Dr. KaskelÕs Living in Wellness, Volume One: Let Food Be Thy Medicine

Dr. KaskelÕs Living in Wellness, Volume One: Let Food Be Thy MedicineWhat if everything you thought you knew about nutrition for health and weight loss was wrong? What if doing the opposite of what youve been taught actually made significant changes in your weight and health? Would you follow a way of eating that goes against conventional wisdom, focusing mainly on saturated fats, cholesterol and protein? When patients question me on the efficacy of what they are about to embark upon, my response is simple and concise:

What if everything you thought you knew about nutrition for health and weight loss was wrong? What if doing the opposite of what youÕve been taught actually made significant changes in your weight and health? Would you follow a way of eating that goes against conventional wisdom, focusing mainly on saturated fats, cholesterol and protein?

When patients question me on the efficacy of what they are about to embark upon, my response is simple and concise: itÕs all about the sugar. Even when supposedly ÒhealthyÓ sugar that comes from ÒhealthyÓ whole grains, oatmeal, yogurt and milk that youÕve been consuming forever, it still has deleterious effects on your body. Besides the politics of why itÕs supposedly ÒhealthyÓ, the reality is that when you cut those foods out of your diet and replace them with the foods that youÕve been told not to eat, your weight and health will improve!