Potatoes Not Prozac, Kathleen DesMaisons. (Audio Cassette 0966703103)

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Potatoes Not Prozac
Author: Kathleen DesMaisons

Are You Sugar Sensitive? Have you ever wondered why you just can't seem to say no to fattening foods, alcohol or troubling behaviors like overspending and overworking? The answer is not that you're lazy, self-indulgent or undisciplined. The problem lies in your body chemistry. In her groundbreaking book, Potatoes Not Prozac, Kath... more »leen DesMaisons, Ph.D., addictive nutrition expert, reveals that emotional troubles such as mood swings or depression often can't be fought by medication. Her radical new way of finding and maintaining mental and physical health offers instead a prescription for altering our eating habits. Millions of people are sugar-sensitive -- which means they have a special body chemistry that reacts in extreme ways to sugar and refined carbohydrates like white bread and pasta. DesMaisons reveals that these "comfort" foods actually provide just the opposite effect, triggering feelings of exhaustion, hopelessness and low self-esteem. What's worse, these foods don't stop our cravings for them -- they only make us want to go back for more. Helping us to free ourselves from sugar dependency, DesMaisons explains how certain food dependent chemicals in the brain regulate our moods. Once we understand how these biochemicals react to what we eat -- or what we don't eat -- we are free to control our lives. Serotonin, beta-endorphins and blood sugar need to be kept in balance. We can achieve this balance by following DesMaisons's inexpensive, all-natural nutritional plan, which has resulted in a 92 percent success rate with recovering alcoholics, and emotional stability for the thousands of people she has treated in her practice. In addition to food charts, questionnaires to determine your own sugar sensitivity, and accessible scientific lessons that explain your body chemistry, DesMaisons provides a straightforward seven-step plan to overcome your addictions. There is no regime of measurements or self-denial: you tailor the plan to your tastes and lifestyle. These steps are actually more liberating than any diet could be. You will no longer settle for the short-term relief from pain or problems that cookies or ice cream might give you. You will find the optimism, energy and high self-esteem you have craved for so long. Because DesMaisons is committed to her own recovery, she is a compassionate, skilled guide in navigating you through this process, one choice at a time. And what you learn in the end, she says, is that the process isn't about food at all. "As we come into balance, we can shape our own direction rather than being driven by biochemical circumstances. We feel empowered to make changes in our lives and to control what is happening to us. What seemed like a story about food is really a story about possibility." You can change your life with Potatoes Not Prozac.

ISBN-13: 9780966703108
ISBN-10: 0966703103
Publication Date: 7/1/1998
Pages: 2
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Publisher: Radiant Recovery
Book Type: Audio Cassette
Other Versions: Paperback
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Olga O. (olgao) reviewed Potatoes Not Prozac on 6/6/2006 + 6 more book reviews

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Excellent information, very layperson friendly. It's all about the science of carbohydrate and sugar addiction but you definitely don't have to be a scientist to understand it.

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Cindy M. (RenascenceC) reviewed Potatoes Not Prozac on 5/15/2015 + 77 more book reviews

I once heard that if you can get ONE good idea out of a business book, it's worth the price. With that in mind, I'd say this book is worth its price. It's been revised over the years, but a visit to the website (radiant recovery) suggests not much has changed. I'd love to see a good scientific critique of the science presented here, because the carb impact charts are not carefully presented--not in serving equivalents. But the concepts of brain chemistry are intriguing, and I've been experimenting with the "potato at bedtime" concept and think it might be working. I was already doing everything up to that point. Another good idea is to be mindful of the sugar from fruit--I'd been too free with that. So for me the jury is out, but a couple of good ideas here seem to be making a difference for me.

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