The New Sugar Busters!(r) Shopper's Guide [Mass Market Paperback]

H. Leighton Steward (Author), Morrison Bethea (Author), Sam Andrews (Author), Luis A. Balart (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2, 2003

SUGAR BUSTERS!® forever changed the way Americans eat, offering a delicious new approach to diet and health. The SUGAR BUSTERS!® Shopper’s Guide soon followed–and made finding SUGAR BUSTERS!®-friendly fare at the grocery store and supermarket a snap. Now, five years later, this revolutionary little guide has been completely revised and updated to include more food selections and more brand names than ever before.

Forget measuring, weighing, and counting fat grams and calories. Throw those charts and graphs out the door! Organized like your grocery store, this handy book takes you aisle by aisle, department by department, pointing out exactly what you can and cannot eat, including:

• fresh produce • meat • seafood • dairy
• deli • bakery/breads • beverages
• snacks • prepared foods • condiments

Also includes essential tips for lite-weight travel and reading food labels

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SUGAR BUSTERS!® forever changed the way Americans eat, offering a delicious new approach to diet and health. The SUGAR BUSTERS!® Shopper?s Guide soon followed?and made finding SUGAR BUSTERS!®-friendly fare at the grocery store and supermarket a snap. Now, five years later, this revolutionary little guide has been completely revised and updated to include more food selections and more brand names than ever before.

Forget measuring, weighing, and counting fat grams and calories. Throw those charts and graphs out the door! Organized like your grocery store, this handy book takes you aisle by aisle, department by department, pointing out exactly what you can and cannot eat, including:

? fresh produce ? meat ? seafood ? dairy
? deli ? bakery/breads ? beverages
? snacks ? prepared foods ? condiments

Also includes essential tips for lite-weight travel and reading food labels

About the Author

H. Leighton Steward has a master of science degree from Southern Methodist University and became CEO of a Fortune 500 energy company. He is on the board of Tulane University and is chairman of the board of trustees at the Institute for the Study of Earth and Man (anthropology, geology, and statistics). His own success with this way of eating and a family history of diabetes motivated him to write SUGAR BUSTERS! ®

Morrison C. Bethea, M.D., is a graduate of Davidson College and Tulane University School of Medicine. Currently he practices thoracic, cardiac, and vascular surgery in New Orleans. Dr. Bethea is a diplomate of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, a clinical professor of surgery at Tulane Medical Center, and an author of many publications in the field of cardiovascular disease.

Samuel S. Andrews, M.D., is a graduate of Louisiana State University School of Medicine. He is a recognized expert in the treatment of obesity, and practices endocrinology with the Audubon Internal Medicine Group. He is a fellow in the American College of Physicians and the American College of Endocrinology. He is a clinical associate professor of medicine at the Louisiana State University Medical School in New Orleans.

Luis A. Balart, M.D., is a graduate of Louisiana State University School of Medicine. Dr. Balart is the chief of gastroenterology at the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans and is Medical Director of Liver Transplantation at Memorial Medical Center. He is actively involved in ongoing clinical trials in the treatment of chronic viral hepatitis and chronic liver disorders. He is the author of many publications in these areas.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books; Revised edition (December 2, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345459229
• ISBN-13: 978-0345459220
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 0.4 x 6.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
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91 of 91 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book appears simplistic because the diet is!, May 16, 2000

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This review is from: Sugar Busters! Shopper's Guide (Mass Market Paperback)

I have been eating the way the book suggests for almost two months. I have lost 15 lbs. with VERY little effort. Some of the comments from other reviewers refer to the books lack of data or specific brands. However, this is what makes the diet so powerful. You don't need to count calories or hunt for specific products. Just eat three meals a day from the large number of items in the book and the weight drops off.

The biggest problem I have had is that the two suits I bought right before I started don't fit. Lukily I had some suits from earlier thinner times to wear.

I don't really envision ever stopping eating this way. You can go out to dinner, eat full and hearty meals and maintain yourself. I definitely let myself indulge on occasion with "BAD" things that are worth "cheating" with.

I have already given this book out to more than 10 people and the cumulative weight loss is very impressive.

If you want all the scientific reasoning behind the diet, buy the full books. However, if you are more interested in the how than the why - all you need is this guide.

Best of luck - one day soon you hear someone say they can't have nuts because of the fat while they eat white bread. You can chuckle to yourself - It isn't the fat that makes you fat it is the insulin!

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All You Really Need to Get Started, March 29, 2000

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This review is from: Sugar Busters! Shopper's Guide (Mass Market Paperback)

I have bought both the sugar busters book and cookbook. However, this book is the most useful. It tells the reader everything you need to do this without all of the scientific data contained in the hardcover book. I have effortlessly lost almost 10 pounds on this diet and am converted. While there are certain things that are forbidden, many more are fine to have. And the things you can have aren't just some diet version of a favorite food but the food itself. Enjoy!

38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not great reading but a SugarBusters essential, September 27, 2000

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Randall L. Golden "randy_golden" (Woodstock, Georgia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sugar Busters! Shopper's Guide (Mass Market Paperback)

Let's face it, only the information in this book is important, not the writing. If you are trying the diet, it is a must have. For the first two months my wife and I would play a guessing game on some of the foods, and we were frequently wrong, especially on those quick lunches out. We quickly learned the can haves and can not haves. Short, not sweet, but indispensible.