The Diet Cure by Julia Ross
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Book Summary Author: Julia Ross Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2000-05-01 ISBN: 0140286527 Number of pages: 432 Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) Accessories:
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Book Reviews of the The Diet Cure
Customer Review: This Book Changed My Life - For The Worse!
Summary: 1 Stars
Back in November, I started "The Diet Cure." I was a little overweight, had low energy and mood problems. Thought eating healthy would help. Oh man. Increasing my protein intake from the little (or none) I ate to the whopping 20g a meal that she recommends (and cutting down drastically on carbs) brought on a state of ketosis that caused a constant ache in my kidneys. On top of that, my face started flushing beet red every couple of hours. I was miserable and teary and almost passed out on the street.
So I stopped the Diet Cure after four days. Just FOUR DAYS of it and FOUR MONTHS LATER I am still struggling to deal with the mess it has caused in my body. My doctor says it triggered hypoglycemia, which I have to manage by eating six carefully controlled meals a day. My kidneys seem to have bounced back, but the mystery facial flush only stopped a week ago after I tried everything I knew to deal with it.
I know that it's not Julia Ross's fault that I wasn't eating any protein to begin with, but I do think her advice was highly irresponsible. Sudden, dramatic dietary changes can mess you up irreparably. I have heard similar stories from a number of people now. I wish I'd heard them before I read this book. Sudden dietary changes can give you big, nasty, lifelong diseases like colitis or hypoglycemia, just to name the ones I've personally heard about.
What's sad is that the diet she recommends is actually pretty good for me. If she had advised me to gradually ease on to it over a period of 12 months, I'd be writing a very different review.
So please please please, if you're considering following this program, make the changes gradually. If you do it fast, what happened to me may not happen to you - but why take the risk?