Releasing Fat: Developing Healthy Lifestyles That Have a Side Effect of Permanent Fat Loss [Paperback]

Ray D Strand (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 313 pages
• Publisher: Health Concepts (2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966407563
• ISBN-13: 978-0966407563
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #217,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book on Diabetes, Pre-Diabetes, and Insulin Resistance, February 13, 2006

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R. M. Conroy (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Releasing Fat: Developing Healthy Lifestyles That Have a Side Effect of Permanent Fat Loss (Paperback)

This is a great book about insulin resistance. The most shocking is the chapter "Save The Children". This presents the latest statistical information (when the book was published) about children who are developing insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. About one in three will go on to develop type 2 diabetes and in some ethnicities, as high as one in every two children. It looks like every other type 2 diabetes case diagnosed may involve a child, in the near future!

I tried the USANA 5 day fiber cleanse and during these days my glucose readings were of a normal person without type 2 diabetes. I lost 6 pounds in 5 days and 3 pounds the following week for a total of 9 pounds. In 4 weeks the weight has not come back. I'm now learning the Glycemic Index and how to eat a lot better. When I was diagnosed, and probably still, the American Diabetes Association did not even recognize the Glicemic Index. They treat all carbs the same.

Only weakness I noticed in the book is he doesn't really seem to have a grasp on the difference between major and minor antioxidants - especially Lipoic Acid which Lester Packer calls the master antioxidant of your body's antioxidant network. Packer goes into this in wonderful detail in his book - The Antioxidant Miracle. Also, Dr Strand does not seem current in his knowledge about fats, specifically about saturated fats, coconut oil, etc. A good sounce on this is the book Eat Fat Lose Fat by Dr Mary Enig. These are both PHd researchers who are experts in these fields of nutrition. They really know their stuff about these topics.

I think the book is very well written, easy to understand, and one of the best I've read on insulin resistance. Far as his association with USANA, I think their products are more expensive, but of much higher quality than the rest. I am so impressed with their nutritional products I just signed up to be a distributor!

I show this book to everyone I meet who is interested in insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and Syndrom X. Why is no one else trying to educate the public about this terrible epidemic? It might just break the already unstable healthcare and insurance systems... Update on this review - it's 2010 and I've lost 51 lbs. using the low glycemic diet method, it's no longer a diet, it's a lifestyle!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Releasing The Fat, July 5, 2004

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This review is from: Releasing Fat: Developing Healthy Lifestyles That Have a Side Effect of Permanent Fat Loss (Paperback)

Even though I have a healthy body weight and was not seeking to loose weight, I found this book facinating reading. It gave good technical descriptions, in laymans terms, why most diets can never work and the simple steps that are required to enable fat to disapear as mysteriously as it arrived. The book presents information that is at the forefront of the science regarding weight management. The book also contains plenty of reference material regarding glycemic index and related material.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Word - Awesome!, August 1, 2005

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Marie Anne St Jean (South/Central OH) - See all my reviews
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Loads of information to get you on the road to better health through the foods you eat. Dr Strand lays it out all in terms anyone can understand; read it, follow his guidelines and head off diabetes, lower your cholesterol and risk for heart attack and stroke and the bonus? Lose fat in the process!

*Update* I've implemented some of Dr Strands recommendations and I've already lost 12 lbs effortlessly. Can't wait to see my Dr and check my current sugar and cholesterol levels ~ I know she'll be pleased. Best part is, I've had absoluely NO withdrawals and I'm not hungry!