The Addictocarb Diet: Avoid the 9 Highly Addictive Carbs While Eating Anything Else You Want

by Bruce Roseman, Kenneth Paul Rosenberg (Foreword by)

Overview

There’s a reason diets don’t work. Science has shown that a class of carbohydrates, called “Addictocarbs,” light up the brain’s pleasure and addiction centers and make it almost impossible to eat them in moderation. If you’ve experienced overwhelming, irresistible cravings for things like bread, cookies, soda, or potatoes, then you’ve encountered these Addictocarbs firsthand.

If you’re struggling to lose weight, counting calories and shrinking portions are not the answers. The answer lies in how your brain reacts when you eat these Addictocarbs—and how you can use this knowledge to help you break the addictive cycle.

It’s called the Addictocarb Diet, and it’s a cure—not a fad.

After losing his father at an early age to obesity-related illness and a lifetime of struggling with his own weight and diabetes as a result, Bruce Roseman, M.D., transformed his life and the lives of close to a thousand of his patients with this simple and effective diet based on the latest findings in addiction neuroscience.

The Addictocarb Diet: Avoid the 9 Highly Addictive Carbs While Eating Anything Else You Want explains that weight gain stems from our addiction to these nine carbs, proven by new brain imaging techniques from the emerging field of addiction neuroscience.

Unlike fad diets, the Addictocarb Diet not only helps you easily lose weight and keep it off, but also improves your overall health and can be beneficial for almost anyone, including those struggling with gluten or lactose sensitivities, prostate problems, diabetes, and other ailments.

This book equips you with tools for success, including tips for handling dietary lapses and navigating fast-food challenges. It also supplies recipes, sample meal plans, and answers to frequently asked questions from hundreds of Dr. Roseman’s patients. Stop fighting cravings and take control with The Addictocarb Diet.

Your struggle with weight loss ends here. Reclaim control of your health and well-being with The Addictocarb Diet.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781941631089
Publisher:	BenBella Books, Inc.
Publication date:	07/07/2015
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	1,267,948
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Dr. Bruce Roseman has been a Family Doctor in private practice in Manhattan for 30 years and is affiliated with Mount Sinai Hospital where he holds joint appointments in the departments of Family Medicine and Ob/Gyn. He has served as medical editor for several food/health-related books and magazines including The Olive Oil Cookbook, The Low Cholesterol Oat Cure, Whittle’s The Health Report, Big Bird Goes to the Doctor (Sesame Street) and as a medical columnist for Woman’s World. He has appeared on numerous television and radio programs as a medical expert, including Live Wire (PBS), The Human Condition (NPR), Good Day New York, The Queen Latifah Show, and The Joan Lunden Show, and has been featured in magazines such as Guideposts and Parent. He is the author of A Kid Just Like Me, which details a popular method he invented to teach children with learning disabilities to read, while working with his son. He lives in New York City with his wife of over a quarter century, Ellen, and is proud to be the father of two fine young men, Joshua and Aaron.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, MD
Introduction: My Story

PART ONE:
HOW DOES FOOD ADDICTION AFFECT YOU?
Chapter 1 The Diet Overview: An Easy Guide to Addictocarbs
Chapter 2 Looking at Food as an Addictive Substance
Chapter 3 Two Myths about Weight Loss

PART TWO:
THE DIET
Chapter 4 Two Rules to Help You Lose Weight and Keep It Off
Chapter 5 Step 1: “Shaking” the Addiction
Chapter 6 Step 2: Beginning Addictocarb Rehab
Chapter 7 Step 3: Staying Slim for Life
Chapter 8 Getting Back “On the Wagon”

PART THREE:
DAILY LIVING AND THE ADDICTOCARB DIET
Chapter 9 Gluten Free, Lactose Free, Vegetarian, and More
Chapter 10 Fast Food the Addictocarb Diet Way
Chapter 11 Addictocarb-Friendly Snacks

PART FOUR:
EATING FOR YOUR HEALTH
Chapter 12 Bonus Health Benefits
Chapter 13 Diabetes: Prevent It—Treat It—Beat It

PART FIVE:
THE ADDICTOCARB DIET RECIPES AND MENUS
Chapter 14 Addictocarb Alternative Recipes for Bread
Chapter 15 Addictocarb Alternative Recipes for Potatoes
Chapter 16 Addictocarb Alternative Recipes for Pasta
Chapter 17 Addictocarb Alternative Recipes for Rice
Chapter 18 Other Recipes
Chapter 19 Sample Menus

APPENDICES
Appendix A Your Frequently Asked Questions
Appendix B What to Eat and What to Avoid
Appendix C The Addictocarb Diet Self-Assessment Tool (ADSAT)
Appendix D The Addictocarb Diet Progress Tool

About the Author

Editorial Reviews

05/18/2015
When family physician and self-proclaimed food addict Roseman realized he had gone from being a “fat kid to a fat adult,” and one with diabetes to boot, he tried out a number of diets, but without any lasting weight loss until he found his own strategy: cut out “addictocarbs.” This is Roseman’s term for the carbohydrates that cause intense cravings by triggering the addiction center in the brain (bread, pasta, and potatoes are common culprits). Written in a casual, loquacious style, this memoir and nutritional guide takes a practical approach: after looking at food as an addictive substance, Roseman delves into the nitty-gritty of diet rules, health benefits, recipes, and menus. Included is a chapter which chronicles the author’s diabetes diagnosis, and his eventual control of his blood sugar through a regimen of diet and exercise. While Roseman’s more absolutist statements, such as “everybody loves bananas” and the claim that other diets cannot control food cravings, ring false, his book will speak strongly to those people who find themselves recognizing and craving each fast food named throughout, and may help them overcome their food “addiction.” Agent: Matthew Carlini, Vigliano Associates. (July)

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