Syndrome X - by Jack Challem (Hardcover)

About the Book

Based on scientific research, this trade book is the first to offer a complete nutritional program to prevent and reverse Syndrome X, marked by an increasing resistance to insulin that can lead to diabetes and heart disease.

Book Synopsis

You can feel great again!

"Syndrome X proactively lays out a nutritious, tasty, and simple diet plan to get us back to the basics of healthy nutrition."-Lendon H. Smith, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of Feed Your Body Right

"Syndrome X is the best new book to help you understand the facts about nutrition, health, and aging. . . . It is full of new information and insights most readers have never had access to before. Everyone who values his or her health will want to read the book and then individualize the program to suit his or her needs-the authors have made this easier than ever to do."-Richard A. Kunin, M.D., author of Mega-Nutrition

What is Syndrome X? It's a resistance to insulin-the hormone needed to burn food for energy-combined with high cholesterol or triglycerides, high blood pressure, or too much body fat. Syndrome X ages you prematurely and significantly increases your risk of heart disease, hypertension, obesity, eye disease, nervous system disorders, diabetes, Alzheimer's, cancer, and other age-related diseases.

Syndrome X is the first book to tell you how to fight the epidemic disorder that is derailing the health of nearly a third of North Americans. It outlines a complete three-step program-including easy-to-follow diets, light physical activity, and readily available vitamins and nutritional supplements-that will safeguard you against developing Syndrome X or reverse it if you already have it.

From the Back Cover

"Syndrome X proactively lays out a nutritious, tasty, and simple diet plan to get us back to the basics of healthy nutrition."-Lendon H. Smith, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of Feed Your Body Right

"Syndrome X is a well-written, easy-to-follow guide that provides life-saving information for the whole family. This book offers a smart and easy solution to the problem of insulin resistance. It also provides terrific information on how to lose weight without losing your mind in the process. The recipes are great?you'll want to keep a copy in your kitchen."-Carol Colman, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Shed 10 Years in 10 Weeks and Stop Depression Now

"Syndrome X could very well be the next public health crisis, and the information in this book can keep you from becoming another statistic. The nutritional and supplement advice in Syndrome X should help you stay healthy and lean."-Fred Pescatore, M.D., author of Feed Your Kids Well and Thin For Good

"Syndrome X clearly shows the importance of antioxidant supplementation in keeping you healthy and preventing disease."-Lester Packer, Ph.D., author of The Antioxidant Miracle; director of the Packer Lab, The University of California at Berkeley

"Syndrome X is the best new book to help you understand the facts about nutrition, health, and aging. . . . It is full of new information and insights most readers have never had access to before. Everyone who values his or her health will want to read the book and then individualize the program to suit his or her needs the authors have made this easier than ever to do."-Richard A. Kunin, M.D., author of Mega-Nutrition

"A much-needed guide for the millions who have Syndome X and don't know it until they suffer serious health consequences. I am recommending it to my many patients who have this problem."-Priscilla Slagle, M.D., author of The Way Up from Down

"Superb. . . . The concepts in Syndrome X need to be understood by every person seeking or giving advice about symptoms like fatigue, lack of vigor, and mental fuzziness."-Hugh D. Riordan, M.D., President, the Center for the Improvement of Human Functioning

Review Quotes

* "Syndrome X is the best new book to help you understand the facts about nutrition, health, and aging....It is full of new information and insights most readers have never had access to before. Everyone who values his or her health will want to read the book and then individualize the program to suit his or her needs - the authors have made this easier than ever to do." (Richard A. Kunin, M.D., author of Mega-Nutrition)

"Syndrome X could very well be the next public health crisis, and the information in this book can keep you from becoming another statistic. The nutritional and supplement advice in Syndrome X should help you stay healthy and lean." (Fred Pescatore, M.D., author of Feed Your Kids Well and Thin For Good)

"Syndrome X clearly shows the importance of antioxidant supplementation in keeping you healthy and preventing disease." (Lester Packer, Ph.D., author of The Antioxidant Miracle, director of the Packer Lab, the University of California at Berkeley)

"SYNDROME X is a well-organized and cogent book that documents the serious health consequences of what most people eat. It proactively lays out a nutritious, tasty, and simple diet plan to get us back the basics of healthy nutrition. Jack Challem, Dr. Burton Berkson, and Melissa Diane Smith have laid it all out for the whole world to see ." (Lendon H. Smith, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of Feed Your Body Right and Beyond Antibiotics)

"SYNDROME X is a well-written, easy-to-follow guide that provides life-saving information for the whole family. As a parent of a teenager with a family history of heart disease, I am particularly concerned about the role of insulin resistance on the long-term health of my family. This book offers a smart and easy solution to this problem. It also provides terrific information on how to lose weight -- without losing your mind in the process. The recipes are great -- you'll want to keep a copy in your kitchen." (Carol Colman, New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Antioxidant Miracle, Shed 10 Years in 10 Weeks and Stop Depression Now)

"Useful, informative, and easy to read, this is a much-needed guide for the millions who have Syndome X and don't know it until they suffer serious health consequences. I am recommending it to my many patients who have this problem." (Priscilla Slagle, M.D., author of The Way Up from Down)

"SYNDROME X is a superb book. The concepts in SYNDROME X need to be understood by every person seeking or giving advice about symptoms like fatigue, lack of vigor, and mental fuzziness. Readers will benefit from the simple suggestions clearly outlined in this book." (Hugh D. Riordan, M.D., president, the Center for the Improvement of Human Functioning)

About the Author

JACK Challem, known as the Nutrition Reporter(TM), is a leading health journalist with more than 25 years of experience reporting on nutrition research. In addition to his scientific articles, he is a contributing editor for Let's Live and Natural Health magazines and the coauthor of The Natural Health Guide to Beating the Supergerms.
Burt Berkson, M.D., Ph.D., practices nutritional medicine as President of the Integrative Medical Centers of New Mexico. He has conducted research and served as a professor at several institutions, including Rutgers University, and is one of the world's leading experts on alpha lipoic acid, an important antioxidant. His other books include The Alpha Lipoic Acid Breakthrough.
Melissa Diane Smith is a nutrition counselor specializing in customized diet plans and consumer education. The author of All About Zinc and the coauthor of All About Vitamin E and Why Am I Always So Tired?, Smith writes about nutrition topics for a variety of health magazines, including Great Life and Delicious!.