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# Life-saving benefits Expert insights Sustainable recipes The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living: An Expert Guide to Making the Life-Saving Benefits of Carbohydrate Restriction Sustainable and Enjoyable

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## Overview

This comprehensive guide offers expert insights into the benefits of low carbohydrate living, providing readers with sustainable strategies, delicious recipes, and a supportive community to help them thrive on their health journey.

## Description

Carbohydrate restricted diets are commonly practiced but seldom taught. As a result, doctors, dietitians, nutritionists, and nurses may have strong opinions about low carbohydrate dieting, but in many if not most cases, these views are not grounded in science. Now, whether you are a curious healthcare professional or just a connoisseur of diet information, two New York Times best selling authors provide you with the definitive resource for low carbohydrate living. Doctors Volek and Phinney share over 50 years of clinical experience using low carbohydrate diets, and together they have published more than 200 research papers and chapters on the topic. Particularly in the last decade, much has been learned about the risks associated with insulin resistance (including but not limited to metabolic syndrome, hypertension, and type-2 diabetes), and how this condition is far better controlled by carbohydrate restriction than with drugs. In this book, you will learn why:•Carbohydrate restriction is the proverbial ‘silver bullet’ for managing insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and type-2 diabetes.•Restricting carbohydrate improves blood glucose and lipids while reducing inflammation, all without drugs.•Dietary saturated fat is not a demon when you are low carb adapted.•Dietary sugars and refined starches are not needed to feed your brain or fuel exercise.•Long-term success involves much more than simply cutting out carbs.•Electrolyte and mineral management are key to avoiding side effects and ensuring success.•Trading up from sugars and starches to a cornucopia of nutrient-rich, satisfying, and healthy foods is empowering.•Studying hunter-gathers’ diets provides clues to how best formulate a low carbohydrate diet.This is a great book for health-minded individuals.It is an excellent book for healthcare professionals.Best of all, it is the perfect gift for health-minded individuals to share with their doctors, dietitians, and nutritionists.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Dimensions | 6 x 0.72 x 9 inches |
| Edition | First Edition |
| Isbn 10 | 0983490708 |
| Isbn 13 | 978-0983490708 |
| Item Weight | 15 ounces |
| Language | English |
| Print Length | 316 pages |
| Publication Date | May 19, 2011 |
| Publisher | Beyond Obesity LLC |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ In Depth and Utterly Fascinating
*by  on Reviewed in the United States July 13, 2011*

There are so very many in depth and all inclusive reviews I see no reason to parrot what they have all said, but I'll say that I agree enthusiastically. Jimmy Moore's review in particular is a gem!As a person who is fascinated with this subject and who eagerly devoured both of Gary Taubes' books, this one offers yet a deeper and more clinical examination of the science of low carbohydrate eating from two doctors who have been immersed in this field for 30 years. This is most definitely NOT a book for the casual reader interested in following a low carb diet. Rather, this is a book that will be understood and appreciated by someone who has a great deal of personal interest in learning more about this subject and who enjoys the deeply scientific explanations and discussion, and additionally, a person who has already done a fair bit of reading on this subject. This book is most definitely targeted at someone with a scientific and medical background, specifically doctors, and there are things that I had to read a few times to fully comprehend and absorb, but if you have the inclination and interest, this is a very rewarding and enlightening discussion that is quite unique in the current low carb literature. One would be hard pressed to deny the absolutely overwhelming and glaring evidence arguing for low carb diets when the vast body of proof is presented as compellingly and clearly is it is here. Low carb's undeniable superiority as a way of eating is nothing short of amazing to read about in all its historic and fascinating glory. My own personal observation and experience (also success) with eating low carb left me with vaguely formed ideas and I was self-identified as perhaps a "carb sensitive" person, and yet I couldn't put it all together in terms of how it ultimately affected me until I read this book, which discusses this subject at great length. Carb sensitivity is apparently a matter of degree within each individual, and I now understand the hows and whys of its effects on me as related to my own independent observations over the years. It's now clear why a low carb diet works so superbly and easily for me (when nothing else works) and why it has so vastly improved my health in myriad ways.Another important discussion was that of individual variability, which explains why not every diet works for everyone equally, why some don't gain weight on a high carb diet and why some can lose weight equally well on various types of diets. One shoe obviously does not fit all, and for some, only one shoe fits!Despite my own success with weight loss and good health eating low carb, I still had this nagging worry about fats in particular, especially in light of the deafening chorus of low carb detractors out there who railed endlessly about the dangers of fat. My insecurity about this aspect of low carb eating has now been entirely put to rest because of how fully the authors explain the body's use of fat in all its aspects. This alone make this book a valuable asset.As it was when I was reading the two Taubes books, I continue to be dismayed and disgusted by the narrow mindedness and yes, dishonesty of the general scientific/nutrition community. The word "sheeple" comes to mind, but it's even more than that. It's about politics, money, influence peddling as well. It is nothing short of amazing how so many of us lay folks out in the trenches can quite clearly see all the evidence for what it is and relate it to our own experiences, and as a result we draw such a different conclusion from the so-called "experts" with regard to the merits of low carb eating. Many, maybe even most of the diet gurus continue to march down that same old highway chanting their tired mantra of low fat/high carb/grains are great, all while totally ignoring or at least remaining oblivious to decades of increasing obesity rates that are the result of their recommendations. Do they never connect any dots or examine the evidence? In the popular media, it is a continual frustration to hear them continue to hawk diets full of the very foods that keep their patients overweight, increasingly diabetic and unhealthy. Virtually everything I come across that is not written within the low carb framework is jam packed with misinformation and downright untruths, proclaiming as desirable, healthy and effective the very approaches and strategies that were long ago shown to be just the opposite. Old habits and beliefs die hard, apparently.So if you have already done a fair bit of reading on this subject and thirst for a deeper, more thorough knowledge and understanding of the history and actual body mechanics of low carb nutrition, then this is definitely a book you will want to read and enjoy. In addition, it provides you with a huge new database of ammunition with which to make your own case and defense of low carb nutrition! Overall a very fascinating, enlightening, comprehensive and well presented discussion that delves deeper than anything I have yet to come across in this field. Despite the rather high cost of this book, it is well worth owning.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Has material I have found nowhere else
*by  on Reviewed in the United States May 10, 2014*

Earlier I wrote an enthusiastic review about the English edition based on Dr. Wolfgang Lutz' Leben Ohne Brot (1967) [in English the German would be rendered "life without bread'] based on his experience regarding his own well being and the effect on his patients to whom he strongly recommended a very low carbohydrate diet. The English edition I read and reviewed on Amazon was titled Life Without Bread: How a Low-Carbohydrate Diet Can Save Your Life (2000) in which Christian Allan is a co-author (though Amazon seems only to credit Allan in their database, at least so far their author look-up seems to reflect).However, I would give this book - by two life long researchers in the area of low carbohydrate dietary regimens and their effects on those who follow such a regimen, including high performance athletes - eight stars if possible to show how I feel about its value compared to 'Life Without Bread' despite the high esteem I still have for that book and Dr Lutz' work [I gave Dr Lutz' book five stars].Serious athletic training is an area in which Drs Phinney and Volek both have strong interests and have done a great deal of research. Their comments about errors in a number of the often cited medical papers in this area (which ground the high carb, very low protein, low fat axe so in fashion for a good while) I found very helpful and interesting.This is, I would say, a must read book for anyone interested seriously in low carb eating. It also as I imply above addresses questions about how this affects athletes in sports from bicycle racing to power lifting (my impression was that Dr Phinney had a strong personal as well as professional interest in bicycle racing, Dr Jeff Volek in power lifting). This is especially helpful as most discussions of low carb eating tend not to be addressed to those involved in regular strenuous physical activity where the concern is not losing fat but enhancing performance.Among things I had never come across before was an explanation for how keto stix did not always reflect one's true state of ketosis but could fail to flag a ketone commonly found in many who had been on keto adapted diets for a long enough time, e.g beta- hydroxy butyric acid or BOHB so one could pretty much be running on ketones (as desired) but not have it flagged by the ketostix.Also it contains a very interesting discussion of problems with excess protein consumption and what might constitute excess protein consumption. As part of this discussion not merely results in experiments attempting to verify just how much protein could be utilised by the body and how much beyond that likely was of no benefit, but also acknowledgement was made of subjective comments in certain athletic communities... e.g. comments made by some power lifters about higher levels of protein that they felt worked for them even though this did not seem to be implied by the studies. The book does not suggest that anyone follow what is implied by such comments but notes them, which I feel truly reflects well on the book.[A problem with studies and experiments is that in attempting to express the results, outliers may be ignored.. just looking at the numbers in a number of bio medical papers can be disconcerting. One cannot escape the feeling that not merely are our statistical tools too awkward to catch what may be happening very often, the way results are presented tends to require some assumptions about the nature of what is being observed ... an experimental result published may in effect screen out outliers .. but the outlier may not be a result of 'noise' in the recording of the data, so to speak, but actual differences in individuals... ]Volek and Phinney feel like true scientists in that while they have written a number of papers published in peer reviewed journals, they give context to the issue being discussed and do not just play the game of sophistry with Abstracts from published papers (which can really lead one astray) ... When one examines published papers it can be most disillusioning how 'shaped' the results can be and how misleading it can be if one outside the area tries to come to understanding just going over Abstracts [as testimony to this one need only look at the changing fashions of thought about healthful eating; the controversies now in process about the risk benefit analyses of various screenings formerly widely urged on the public for their supposed value in 'the war [dreadful name] against cancer'; and just what significance blood cholesterol figures have, just to name three matters that at present seem in a state of flux](For those biassed in the direction of attributing more to an MD degree than I think warranted, Stephen Phinney is an MD [Stanford] as well as a PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry [MIT] ; Jeff Volek has a PhD [Penn State] in exercise physiology and nutrition and is an Associate Professor in the #1 ranked Department of Kinesiology at the University of Connecticut where he teaches and leads a research team that explores the physiologic impact of various dietary and exercise regimens and nutritional supplements. I quote the blurb on Dr. Volek from Amazon's biography page for convenience but I recognised names of people he worked with and am not surprised the U of Connecticut Depart of Kinesiology is rated so high.I think these guys are the real thing, so to speak. Their book is definitely the real thing.Nothing is all one ever would want to look at.. the world is too rich to be simply caught in words... So I would also recommend the neurologist David Perlmutter's book 'Grain Brain' and Gary Taubes' book 'Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health'Taubes' book is of great interest I felt for his presentation of the history behind what has seemed widely accepted ideas on good and safe diets solidly based on science and which turns out to be too often what seems political smoke I am afraid.. How this happened is presented by Taubes in a way I felt very clear and unbiassed to me and makes his book impressive as a study of human behaviour aside from what he has to say about science, politics, misinformation and factors that can influence who gets heard and whose work is ignored.[Volek and Phinney touch on the political aspect in science but briefly... Taubes' book is worth reading even if one were an alien whose metabolism was totally different from ours and completely unconcerned with what seems to be good for humans to eat or to avoid eating, it is a fascinating document about human behaviour.]For those interested in trying a keto adapted life or considering it, aside from what may be behind all the smoke and turmoil in this dispute, I would recommend Volek and Phinney most highly. I also was struck at things I had not come across elsewhere that I found in David Perlmutter's 'Grain Brain' .

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love low carb/keto living
*by  on Reviewed in the United States December 8, 2015*

I just lost 20 pounds in four months doing a KETO based diet. JUST read this book...so helpful. I'm a low carb/primal/paleo (can we invent anymore labels nowadays? LOL!) I have not eaten grains, beans, much fruit for 6 years. No longer have any chronic respiratory problems BUT I never lost weight ..maintained - kinda but never lost. I was eating too much protein - who knew? I started to research lower calories and learned about adjusting my macros and keeping a food log on FitDay.com (oh yeah I caved and started logging my daily foods) and lost the weight fast. Some weeks I gained a pound but the next week I lost two...what they say in this book about water weight fluctuation is true. I only weigh once a week. NOW I am learning to maintain...I exercise moderately which means my new macro calculations are about 3-400 more calories a day. Bummer Man...now I have to eat more Kerry Gold butter and organic coconut oil while keeping my protein and carbs the same...oh well LOL!Don't listen to the naysayers! Oh, the only reason I gave this four not five stars is because canola oil is mentioned as part of the good oils...no no no - new research says that Canola oil (or rape seed oil as it is called) is rancid stuff and coconut oil is hardly mentioned at all and should be. I make coffee every morning with a tab of butter and a tab of coconut oil and blend with my "Smart Stick" - a little cinnamon, a couple of tabs of chia seeds - amazing treat. The book was published in 2010 so it makes sense that the current research on oils is not included. Other than that - wonderful...another low carb bible to add to my library. Love low carb/keto living...thanks for well researched information gentlemen.

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