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Bittmans Vegan Until Six Plan Results In Weight Loss Lower Blood Sugar Lower Cholesterol

Saturday, May 10, 2014

Laurel Miller, via Salon.com, reviewed Mark Bittmans new cookbook, "Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating With More Than 75 Recipes." (Bittman writes a food column for the New York Times and blogs for the NYTs at Bitten.)

How To Live What Michael Pollan Preaches, Salon.com, January 2009

Here are some excerpts from her article:

"[Bittmans book is] an unusual blend of manifesto, self-help manual and cookbook designed to convince people that they can drastically improve their diets with relatively little discomfort."

Bittmans formula: "Eat less of certain foods, specifically animal products, ined carbs, and junk food; and more of others, specifically plants, in close to their natural state."

"At 57, [Bittman had] gained 50 pounds over his college weight and had developed high cholesterol, high blood sugar (especially scary for someone with a family history of diabetes) and sleep apnea, a condition caused by his excess weight."

Bittmans specific tactics ...

"With a colleague, Kerri Conan, Bittman devised a plan they called "vegan until six." They ate almost no animal products at all until dinnertime, no simple carbohydrates and no junk food. (Simple carbs are sugars, white flours and other processed grains like white rice.) At dinner, they ate as they had before, although in time Bittman found that even his evening meals came to include more "vegetables, fruits, legumes and whole grains and less meat, sugar, junk food, and overined carbohydrates."

"It was easy, and in a matter of months hed lost 35 pounds, lowered his cholesterol and blood sugar, and had no trouble sleeping through the night. Most important, he continues to eat this way and is content to do so for the rest of his life."

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