John Poothullil - Eat, Chew, Live: 4 Revolutionary Ideas to Prevent Diabetes, Lose Weight and Enjoy Food

What Medical Professionals Say about Eat, Chew, Live

1. A fascinating inquisition into the metabolic machinery of the human body with common sense advice on diabetes prevention.
2. Sumit Bhagra, MD, FACE, Endocrinologist, Mayo Clinic Health System
3. As a physician and a prediabetic, my fascination with reading this book was personal. Books on diabetic solutions are many, but EAT CHEW LIVE is unique in that it does not prescribe any diets, provide recipes, or sell products. It suggests that the way we eat is the most effective tool to control our diabetes. I tried his suggested methods, including eliminating consumption of complex carbohydrates and taking time to chew. I was able to lose five pounds and lower my fasting blood sugar within a seven-week period. I did not use any anti-diabetic medications during this time.
4. I fully endorse this book for anyone who cares about his or her health and wants to live a full life. While the politics of pharmaceutical management of diabetes mellitus and the medical establishment may resist these ideas, I foresee a paradigm shift in the understanding of the cause of diabetes and how it can be prevented, reversed, or controlled using Dr. Poothullils methods. Dr. Poothullils decades of painstaking research and his revolutionary ideas are worth paying close attention to.
5. A. E. Daniel, MD, DPM, MRC Psych, Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, University of Missouri School of Medicine
6. There has been a dramatic increase in the incidence of Type 2 diabetes in the United States and worldwide over the last few decades, coincident with the obesity epidemic. One-third of the U.S. population, both children and adults, is either overweight or obese. Unless something changes, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) predicts that one-third of babies born in the year 2000 will develop diabetes.
7. In his book, Dr. Poothullil challenges the concept of "insulin resistance," pointing out that there is no clear scientific explanation for the mechanism of cell resistance to the effect of insulin. Dr. Poothullil instead presents a different, novel hypothesis to explain abnormally elevated blood sugar levels. His provocative ideas will challenge physicians who care for patients with diabetes to rethink the paradigm of insulin resistance and current modes of treatment for patients with Type 2 diabetes.
8. Stephen H. LaFranchi, M.D., Professor, Pediatric Endocrinology, Oregon Health Sciences University
9. This book is very readable. The science is understandable and backed up with analogies, such as how cells use more than one kind of fuel similar to a hybrid car. Dr. Poothullils presents a provocative, new hypothesis on Type 2 diabetes, and its care and prevention. After reading Chapter 22, Enemy #1Our Grain-Based Culture, I believe nobody will be able to look at cereal, rice, and bread again without remembering it all turns into sugar inside the body.
10. Janet Meirelles, BSN, RN, Certified Diabetes Educator, author of Diabetes Is Not a Piece of Cake

EAT

CHEW

LIVE

4 Revolutionary Ideas to Prevent Diabetes, Lose Weight and Enjoy Food

JOHN M. POOTHULLIL, MD, FRCP

1 in 3 adults in the U.S. over age 20 is prediabetic, meaning he or she has high blood sugar. 9 out of 10 of them do not know they have it. 1 to 3 will develop diabetes within 5 years.

This book will tell you how to avoid developing high blood sugar.

1 in 11 adults in the U.S. over age 20 has diabetes. 1 in 4 do not know they have it.

This book will tell you how to reverse your diabetes.

1. Dedicated to the memory of
2. Jerry Dolovich MD (1997),
3. McMaster University,
4. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,
5. who encouraged me to think beyond the obvious.

Let food be your medicine.

CREDITED TO HIPPOCRATES

PREFACE

1. I wrote Eat, Chew, Live for people who are concerned about their eating habits, are gaining weight or are already obese, or who have high blood sugar or Type 2 diabetes. This is a growing segment of the worlds population because obesity and diabetes are becoming two of the top health problems in the US as well as throughout the developed world. I invite you to read this book if:

• you are gaining weight or have become obese and cannot control your eating habits,
• your doctor has asked you to change your eating habits and lifestyle,
• you believe you are at risk for getting diabetes because it is in your family,
• your doctor has detected that you have a higher than normal blood sugar level,
• you have been diagnosed with prediabetes and are taking medication to control it,
• your doctor told you that you have prediabetes, but you dont want to take medication to control it,
• you have a family member or friend who has a higher blood sugar than normal or who has been diagnosed with prediabetes and you want to help them learn how to prevent diabetes,
• you are a counselor working for a public or private agency that counsels people about prediabetes and diabetes,
• you are a medical doctor who is willing to learn a more useful and accurate explanation for the cause of prediabetes and diabetes in your patients and the most effective ways to reverse it.

1. If you are currently a diabetic, the recommendations in this book can also help your blood sugar levels eventually return to normal, effectively reversing your diabetes and possibly allowing you to stop taking medication. If you were recently diagnosed with full-blown diabetes, there may still be time to lower your high blood sugar condition by following the advice in this book.