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book was quoted to me at one price, billed at a higher price. i cancelled order but amazon shipped it any way.
i couldn't understand return instructions so i wrote amazon twice. weeks have gone by with no response.
i got in touch with dhl and they instructed me how to return book. good thing cause amazon couldn't be bothered.
i returned the unopened package. the box was crushed so badly dhl couldn't scan the shipping label.
haven't heard a word from amazon until this review solicitation.
bottom line is don't do business with amazon they are a ripoff and are clueless as how to properly do business.
thank you for you time

After just being diagnosed with Type II Diabetes, I was looking for information. This book was extremely helpful. A must read for those who want to take on participation in improving their own health!

I was diagnosed a month ago with type 2 diabetes. Although I have a very mild form of it and my doctor is hopeful that it can be reversed I was terrified. I didn't want to go down the road of amputations, blindness, and kidney disease. That's when I found this book. I have a better understanding of diabetes now and a low glycemic diet makes perfectly good sense to me. I've been eating a plant based diet for a month and have lost 21 pounds and my blood sugars are normal.

There are quite a few reviews that say diabetics need to avoid carbohydrates-that's horse and buggy thinking. It is now known that diabetics need carbohydrates-it is the fuel that our bodies use. What diabetics need to change is the source of those carbohydrates. The less refined food we eat the better blood sugar control we have. As Dr. Whitaker says it's not the quantity of carbohydrates it's the quality. So those people with negative reviews either haven't kept up to date with the latest diabetes information or they didn't read the book. I'm even going to send this to my sister whose diabetes is out of control. Maybe it will help her as it's done for others.

I am very satisfied with the book. I have lowered my blood sugar by more than 100 points with the information provided in the book.(watching what I eat as well as a regular exercise program) Thank You

I found the book to be informative on many things I hadn't known, including helping me understand the mechanism of diabetes itself. Clear, simple language made it a lot easier than I thought it would be.

I followed the menus and recipes completely, which turned out to be somewhat difficult as i had never previously used so much fresh produce, and it takes longer to prepare than tossing something in the microwave or stopping in at a fast food place. I was never hungry, however, and my craving for sweets disappeared during the first couple of weeks.

It has a great resource section.

The single most important thing about the book? It worked for me.

The book is very powerful and everyone should read it. This lifestyle will help reverse what ever is going on with your life. EXCELLENT

I use Sears as one of my sources for nutrition. "Use" in the sense of academic information and of food source. His theories are appealing as are his supplements, Zone Bars, Olive oil, and fish oil. Sears is persuasive. His book is valuable to me.

within two weeks i was walking better and feeling better than i have in years thanks dr sears

This book was recommended to me by a person who has similar indications as I have regarding Menieurre's disease. He told me he was advised by a trusted medical doctor to read the book and feel s he has benefited from the guidance provided in the book.

After only a short period I feel I am also learning and will realize medical beneits from the advce provided in this book.

I was lucky enough to find an internist who recommended this book to me when I went to him with symptoms of cold intolerance, fatigue, swollen and inflamed joints, thyroid disorder and a host of other symptoms. In the meantime, while awaiting the results of the tests, he advised me to read this book as it would explain inflammation in the body.

Previously I had been diagnosed with arthritis and treated for symtoms and became progressively worse. Within two weeks of implementing the changes outlined in this book; both diet changes and adding 5 grams of enteric-coated fish oil per day I had significant reduction in the swelling and inflammation.

To understand how inflammation works on the body and to reduce a host of symptoms and beliefs associated with Alzheimers, etc. this book is a valuable tool for self-enlightment. Many physicians today don't take the time to treat underlying causes of illnesses before they progress to more serious problems for the patient. Read this book and Help Yourself. It won't do any harm and may do you a world of good.

It is very helpful. I did not realize that sugar and yeast are enablers of candidiatis. I had ended up in the hospital with a yeast infection in the small bowel. Reading this book has helped me immensely. I would advise other people to get and read the book also, the title is "The Yeast Connection Handbook".
Thank you.
Kathy

This is a life saver book, and I thank every day for it. The diet proposed is hard but it does work. I strongly recommend.

I have been on a food elimination (allergy) diet for three years eliminating corn, wheat, soy, soda, fake sugars etc and have felt so much better! Even lost weight! Still, couldn't find a solution to my depression and lethary - just felt tired all the time. Now I know why. The yeast!!!!! Will take the next step in eliminating yeast from even rice breads with yeast, alcohol, and SUGAR!!! Am hopeful that the elimination of much of the sugar will control the yeast and I will start to feel better. Amazing book!!! Great alternative solutions for over the counter vitamins as well! I'm sending it to my mom and sister too who have the same symptoms!

All you need to know about the subject is in this book! Easy to read.

I was lucky enough to find a physician to test me for Candidiasis after suffering from it for 15 years! However, he had no idea how to treat it so was open to my suggestions. I brought this book in with passages highlighted and he was willing to try the treatment exactly as outlined in your book! This was very recent so at this point in time, I am suffering from the initial die-off symptoms, but that gives me hope that it's actually working!

For those that have this disorder, this book is a MUST! I have found it very very helpful in helping me lose weight and get my condition under control. I love this book!

i read this book, a couple of times. i didn't follow the diets listed religiously, but i did follow the nutritional guidelines, and changed my lifestyle and eating habits. about a year later, i had lost 40 pounds, and found out that i was pregnant! a miracle i thought i would never experience. i recomend this book to anyone with pcos, who is having trouble losing weight, and/or concieving.

Women with PCOS, this book is for you: Many tasty receipes to choose from.
This book helps us to get rid of the weight much better than a regular diet.

I firmly think that this book's title and what it states on its front is misleading and fradulent.
This book is falsly titled so that the consumer thinks it is a diet book for people who have Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). Note it even mentions weight loss on the cover as well as the word 'Diet'. It is not a weight loss diet book for people with PCOS.

There is a 10 page 'sample menu and recipies' starting on page 97. I wrongly assummed this was a diet plan when I bought the book. But it is not.

Further into the book there is a chapter titled 'Losing Weight - Breaking the PCOS cycle' which begins on page 177. In this chapter there is a one day sample menu.
It appears that there is only one day of a sample diet day in the whole book that is actually directly related to weight loss.
I bought this book as I have PCOS and I wanted a diet book so I could lose weight.

It is wrong to let the title remain as is because this book is not for people who want to lose weight who have PCOS.

I have asked the publishers for my money back.

Also note that the book is quite repetitative and information contained in it quotes 'internet surveys' - these are hardly credible sources and should not be taken seriously by anyone except teenagers who delight in reading daily horoscopes.
Any book about diet should at the very least include studies that have been tested for scientific rigor and should be written by at least a doctor or dietitian.

I find the book is not at all scientific. PCOS is all about hormone levels thus lack of scientific rigor might actually be detrimental to whoever buys it.
The book also states to eat brocolli 'because it burns calories chewing it'. Oh heavens save me please :)
What a total lack of money!!!

I was diagnosed with PCOS this past August and must tell you this is the best book I have found. After being diagnosed I purchased about 10 books and this one is by far the best book. It goes through what foods and combinations of foods you should be eating to keep the PCOS under control. I was able to lose 9 pounds by following the recommendations like eating small meals / healthy snacks every 2 1/2 - 3 hours. It even said that after following the steps in this book your system would operate normally and you could become pregnant. Well, I didn't really believe it but after about 3 months of following their advice I am now 17 weeks pregnant. I had been told that I had a 3% chance of conceiving naturally due to the PCOS, a Unicornuate uterus and one working fallopian tube. I recommend this book to anyone who has PCOS, if it worked for me it can work for anyone.

I have a patient with Sclerderma on this therapy and the condition is reversing! Not bad for an incurable disease. This is a book written for patients and non-medical personnel, but is extremely helpful for both.

I highly recommend the book and therapy.

My wife has Scleroderma, and prior to starting this treatment could barely get out of the bed. After close to a year on the antibiotic treatment, she is doing much better. Some of the stories in the book can be a bit scary for someone recently diagnosed with Scleroderma, but the book is definitely worth the money and could change your life. Also, look at www.arthritistrust.org and roadback.org.

I admit I was skeptical at first, but after reading the book, reading the testimonials on the Road Back Foundation's website (www.roadback.org) and looking in PubMed for research that supports Dr. Brown's theory and antibiotic therapy approach, I decided to give it a trial period of 11 months. It's now been 13 months and I am better. This holiday I'm thankful to Henry Scammell for writing this book and the Road Back for educating us through the website; I figured that nobody could make up ALL those testimonials. Soon, I hope to post my own story.

This book is a testament to those who have chosen a different path to treating this terrible disease, a testament to those who do not blindly accept the advice of rheumatologists trained to prescribe toxic drugs that don't cure the disease but do guarantee return visits and a lifetime of costly lab work.

Thomas Brown had the intellect to discover the truth about rheumatic diseases and the moral courage to live his beliefs. Ask your rheumatologist how many of his/her patients have created a charitable organization in honor of one of his/her treatments.

This book has the answer to this disease. It has saved my life, my immune system, and my sanity.

My 25 year old son was diagnosed with diffuse systemic scleroderma. I turned to Amazon to find something to read about the disease, to educate me about what he would face given this diagnosis. I read a book written by a scleroderma patient who was severely ill with the disease and receiving the "conventional" treatments recommended by rheumatologists and promoted by the pharmaceutical industry. It was quite depressing to say the least. My son, being a knowledgeable biologist, refused such treatments. Thanks to Amazon, 6 weeks later, I received an e-mail suggesting that I may be interested in reading Scleroderma: The Proven Therapy that Can Save Your Life by Henry Scammell. Within days, I contacted representatives from the Roadback Foundation mentioned in the book, was given a physician's name to contact and my son began treatment with the antibiotic protocol. This is not a treatment you will see advertised in every magazine. It's been around and available for use for many years, it's safe, effective, inexpensive and it works for the vast majority of patients suffering and being needlessly debilitated from the diseases of not only Scleroderma, but Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis. Dr. Thomas McPherson Brown successfully treated thousands of patients and attempted to get the word out about this effective treatment for over 50 years, but as his patients' recovery was "anecdotal" and not scientifically proven, it was not accepted by the scientific community. Why would you not try a treatment that bears little risk and works? To every parent and patient who has had one of these diagnoses handed to them, read this book, turn to people who can help and get your life back. As a nurse of 30 years who has administered disease modifying drugs to many patients, I am very grateful to Amazon, Henry Scammell and the Road Back Foundation for letting me know of safer, more effective options. To the reviewers who fault this book as promoting a foundation, may you or a loved one never be personally affected by one of these diseases. The information that this book and the foundation provides might save your life!

"Atkins Diabetes Revolution", the book, is an absolute must read for anyone who has been diagnosed as type 2 diabetic, prediabetic or who has sudden high blood pressure, high blood sugar, poor blood lipid figures or who is just overweight. The Atkins approach is almost miraculous, I lost 17 lbs in about 8 weeks, threw away my blood pressure pills and saw my blood sugar come down to the high normal level in about 12 weeks. A couple of friends with similar problems are now seeing the same results.

I found this book in a reduced price bin at a dept store and bought it. It has been the best $5 investment ever made and is worth its weight in gold.

The diabetic information is easily understood and make sense to the lay person. I love the mealplans that are laid out and the recipes for the most part are excellent. Had to make a couple of adjustments on seasonings for personal taste, but have throughly enjoyed them. I make the full recipes that are for 4, measure the servings out, and freeze the other portions. That way I don't have to make the recipes every month. The meal plan allows you to choose between a 20, 40 or 60 carb day all at a glance. They have provided food lists so you can make your own plans when you want.

Thank you for this book, it has made my life as a diabetic soooo much better and easier.

You've just been diagnosed with type II diabetes. You're scared, confused, etc. This is the book to buy to help you through it. It goes through all the technical, medical jargon and makes it understandable to you, then gives you clear cut ways to improve your situation. Is changing your lifestyle easy? Nope, but then again, nothing worth having/doing is easy. I can tell you, though, that if you follow the directions in this book, not only will you not be hungry, but you will feel healthier than you ever have in your life. At least I do...and so do many of my co-workers, friends, etc, who follow Atkins. You really have nothing to lose.

My friend and I have been on this diet for about five weeks, and in that time I have lost 13 pounds and she has lost nine pounds. Be prepared to spend at least $400.00 the first month, then after the first month, it does not cost as much, as some things will be deleted from the menu, items that you may not care that much for and you can still stay in range of the amount of carb intake. The only problem we found is that the portion size for the meat is not mentioned, but we just used four ounces when meat was involved. We are on the 20 carb a day diet and at first you think that that is not enough, but after a few days, we found that we do not get hungry when we were not on this diet, and mostly the craving for food has disappeared. I would highly recommend this diet, and I am planning to follow it until I lose at least 40 pounds, then just eat sensibly from then on. I have already stopped taking Glucotrol, which one of the side effects is weight gain, and every week my sugars are dropping, and within the next four months I plan on not even being a diabetic any more, that is my goal.

I have found that the Atkins low carb diet is able to control my blood sugars and has allowed me to decrease my medications. I Think Dr. Atkins ideas are perfect for anyone with pre-diabetes or diabetes type 1 or type 2. Along with this, I also recommend Dr. Bernsteins books, The Diabetes Diet, and The Diabetes Solution. All are geared to us learning to monitor our sugars and eat accordingly. I have felt healthier, and my blood sugars are within a normal range since following the recommendations in the book. I highly recommend it, and wish the medical community would open their eyes to the results of following a low carb diet! After putting up with an awful cycle of being told to eat complex carbs, and watching my blood sugar increase from even oatmeal, and having my medications increased so I could eat the carbs the medical profession was telling me I needed, I finally found these books and learned. My blood sugars are almost normal now and my energy is great! Again, I cannot recommend these books enough to anyone who has pre-diabetes or diabetes.

This book is very informative and is still helpful in viewing the issue of Yeast related to health problems. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants insight into the issue of Candidasis Albican.

My biggest problem with this book is that the treatment contained therein claims to help a host of broad problems. It seemed like another gimmick and there is no point to finishing the book if you already know about the food pyramid and proper common sense in taking care of yourself.

The suggestions in eating right, etc, are wonderful suggestions. Eat natural foods, (not the bread from the store that can contain up to 500% of the amount of yeast found in home made breads), etc. Too much yeast is not good for you but you don't need a book to tell you so.

I walked around with a bloated painful stomach for a year. The fatigue was debilitating, and and I was always in a fog. I did the phase one diet for five days and it was as if the fatigue and fog just washed out of my body. The greatest feeling was the clarity of thinking returning. Even if you don't read anything in the book, the diet is more than helpful; I think that understanding of this diet is essential if you have this problem. It will make a difference; for me the difference felt life-saving.

Exclent book on the subject. Very thorough, very objective with a lot if hints.
I recomend it.

It is very convenient to come up with a vague diagnosis for vague symptoms. There is very little hard evidence to support this diagnsosis. I am sure that there are people who are sensitive or allergic to yeast who feel much better when they avoid it. I think the problem is that anyone who doesn't feel good has symptoms that fit into those attributed to this problem. Testimonial benefits are worthless. Watch late night TV for diet products, hair growth products, etc... if you doubt that. I do agree that if we all ate a natural preservative free diet, exercised, etc.. that we'd all feel better. I am just not ready to attribute that all to yeast hypersensitivity and the authors have very little real evidence that this condition exists or is the cause of problems for so many.

This cookbook was ordered as a birthday gift for our granddaughter who is 9. It was full of recipes and cool ideas of things for kids to do. She was excited when she opened her cooking gift and was looking forward to using it. She has been wanting me to teach her to cook so I decided for her birthday to do a gift basket which turned out to be a bowl full of baking goodies and cookbooks.

this book is user friendly, and helps families cook and eat together, even when there is a gluten-free guest present! it is great to know that we can meet the needs of those around us. we often use the recipes for 'home cooking.' i especially appreciate the kid friendly recipes that i can create with my son who has down syndrome! the directions are clearly written out, and he understands what needs to be done. this is a great addition to my cook book shelf.

Great Book! Lots of good information. Fun kid recipes. Easy to read!

Waste of money. Every day food is fairly easily modified. But the cookies, bread and other treats. . . The only recipes I tried (2) were both duds. There are many superior alternative recipes online to be found from blogs and even the likes of recipezaar.

Book came quickly and I was delighted with the contents. Cooking for a family with a gluten free toddler presented me with challenges. I wanted to be able to cook a meal that ALL would eat. I was not disappointed by the content.

The author has this chatty style of writing, a bit disorganzied, if you ask me, but the information is very useful, and I read and re read many parts of the book. I have had frequent flarups of my psoratic arthritis lately, and the advise in the book has lead me to treatments that have helped me onto the road to recovery.

I think this is a great book as it has a lot of good information regarding food intolerances that results in Arthritis and Pain, which I suspected certain foods as a contributing factor and then found this book which confirmed it for me. I liked it so much, I bought three copies to give to my ailing Arthritic Brothers.

My wife started right away to eliminate some of the triggers that were mentioned in the book. She thought it was a quick read and gave good information.

This book is amazing. I followed the plan and my Gout, the constant pain in my legs and tendonitus all went away within a month. I highly recommend this book no matter what form of Arthritus you have. JUST DO IT! It will not only change your life but give you your life back.

The book has excellent information on how to eat, how to fast your way to health, etc.

It's just a pity that the author didn't get assistance with the layout of the book. I really struggled my way through it and also struggle to find information that I want to refer back to. The layout needs to be a whole lot more systematic and logical.

For about 20% of the population, eating a very lowfat diet will cause increased risk of heart disease. Who are these people? These are primarily men whose grandfathers, fathers and older brothers had heart attacks before age 50. They have high blood pressure and high triglycerides and cholesterol despite eating a good diet. And they are the ones who just might have the apolipoprotein B gene - a gene that predisposes them to all these conditions.

This is a great book for people who fit this profile. Matthew Bayan's description of his own heart attack is a powerful incentive to do something about the risk of a heart attack. He explains why his attempts to eat a low fat, low cholesterol diet only increased his cholesterol. If these people don't eat some cholesterol in their diet, their bodies will produce a great quantity of cholesterol on their own. Unfortunately, not all physicians know about the apoB gene and it`s significance on diet. But this book will provide enough information to help the informed patient to communicate better with his physician.

So no, if you thought this was a book saying it's okay to eat a fatty diet, it's not. It's a very sensible person's journey through the medical maze back to health - which just might help about 20% of the population.

Dr. Suzanne ...

I read this book after I had a heart attack. Like the author, my first heart attack was ignored by the hospital doctor and I was sent home. It was only after the third one that I was referred to a cardiologist, who had me flown to a hospital by air ambulance for angioplasty, which opened up the 90% clogged right main artery.

You need to read this book if you have any family history of heart disease, stroke or diabetes, even if you follow a healthy lifestyle, exercise and watch your diet. This book is not about eating fat, its about newer, more accurate blood tests that can find risk factors that standard tests do not.

Since reading and following this book, I have dropped my triglycerides from 700 to 66 and my cholesterol from 230 to 146. My waist has gone from 38 to 34. I still need to raise my HDL from 35 and lower my lipoprotein (a), which I will do with niacin and more exercise.

The air ambulance cost me $9500, the angioplasty $17,000 and the emergency room, hospital stays and rehab another $10,000. I still get angina from time to time. I will always face the prospect of restenosis. It will be cheaper for you if you buy the book.

This book has some good parts, particularly the autobiographical stories. But it would be foolish to generalize from such individual and subjective experience. Mr. Bayan is a man with a cause.

A moving description of a very personal journey. Matt Bayan's decision to take control of his life and his health (with his cardiologist's help) is inspiring. His ability to translate medical material into terms a layperson can understand makes the book quite readable, despite its technical focus. He has a very important story to tell, and he tells it with wit and clarity.

Most people interested or experiencing coronary heart disease will probably find this book useful. It is well and lively written, easy to follow and full of very practical self-tested and perhaps life-saving guidelines. One big plus of this book is that the author is not afraid of questioning the established medical dogmas, and at the same time is also able to see some merit in it as well, without thrashing it out altogether. My other comment is that it would benefit to have more thoroughly quoted scientific references, the way for example Atkins has done; for example in the chapter where the author strongly criticizes dr.Ornish' diet for failing or being outright harmful in large fraction of cardiac cases (quotes 5,15-30 or even 41%) due to genetic factors, the scientific reference is provided (LBL, U of Ca, page 59) but is unfortunately untraceable. This is quite important as the author's statement is in strong contradiction to Ornish's own claim of his diet being good for almost everybody. There are several inaccuracies in this book. For example, the author has correctly noticed that a diet high in fats is known to improve the lipid panel in almost all cases, especially by increasing HDL and reducing supposedly harmful LDL-B, unfortunately on page 60 while recommending unsaturated fats he at the same time suggests to avoid saturated fat without providing any scientific evidence backing such a claim (which of course there exist none but it is another story...). The author does not mention that not only there is no evidence to support the notion that natural saturated fats are supposed to be bad, at the same time there is no mention of studies pointing to possible health hazards (e.g. cancer, blood clotting alteration) from eating the very fat that he recommends - polyunsaturated vegetable oils. In terms of dietary recommendation as per title of the book, that is to eat fat, it stops at 30% calories, which is sort of half-way through and falls short of what other non-conventional doctors advocate as a true high fat diet. In fact at 30% it should still be classified as a high carb low fat diet, since human metabolism switches to the true high fat regime only after exceeding 50% (optimum is 60-80%) by calories. This might perhaps explain why the author had to resort to using drugs to further improve his lipid profile. This book raises also more questions than answers, which is good! For example: it is still unclear whether the lipid anomalies are the causes or the symptoms (caused by some unknown factor), some studies indicate one some other the second possibility. Also it is highly unlikely, contrary to the author's suggestion, that a genetic defect which kills men in their 40-ties would have persisted in the population in such a high percentage as 1 out of 4 or so. It is probably more likely that the real cause is in food or environmental while genetics may be simply making those people more susceptible to the real (as yet unknown) agent of the disease. In spite of the above comments I would recommend this book. Last but not least, I firmly believe that the book would have been hugely enhanced had the author expanded upon the statement on page 87 ("I _choose_ to come back here.").