THE BHMD WAY TO STRESS-FREE EATING

THE BHMD WAY TO STRESS-FREE EATING

WHAT IS STRESS?
Of the ten leading causes of death in this country today, eight are in some way related to stress. Such an alarming statistic is apt to contribute to more stress. But with the BHMD you can do something about it.
The BHMD cannot make your life totally stress-free. There are other factors in your life, environmental, per¬sonal, etc., which do not touch upon the question of weight loss and diet. Two elements of stress, however, the BHMD can take out of your life. These two are associated with many of the diseases that cut down the life span. They are also responsible for overweight, as well as the "roller coaster" effect of other diets.
First there is the stress caused by the lowered self- esteem and self-confidence due to being overweight. This type of stress works on the psychological level. It keeps the dieter confined to a vicious circle. The poor self- image many overweight persons have keeps them from losing weight because of "nervous eating."
A second and very important cause of stress has to do directly with nutrition. We know that fighting your spouse is stress. Getting mad because you are stuck in
traffic is stress. Working harder than you are able to is stress. But you may not realize that eating a candy bar or Big Mac is stress.
I define stress as the non-specific response of the body, mind or emotions to any demand made upon them.
In terms of nutrition the response primarily involves the body. But we should not underestimate the emotional component. We already saw how through lowered self- esteem a person anxious to lose weight defeats his goal through "nervous eating."
Any time you ask your body to respond to something, whether it be physical or emotional, you are stressing your body. Let's see what I mean by looking at the Big Mac you just consumed.
Your unwise choice for lunch has caused stress on two levels:
1) With your burger came the sting of conscience for eating something fattening. The Big Mac cre¬ated guilt feelings. That's emotional stress.
2) By demolishing the hefty burger you pitted your body against an invasion of 1,510 mgs. of sodium, or four times your daily requirement. Counting the salt in the pickle, mustard and ketchup, you consumed with the Big Mac a total of 2,091 mgs. salt, or seven times what you need for the day.
This intake of salt puts tremendous stress on your chemical and cellular levels. Salt, like sugar, fats and additives chemically harm the body. It puts an extra strain on your heart. It is liable to cause hypertension. Salt can affect your kidneys and blood pressure in a very unpleasant way. Salt is a stressor, and any kind of stress crimps your determination to stay on the diet and lose weight fast.

C.C.: The Energizer

C.C.: The Energizer

I shall bid adieu to my pet peeve, the high-protein diets as trumpeted by the false prophets with a final remark about fatigue.
My point will be illustrated by a study that was done with respect to a low-carbohydrate diet on some troops in the Canadian Army during World War II. In that study, the predictable effects of ketosis were made immediately apparent. An unsoldierly group of weary, listless men with sunken eyes emerged from four days of this diet. In their dehydrated and exhausted condition they showed dramatically the results of a regimen free from Complex Carbohydrates.
In the experiment the troops had been given pemmican to eat. The idea was that pemmican—a high-protein dried beef with suet—might be used as a highly-concentrated, high-energy source. With the pemmican they were given tea to drink.
The distressing results surprised the Army medics. Within three days the men were unable to function nor¬mally. They were nauseous, some vomited, all were in¬capacitated by fatigue. They had no appetite.and because of great water loss they had the appearance of having lost considerable weight.
Only when the men were returned to rations with sufficient carbohydrate did the fatigue and nausea disappear.
The same symptomatic lack of physical energy was reported in another experiment with low-carbohydrate diets conducted in the United States. Again, the fatigue vanished miraculously after carbohydrate was restored to the diet.
Today we know that the fatigue, dizziness and headaches experienced by people on the popular but perilous high-protein prescriptions are caused by the "af- ter-burn" of excessive protein. Unable to synthesize adequate amounts of glucose (blood sugar) on high- protein regimens, the body is forced to break down its own muscle and tissue proteins to get glucose. The slug¬gishness, dizziness and fatigue occur because due to in¬sufficient C.C., not enough glucose (the brain's main fuel) reaches the brain

Halt To Salt

Halt To Salt

The biggest dietary myth next to protein concerns salt.
Somehow, people believe they need salt. So the aver¬age person sprinkles it on his food as if he is doing his body a favor. Many athletes are still convinced that per¬spiring causes the body to need more salt—when in actual fact all the body requires is more water. Food manufacturers pour salt on their products in the belief that they are pleasing consumers. As a result the average person eats far more salt than he should, sometimes as much as 20 times more than needed.
But did you know? You do not need salt at all! In fact, if you're anything like the average American salt is prob¬ably killing you.
What you do need is sodium. A normal individual re¬quires about 400 mgs. of sodium per day. Table salt is 40% sodium. Your daily need does not exceed more than 1/20 teaspoon, and by eating almost any unsalted food you will more than meet this requirement.
In the BHMD I make a distinction: Salt is what you add to food. Sodium is what is already in the food.
If you have a "salty" tooth, the BHMD furnishes enough natural salts in its C.C.-rich menus to satisfy your tastes. You can choose from a tempting variety of gour¬met delights and exciting dishes seasoned with flavors from herbs, spices and natural condiments. Through such "salt-ernatives" you will never more reach for the shaker.
I am very serious about reducing your sodium intake for two reasons. Sodium is a retainer of water, and by cutting down on salt you will rapidly shed as much as five pounds. Your body stores this water to dilute the sodium, and with less sodium less water needs to be retained.
Secondly, sodium is a powerful stressor. If the body takes in too much sodium it can take the kidneys up to 48 hours to eliminate the excess. Overloaded with sodium, water flows from the cells into the fluid surrounding them. Then it passes into the blood, and this is what gives some overweight people a bloated look as well as a bloated feeling.
Robbed of their water the cells function less efficiently. But that is not all.
Retention of water leads to high blood pressure and its associated diseases. As the tissues are flooded your heart has to pump harder. The heart literally has to drain a waterlogged body. These pressures contribute to headaches, congestive heart failure, depression, pre¬menstrual tensions, migraine, and that most serious stress condition of all, hypertension.
In northern Japan, hypertension is a leading cause of death. The people there eat about 40,000 mgs. of salt a day! On the BHMD you reform your eating habits in order that your lost weight will stay lost. The high-protein diets with their limited variety of tastes and flavors cannot adequately reform your ingrained disposition for harmful substances. Scarsdale and Atkins perpetuate the un¬wholesome cravings for sugar and salt. Furthermore, be¬cause they contain too much fats and cholesterols and too little Complex Carbohydrates, they maximize the causes of hypertension. With 20% of Americans prone to this stressful disorder, it is a very grave shortcoming, indeed.
While you follow the BHMD your craving for salt diminishes. That is because the diet makes abundant pro¬vision for tasty combinations. It has recipes from all over the world in which the salt flavors are part of the natural ingredients

No More 'Sugar Rush'

No More 'Sugar Rush'

Simple carbohydrate such as sugar throws 50 to 100 calories into your bloodstream at one time. This "rush" causes these" simple sugars to burn up too rapidly, triggering hypo¬glycemia, which means low blood sugar. This condition
signals the brain to crave more sugars, thus stimulating appetite.
On the other hand, the unrefined Complex Carbohy¬drate, such as starch, enter the blood stream evenly. It burns up completely and in this slow process a steady, balanced and leisurely supply of sugar is fed to the blood. Consequently, it eliminates the "appetite swings" com¬monly experienced by people with high sugar intake.
Low blood sugar that results in a craving for more sugar is perhaps one of the more obnoxious effects of the high-protein diets. It is probably a factor in the dis¬appointing record of those who have tried these regimens.
It is remarkable that hypoglycemia, that is low blood sugar, is virtually absent in parts of the world where the diet consists of Complex Carbohydrates.
Though the popular high-protein diets recognize, like all diets, the harm of refined sugar, they get around the problem by something even more questionable. That is, artificial sweeteners. The BHMD frowns on the use of all chemicals and food additives. The effect such substances as saccharine appears to have on cancer incidence is too alarming for comfort.
On the BHMD you learn to like sugar in the form na¬ture intended you to have it. Coupled to your joy of quick weight loss will be the relief of bringing your appetite under control. And this wonder will come about without the dangerous side effect of artificial sugar substitutes.

Don't Eat Foods High In Cholesterol

Don't Eat Foods High In Cholesterol

There are two kinds of cholesterol you should be concerned with. HDL (High Density Lipoprotein) and LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein), known as the good and bad cholesterol, respectively.
Lipoproteins exist to carry fats through your bloodstream, which is a watery medium. LDL can be characterized as a delivery truck, depositing fats into your cells, and clogging up your arteries. HDL is a scavenger, gathering up fats and choles¬terol; in effect, cleaning up your arteries.
Thus, while your overall cholesterol should be low (below 180), you should also be concerned with the ratio of HDL to total cholesterol.
Here is how you can perform your own coronary risk factor test: Divide total cholesterol by HDL:
total cholesterol HDL
The lower the figure, the better. A ratio of 3.5 is what you want. A ratio between 7 and 9 doubles the standard risk of a heart attack, and a ratio above 12 or 13 indicates a 300% greater chance of suffering heart disease. (Ask your doctor for HDL reading.)

Hidden Fats & Cholesterol

Hidden Fats & Cholesterol

In my quick review of how the low-carbohydrate/high- protein diets put you in harm's way, it's well to remem¬ber two medical prefixes, neither of which mean much good: they are hyper and hypo. Hyper means "overac¬tive": hypo means "underactive."
A diet that is very low in carbohydrates and high in protein is usually rich in fat and low in fiber. Many cholesterols and fats are hidden in what we think are high-protein foods, such as beef or cheese. Fat-rich foods, in turn, are linked to high levels of blood choles¬terol and to compounds known as triglycerides, which put free fatty acids in your blood.
Now, for some jawbreakers: hyperlipidemia (lipids are fats), hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia are associated with coronary heart disease and atheroscle¬rosis. Hyperuricemia means a significant increase in uric acid in the blood, which can promote gout.
All these "overactive" processes are spurred by the ketone-production of diets with low-carbohydrate and high-protein content.
As for the "underactive" effects of such diets, hypoglycemia means insufficient blood sugar; postural hypotension means the trouble you may experience rais¬ing yourself up from a supine position.
Common among dieters is the idea that if they but switch from fats and oils to the high-protein diet, as rec¬ommended by Scarsdale, Atkins, et al, the cholesterol issue is dealt with. For example, they are apt to go along with a diet that allows an abundance of lean meat (beef, lamb, veal); chicken and turkey (with skin removed); lean fish (perch, flounder, haddock, cod); hard-boiled eggs, and cheese.
However, a diet of this sort is virtually restricted to protein and fat. As such it is a mine field seeded with ketosis.
The BHMD has a different approach. It considers all fats equally bad. It also tells you not to get caught up counting cholesterol, or worrying about polyunsaturated, saturated and unsaturated fats. The average American gets 40 to 50% of his calories from fats. The figure should be down to about 20%, and on the BHMD it is actually lower.
It has already been stated that the BHMD is thumbs down on all unnecessary fats. To be on the safe side allow me to add that the same goes for the unsaturated vegetable oils. They are merely vegetable fat which has been processed out of the vegetable. In the vegetable the oil is part of its natural container and harmless. But once it has been passed into an artificial container like a bottle it's another matter entirely.

An End To Dietary Horror

An End To Dietary Horror

I could go on and on about the dangerous aspects of this fad diet or any other fad diet. The high-protein/high-fat/ low-carbohydrate diet presents to me a horror story of grisly proportions. Fortunately, it has been my pleasure to put an end to its hazardous workings for a number of people.
I have seen many people who were once advocates of the high-protein diet. One of these was BJ, a 40-year-old woman who attended a university-sponsored high- protein diet program for eight months and lost 80 pounds. Her scalp hair thinned out, she was "cold all the time," felt weak, was dizzy, had dry skin, etc. She gained all of her weight back plus 10 pounds. She had more illness during and after the diet than she had before.

I Have Seen The Proof

I Have Seen The Proof

With the Beverly Hills Medical Diet you will lose weight. As much as ten pounds, or more, in two weeks.

With my Long-Life Anti-Stress Program you will feel better. Better than you ever thought possible.

With my program of sound nutrition you will live longer. And you will stay slim.

Too good to be true?

Hardly.

I have seen the proof.

I have seen people shed ten, twenty, thirty or more pounds. I have seen them with their new looks take on a new glow. I have seen them suddenly face a world that looked better to them—because they looked better. I still have my office in Beverly Hills. But because of the success of the Beverly Hills Medical Diet I no longer practice medicine in the usual fashion.

I have found a better way.

There is the BHMD "Plunge," in which you lose ten or more pounds in fourteen days.

There is the BHMD "Everyday" weight loss, in which you drop a comfortable three pounds a week.

Then there is the "Maintenance" program, a nutritional approach to keeping your desired weight and achieving stress-free longevity.

But I don't tell people to diet.

I tell them to eat for the rest of their lives.