The Freedom Diet

Jessica K. Black

Description

In today’s fast-paced world, sixty days sounds like a long time. But what if you could change your health forever in those sixty days? Originally designed by Dr. Jessica Black as a way to positively impact the lives of diabetics, The Freedom Diet reaches far beyond controlling blood sugar levels. Dr. Black’s plan helps people gain the freedom to enjoy life to its fullest by converting unhealthy habits into healthier ones through exercise and dietary changes. Proven effective over years of use by Dr. Black’s patients, The Freedom Diet details a plan not only for healthy living and weight loss but also for the prevention of premature aging and chronic illness. Break your addictions, change your thinking, and never count calories again for the rest of your life. Your new life is only sixty days away.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Diététique
• Santé du quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Diets
• Diabetes mellitus type 1
• Diabetes mellitus type 2
• Diet
• Health
• Fitness
• Nutrition
• diététique

Informations

• Publié par: Turner Publishing Company
• Date de parution: 23 février 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781681623238
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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The Freedom Diet
JESSICA BLACK, N.D.
The Freedom Diet
Lower Blood Sugar, Lose Weight, Change Your Life in 60 Days
Turner Publishing Company
424 Church Street Suite 2240 Nashville, Tennessee 37219
445 Park Avenue 9th Floor New York, New York 10022
www.turnerpublishing.com
Copyright 2016 by Jessica K. Black. All rights reserved.
The Freedom Diet: Lower Blood Sugar, Lose Weight, and Change Your Life in 60 Days
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Cover design: Patrick Cabral and Maddie Cothren
Book design: Glen Edelstein
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Black, Jessica.
The freedom diet : lower blood sugar, lose weight and change your life in 60 days / by Dr. Jessica Black.
pages cm
ISBN 978-1-68162-117-3 (pbk.)
1. Diet therapy--Popular works. 2. Nutrition--Popular works. 3. Self-care, Health--Popular works. 4. Food preferences. 5. Weight loss--Popular works. I. Title.
RA784.B5513 2016
613.2--dc23
2015030299
Printed in the United States of America
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
PART 1: What Is Affecting Health Today?
CHAPTER 1: The True Definition of Health
The Importance of Diet
The Problems with Our Current Lifestyle Habits
More Media Means New Issues
Lack of Sleep
Dietary Imbalances
Our Environment Is No Longer Clean
Quality of Grown Food
We Can t Meet All Our Needs with Supplements
The Importance of Children s Health on Their Future
CHAPTER 2: Gastrointestinal Health Is Essential to Survival
Probiotics in the Gastrointestinal Tract
The GI Tract Is Our First Immune System
The GI Tract s Role in Emotional Health
CHAPTER 3: Inflammation s Impact on Health
Predominant Illnesses in Our Society and throughout the World
Inflammation s Influence on Illness and Health
Inflammation at the Cellular Level
Inflammation and Chronic Diseases
The Harm in Chronic Use of Anti-Inflammatory Medications
CHAPTER 4: The Importance of Blood Sugar
Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Syndrome
Glucose Problems in Nondiabetics
Diabetes
Diabetic Medications
CHAPTER 5: Blood Sugar and Its Relation to Inflammation
Current Diet Leads to Elevated Blood Sugar and Health Issues
Cooking Foods All Wrong
CHAPTER 6: Obesity
The Causes of Obesity
CHAPTER 7: The Hormone Symphony
Hypothalamus, the Director
Pituitary, the Mother
Thyroid, the Protector
Adrenal Glands, the Adaptors
Gonads, the Sex Glands
Pineal Gland, the Balancer
Vitamin D, the Immune Modulator
CHAPTER 8: Other Health Risks: Are You at Risk for Chronic Inflammation, Heart Disease, Cancer, or Diabetes?
Important Testing to Evaluate Your Risks
Red Flags
Statin Drugs-Should We Use Them?
Diabetes and Lipids and Increased Risk for Alzheimer s Disease
Current Lifestyle and Dietary Habits Age Us and Lead to Chronic Illness
PART 2: The Freedom Diet
CHAPTER 9: Changing Your Diet for Better Health
Paradigms of Medicine
You Really Are What You Eat
Foods to Include
Foods to Avoid
CHAPTER 10: Habits to Include
Sleep
Exercise
Mediation or Stress Relief
Nutrition for the Mind
Water Intake
Dietary Hygiene
CHAPTER 11: Habits to Avoid
Watching Television
Negative Thinking
Spending Time with Unhealthy People
Toxic Exposure
Self-Medicating with Substances
Overeating
Chart of Habits to Avoid and Include
CHAPTER 12: The Supplement Program
Breakfast or Lunch Supplements
Between Meals
Lunch or Dinner Supplements
CHAPTER 13: Getting Prepared in the Kitchen
Be Prepared and Don t Be Afraid
Navigating Food Choices
Food Items to Keep on Hand/Shopping List
Making Healthy Eating Easier
Measurement Conversions
CHAPTER 14: Sample Freedom Diet Recipes
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Beverages
Snacks
CHAPTER 15: Beyond 30 Days
Foods to Try
CHAPTER 16: Troubleshooting the Diet
Medication Changes
Blood Sugar Still Too High
Blood Sugar Dipping Too Low
Not Eating Enough
Cravings
Eating Out
Afterword
Endnotes
Recommended Websites and Books
Index
Preface
The food revolution is here and can be confusing to navigate. With dietary suggestions coming from all directions, one must be able to search through all these suggestions and come up with the plan that is the best fit. Not all the recent fad diets are the same, but they have the same thing in common: their suggestions are trying to make you healthier. The fact is, if you pay attention to what is going into your body, then many of these food suggestions can be valid. No matter what diet you choose, the most important part is getting rid of the fluff, the foods that carry with them a lot of calories without nutritional benefit. My advice to you is to search until you find what works best for you.
I love food. I love cooking and tasting and preparing creations in the kitchen. So when someone says to me I can t have something, my initial reaction is WHAT?
I don t want to have to restrict anything from my delicious goodness of a recipe. But if I must change things in my diet to help improve my health, then I guess I will. I have found that after practicing and seeing thousands of patients, I know what is out there for health issues, and I want to prevent myself and my patients from going down the same path of poor dietary and lifestyle choices that promote chronic diseases such as heart disease and various other ailments.
The Freedom Diet started in my office years ago when I was trying to figure out the fastest way to get a patient s blood sugar down. I had a patient who was a bus driver for the school system. She loved her job and she loved the children whom she drove daily. She came in after her blood sugar registered an alarming number. Her superiors discussed the health issue with her and let her know that if her blood sugar did not get under control within 30 days, she would be terminated. This was rather harsh and a rather short time frame to work within. We went to work and I came up with this diet and a supplement plan for her. She was an amazing subject to try the diet on because of her motivation to stay with the children. Her blood sugar levels came down significantly in a 30-day period, and she was still able to ride with her children.
When we first began the diet, we called it something like blood sugar regulation diet. It was boring. One day, one of my patients was commenting on the diet and kiddingly called it Freedom. She explained that even though the diet felt restrictive, it gave her freedom to do things she couldn t do previously in her unhealthy state. The name stuck, and to this day, we call it the Freedom Diet. Not because dieters can eat what they want, but because they become free to experience an unlimited amount of joy and improved health after being on the diet for a few months. They curb their sugar addictions, their mood improves, energy improves, sleep improves, pain improves, they lose weight, and they improve their blood sugar and lipid levels. Because of this, the diet has a truly anti-aging aspect to it, which will be discussed in depth later on in the book.
I have been using this rather strict diet for a long time with my patients to help improve blood sugars. When they adhere to this diet, along with making lifestyle changes and adding supplements, we can see fasting blood sugars drop dramatically in most patients. Everyone who adopts this diet sees a positive change. Most people will have more energy, better moods, and a better response to regular medical therapies. For years I have prescribed the anti-inflammatory diet to patients, but I realized that for a certain subset of patients, particularly those with diabetes, something stricter was needed at first to initiate a larger change in the body. This diet was originally only prescribed to diabetics to lower blood sugar, but over time it has transformed into a diet for wellness. It is a pure, slow down the aging process, incredible diet that makes people feel well and begins to stimulate the regenerative processes within the body. To achieve significant changes in wellness, sometimes we need to take bigger leaps in our willingness to change. I won t lie, this diet is difficult, but it does have an end in sight, and then we can convert the diet into an easier to follow plan for the future. All I am asking for is 60 days of dedicated commitment so that you are able to begin changing the patterns that created ill health in the first place.
In a world of significant toxicities, sedentary hab