My Life Without Bread
- Author : Valerie Bracken
- Publisher : Unknown
- File Size : 16,8 Mb
- Release Date : 2014
- Genre: Physicians (General practice)
- Pages : 263
- ISBN 10 : 0992694418
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"Contented patients - patients whose symptoms abate and the many who go on to achieve lasting health - are reward enough for a physician," so said a remarkable yet modest Austrian doctor who courageously championed an unorthodox treatment over half a lifetime. Who was this doctor with such grit and determination? What inspired him to develop a successful healing program with little recourse to drugs or surgery? And what was this intriguing treatment, so simple and effective, so eminently suited to the workings of our body and that stood the test of time? From being a medical scientist and inventor, the late Dr Wolfgang Lutz became a consultant in internal medicine in Ried and then in Salzburg. Turning his inventive brain to everyday medicine and concerned about the mushrooming of modern diseases that he witnessed even by the middle of the 20th century, Wolfgang Lutz explored the idea of a 'carbohydrate effect', namely the detrimental effect of an overload of sugars and starches on our health. From the late 1950s, Dr Lutz pioneered the use of low carbohydrate nutrition in the treatment of a wide range of ailments - conditions such as Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, obesity, glandular disorders, gastrointestinal problems, osteoarthritis, cardiac insufficiency, high and low levels of iron and calcium in the blood, and more - with astonishing results. The diet adopted by Dr Lutz was not as drastic as some of the recent 'Paleo diets' either in the amount of carbohydrate allowed or as to the choice of food. It was simple, moderate and, except for carbohydrates, non-restrictive. Dr Lutz felt that there should be as few 'don'ts' as possible but was very strict about anything he knew would make a fundamental difference to a patient's condition. As sudden change could be stressful, he recommended that the diet was not to be rushed into but started slowly; once satisfactorily established, it was suitable for the long term.My Life without Bread offers a treasure