POTATOES NOT PROZAC by Kathleen DesMaisons PhD
Dr DesMaisons, herself the daughter of an alcoholic, spent twenty years fighting
her own mood swings, feelings of inadequacy and excess weight while working
with both alcoholics and drug addicts. During all this time she remained convinced
that there was more to addiction than a mere lack of will power. However, the
chance discovery of a carbohydrate free, protein and vegetable diet, which
dramatically improved not only her weight control but her mood swings, and
her self esteem, focused her attention on the role of sugar in her own, and
her clients' diets.
Putting her patients on a minimum refined sugar, high protein and complex carbohydrate
diet proved so successful that she left her job to research her theory that,
in sensitive people, an overuse of sugar can unbalance the vital brain chemicals,
serotonin and beta-endorphin. Both these chemicals are critical to mood, self
esteem, tolerance for pain etc. Her doctoral dissertation included a study
of 30 multiple offender drink drivers who took her programme. Over 80% of the
participants had become, and remained, sober 18 months after the programme
ended.
Potatoes not Prozac explains how sugar, serotonin and beta endorphin are linked
and the effects that their fluctuations can have on the individual psyche.
Dr DesMaisons guides the readers through a self diagnosis of sugar sensitivity
and on through her sugar sensitivity programme. Both text and programme are
easy to follow for the layman; for the professional, appendix A details the
research basis for her theories.
Published by Pocket Books - ISBN 0-671-77377-1
Recommended Retail Price: £6.99
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THE SUGAR ADDICT'S TOTAL RECOVERY PROGRAMME by Kathleen DesMaisons
A follow up book to Potatoes Not Prozac giving a more detailed regime for those
who wish to put her theories into practice. The book is easy to read and follow
- and quite gripping as the story unfolds.
Published by Simon & Schuster - ISBN 0-7432-0673-8
Recommended Retail Price: £10.00
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