Healthy for Life: Developing Healthy Lifestyles That Have a Side Effect of Permanent Fat Loss Paperback – April 1, 2013

I have purchased 4 books to give to family and friends, who either have diabetes or have struggled with weight loss, as I have. I have done what my title states-thrown out all my other weight loss books because this one explains in laymens' terms insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and other metabolic processes that lead to the major deseases. Dr. Strand uses scientifically documented solutions that are practical and easy. After reading this book the first time I looked at foods that spike blood sugar markedly different. In Part 1 he explains the glycemic index and the glycemic load and how one becomes addicted to carbs. Part 2 he explains the Heathy For life Program as a guide for developing a new lifestye that is doable. In Part 3 he talks about why other diets do not work for long term and how they harm you, how to choose foods, the power of exercise, and then goes on to address oxidative stress and the solution- which is cellular nutrition, i.e supplements. In Part 4 he finishes with some notes, his resources, recommended food lists and menus that have a variety of foods that are foods one can find at a general grocery store. I love to cook and it is fun to convert my recipes to make them less high on the glycemic index. This book is vast in detailed information. My husband and I have been living this "lifestyle" for almost 4 months and we never see ourselves returning to our old eating habits because we feel much better-more energy mainly, no bloating, no fatique after eating and no hunger! This is not a diet-as diets don't work, but simple lifestyle changes that break carbohydrate addiction.

Dr. Strand has known for 30 years what the rest of us are only now hearing in the mainstream media: obesity and it's many degenerative disease consequences can be prevented and reversed for most of us! In his friendly conversational way he describes how our bodies react to sugars and processed foods. Then he explains how to solve the problem--I use his book as my guide for shopping, or for reminding myself how to get back on track with my dietary lifestyle when I start to crave bad foods again. He is the original dr. oz, oprah and your favorite teacher all rolled into one!! I've shared this book with everyone I can. Thanks, Dr. Strand.

For the past 40 years I have been teaching nutrition and weight management classes. I have been a student of Dr. Strand's for over 10 years. His knowledge of nutritional medicine and metabolic syndrome are astronomical. My husband and I follow his protocol for a healthy lifestyle and are in the best health we have ever experienced. My husband lost 50 pounds following his lifestyle recommendations over 5 years ago and has remained at that weight using his program. I am diabetic and am able to maintain normal blood sugar levels using his program. Healthy for Life is my textbook for my classes. I attend any lectures or conference calls he has in order to stay up to date on nutritional health.Nancy Miles Ross[..]

Why do we suffer so many debilitating health issues? Why are people fatter today than when the "breakthrough" diets began lining the shelves of every bookstore (and dominating the "nonfiction" and "health" ratings on Amazon)? Shouldn't things be getting better? Thankfully, Dr. Strand has some answers, based on the latest research and findings reported in respected medical literature. Get the "behind the scenes" story on how corporate greed, misread science, and a societal preference for the quick and easy have crippled our nation's health - putting the next generation at risk of even greater suffering. But this isn't a doom and gloom book. It's both a wake up call and and prescription for the path to better health (and less unwanted, ugly, health-robbing belly fat). See for yourself and start your own journey to better health. For yourself, your family, and the example you can set for others in your circle of influence. Find out, as I did, how good it feels to feel really good - and to hear your doctor say, "it's good to see less of you." (I don't mind fitting into clothes I thought I could never wear again - and custom boots that I haven't been able to get on for the last 15 years.) I encourage you to read, learn, and take action.

I read a borrowed copy of Releasing Fat: Developing Healthy lifestyles that Have the Side-Effect of Permanent Weight Loss. It wasn't until after I ordered a copy for myself AND and copy of Healthy for Life... that I read the blurbs about them on Dr. Strand's website. You can't tell on the Amazon site that the books are virtually identical. The only difference is that Releasing Fat includes Usana products (meal replacements, snack bars, and vitamins and minerals) in its meal plans. Healthy for Life just has low-glycemic foods in its meal plans. If you want only one copy, you just need to get one or the other, not both. HOWEVER, I wasn't bothered by having two copies of what amounted to the same book because I've learned so much about insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, killer (abdominal) fat, carb cravings, cellular nutrition, and the benefits of a low-glycemic diet that I wanted to recommend it to all my friends and relatives.There are a lot of low-gycemic diet books out there now, but this is the only one I've seen that goes into such detail about the specific negative health effects that result from the way most Americans eat and how a change to a low-glycemic diet will counteract those health problems.

Good basic book on healthy eating & lifestyle. I thought from other reviews that it would have the Usanna Nutrimeal as part of the program/recipes, but it doesn't, which accounts for the 3 stars.