I’m 57 years old and this book made total sense to me except for the snacking ban. I agree with you about not doing that. I can’t do a potato before bed because of GERD but I do drink some juice, the only time I use juice because of its high sugar content. I had inulin fibre to the juice. I’m a mild type two diabetic and for diabetics you have to have a small snack at night to ‘quiet the liver’ which will sort of ‘freak out’ in the middle of the night when your glucose drops and it will pump glucose into your blood and spike your sugar.

I have felt a big difference in my moods following her plan. But, I also don’t follow it to a ‘tee’. I don’t journal what I eat and how it affects me. I know how those foods affect me, I become irritable, lose focus and want to eat carbs 24/7.

I haven’t been a successful with my weight loss yet, it’s been an extremely stressful six months: I purchased my first home, changed jobs, a friend’s husband passed suddenly and I released my first novel on a deadline. So, when I was tired and stressed I ate the wrong things.

However, I am going back to her program more strictly. I lost weight on it before at about 3-4 pounds per week, had really good energy and felt both settled and motivated.

I really think it’s well past the time that physicians (I work in health care) dumped the ‘food pyramid’ which has been a disaster. Since it came into being diabetes and obesity rates have quadrupled in North America.

Thanks for your article on this worthwhile book.

Diane L. Randle
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