Forums: September 2010 Kickstart Forum Archive: Breaking the Food Seduction
Created on: 09/14/10 09:29 PM Views: 1790 Replies: 7
mollyhorn Joined: 03/03/10 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 582	Breaking the Food Seduction Posted Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 9:29 PM I started reading Dr. Barnard's book Breaking the Food Seduction this morning. Though I am only about 30 pages in, it is already really good. I thought that there would be nothing new for me to learn from this book, as I am a bit of an "armchair nutritionist," (and probably slightly grandiose, as well!), and I have a lot of personal experience with food addiction. However, even in these few pages I've already learned things that I had not known before! Have any of you read this book? What did you think of it? Have you read other books by Dr. Barnard? Did you enjoy them? I'd love to hear your thoughts! Molly Horn
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Oceandog Joined: 01/10/10 Location: California, USA Posts: 644	RE: Breaking the Food Seduction Posted Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 9:46 PM Hi Molly! Yes I have read that book and Reversing Diabetes, as I am hypoglycemic. I LOVE BOTH BOOKS!! Like you I have studied nutrition for a long time and I am a long time vegetarian and have been vegan for years at a time during my 20-year vegetarian lifestyle. I too learned a lot and love to read. I am nearly finished with The China Study and like you, I thought I "review" NOT! I learned a great deal from that book! Wow! Happy reading and I am so pleased you like the books! Always offer kindness and a soft word to the beings around you; You do not know their journey. Your words can be the hug they need or the shove that breaks them.
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gypwytch Joined: 01/01/10 Posts: 17	RE: Breaking the Food Seduction Posted Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 11:23 PM I have Reversing Diabetes as well, the cookbook part of it is great! I was diagnosed with Hypoglyciemia in my late teens, was told then that things could flip flop and turn into diabetes later in life. I'm 45 now and my blood sugars are in the high normal range, so I want to get things under control and hopefully prevent diabetes from happening. My father is diabetic, but he'll have no part of changing his diet, mom's blood sugars are acting up and she is interested in making a switch. I've loaned her the book and she's slowly going through it. A friend of ours is diabetic and went through the CHIP program through the Seventh Day Adventist church here a few years ago. Since doing the program and becoming a vegan, he has gotten rid of EVERY medication he was on, he still tests his blood every day, but hasn't used insulin for I believe over three years!
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mollyhorn Joined: 03/03/10 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 582	RE: Breaking the Food Seduction Posted Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 11:37 PM How strange – I have reactive and relative hypoglycemia! Reactive – meaning my blood sugar drops after eating – and relative – meaning I get hypoglycemic symptoms from even very minuscule drops in sugar, sometimes even just 1-2 points. How strange that we three all popped up here! Now I'm convinced that I need to read Reversing Diabetes. I knew I'd buy it eventually, but it wasn't a high priority. I had a suspicion that hypoglycemia could reverse itself into diabetes, but had never seen that confirmed – until now! I'm so glad you both posted here. Thank you so much for your knowledge. Molly Horn
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cathyb Joined: 09/13/10 Posts: 149	RE: Breaking the Food Seduction Posted Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 12:15 AM I have read several of Barnard's books, and all were great. I have the diabetes one, and agree with the recipes being great. Foods that fight Pain was also very interesting, because there were so many stories of people being healed by diet. I have also read most of The China Study, and found it to be an amazing book. Today I was talking to a trainer at my gym, and he said that he met the author, Dr Campbell and had dinner with him! Very cool.
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Oceandog Joined: 01/10/10 Location: California, USA Posts: 644	RE: Breaking the Food Seduction Posted Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 11:43 AM I was also told to be cautious as hypoglycemia can and often does "flip" to hyperglycemia (diabetes mellitus). I haven't read Foods the fight pain, but I plan on getting a copy soon! Thanks! Always offer kindness and a soft word to the beings around you; You do not know their journey. Your words can be the hug they need or the shove that breaks them.
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tinabean Joined: 09/08/10 Location: Pasadena, TX Posts: 113	RE: Breaking the Food Seduction Posted Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 3:05 PM So I'm not the only person who was told that as a teen! I usually don't listen to my mother - she's a bit of a hypochondriac. I am reading the China Study right now, and not only are heart disease, cancer and diabetes related to meaty, high-fat diets, but so are auto-immune dieseases, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's and vascular dimentia (that's when not enough blood getting to the brain causes damage and senility). Both of my grandmothers have/had dementia and it's a huge fear of mine. I had read an article a while back about the dietary factors linked to Alzheimers, but I never knew about the strong connection with dairy until just now. Probably because that industry has darn good PR people. I plan on reading one of Dr. Barnard's books next. Thanks for the reviews! (Edited only for clean-up)
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Oceandog Joined: 01/10/10 Location: California, USA Posts: 644	RE: Breaking the Food Seduction Posted Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 3:11 PM I was actually told about the propensity of hypoglycemia to "flip" to hyperglycemia in the last year or so after my glucose tolerance test confirmed it. It was Jill (PCRM) who suggested I read Dr. B's book and it was great. Always offer kindness and a soft word to the beings around you; You do not know their journey. Your words can be the hug they need or the shove that breaks them.
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