Carpender - The low-carb diabetes solution cookbook : Prevent and Heal Type 2 Diabetes with 200 Ultra Low-Carb Recipes

DANA CARPENDER

THE LOW-CARB

SOLUTION

COOKBOOK

Prevent and Heal Type 2 Diabeteswith200 Ultra Low-Carb Recipes

2016 Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc.

Text 2016 Dana Carpender

First published in the United States of America in 2016 by

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Digital edition published in 2016

Digital edition: 978-1-63159-173-0

Softcover edition: 978-1-59233-729-3

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The information in this book is for educational purposes only. It is not intended to replace the advice of a physician or medical practitioner. Please see your health-care provider before beginning any new health program.

1. Forewords: by Eric C. Westman, M.D., M.H.S.
   by Jacqueline A. Eberstein, R.N.

I t is my great pleasure to write this foreword for The Low-Carb Diabetes Solution Cookbook, by Dana Carpender. This book is a fundamental part of the HEAL Diabetes & Medical Weight Loss Clinics program, and will make the transition to an LCHF (low-carbohydrate, high-fat) lifestyle seem effortless! HEAL stands for Healthier Eating and Living, and the HEAL Protocol integrates medical, dietary, psychological, and fitness interventions delivered at HEAL clinics and remotely, 24/7, using digital health and tele- medicine tools.

As director of the Duke Lifestyle Medicine Clinic since 2007, I have used the dietary basis of the HEAL Protocol as a natural extension of the research that had been done at Duke University and other research centers around the world. My interest in LCHF began while I was an internal medicine specialist: Two of my patients used LCHF (Atkins Induction Diet) to lose weight in 1998. It clearly worked, but I was skeptical and concerned about the safety because of all the fat in the diet. But if it were safe, I knew that this could be an important lifestyle tool to treat obesity and diabetes. The research since that time has demonstrated the safety of this approach.

The past few years have shown a large shift in attitudes toward LCHF lifestyles. A 2014 Time magazine story, with the cover line Eat Butter. Scientists labeled fat the enemy. Why they were wrong, helped advance the popularization of LCHF into mainstream U.S. culture. Additional research studies have been published that confirm the positive effects of LCHF lifestyles on diabetes; LCHF continues to be popular in Sweden (www.dietdoctor.com); and the first Low Carb Health Summit was held in February 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Lectures are available for viewing at www.lchfconvention.com.) South Africa has become aware of LCHF through Professor Timothy Noakes, an exercise guru who changed his advice for athletes away from carb loading and toward carbohydrate restriction before athletic competition. More and more athletes are turning to LCHF for the benefits in their performance.

Despite the research, the most common concern that people have about the low-carbohydrate lifestyle is: But what will happen to my blood cholesterol level by eating all that fat? A whole generation of doctors, dietitians, and the general public was taught that eating fat and cholesterol would raise bad LDL blood cholesterol and cause heart disease. This diet-heart hypothesis was the theory that spawned the low-fat diet fad. I was privileged to be a part of the studies about the LCHF diet, and the predictions about how the LCHF diets would worsen the blood lipid profile didnt come true when they were actually studied. It turned out that the LCHF diet reduced health risks by lowering blood triglycerides and raising the good HDL cholesterol. At the time of publication, the revised 2015 USDA/NIH Dietary Guidelines for Americans are poised to take away the limitations on dietary fat and cholesterol.

At the HEAL clinics, the LCHF diet is used as a therapeutic tool to turn around and fix most of the chronic medical conditions that are seen today. But LCHF is also a healthy diet that prevents these same chronic medical conditions. LCHF is an excellent treatment for diabetes, high blood pressure, gastroesophageal reflux disorder, high blood triglycerides, low blood HDL cholesterol, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and irritable bowel disease. Often the improvement that we see is unbelievablemeaning that other doctors and experts dont believe it. Weight loss of 200 pounds (more than 90 kg), lowering of blood triglycerides by 900 mg/dL (10.2 mmol/L), increasing the good HDL cholesterol by 50 mg/dL (1.3 mmol/L)doctors often are in disbelief, and because the studies havent been published, the researchers say the evidence doesnt exist. However, these are the clinical outcomes that we observe.

Im excited to be a part of the HEAL Diabetes & Medical Weight Loss Clinics for those who need medical supervision during the treatment of diabetes and obesity. I am confident that this cookbook will be a great resource for you as you follow the HEAL Protocol.

Eric C. Westman, M.D., M.H.S.

HEAL Diabetes & Medical Weight Loss Clinics

Eric C. Westman is board certified in Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine, with a masters degree in Clinical Research from Duke University and over 90 peer-reviewed publications on his clinical research regarding treatments for obesity, diabetes, and tobacco dependence. He is a Co-Founder of HEAL Diabetes & Medical Weight Loss Clinics, Director of the Duke Lifestyle Medicine Clinic, Past President of the Obesity Medicine Association, and is a Fellow of both The Obesity Society and the Obesity Medicine Association.

I f you have type 2 diabetes and are also overweight, you are faced with two chronic conditions. To be successful in managing your health, you need to make changes in the way you eat for a lifetime. If you dont stay in control with the proper lifestyle changes, both of these conditions will get worse over time. To help you succeed, you need knowledge and the proper tools.

The HEAL Protocol will give you the knowledge to help you understand how and why controlling both the quality and the quantity of carbohydrate foods can be so effective in putting diabetes into remission and losing those excess pounds. This cookbook is one of the tools that can keep you on track by providing easy-to-make, fun, nourishing, and tasty meals.