The Sugar Addict's Total Recovery Program by Kathleen Desmaisons Ph.D. (2002, Paperback, Reprint)

Carbohydrates = Bad

Old news, right? The thing that sets this book apart is the author’s contention that some of us (perhaps 15% of the population) are genetically and metabolically different from everybody else in the way we handle and process carbohydrates. For these “Sugar Sensitives” as she calls them, every aspect of the food ingested produces a markedly different and more powerful reaction than it does for everybody else. This book is written specifically for them.

Refined carbohydrates can be a hideous and insidious health risk, as you may know, since you are reading this essay. If you are looking for a clear explanation of why it is so much worse for some people than others, this book may help you. My top pick for diet books is “The Zone” but this one fulfills a more specialized niche. Some of the ideas are a bit “out there” but, as with any self-help book, you take what you need and leave the rest.

I believe that the Exercise half of the “Diet and Exercise” duo is, really, the more important, but Diet is probably the easiest part to manage and control.

So, should you buy this book? The answer is – YES – this is a great little book to get you started understanding what is going on in your body. It is an easy, solid read, with good information presented in a clear and understandable manner.

Since you have decided to improve your health and life, this is probably not the first health–and–diet book, nor the last, that you will buy. This one is particularly good for a certain group of people, and it is not expensive. I have bought multiple copies of it to give away, and I consider this a great “how to” volume for sugar sensitive people.