Prevention's the Sugar Solution: Your Symptoms Are Real -- and Your Solution Is Here [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Ann Fittante (Author), Prevention Magazine (Editor)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 649 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Press (April 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786293861
• ISBN-13: 978-0786293865
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,455,058 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

ANN FITTANTE, MS, RD, is a certified educator for the Joslin Diabetes Center affiliate at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, where she resides. She also is an adjunct faculty member for Bastyr University in Kenmore, Washington.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars All in one diet book, December 2, 2007

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This review is from: Prevention's the Sugar Solution: Your Symptoms Are Real -- and Your Solution Is Here (Hardcover)

While the focus of this book is how sugar does damage to your body by raising your insulin level and leads to weight gain, it also covers every other topic related to health. It shows you which foods to throw out and what to buy on your next grocery trip to lead you to a healthy lifestyle. You will receive specific advice on exercise and meal plans. The end of the book provides you with 60 healthy recipes using the items you were told to buy.The book also provides you with 30 sugar solutions that are great tips I have found in other books that will really help, like always eating breakfast, making sure you have enough fiber, drinking lots of water and much more. If you are new to reading diet books this may very well be the only one you ever need. I lost 60 pounds on a similiar program "The Zone", and my guiding principle was controlling my insulin level through balancing my carbohydrate (Sugar) intake with my protein intake. The key is that insulin is a fat storing hormone, sugar intake causes your body to release to much insulin which brings your blood sugar down to much and stores the calories you eat as body fat. Your body can only burn fat when your insulin level in your blood is very low, allowing your body to release stored fat as energy. While the book is rather boring, it does contain all the information you need. It is not a 5 star because the writer could have made reading it at least a little fun. Also read "Mastering the Zone" for a more concise understanding of solving sugar problems.