made carbohydrates”–processed carbs–in favor of those you could “pick, gather or milk.” She instructs patients to eat “as much good fat as their body needs”: eggs, avocados, flaxseed oil, butter, mayonnaise, and olive oil. Sorry, but fried foods and hydrogenated fats are “bad fats,” or “damaged fats,” as Schwarzbein calls them. You can eat as many eggs a day as you want on this plan, plus meat (even sausage–as long as it’s nitrate-free–and pâté), saturated fat, cream, and nonstarchy vegetables. The book includes a four-week meal plan and about 15 recipes.
The Schwarzbein Principle: The Truth About Losing Weight, Being Healthy, and Feeling Younger
Diana Schwarbein is not a board certified physician. She is not board certified in either internal medicine or endocrinology. Her claims of being an expert are suspect. Beware of quackery!!
Rating: 1 / 5
I borrowed this book from a friend of mine who said I might find it interesting.
First Sentence:
“We are all going to age and die, because it is impossible to stop normal aging. ”
What is normal aging? Already this lady is making unfounded claims that any true health seeker would be wise to question. It’s been proven many times over that the aging process can be slowed down and even reversed.
Schawarzbein seems to believe that to build adequate hormones a person needs massive amounts of animal fat and protein. This is never proven nor demonstrated.
“Chapter Six : Why you must eat Cholesterol”
Pure propaganda. Completely false. Makes me wonder if she owns some slaughterhouses or something. There are millions thruout the world (vegans) who will never eat any cholesterol for the rest of our lives and I’d be willing to bet that most of us (in the 1st world anyway) will live longer than this lady. Here’s one for example : http://www. thegardendiet. com/storm. html
This book is not science, it’s not intelligent and it does not hold water. If you must satisfy your curiosity, borrow it and read it and use your own critical thinking. But don’t waste your money, I’m glad I didn’t!
Rating: 1 / 5
Free radicals are bad for you because they are molecules that destroy your cellas and promote ageing and sickness. Wow.
Unfortunately it would seem the evil stuff is everywhere so there is no real escaping our sad certainity of ageing and decay.
Mostly it goes like that. One actually useful bit of info: avoid salami, sausages and the like.
We get more substance once one reaches the inevitable My Recipies part. Let’s see. OK, you are supposed to eat a little salad for lunch, a small piece of chicken for lunch with some veggies, and so on.
Yeah right. You probably will lose some weight.
Yawn.
Rating: 2 / 5
I wrote the 2-star review about the lack of explanation. I just wanted to let people know that you are welcome to contact me about my opinion on this book, or if you have more information. My ‘about you’ page has my email address. Thanks. p. s. I had to put a stars on this ‘review’, and I did not want to sway the average by putting another 2, so I just put a 4 randomly (no connection to my opinion of the book, which is still a 2).
Rating: 4 / 5
Interesting concept but may be difficult to follow. I have not tried the plan but have heard of others who have been successful with it
Rating: 3 / 5