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Freedom from Disease: The Breakthrough Approach to Preventing Cancer, Heart Disease, Alzheimer's, and Depression by Controlling Insulin

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BUY THIS BOOK! An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and this book shows how easy and important it is to make dietary improvements that will extend your life and keep you safe from awful chronic diseases.

This book doesn't tell us anything new about which foods are "bad" for us, BUT it gives an extremely comprehensive view of HOW certain substances adversely affect us and WHY we shouldn't overindulge in them. Becoming resistant to insulin precedes multiple major health problems. The book is an impressive study, and easy to follow.

It's becoming more and more commonplace, but Peter Morgan Cash and Jay Lombard want to make sure people know about it loud and clear-INSULIN is at the heart of most of the preventable diseases in modern society. Until we get this hormone under control inside of our bodies, no progress will be made on such health issues as cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, obesity, depression, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and more. We are people who are walking around with insulin in excess which leads to inflammation and disease occurring in epidemic proportions. To attain "freedom from disease," the authors draw from current research on this subject and interview some of the biggest names is health today-to the detriment of the message, I believe. What starts off as a good premise for a book with a spot-on message quickly turns into more of the same we've always heard. Eat less fat. Eat more "good" whole grain-based carbs. Yadda yadda yadda. If the authors truly wanted to share information that would help to bring insulin under control for good, then they would have included much of the breadth of research that has been done on carbohydrate-restriction over the past decade in this book. But if you look up "low-carb" in the index at the back of the book, you'll come up empty. That's too bad because I think they have correctly identified the problem...they just missed the ultimate solution by a long shot!

I have been following the suggestions of this book for eight weeks.
I have lost a lot of inches and weight. My blood sugars have dropped to an acceptable level and I feel a great deal better. I have recommended the book to several family members and friends. They are also seeing very positive results. My grateful thanks to Peter Morgan Kash and Jay Lombard.

I now understand why each succeeding generation is becoming sicker than the last. It makes sense that insulin resistance is behind most of our diseases. In looking at what was eaten 50 years ago versus today, the truth is evident. I am truly frighened for my children and grandchildren because of what might happen to them. I have become pro-active in the Chronic Disease Resolution which is trying to get politicians to put money into prevention. Most people don't want to hear what is being said but they need to listen if they want to be healthy. We have a very daunting task but through eduction, we hope to accomplish our goal of reducing deaths caused by Chronic Diseases. Thanks for this book which I will use to support my argument at the State and Federal level.

Edith Veerman-Frank, 220 West State Street, Algona, Iowa

I really love this book, enough to have read it twice in the last six months and recommend it to others. I wish I could memorize the explanations describing the effects of unbalanced insulin. The authors have taken a very complex subject and have done a wonderful job of making it understandable, at least to the degree you need to understand it in order to benefit! They come at the underlying causes of common chronic illnesses from a variety of angles to help you understand just what is happening inside you when you eat high-calorie foods.

I share some of the concerns of some of the other writers here. I have also recently read a VERY indepth, impeccably researched book called "Addiction: the Hidden Epidemic" which includes info about our pervasive addictions to processed foods. The conclusions drawn by the author (Pam Killeen) and the physicians, nutritionists that she interviews who have studied this intensively are similar but different. The focus of the book is brain/mental health and the effects of micronutrients on proper brain functioning, thereby improving mood. However the conclusions she draws indicates that we do indeed need to eat 'healthy' saturated fats from plant-fed animals, fish and organic unpasteurized dairy to be able to maximize brain function. So this is at odds with the conclusions of these authors.

It seems that no matter how much reading you do, it is imperative that we lay off the processed foods and simple carbs and limit our intake of processed grains.

Personally, in 100 days I have lost 22 pounds by eating: vegetables, fruits, eggs, goat and cheddar cheeses, nuts, seeds and about two times a week a bowl of oatmeal or oatbran or some brown rice or quinoa. Just by doing this I end up eating about 1,400 calories a day, enough for a slow steady weight loss. In and of itself, this is nothing special BUT: I have no food cravings, I eat until I am satisfied, I never suffer hunger, I don't experience sugar highs or lows or mood swings, I sleep well, digestion is good, etc etc, not to mention my energy levels are way up and I have increased sense of well-being. My exercise varies between 2 15-minute walks a day plus work at my mostly-standing job and a good 45 minute 'power walk' on my days off. I can see my muscles gaining definition, I am starting to feel like I want to run on my walks and in general am just really happy.

So, maybe things vary a bit from person to person. But at the same time, I know know more than ever that the measures I am taking for my health are having even much greater preventive effects than I ever thought. How cool to know that it is relatively simple to drastically decrease you chances of developing such pernicious diseases as cancer, Alzheimer's, diabetes, stroke, heart-attack, mood disorders, etc and that we are not at the mercy of these illness except in rare cases.

For those of you who find you are so mired in the carb-addiction phase, I would like to tell you to start off the first two or three days by allowing yourself huge portions of whole grains, ie brown rice, quinoa, whole oats, etc and eat until you are really full. That will get you over the initial sugar withdrawal pretty painlessly and you will, just within that 2 or three days, find that your appetite naturally starts to decrease and that big green salad with slivered almonds and sliced apple and (for me, at least chopped up pieces of cheddar) with that olive oil and vinegar salad dressing starts looking REALLY beautiful!

At first I thought that this book was not going to tell me anything new, but it is actually very eye-opening. My mother had Alzheimers for 10 years and the fact that this book addresses possible causes for this disease and others, is quite interesting. I am trying to live a healthier lifestyle and this book is helping me do it!

Short Review - this is an excellent book. People need to take responsibility for their personal wealth by managing their own diet and exercise and to stop assigning blame to parents, heredity, and their doctors. Type II diabetes is not inevitable and actually can be reversed in its early stages if the patient chooses to change their lifestyle.

This book will scare you into leading a better lifestyle. I appreciated the science but it may be a little too much science for the average lay person. The recipe and 3 week diet fell a little short. The book advocates Mediteranian and Japanese diet but this is mostly Asian with lots of items most people won't be familar with like agar flakes and umeboshi vinegar. Books says avoid dry fruit but many of the breakfast ideas include raisins. Maybe berries would have been a better pick. Basically the menus don't always jive with the recomendations. I would follow Dr. Weils anti-inflamation diet as it is easier to follow. Also theory gives no explanation for the 40% of people that get cancer and disease and are not overweight. Are these people still insulin resistant but don't gain weight? I was glad I read the book. Finally the medical community is giving us some information that makes sense.

the evidnece presented in this book should encourage and motivate everyone to eat a healthier diet
very informative
C.W. RN and Certified Diabetes Educator