| View Larger Image | The Modern Nutritional Diseases: And How to Prevent Them : Heart Disease, Stroke, Type-2 Diabetes, Obesity, Cancer | Paperbackby Fred Ottoboni (Author), M. Alice Ottoboni (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Vincente Books | | Page Count: | 224 Pages | | Publication Date: | July 01, 2002 | | Sales Rank: | 276,471th |
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Millions of people have been using the low-fat, low-cholesterol, high-carbohydrate diet that has been promoted for the last half-century in the mass media for prevention of heart disease and stroke. During this same period, the numbers of new cases of heart disease and stroke have not decreased as promised but increased, and type-2 diabetes and obesity, which were uncommon 50 years ago, have grown to become major epidemics. In this book, heart disease, stroke, type-2 diabetes, obesity, and cancer are termed the modern nutritional diseases because scientific studies and biochemical facts clearly point to the modern American heart-healty diet as a major underlying cause of these diseases. This book describes the changes that have taken place in the American diet over the last 100 years and explains how these changes were accelerated after 1930 by advances in food technology. The book presents biochemical and other scientific evidence to show how these changes are implicated not only in the modern nutritional diseases but also in other growing disease problems such as Alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis, senile dementia, and depression. This book shows how micro- and macronutrients relate to health and disease prevention. It also shows how faulty science has influenced national health policies and explains how the reader can sort truth from fiction. The final chapter outlines simple dietary and lifestyle changes that can significantly reduce the risk of the modern nutritional diseases and, at the same time, improve one's health and sense of well-being. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 9 reviews)
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Prescription for Health by K. Woods (United States)  5 Stars
September 14, 2009
This book should be read by every medical student in this country! Though highly technical (not a self-help book, per se), it is a comprehensive look at the many studies on nutrition, health, and biology that have occured over the last thirty years and nailed down the basics of why we are so sick in this country! Our family has followed some of the recommendation outlined in the back of the book with great results. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to take a serious look at why [we] are so sick and become pro-active in improving their health!
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Awesome by Ilana M. Schikler 5 Stars
September 13, 2009
Book in perfect condition. Plus, everyone should read this book if they want to know anything about good nutrition!
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Excellent Information by Christine H. Deane (Knoxville, TN USA) 5 Stars
August 14, 2009
I purchased this book a week ago from vbi201 (the publisher) and started reading as soon as I opened the package. I have been so impressed (by both the book and the delivery service) that I purchased a second copy from vbi201 to send to my daughter today. If you want hard facts on nutrition, this is one excellent source of information.
I first went to the Queen of Fats by S. Allport page, read Kaufmann's 2 reviews and other reviews, which all recommended The Modern Nutritional Diseases by the Dr.s Ottoboni as the best book.
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Everything That SHOULD Be Taught To Dietitians And Doctors by Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Man (Spartanburg, SC) 5 Stars
January 06, 2008
So much of the research into the most destructive health ailments we now face is focusing on the role of the diet. This is something Dr. Fred Ottoboni and his wife Dr. Alice Ottoboni know a thing or two about. Before retirement, they had spent many years of their career investigating, studying, and researching disease occurrence among various people groups around the world and they discovered something quite revealing in light of our current crisis with obesity, diabetes and worse: much of it is preventable by simply ignoring the high-carb, low-fat, low-cholesterol advice that has sadly become accepted as the "healthy" diet.
In Modern Nutritional Diseases, Drs. Ottoboni explain in meticulous detail why those diets are useless against most modern diseases and shares the research showing the elimination of sugars and starches will put us back on the road to health faster than removing saturated fat and cholesterol from our diet. There's even an invaluable chapter on how to distinguish good science from bad science among the many voices telling us what the facts are.
The references and charts contained in this book make it well worth having in your low-carb library. I'll warn you now that it does get a bit technical in some areas, but this stuff isn't simple either. There are many things to evaluate and analyze in the process of coming to the conclusions about nutrition and metabolism that Drs. Ottoboni do. This is every bit as good a book to read as Gary Taubes' Good Calories, Bad Calories was because it complements much of the same concepts and ideas.
My favorite part is at the end in a chapter called "What do you do now?" the authors give you practical instructions about making the changes you need in order to ward off the modern nutritional diseases in your own life. Specifics about diet, supplements, exercise, and suggested resources for further education are provided. This is an invaluable tool for anyone following a controlled-carbohydrate nutritional approach or who wants to learn more about why this way of eating works so well.
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Too technical. by Writer/Reader (New York City, NY)  2 Stars
July 07, 2007
Yes, this was written by excellent researchers. But I prefer to read books on improving health that at some point give me the how tos. This was technical and too much to plow through. The same information can be found in more up to date writing ...books on improving health by eating more protein and less carbohydrate, for instance. Save your money and time.
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