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Eat Rich, Live Long: Use the Power of Low-Carb and Keto for Weight Loss and Great Health Paperback – Illustrated, February 27, 2018

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You can take control of your health, lose weight, prevent disease, and enjoy a long and healthy life. The unique nutritional program outlined in Eat Rich, Live Long is designed by experts to help you feel great while you eat delicious and satisfying foods. Millions of people have gotten healthy through low-carb plans over the years—and a growing number have discovered the wonderful benefits of ketogenic (keto) nutrition. Many are confused, though, about how low-carb they should go. Now, Eat Rich, Live Long reveals how mastering the low-carb/keto spectrum can maximize your weight loss and optimize your health for the long term.

In this book, Ivor Cummins, a world-class engineer and technical master for a huge global tech corporation, and Dr. Jeff Gerber, a family doctor who is widely regarded as a global leader in low-carb nutrition, team up to present their unique perspectives from their extensive clinical, medical, and scientific/research experience. Together, Cummins and Gerber crack the code that shows you how to eat the foods you enjoy, lose weight, and regain robust health. They reveal how the nutritional “experts” have gotten it so wrong for so long by demonizing healthy natural fats in our diets and focusing on cholesterol and LDL as the villains. In fact, as the authors reveal by drawing on the latest peer-reviewed global research, eating a high percentage of natural fats, a moderate amount of protein, and a low percentage of carbs can help you lose weight, prevent disease, satisfy your appetite, turn off your food cravings, and live longer.

The heart of Eat Rich, Live Long is the book’s prescriptive program, which includes a seven-day eating plan, a fourteen-day eating plan, and more than fifty gourmet-quality low-carb, high-fat recipes—illustrated with gorgeous full-color photographs—for breakfasts, lunches, appetizers, snacks, dinners, drinks, and desserts. Low-carb never tasted so good!

Nutritional sacred cows are constantly being challenged in the media. How much fat should we eat—and which kinds of fats are best? Which fats can contribute to diabetes, heart disease, and early mortality? Does a high-protein diet increase muscle mass and lead to vigorous health—or can it promote aging, cancer, and early mortality? Which vitamins and minerals should we be taking, if any? How do we change our metabolism so that our bodies burn fat instead of all the sugars we consume? Does intermittent fasting really work? Eat Rich, Live Long lays out the truth based on the latest scientific research, and it will change the way you look at eating. Meanwhile you will lose weight—and look and feel great.
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Along with the ten-step program, Eat Rich, Live Long includes more than 50 gourmet-quality low-carb, high-fat recipes and troubleshooting tips and strategies to help you make your new way of eating a success.

Eat Rich, Live Long will change the way you look at eating. You’ll lose weight, look and feel great, and live longer.

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Ivor Cummings is a world-renowned chemical engineer with a long career in the medical device and other industries. Although he has been in many roles as technical leader, his specialty is leading teams in complex problem-solving efforts. Ivor trained at University College Dublin and graduated in 1990. His first six years were spent in the development and optimization of medical devices such as hemodialysis units, hemo-perfusion cartridges, and coronary stent assemblies. In recent years Ivor has continued his professional development by becoming a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and Project Management Professional (PMP); he also completed an Innovation and Entrepreneurial Management Certificate with Stanford University. In 2015, he was one of 6 candidates shortlisted from 500 for the title of Irish Chartered Engineer of the Year. Ivor lives in Dublin, Ireland, with his wife and five children.

Jeffry Gerber, MD, FAAFP, is a board-certified family physician and owner of South Suburban Family Medicine in Littleton, Colorado. He is widely known as Denver’s Diet Doctor. Dr. Gerber has been providing personalized healthcare to to his community since 1993 and continues that tradition with an emphasis on longevity, wellness, and prevention. For decades, Dr. Gerber has researched the science of carbohydrate and fat metabolism, insulin resistance, inflammation, and chronic metabolic disease. He redefines healthy nutrition and teaches patients about the relationship between unhealthy refined and processed foods and chronic illness. He has used the science in his practice, hugely optimizing his patients’ health outcomes by helping them improve their health and optimize their weight with prescribed lifestyle modifications. Frustrated with spiraling healthcare costs related to the treatment of conditions including overweight, obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis, and heart disease, Dr. Gerber focuses on prevention and treatment programs using low-carb/high-fat (LCHF), Ancestral, Paleo, and Primal diets to treat and prevent these chronic conditions. He rigorously maintains a database of patients, looking at weight loss and improved cardio-metabolic markers, demonstrating the benefits of these types of diets. Dr. Gerber trained at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia and graduated in 1986. He is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the American Society of Bariatric Physicians, the Obesity Action Coalition, the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians, the Colorado Medical Society, the Arapahoe-Douglas-Elbert Medical Society, and the Weston A. Price Foundation. In 2010, Dr. Gerber received the honorary Degree of Fellow from the AAFP for his commitment to family medicine and contributions to the local community. Dr. Gerber, his wife, and their three children love the outdoors and enjoy all that the state of Colorado has to offer.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Victory Belt Publishing; Illustrated edition (February 27, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1628602732
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1628602739
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.35 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.6 x 1 x 9.1 inches
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    Ivor Cummins BE(Chem) CEng MIEI PMP® completed a BioChemical Engineering degree in 1990. He has since spent over 25 years in corporate technical leadership and management positions, and was shortlisted in 2015 as one of the top 6 of 500 applicants for “Irish Chartered Engineer of the Year”. Ivor’s focus and specialty is leading teams in complex problem-solving scenarios. He has often led worldwide teams with over 60-70 engineers working on major technical issues; the largest of these involved product issues where huge potential business losses were at stake.

    Several years ago, Ivor encountered a complex technical challenge in his personal life. Receiving poor blood test results, he was unable to get solutions via the doctors consulted. He thus embarked on an intense period of biochemical research into the science of human metabolism. Within eight weeks he had resolved and optimized all of his blood test metrics. Also, he had shed 35 pounds / 15Kg of bodyfat with ease. In the following years he continued his research on the many “root causes” of modern disease, from “cholesterol” through to insulin resistance. He has become a professional speaker of note, giving many public lectures and chairing interviews with worldwide health experts. Most notably he was invited by the President of the British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (BACPR) to give a keynote talk on heart disease root causes, at their annual conference in London last October.

    Ivor is currently the Chief Program Officer for the Irish Heart Disease Awareness charity (http://www.IHDA.ie)

    All of Ivor’s public lectures and interviews are available on his YouTube channel, where over two million views have been recorded to date: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPn4FsiQP15nudug9FDhluA

    His book on chronic disease root causes and resolution strategies (co-authored with Denver doctor Jeffry Gerber MD, FAAFP) will be released on February 27th 2018:

    https://www.amazon.com/Eat-Rich-Live-Long-Mastering/dp/1628602732/

    His blog and other content is available at http://www.thefatemperor.com

    Ivor lives in Dublin, Ireland, with his wife and five children.

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Customers find the book provides great information about getting healthy. They appreciate the well-written and easy-to-understand content, with good recipes and pictures. The diet plan is praised as effective and nutrient-dense. Many readers consider the book worth purchasing for its recipes alone.

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Customers find the book's information about getting healthy to be excellent. They say it provides thorough explanations and is comprehensive. Readers mention it can save their lives, with a large research appendix that ground the book in evidence.

"Very well written, recipes etc. Easy to read, scientifically supported." Read more

"...the beginning very easy to comprehend while still giving the reader a thorough understanding of the science behind it all...." Read more

"...gym and my physician to measure their progress toward improved or optimum health...." Read more

"...book it contains a summary and expansion on good, accurate, improved dietary advice and the history of why we have been given bad advice for so long..." Read more

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Customers appreciate the book's writing quality. They find it readable with good research backing up claims. The information is well-explained and presented at three levels of complexity. Readers describe it as interesting and approachable, with an easy-to-understand beginning. The authors are skilled writers on diet and health topics and consider the book impressive and valuable.

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"...His and Jeff's book is the most impressive and valuable that I have seen in the field of health assessment and improvement because it not only..." Read more

"Awesome compilation of the science, logic, and evidence of why a real food diet that is nutrient dense, moderate to low in carbs, that eliminates..." Read more

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Customers appreciate the recipes and pictures in the book. They find the meals satisfying and easy to prepare. The book is well-written with good pictures.

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"...I've enjoyed the stews and egg cup recipes. The rest of the book has information that is all over You Tube...." Read more

"...their ideas into everyday life and features enticing, beautifully photographed recipes by master chef, Ryan Turner (author of “Boundless”)...." Read more

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Customers find the book helpful for weight loss. It provides a clear plan and background on low carb, high fat nutrition. The book presents research supporting a low carb, high healthy fats lifestyle. They say it works for them and helps with blood sugar levels.

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Customers enjoy the book's nutrition. They find it provides a guide to better health and nutrition with real food that is nutrient-dense, moderate to low in carbs, and offers a high degree of variety in their diet. The meals are easy and not hungry after meals.

"...The middle of the book will appeal to those that love a high degree of variety in their diet with plenty of flavor to boot...." Read more

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"Eat Rich Live Long This is a horrible title for this book. Along with the bad title we see pictures of food on the cover...." Read more

"...and patient alike, catch up on what is the definition of excellent nutrition. Thanks Ivor and Jeff this book is a giant in the field of nutrition!!!!" Read more

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Customers find the book offers good value for money. They say the recipes and resources are worth buying. The book costs less than a doctor's visit and provides more health benefits. Readers also mention it's worth reading every word.

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8 customers mention "Cholesterol content"8 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's content on cholesterol. It provides a new understanding and appreciation for cholesterol, as well as how it can be supported. They also mention that the book helps them understand Coronary Calcium CT to determine risk for cardiovascular events, get insulin under control, and combat heart disease.

"...Looking at diabetes, heart disease and all cause mortality is so much more interesting than the debate that gets lost in the macro weight wars...." Read more

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Best Exposition of the Scientific Evidence for this Approach for Health and Longevity
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Awesome compilation of the science, logic, and evidence of why a real food diet that is nutrient dense, moderate to low in carbs, that eliminates industrial vegetable oils optimizes longevity and health. Looking at diabetes, heart disease and all cause mortality is so much more interesting than the debate that gets lost in the macro weight wars. Ivor is also great at making clear what he knows and doesn't know because the current state of nutrition science sucks.Ivor's online lectures and podcasts have been a big part of me new education over the last 6 months. I bought 30 copies of the book because I am deeply grateful to what I have learned from Ivor. I will give them out to the more logical/scientific friends that may not have come across this thinking yet... though now that I think of it I don't yet have 30 friends. Telling people to quit bread and pasta may not be the best way to make new friends either (we will see). This is also a good book to give to your personal doctors... if you haven't been able to find one that is not still giving advice based on bad science from 30 years ago.To be honest the clinical examples don't do much for me, but they are representative of the kind of real life success that this approach is having and that I have seen to some extent in my own family (reversing high blood pressure in weeks of this approach - which is completely common). The examples do illustrate that this is not purely a theoretical argument.I also have spent no time on the recipes and more practical advice. That part of the book I have already seen done elsewhere in ways that 90% correlated but slightly more aligned with how we eat.
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  • Kevin Geaney
    5.0 out of 5 stars Lose weight big tim without being hungry.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars This book was an excellent read and it’s the type of book I will ...
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    This book was an excellent read and it’s the type of book I will read a second time because it’s that good. Nice piece of work Ivor Cummins and Dr. Jeffery Gerber. Before I get into the book here is a very short personal bio. I have been passionate about the field of nutrition and how it relates to not only our physiology but to human performance since the age of 13 and I am now 55, a span of 42 years. I am an avid reader of at least 2-3 books per month but have never given a review. I feel it’s time to start waking others up and if I can’t do it through my own writing what better way than through those that know what they are talking about as I have experienced it in my own life. My disdain for the medical establishment goes back over 3 decades and since then I have not been to a doctor for any type of health issue while my use of medications in that same time period has been as close to zero as you can come. Everything I do personally is through food because food is medicine once you begin to understand the effects of the various macros/micros and how fear and marketing manipulation is used to generate profit at the expense of health. It’s not simply some saying it’s a fact that food is the medicine. I am extremely lean as I still compete in a sport based on weight divisions. That might not be your goal but with real information you can start moving in the right direction.

    This book is wonderfully put together with the beginning very easy to comprehend while still giving the reader a thorough understanding of the science behind it all. For those in doubt the last third of the book gives you all the technical data you need which will help remove any doubts. The middle of the book will appeal to those that love a high degree of variety in their diet with plenty of flavor to boot. It’s filled with exceptional recipes and the mouth watering photography. You will be asking yourself can this really be possible and my answer would be yes. The recipe/pictures are similar to what you often see posted to social media only these recipes come with the added advantage of moving you towards robust health.

    What initially drew me in to purchase this book as I have followed this lifestyle for over 25 years was Ivor’s charismatic speaking style when it came to the technical information. I found it to be extremely appealing and something you rarely see in the space. Anyone can view his YouTube videos to confirm that yes indeed he is a complex problem solver that can explain complex issues in simple terms and likewise for Dr. Jeffery Gerber.

    Anyone interested in losing weight, having more energy, feeling better about themselves both physically and mentally should seriously consider purchasing this book. It could very well be your tipping point too where everything changes. Similar to what happened to me 32 years ago when I realized the medical establishment and the information being presented to the public was not what I thought it was which I assumed was for my benefit. Instead what I found was that it mostly profit driven with very little integrity. The further one digs the more the truth starts to surface. I actually had to read hundreds and hundreds of books over years to begin to figure it all out. Many today have the opportunity to get a headstart…………I would suggest taking it.
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  • M. Henebry
    5.0 out of 5 stars Clear Explanations of What, When and Why to Adopt a Keto Diet
    Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2018
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    I watched many of Ivor's videos and just finished reading his new book, “Eat Rich, Live Long”.  His and Jeff's book is the most impressive and valuable that I have seen in the field of health assessment and improvement because it not only explains what and when to eat, but the “why”, i.e., the mechanisms behind the great advantages of a low carb diet. As a scientist, I greatly appreciate that you delved so deeply into this topic.  I bought multiple copies of your book to give to my Medical Doctor and my friends and family. I have never bought multiple copies of any book before; I think it is that good.

    I hold a Ph.D. in Biology, and worked for 20 years as Quality Assurance Officer at the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency dealing with complex problems and processes and getting to the root causes in order to correct them.  At the IEPA I worked more with engineers than biologists so I believe Ivor and I have similar, data driven approaches to getting to root causes and solving complex problems.  

    About three years ago, at the age of 69, I got interested in achieving optimum heart health since I spend a considerable amount of time in a rather remote area of the Philippines where people with heart attacks simply die from lack of medical facilities and transportation to those substandard facilities.  I did not want to be one of those people that looked healthy, but died from a sudden, “unexpected” heart attack or stroke.  Luckily, there happened to be in my town a physician that was aware of diet to reverse diabetes and was helping his patients to achieve optimum health.  I was impressed that although my physician orders the usual complete blood chemistry, including inflammation markers and lipid particle size counts, he also uses two totally noninvasive assessment methods that the authors do not mention in and of which maybe Ivor and Jeff may not be aware. 

    The first assessment method is the carotid intimate-media thickness (CIMT) ultrasound scan which directly shows the degree of atherosclerosis (CVD for short) - cost $200.  This test gauges arterial health by measuring the thickness of the intimate-media layer in the carotid arteries, and based on this measurement, gives arterial age compared to chronological age.  CIMT also visualizes and measures soft plaque (before calcification), which gives an earlier warning signal than CAC which can only detect calcium.  CIMT does not expose a person to any harmful radiation as does CAC.  The obvious disadvantage is that CIMT does not specifically asses the degree of CVD in the coronary arteries.  This is the reason that although I have been getting a CIMT every six to twelve months to track the results of my efforts to improve my diet and lifestyle, I did have one CAC to see the actual degree of CVD in my coronary arteries.  The results could not have matched more closely; both the CIMT and CAC showed I had an arterial age of 45-46 years at the chronological age of 72.  While the advantages of CAC are obvious, it seems preferable that folks have one or more broadly spaced CACs, but monitor their progress over shorter time periods using CIMT.  CIMT catches CVD earlier than CAC and does not pose any radiation hazard.  Another advantage of CIMT is that it can track reversal of CVD much faster than CAC (which depends on reabsorption of calcium to show progress (which may not happen).  For example, my wife’s CIMT arterial age dropped by ten years over the course of one year of eating a low carb diet; I am pretty sure this improvement would not have been measurable using CAC.  

    The second assessment method utilizes the InBody 570 Body Composition Analyzer, which not only gives general body composition (fat to lean muscle mass, etc.), but the all-important visceral fat level which is linked directly to hyperinsulinemia.  This test takes five minutes and costs $20.  It is the main method used by members of our local CrossFit gym and my physician to measure their progress toward improved or optimum health.  Admittedly, this is not measuring the root causes of visceral fat deposition, actual high insulin levels and insulin resistance, but it does directly and easily measure the deleterious results of hyperinsulinemia, the bottom line. Some of our gym members get this measurement on a monthly basis early in their journey to health which provides a very strong incentive to stick with the program. 

    I learned so much new material from your Ivor's videos and book that I just wanted to share some knowledge that I have that others could consider.
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  • AAMSEM
    5.0 out of 5 stars Très intéressant
    Reviewed in France on November 28, 2024
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  • Giovanni
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ottimo libro. Mi ha cambiato la vita.
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    Libro chiaro e ben fatto. Spiega in modo semplice i problemi alimentari della vita moderna e come risolverli in modo elegante e privo di sacrifici.
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  • Shashank
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  • David Rotenberg
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Manual for Healthy Living
    Reviewed in Canada on March 25, 2018
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    I stumbled onto a LCHF (low-carb, high-fat) way of life 4 months, ago through my son. I am 69 years old and have been following the Standard American Diet my whole life. I was just as outraged as Ivor Cummins and Dr. Jeffry Gerber to learn that I have lied to all this time, and many formal institutions in Canada and the States still perpetuate the idea that the correct way is to eat a high-carb, low-fat diet.

    It is very hard to convince the people that you love that THIS diet is their salvation. In a recent public opinion poll, in the States in January, the Keto diet (an extreme form of LCHF) came in 29th out of the 30 diets in the poll! My sibs think that this is just another diet. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

    Cummers and Gerber present the science behind their assertion that a LCHF diet will reverse Type 2 Diabetes and improve your lipid (Cholesterol) scores. However, there is a caveat: not everyone's reaction will be the same. The reader has to own their own health, not a common attitude in Canada, where the most common phrase is "my doctor is happy with my blood results". This is what both Cummers and Gerber had to face in their own lives, where their doctor's couldn't explain what was happening to their bodies, so they had to research this themselves.

    The result is that they have produced a book which is a blueprint for healthy living going forward. It doesn't matter how old you are when you start. I was amazed, as you will be, of how much I was affected by my food, and how quickly I lost the hunger which had been a constant companion for years. Again, not everyone is the same. Your reaction will depend if you are insulin resistant or not, if you are fat or thin, and on your heritage. However, everyone will benefit by stopping to eat processed bread and cereals (all processed carbs, actually), pastas, refined sugars and vegetable oils.

    I bought this book for my sibs. I hope that they will follow its recommendations.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Por fin, una cuenta completa
    Reviewed in Spain on December 19, 2019
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    No es otra dieta. Use la evidencia para establecer una plataforma firme para los cambios en su estilo de vida. Es realmente bueno saber que no cambias tus hábitos en vano. ¿Lo positivo? Una salud mucho mejor.
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