DesMaisons - Potatoes not Prozac: simple solutions for sugar sensitivity

Its a miracle!! You cannot believe the freedom that comes when youre following the program. After years of living in the hell you describe (that most of us have experienced), it seems impossible that there is something that takes that hell away. I am having a very hard time understanding why after years of suffering, Im waking up feeling good, motivated, silly, happy. Im beginning to be the person I really am. Its crazy but true! I feel like taking the message to the mountaintops! But life is strange; one only stumbles upon such a miracle when one is ready to hear. So many people need to hear this.

Anon

I was so impressed with the message which was so RIGHT for my husband and me, that I went immediately to the Internet site and contacted K.D. to set up sessions with her during our recent trip to America. We drove from California to Albuquerque to see her and were blown away with her radiance, clarity and message! It WORKS! Our lives have begun the process of transformation to radiance. Thank you Kathleen... you have changed my life forever!

S. A., Geneva

I just want to thank Dr. DesMaisons for breaking me free of my sugar bingeing cycle. For years I ate self-destructively, eating, hating myself for eating, and then eating again because I hated myself, and so on. Then my mom told me about the bookshe has lost 20 pounds without any trouble! This sugar sensitivity information and simple program has changed my life. I no longer feel the constant gnawing hunger and have been able to take control of my eating and from there my self-esteem. I have lost 12 pounds and am feeling better than ever. Just in time for my wedding, too!!

E. B., Ithaca, NY

For the first time in my life I am not fighting constant hunger. I always knew we had alcoholic relatives, and my mother was hypoglycemic, but until I read your book I never correlated the two. It makes perfect sense! In the past seven months Ive lost 20 pounds effortlessly. I enjoy exercising but the weight NEVER came off, not before this program. Ive recommended your book to my daughter and my niece and each has lost 1215 pounds. Thanks for your good work.

A., Redwood City, CA

I read PNP in May and have been following the principles ever since. I have lost a total of 28 pounds without feeling deprived. I am no longer on depression medication and feel plenty of energy. I just want to thank you for all your research and personal investment that resulted in this book that has helped so many people. I am so grateful that there indeed is something I can do to help myself.

A., Corvallis, OR

Immediately pinpointed myself in numerous areas of your book. Have successfully attended weddings, funerals, and parties without NEEDING any sweets. My self-esteem is coming backI have tackled two part-time jobs and have interviewed for a new full-time one. Just two months ago I was curled up in my chair fuming over what a failure in life I was (the first month or so was rough while my body adjusted). I still have a ways to go yet, but being able to wake up in the morningand the first thoughts NOT being suicidalis definitely a big boom. Your book has done for me in four months what my general practitioner and my homeopathic practitioner couldnt do in three years.

S.M.T.

Im in my third year of recovery and THIS year is the worst rollercoaster of trying to balance my protein/sugar/mood swings. Was at wits end, wondering where could I find a doctor who knew addiction recovery AND nutrition when my sis sent me a blurb on your book. Went to bookstore and the words leapt off the cover at me! I KNEW it was more than just blood sugar; I had been doing food combining, protein in the a.m., etc., for years, even before I quit drinking. You have saved my life and more important, my peace of mind, by filling in the blank spaces in my diet management. All I want is to feel normal after I eat! Even after I had the blood sugar thing down, I was still experiencing weird feelings, and there they were in the book: a column for beta-endorphin and one for serotonin! Thank you so much for giving me direction!! God bless you! I have been telling everyone about your book.

M.S.

You saved my life! The book filled in the blanks I had tried in vain to do for twenty years of nutritional studying before and especially after I quit drinking! Thank God! Now I have a good orderly direction to take! Im NOT going crazy or losing my mind. Thank you so much, love the website.

M. S., Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

Thanks Kathleen for your concern and your efforts to produce Potatoes Not Prozac. I know Im sugar sensitive and sugar addicted. Im looking for the courage to let go of sugar and the emotional and physical "rewards" I think (feel) Im getting from it. Books like yours and the website help the message sink in. I was moved to tears by a letter I read in your review section... this does run in families... it was signed by my beautiful sister hundreds of miles away from me and in the same pain. Thanks again for your great SEVEN STEPS!

P. N., Atlanta, GA

I am hypoglycemic. For how long, I dont knowperhaps all my life. It took me a long time to figure this out! As a child growing up I was SO overweight. I just ate all the wrong foods. My mom was wonderful She just didnt know. They took me to lots of doctors. THEY didnt know. Im so happy for your book and for your web page. This is especially important, I feel, for alcoholics and children of alcoholics, who are often in this category. THANK YOU! Please send copies of your book to physicians.

B.G.

Im wondering, could this all possibly be true? I am seven years in recovery from alcohol, five months in recovery from nicotine addiction, but still struggling with years and years of food issues. I just knew that it was more than willpower or lack of knowledge. I have read nearly every book written on food, dieting, nutrition, compulsive overeating, etc., and tried just as many diets/food plans but this was the first book that made sense to me.

L. H.

I always knew I used food as a drug but never understood it. I am a recovering alcoholic and long before my drinking I had food problems. I was always starving myself and no matter how thin I was I felt crazy. Now eight years into recovery I am just starting to understand the entire disease process and how food has always been part of it. I am working the steps in order now and just adding the protein and using a carb at night has been so helpful. Thanks.

K., Antiga, Wl

Kathleen, you have my gratitude, respect and admiration! During the first four years of my sobriety from drugs and alcohol I gained over 60 pounds, telling myself that at least it wasnt vodka when I would microwave a nightly pint of Hagen Dazs, or have a huge bowl of pasta for breakfast on weekends. Now, six years and one child later, I have a commitment to both physical and emotional health and vigorand the strong desire to see Nicholas reach his own adulthood without his mother constantly weeping, being couch-bound, or dead.

T., Tucson, AZ

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The recommendations in this book are not intended to replace or conflict with advice given to you by your physician or other health care professional. If you have any preexisting medical or psychological conditions, or if you are currently taking medication, you should consult with your physician before adopting the suggestions and procedures in this book. Following these dietary suggestions may impact the effect of certain types of medication. Any changes in your dosage should be made only in cooperation with your prescribing physician.