Author: Anita Flegg (Foreword by Dr.
Ron Rosedale, MD)
ISBN: 0968034748

The following review was contributed by:  S.V. SWAMY:  CLICK TO VIEW S.V. Swamy's Reviews

Having read "Overcoming Runaway Blood Sugar" by Dennis Pollock, I was wondering
whether I should take up yet one more book on blood sugar problems, especially
hypocglycemia (Dennis's book is also dealing with the same problem) , but then I
took it up to see the difference in treatment of the same subject by a different
author, who, incidentally shares with Dennis the unfortunate similarity of being
a sufferer.

Anita's book under review treats the subject very comprehensively and gives the
various forms of hypoglycemia and the causes for them. The treatment protocol is
more or less similar and is largely based on elimination of refined
carbohydrates and sugar (in all its forms like cane sugar, glucose, fructose,
honey, etc.). A diet largely based on complex carbohydrates, fats of the right
kind, proteins and fiber (very important) has been found to minimise the spikes
in blood sugar and thus minimise the incidence of hypoglycemia and thus help
minimise the onset of adult diabetes, which is caused by insulin resistance.

The book under review provides a good discussion of the various popular diets
such as the no-fat diet, Atkins Diet, South Beach Diet, The Zone Diet, etc. and
suggests a diet aimed at hypoglycemics, which incidentally also helped many of
them lose weight and which eliminated the mood swings etc.

The author gives the life stories of other sufferers in their own words at the
beginning of each chapter and follows up their stories with a good analysis.
This feature has added a lot of authenticity to the book. She discusses various
problems like fatigue, fibromyalgia etc., associated with hypoglycemia, in
Chapter 9, with the notable exception of hypochlorhydria (the symptoms of which
were described by Michel in Chapter 4).

The work book at the end adds value to an already good book and Anita provides
the reader with two or iterations (cycles) to check how they are doing. If the
workbook is photocopied before being written up, the same can be used in the
unlikely event of the reader not being able to reach the desired state of health
in the first few cycles.

All in all, I found the book a good read with a good style and very good
editing.