For those patients who have been diagnosed with Insulin Resistance, please start here. 
These authors do more to educate you than I ever could!

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The Schwarzbein Principle : The Truth About Losing Weight, Being Healthy, and Feeling Younger
by Diana Schwarzbein (Introduction), Nancy Deville

From her work with insulin-resistant patients with Type II diabetes, Dr. Schwarzbein concludes that low-fat diets cause heart attacks, eating fat makes you lose body fat, and it's important to eat high-cholesterol foods every day. Picture cardiologists and dieticians tearing their hair out and overweight people cheering as they dive into Eggs Benedict with sausage.
According to Schwarzbein, the high-carbohydrate, low-fat, moderate-protein diet that most dieticians and disease-prevention organizations recommend is the culprit that turns people into diabetics, makes them age faster and get degenerative diseases, and keeps them fat and unhealthy. She supports her theory with case studies of people who were sick and miserable on high-carbo, low-fat diets and who sprang to life when they "balanced" their diets with more fat and protein. Schwarzbein recommends avoiding "man-made carbohydrates"--processed carbs--in favor of those you could "pick, gather or milk." She instructs patients to eat "as much good fat as their body needs": eggs, avocados, flaxseed oil, butter, mayonnaise, and olive oil. Sorry, but fried foods and hydrogenated fats are "bad fats," or "damaged fats," as Schwarzbein calls them. You can eat as many eggs a day as you want on this plan, plus meat (even sausage--as long as it's nitrate-free--and p�t�), saturated fat, cream, and nonstarchy vegetables. The book includes a four-week meal plan and about 15 recipes.

The Schwarzbein Principle Cookbook by Diana Schwarzbein, Nancy Deville, Evelyn Jacob Jaffe

Renowned physician Schwarzbein teams up with professional chef Evelyn Jacob Jaffe to whip up 300 delicious, healing recipes, proving that eating the Schwarzbein way doesn't have to be difficult, boring, or fat-free. Includes easy-to-follow directions and nutritional breakdowns

The Schwarzbein Principle Vegetarian Cookbookby Diana Schwarzbein (Introduction), Nancy Deville (Introduction), evelyn Jaffe

This cookbook contains 371 healthful and delicious recipes including entrees, appetizers, snacks, salads, main courses, side dishes, sauces and desserts adapted for the millions of readers who have adopted a vegetarian lifestyle. Recipes include easy-to-follow instructions, nutritional breakdowns and are fully indexed. For the millions of readers who have adopted a vegetarian lifestyle, this cookbook contains 371 healthful and delicious recipes. Sample items include: risotto with sun-dried tomatoes and gorgonzola cheese, Middle Eastern lentils with vegetables, Szechwan tofu with green beans, mushrooms and peanuts, tempeh tacos, mealtess moussaka, quesadillas, tofu enchilladas and artichoke chowder.

The Glucose Revolution : The Authoritative Guide to the Glycemic Index-The Groundbreaking Medical Discovery by Thomas M.S. Wolever, Jennie Brand-Miller, Kaye Foster-Powell, Stephen Colagiuri M.D.

At last, a diet book based on sound scientific research! The Glucose Revolution: The Authoritative Guide to the Glycemic Index--The Groundbreaking Medical Discovery, is written by respected Australian and Canadian nutrition experts, including two MDs and a Ph.D., who've spent the past 20 years researching the role of carbohydrates in a healthy diet. According to the authors, watching carbohydrate consumption is the key to a healthy diet. There's good reason the book has been endorsed by biggies in the medical field like Harvard's Dr. JoAnn Manson and integrative health guru Dr. Andrew Weil: the authors are acknowledged in the medical community as leading authorities on the topic and have published hundreds of articles in scientific journals before translating their findings here for us regular folks.
But, say the authors, not all carbs are created equal, which is where the glycemic index comes in. A ranking of carbs based on how quickly they're broken down during digestion and their effects on blood sugar (glucose) levels, the index is culled from 15 years of studies involving hundreds of people. Carbohydrates with a high glycemic index, such as bread and potatoes, are quickly digested and released into the bloodstream as glucose. They provide an immediate energy boost, but aren't filling enough to sustain you till your next meal. Carbs with a low glycemic index, such as rolled oats and pasta, slowly release glucose into the bloodstream, are more satisfying, and better help to control hunger.
Part one of the book provides the scientific--but highly readable--explanation of what comprises a healthy, balanced diet. Part two provides specific recommendations for people looking to lose weight without feeling hungry all the time, athletes seeking energy to fuel their workouts, and people with diabetes who need to carefully control their blood sugar. This section also contains 50 easy-to-prepare recipes for meals and snacks, with a glycemic index ranking and fat, calorie, carbohydrate, and fiber counts. --Nancy Monson

The Glucose Revolution Pocket Guide to the Top 100 Low Glycemic Foods
by Kaye Foster-Powell, Thomas M. S. Wolever

The slow digestion and gradual change in blood sugar levels after eating food with a low glycemic index has health benefits for many people. The glycemic index of hundreds of different foods, which have been tested following a standardized method, is now known. This book makes it easy to enjoy slowly digested carbohydrates every day for better blood sugar control, weight loss, a healthy heart, and peak athletic performance.

The Glucose Revolution Pocket Guide to Losing Weight
by Thomas M. S. Wolever, Stephen Colagiuri, Kaye Foster-Powell, Helen K. O'Conner, Jnnie Brand-Miller

Univ. of Sydney, Australia. Pocket guide provides meal plans and success stories about those who have lost weight by switching to low glycemic index foods. Includes a complete table with glycemic index and fat and carbohydrate values of more than 300 foods and beverages. For consumers. Softcover.

The Zone: A Dietary Road Map to Lose Weight Permanently: Reset Your Genetic code: Prevent Disease: Achieve Maximum Physical Performance by Barry Sears, Bill Lawren (Contributor)

    Developed by respected researcher and health consultant Dr. Barry Sears, this program is a lifelong, lasting weight-loss plan that is based on a simple, nonrestrictive diet with easy-to-follow steps that link food to hormone "switches" in the body.

Mastering the Zone: The Next Step in Achieving Superhealth and Permanent Fat Loss by Barry Sears, Mary Goodbody

Barry Sears's 1995-96 bestseller, The Zone, changed the way many people look at nutrition and weight loss. Although his plan advocates eating fewer calories and exercising more, it also stresses getting more of those calories from fat and protein and fewer from carbohydrates. Here, he expands on that theory (which is still not accepted in most scientific circles) and offers recipes to help readers put his principles into practice.

Zone Food Blocks: The Quick & Easy, Mix & Match Counter for Staying in the Zone by Barry Sears

Designed to help millions of people stay in the "Zone"--while at home or on the road--this essential new companion makes sticking to the popular Zone diet easier than ever. Virtually every type of food, prepared meal, and even fast-food take-out items can be converted to Zone food blocks by using this handy guide.

Zone Perfect Meals in Minutes: 150 Fast and Simple Healthy Recipes from the Best selling Author of the Zone and Mastering the Zone by Barry, Ph.D. Sears

Two million people are already in the Zone, enjoying peak mental alertness, increased energy and a reduced likelihood of chronic disease all while losing excess body fat. Want to get into the Zone but don't have the time? Now, in this all-new collection of easy and delicious recipes, Dr. Barry Sears, the best selling author of The Zone and Mastering the Zone shows you how to prepare more than 150 Zone-Perfect recipes in minutes.

In Fitness and in Health by Philip B. Maffetone
    Everyone can learn how to live a healther and more productive life. The two week test is a life saver it will help you work better by becoming more mentally alert and put the fun back in your playtime with you new found engery .

The Carbohydrate Addict's Lifespan Program : A Personalized Plan for Becoming Slim, Fit and Healthy in Your 40s, 50s, 60s and Beyond by Rachael F. Heller, Richard Ferdinand Heller, Rachel F. Heller

    Millions of maturing Americans face increasing weight levels and failing health, although they eat no more than they did when they were younger. Drawing from their breakthrough research into the carbohydrate-insulin connection to excess weight and poor health, Drs. Richard and Rachael Heller have created a comprehensive, straightforward program for getting trim and staying vigorous through the best years of life Author publicity.

Eat Right for Your Type: The Individualized Diet Solution to Staying Healthy, Living Longer & Achieving Your Ideal Weight by Peter J., Dr. D'Adamo, Catherine Whitney (Contributor), Dr. Peter J D'Adamo

    Ever wonder why one diet works for one person, but not for another? After decades of research, Dr. Peter D'Adamo has discovered the role one's blood type plays in determining which foods are best for an individual's diet. Eat Right 4 Your Type teaches readers how to optimize their types to achieve the greatest state of health and well-being.

The Complete Book of Food Counts by Corinne T. Netzer
    An up-to-date edition of a best-selling guide lists the calorie, carbohydrate, protein, cholesterol, sodium, fat, and fiber content of a vast variety of generic and brand-name foods, including gourmet and health foods, all listed alphabetically.

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