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Looking for a do-it-yourself die plan based on a diet book bestseller? Is the high-protein, low carb theory of Sugar Busters a plan you’d like to investigate? Then take our Top 60 Diet Quiz to find out whether or not the Sugar Busters diet plan is the best one for you. Our comprehensive diet analysis reviews your lifestyle, dieting preferences, and needs versus Atkins, The South Beach Diet, The Zone, commercial chains, medical programs and many other popular diets. Then BestDietForMe.com gives you a group of your best diet program “matches" and unbiased reports describing each company’s diet program, complete with reviews of diet plans like Sugar Busters, so you can choose the right one… |
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Type of Counseling: none, do-it-yourself, no supporting website Typical Cost: under $250, cost of the book Type Program: diet book, do-it-yourself Type of Foods Used: regular grocery store food (high fiber, low carbohydrate) At-Home or Direct Mail Plan Available? No
Summary The authors of this best seller tell you to eliminate all sweets made with refined sugar and certain fruits and vegetables with a high-sugar content because they wreak havoc on your biochemical system. The diet also promises to lower your cholesterol, achieve optimal wellness, increase your energy, and help treat diabetes and other diseases. It recommends foods low on the Glycemic Index. So proclaims the diet that became a self-published phenomenon in New Orleans in 1995, until a major publisher released Sugar Busters! in 1998. It’s still selling strongly in the hardcover edition. The four authors are H. Leighton Steward, a former CEO, and three doctors from New Orleans: Morrison C, Bethea, MD, a cardiothoracic surgeon; Samuel S. Andrews, MD, an endocrinologist; and Luis A. Balart, MD, a gastroenterologist. How The Plan Works Sugar Busters! diet program is based on using 30% protein, 40% fat, and 30% carbohydrates. Although the authors say that counting calories or measuring food is not a part of the Sugar Busters! plan, they suggest you "look at portion size". The diet, according to most nutrition experts, is easy to follow, and if you follow their 14-day plan exactly, you should lose weight. "You must virtually eliminate potatoes, corn, white rice, bread from refined flour, beets, carrots, and of course, refined sugar, corn syrup, molasses, honey, sugared colas, and beer." That basic plan is to eat high-fiber vegetables, stone-ground whole grains, lean and trimmed meats, fish and fruits. If you choose alcohol, you should drink red wine. Bake, broil or grill meat, and cook with an oil that is high in mono-and polyunsaturated fats and low in saturated fats, such as canola. You eat three meals a day of moderate portions, and you can have snacks such as fruit and nuts. Potatoes are a no-no, as is white bread, pasta, white rice, and most sugar. However, you may use small amounts of whole grain bread, whole-wheat pasta and oats. The authors use basic science to explain their theory--up to a point. A snack or meal that is high in carbohydrates (of which sugar is the basic building block) raises the level of glucose in the bloodstream quickly. This stimulates the pancreas to release the hormone insulin. The result of that insulin production is stored fat. However, a high-protein, low-carbohydrate meal causes only an imperceptible rise in blood glucose and consequently a very small rise in insulin, but a significant increase in the glycogen level, claim the authors. The most controversial claim of the Sugar Busters! Diet is that by keeping the need for insulin low by eliminating or severely restricting certain foods, we can reduce insulin resistance, a condition wherein our bodies have become insensitive to normal levels of circulating insulin in the bloodstream. Comment Some nutrition and obesity experts don’t like the Sugar Busters! theory very much. In their opinion, the diet perpetuates the myth that your body can distinguish from sugars that are naturally occurring in food products and sugars that are added to a manufactured product. This is false. The body can’t do this. A variety of nutrition experts say that a diet does not cause insulin resistance. Rather, insulin resistance is a medical condition that must be diagnosed by a physician. Then why are people losing weight on this diet? Simply, because each menu averages a mere 1,000 calories per day. Just about anyone can lose weight on 1,000 calories a day. While you will lose weight on this diet, realize that it cuts calories—and that you will lose weight mainly because of that. In addition, some experts are critical of the diet’s claims to control certain types of diabetes-related problems. It’s true that high insulin levels increase the risk of heart disease, but there is little if any evidence that insulin causes extra fat storage. In addition, some clinical studies have shown that diets with no sugar have lower compliance rates. Despite the negatives listed above, in BestDietForMe.com’s opinion, this diet plan still promotes enough healthy eating to be valid. One should also consider that the book is NOT complemented by any website that provides additional information, interactive tools or online support, unlike other diet bestsellers. .........................................................................................................................................................................................................
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