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A Diet Cure?  The Diet Cure: The 8-Step Program to Rebalance Your Body Chemistry and End Food Cravings, Weight Problems, and Mood Swings -- Now, by Julia Ross, M.A. promises more than just looking good, but feeling good. And that's something I really, really want.
This book is based on principals of nutritional psychology. By taking the 8-Step Quick Symptom Questionnaire you find your individual biochemical imbalances, discover ways to address and correct those imbalances, and use those findings to create a master plan for your diet cure.
Individual findings address areas of:
Depleted brain chemistry
Malnutrition caused by dieting and inadequate nutrition
Unstable blood sugar
Unrecognized low thyroid function
Food addictions and Allergic reactions
Hormonal issues
Yeast overgrowth
Fatty Acid deficiency
Sure, you can lose weight. But I was more curious and concerned about the why I feel compelled to eat stuff and then feel sick afterwards -- especially as I have no known food allergies.
Since I've studies and dabbled a bit in alternative health, the book intrigued me. Reading it, the principals made sense. I recognized my symptoms, resonated with the dietary corrections, and rejoiced at a cure. I was enthusiastic to begin!
While the questionnaire was simple, and the plan made sense, the cure was unobtainable. It wasn't because this was a bunch of silly nonsense, nor because I didn't have the proper mind-set (or will-power); but because I couldn't put it into practice.
Like any diet or health plan, there are a list of foods and supplements to buy. Not discouraged by the inability to find at least half of my items in my local stores (including health stores), I turned to the Internet to shop (and the author does include some resources which will help). That's when I faced sticker shock.
L-Tyrosine, for example, is about $15 for a bottle of 100 tablets. And I was to take 12 a day of them -- along with 9 L-Glutamine, 3 GABA and easily a dozen or so other supplements.
In truth, I'm not exactly sure how much of what I'm supposed to take or when really. My questionnaire results left me with seven of the eight areas requiring attention (all but the allergies). Since several areas are corrected with the same supplement, I'm not certain what to do... Do I take three of the L-Tyrosine for one problem and then another 2 of the same for the other problem? If the one dose of three is enough, do the times matter? Oh, it's confusing. Perhaps if your body isn't as screwed up as mine it's easier for you.
The author and her clinic have a website, DietCure.com, which offers individual help -- but no mention of the cost. This girl's not ready to pay for their professional services on top of the supplement costs just to see if it works.
This book is said to be based on 10 years of proven clinical results, and while I cannot disagree with them I can neither understand how to apply it nor afford to try them for myself. I doubt very much that anyone in the general population could.
Review by DeeDee.
Title: The Diet Cure
Author: Julia Ross
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics); Reissue edition (May 1, 2000)
ISBN-10: 0140286527
ISBN-13: 978-0140286526
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