GET OFF THE ROLLER COASTER

Unlike the run-of-the-mill or faddist diets, the BHMD does not totally limit carbohydrates. I do not ban the dishes which the faddists and mistaken nutritionists rule taboo. I believe that these types of popular diet are to blame for the most excruciating of dietary woes: the "roller coaster" effect of weight loss.

1 once had a patient who had three suits—for regular weight, overweight, and greatly overweight. He used all of the suits throughout the year. It seemed funny when I heard him tell this story, but it wasn't at all funny when I sat with him last year in the hospital before^nd after his coronary by-pass surgery. It is well known that during the weight gain after weight loss considerably extra fat - and cholesterol is laid down in the coronary arteries.

We know what a roller coaster does. It goes up and down and in circles, and afterwards you feel dizzy and confused. Ninety out of 100 dieters gain their full weight back again within five years.

The faddist and regular diets operate like the "roller coaster." They take your weight down and up, up and down, and once your feet hit the scales again you are likely to feel rattled and discouraged.

But what is far more serious, the ride may impair your health. The "up-and-down" method practiced by many people actually results in depositing more fat on the body and in the arteries. That's what happened to my patient with the three-size wardrobe.

On the BHMD your weight doesn't bounce up and down like a yo-yo. There is none of that "slim-or-sink." You stay afloat at the proper body trim for as long as you live.

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