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Healthy And Lean For LifeLeslie Kenton Leslie Kenton’s Guide To Healthy And Lean For Life copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton - All Rights Reserved 1 Healthy And Lean For Life Award-winning writer, broadcaster and teacher, Leslie Kenton is well-known in the English-speaking world for no-nonsense, in-depth research and reporting. Published by Random House UK, she is the author of more than thirtyfive best-selling books on health, beauty and spirituality. Her work is regularly translated into other languages. According to London’s Time Out: If there is one expert who can genuinely be described as pioneering and visionary, it is Leslie Kenton. A former consultant to the European Parliament for the Green Party and course developer for Britain’s Open University, Leslie is trained in Chinese Medicine, nutrition, homeopathy and bioenergetics. Her contribution to natural health was honored by her having been called to deliver the McCarrison Lecture at the Royal Society of Medicine in London. She also conceived and created the worldwide Origins skin care range for cosmetic giant Estée Lauder. Her network television programs include RAW ENERGY, a cookery series, and AGELESS AGING, both of which she conceived, wrote and presented herself. She has made several short films on health and spiritual topics for the BBC. Her TV documentary TO AGE OR NOT TO AGE, screened in the Southern Hemisphere, made television history Leslie Kenton when, in only 5 weeks, the diet and exercise protocol she designed reversed parameters of aging in people between 30 and 60, in medically measurable ways. For the last four years, Leslie has mentored men and women throughout the world on Leslie Kenton’s Cura Romana—a unique online program for health, weight loss and transformation of body, mind and spirit. Her approach to wellbeing has always brought together natural health with cutting-edge science. She says that the techniques and information she shares with others are simply practical tools to help people to realize their innate potentials for energy, health and personal freedom. “The more each of us is able to live life from the truth of our being with joy,” she insists, “the greater become the gifts we bring to our families, communities and the planet itself.” www.lesliekenton.com and www. curaromana.com. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton - All Rights Reserved 2 Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton prelims The right of Leslie Kenton to be identified as the author of this book has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN: 978-1-62154-601-6 disclaimer The material in this book is intended for informational purposes only. None of the suggestions or information are meant, in any way, to be prescriptive. Any attempt to treat a medical condition should always come under the direction of a competent and informed physician. Neither the publisher nor I can accept responsibility for injuries or illness arising out of a failure by any reader to take medical advice. I am only a reporter with a passion for helping myself and others to maximize their potentials for positive health, enabling them to live their lives at a high level of energy, joy and creativity. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton - All Rights Reserved 3 slow aging and bring greater freedom from degenerative diseases.Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton My wish in writing this little book is to bring to the thousands of men and women who continually struggle with their health and weight practical. simple information with which we can transform lives. restore natural size and shape to your body. new ways of thinking and powerful cutting-edge technologies that can help heighten vitality.All Rights Reserved 4 . In the pages that follow you will find life-changing discoveries. Leslie copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton stop blaming yourself��������������������������������������������������������� 20 big fat lies��������������������������������������������������������������������������� 20 artificial foods��������������������������������������������������������������������� 20 the bottom line������������������������������������������������������������������� 21 Content New Life Starts Here������������������������������������������8 the health elite���������������������������������������������������������������������� 9 set yourself free������������������������������������������������������������������� 9 false truths��������������������������������������������������������������������������� 9 transform now�������������������������������������������������������������������� 10 Pyramid Gone Wrong���������������������������������������23 dangerous advice ������������������������������������������������������������� 24 failure speaks��������������������������������������������������������������������� 24 more bad guidelines����������������������������������������������������������� 25 the right stuff���������������������������������������������������������������������� 25 Why We Lose Health And Gain Weight������������11 you need to know��������������������������������������������������������������� 12 here’s why�������������������������������������������������������������������������� 12 profitable ignorance����������������������������������������������������������� 12 The Power Of Insulin���������������������������������������� 27 fast aging��������������������������������������������������������������������������� 28 blood sugar������������������������������������������������������������������������ 28 meet syndrome x��������������������������������������������������������������� 28 sugar control���������������������������������������������������������������������� 30 endless hunger������������������������������������������������������������������ 30 good-guy carbs������������������������������������������������������������������ 30 my base-line study������������������������������������������������������������� 31 abnormalities galore����������������������������������������������������������� 31 How We Got This Way�������������������������������������� 14 fats.All Rights Reserved 5 . flesh and greens��������������������������������������������������������� 15 stone age fanatics�������������������������������������������������������������� 15 genetic truths��������������������������������������������������������������������� 15 enter agriculture����������������������������������������������������������������� 16 health loss�������������������������������������������������������������������������� 16 Don’t Blame Yourself���������������������������������������� 18 here come the carbs���������������������������������������������������������� 19 steps to degeneration�������������������������������������������������������� 19 revolution begins���������������������������������������������������������������� 19 Beyond Syndrome X�����������������������������������������33 always hungry�������������������������������������������������������������������� 34 you need to know��������������������������������������������������������������� 34 how to get old fast�������������������������������������������������������������� 34 copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . Healthy And Lean For Life back to the future��������������������������������������������������������������� 35 great fiber �������������������������������������������������������������������������� 35 perils of convenience��������������������������������������������������������� 36 nutrition destroyed������������������������������������������������������������� 36 eat real foods��������������������������������������������������������������������� 37 chemical cocktails�������������������������������������������������������������� 37 it’s not your fault����������������������������������������������������������������� 37 Leslie Kenton good guy fats��������������������������������������������������������������������� 46 eat yummy butter��������������������������������������������������������������� 47 fat & carbs don’t mix���������������������������������������������������������� 47 you need to know��������������������������������������������������������������� 47 Life’s Building Blocks����������������������������������������49 primary stuff����������������������������������������������������������������������� 50 in constant flux������������������������������������������������������������������� 50 Sweet & Deadly�������������������������������������������������39 meet fruit sugar������������������������������������������������������������������ 40 worst of a bad lot���������������������������������������������������������������� 40 empty calories�������������������������������������������������������������������� 40 sugar checklist������������������������������������������������������������������� 40 sweet poison���������������������������������������������������������������������� 41 the magic of stevia������������������������������������������������������������� 42 clear up addictions������������������������������������������������������������� 42 Carb Revelations�����������������������������������������������52 ketone adaptations������������������������������������������������������������� 53 better than glucose������������������������������������������������������������ 53 don’t forget������������������������������������������������������������������������� 53 Let’s Go�������������������������������������������������������������56 step 1 clear the decks�������������������������������������������������������� 57 step 2 shop the edge �������������������������������������������������������� 57 step 3 get savvy����������������������������������������������������������������� 58 healthy fats and oils����������������������������������������������������������� 58 proteins������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 59 eggs free range or organic������������������������������������������������� 59 cheeses����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 59 vegetarian options�������������������������������������������������������������� 60 drinks��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 60 sweeteners������������������������������������������������������������������������� 60 Fat Facts������������������������������������������������������������44 fear of fats�������������������������������������������������������������������������� 45 the skinny on fat����������������������������������������������������������������� 45 beware processing������������������������������������������������������������� 45 oils to steer clear of������������������������������������������������������������ 45 omegas matter������������������������������������������������������������������� 46 eat in abundance��������������������������������������������������������������� 46 copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton .All Rights Reserved 6 . Healthy And Lean For Life organic is great������������������������������������������������������������������ 60 read labels carefully����������������������������������������������������������� 61 Leslie Kenton my search for healing��������������������������������������������������������� 74 times of discovery�������������������������������������������������������������� 74 priceless gifts��������������������������������������������������������������������� 74 pieces of the puzzle����������������������������������������������������������� 75 truth and courage��������������������������������������������������������������� 75 new wave truth������������������������������������������������������������������� 76 Exercise Reborn������������������������������������������������62 leave death behind������������������������������������������������������������� 63 come alive�������������������������������������������������������������������������� 63 get into bliss����������������������������������������������������������������������� 63 medical benefits����������������������������������������������������������������� 64 a sensuous stroll���������������������������������������������������������������� 64 de-age yourself������������������������������������������������������������������ 64 the body reborn������������������������������������������������������������������ 65 Enter Cura Romana������������������������������������������ 77 endless struggle����������������������������������������������������������������� 78 yet more research�������������������������������������������������������������� 78 my search continues���������������������������������������������������������� 78 slanderous chaos��������������������������������������������������������������� 79 breakthrough���������������������������������������������������������������������� 79 the essential spray������������������������������������������������������������� 80 consolidation reborn���������������������������������������������������������� 80 participants speak�������������������������������������������������������������� 80 hormones in balance��������������������������������������������������������� 81 new birth���������������������������������������������������������������������������� 81 feedback from you������������������������������������������������������������� 83 Checklist For Change����������������������������������������66 one step at a time�������������������������������������������������������������� 67 way to go���������������������������������������������������������������������������� 67 keep a journal�������������������������������������������������������������������� 67 riding the waves����������������������������������������������������������������� 68 checklist for change����������������������������������������������������������� 68 Radiant Wellbeing��������������������������������������������70 soul whispers��������������������������������������������������������������������� 71 darkness into light�������������������������������������������������������������� 71 such beauty����������������������������������������������������������������������� 71 Leslie Recommends������������������������������������������84 what is iherb.com?������������������������������������������������������������� 86 food state vitamins������������������������������������������������������������� 90 Why I Wrote This Book������������������������������������73 copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton .All Rights Reserved 7 . All Rights Reserved If someone told you that you could become lean for life.Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton New Life Starts Here copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . what would you say? What if you were able to look and feel ten or more years younger than your chronological age by making simple. radiantly healthy and well protected from premature aging. effective changes in how you eat and live? Would you be interested in learning more? Or does it all sound too good to be true? Chapter One 8 1 . Growing older can mean growing wiser. technologies. Leslie Kenton the better. most of what we have been told about what is supposed to be a healthy diet. is this: Each one of us can change our current life experience into one of expanded wellbeing by drawing on the work of visionary scientists and leadingedge clinicians. false truths copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . Why? Because. When it comes to age-related degenerative conditions you may be surprised to learn that your body does not need a lot of drugs to keep you going. in essence. the health elite set yourself free Informed people—among them some Hollywood stars and a growing number of the world’s top endurance athletes—know and make use of information that you will find in this book—stuff that most have yet to discover. can change your life for I look upon life as a process—an ongoing journey during which each of us discovers more fully who. freedom. since the mid 1950s. shame and struggle you may have lived with. Their goal is to live life at the peaks. For within each of us lives a joyous creative spirit. What if you learned about a way of life that increased your natural vitality.Healthy And Lean For Life Let’s take things further. your own innate powers for healing become activated and profound transformation begins to take place. Their work requires an ongoing ability to access high levels of energy. Nor do we humans have to experience a sense of helplessness as years pass. For the media. has been nothing more than conjecture. You. I call them the health elitists. as well as mentoring people on Leslie Kenton’s Cura Romana. Some of what you will read in this book may shock you. when you supply your body and psyche with what they require to function optimally. creativity. other revelations are so new that they may be mind blowing. no matter what their age. we already are. Our unique. helped clear cellulite and PMS in women. improved athletic performance. Put them into practice. nutritionists and the medical profession as a whole have yet to pick up on them in any significant way. What I’ve learned in 45 years of researching and working in natural health. For. fostered emotional balance and enhanced your sense of joy and pleasure in just being alive? Not only are these things possible. Some of the information you’ll find in this little book stretches back to discoveries made more than half a century ago. and taking guidance from the finest pioneers in human health and development. Living this kind of life is no longer the preserve of a privileged few. too. Make use of the tools. they are already being experienced by thousands of men and women throughout the world who have learned the secret. current widespread beliefs about nutrition are not based on hard science but on many unproven hypotheses. It’s the spirit of a child—of life itself. selfaccusation. In the realm of life-long health and weight control. It can also mean growing healthier and more fulfilled with every year that passes. Not grounded in solid research. making informed changes to how you live and eat can end forever any frustration. information and inspiration you find here.All Rights Reserved 9 . individual being is constantly seeking freedom just to be what it is and allow us to live an ever more rewarding and authentic life. stamina and good looks. New findings. too. Bottom line: The material in this book carries good tidings for every one of us. based not on conjecture but on well-designed scientific research. You’ll learn more in the chapters that follow. In January 1961 his face appeared on the cover of Time Magazine celebrating his hypothesis. I hope this simple little book will inspire you to welcome transformation into your life. and false directives on the kind of eating that promotes health and prevents obesity are becoming clear. This was simply untrue. the proclamation by Harvard cardiologist Paul Dudley White appointed as President Eisenhower’s physician following his heart attack. A second major misconception was spread by physiologist Ancel Keys—whom I knew personally. The word is out. White proclaimed that a “great epidemic” of heart disease had begun to sweep America at the end of World War II. are beginning to transform the way we think about food forever. Despite the economic and political unrest in which we find ourselves worldwide.Healthy And Lean For Life Here are two good examples: First. Keys insisted that heart disease is caused by fat and cholesterol. has turned out to be false. This. Leslie Kenton transform now We are poised at the crest of a profound revolution in natural health. These three are inextricably interconnected. Not only can doing so enrich you immeasurably. it brings to birth greater personal freedom and fulfillment in the lives of all who choose to become part of this important movement. The good news is this: At last the misconceptions. In time. long-lasting weight control and drug-free positive aging. as the Lean Health For Life revolution grows. it can help make the world a better place for all of us. Now it’s up to us to make use of the information being made available.All Rights Reserved 10 . copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . myths. Let’s look at the obesity problem first.Why We Lose Health And Gain Weight There is too much nonsense talked about obesity. their causes and their cure— as I have done ad nauseam in the course of my developing Leslie Kenton’s Cura Romana—you discover that several important conclusions demand to be drawn. not only in the media but even in the published findings of scientists and doctors who.All Rights Reserved 2 11 . If you decide to take time out to plough through the voluminous research and declarations about degenerative diseases and obesity. should know better. Then we’ll go on to examine what few people yet know—that the same factors that make some of us fat can foster the development of degenerative diseases in all of us. Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton Chapter Two copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . by rights. the majority of the world continues to suffer. In the past sixty years. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . low-fat. Today per capita we consume between 150 pounds and 200 pounds a year. during the 20th century. people are getting fatter and sicker by the year. each with a mobile phone in one ear…sucking Diet Pepsi through a straw. profitable ignorance In the so-called civilized world. sugars and high-fructose corn syrup used in convenience foods have become major triggers of burgeoning obesity and chronic illness. multinational food manufacturers have been quick to take up the notion that carbs are good for us and fats are bad. refuse even to touch. What most people—even those who believe they are eating a ‘healthy diet’—are amazed to learn is that sugars and starches don’t just cause weight problems. fat or thin. As the Irish humorist P. This includes masses of bread and cereals. These foods distort hormonal regulation and interfere with your body’s ability to maintain its functions within a normal range. In the nineteenth century. So this is little wonder. Consequently our supermarkets remain overloaded with convenience foods which health elitists. government bodies and well-meaning but ignorant doctors are still telling us that we need to eat more low-fathigh-carb foods. are the villains of the piece. the world is full of masses waddling into airports. The more that these carbohydrates have been refined and processed. coronary heart disease and a myriad of other degenerative conditions even in those who never seem to gain weight. the more profitable it becomes for some. become prone to rapid aging when we consume carbs and starches in quantity.All Rights Reserved 12 . Nonetheless. the more problems they have caused us. and reduced-fat way of eating into huge profits. They are major factors in the development of diabetes. we ate between 10 and 20 pounds of sugar per person per year. grains. no matter what they eat. O’Rourke pointed out: here’s why The most significant change to human diets in two million years began with the Agricultural Revolution where man went from a carbohydratepoor to a carbohydrate-rich diet as cereals and starchy vegetables began to enter our food chain. Meanwhile. not carbs. Commercial interests waste no time in translating unsubstantiated scientific research promoting a fat-free.Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton you need to know Cereals. and sugar-based carbohydrates are the culprits that make you gain weight. an overwhelming increase in cereals. This is a consequence of the way grain and sugar-based carbs screw up blood sugar and destroy insulin sensitivity. Much of the public’s inability to recognize what low-fat-high-carb eating is doing to ruin our health comes from the fact that the more ignorant we remain. rice and pasta. As for those who remain unaware that it is possible to transform health and weight naturally. grains. And the majority of the population still buys into the notion that fats. business offices and churches dressed in drooping sweats or fuchsia warm-up suits or mainsail-size Bermuda shorts. all of us. if you have inherited a genetic tendency to do so. in the know.J. Yet food manufacturers. 3. 1991. New York. 3 August 2010. grains..1999. too little exercise or a lack of will power. Randam House. Disease of Civilization.Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton FURTHER READING Allred. UK. Glucose and Insulin Responses to Carbohydrate Ingestion: Acute and Long-term Consequences.. Taking in excess calories is not the cause of weight gain. Insulin. nor can expending a lot of energy on exercise prevent it. eds. Hill and Wang. 1960. London.. New York. J Clinc Invest.” Foster. Leslie. Feinman. Cereals. creating an ongoing experience of fatigue.153(3):147-157 Kenton. Vermillion. London. 1 (2): 153-63. Steffanson. Good quality fats and oils such as olive oil. Kenton. and Fine. Jim and Phil. Eating carbohydrate foods also increases hunger and causes food cravings and addictions.. Cancer. Leslie. Banting. Vermillion. They raise blood sugar which encourages excessive insulin secretion leading to insulin resistance. “A calorie is a calorie” Violates the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Gary D. 2004... London. Gary. W. Obesity is not caused by gluttony. 95 (4): 417-18.. coronary heart disease and obesity. arthritis. These foods are also significant contributors to the Diseases of Western Civilization: These include cancer. This forces people to rely heavily on coffee and other stimulants to get through each day. pp147-57.” that weight change in hypocaloric diets is independent of macronutrient composition. and is frequently justified by appeal to the laws of thermodynamics. Nutrition Journal. 2007 Wharton. Comparison with White Bread. UK. 52: 924-928. Good Calories. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. http://www. The Cura Romana Weightloss Plan. refined carbohydrates. Glucose. Bad Calories – Challenging the Conventional Wisdom Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. depression and rapid aging. 1998. Lee. and Suzuki. Ann Intern Med. is widely held in the popular and technical literature. Leslie. Sucrose and Fructose on Plasma Glucose and Insulin Responses in Normal Humans. March. UK.All Rights Reserved 13 . and sugar-based carbohydrates distort hormonal regulation of homeostasis. J B...nutritionj. Himms-Hagan. T M S. Weight gain is a disorder of excess fat accumulation as a result of disequilibrium in the body’s hormonal regulation of fat metabolism. J W. AIDE-MÉMOIRE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 As a result of the negative influence they exert on insulin and blood sugar. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . Too Much of a Good Thing? An Overemphasis on Eating Low-Fat Foods May Be Contributing to the Alarming Increase in Overweight Among US Adults. Weight and Metabolic Outcomes After 2 Years on a Low-Carbohydrate Versus Low-Fat Diet. Taubes. 9. 1995. and Trigylceride Responses to High and Low Carbohydrates Diets in Man.. otherwise known as Syndrome X or metabolic syndrome. Wolever. sugars and starches foster the development of diabetes. B M. et al. Kenton. April. in Obesity: Dietary Factors and Control. The X Factor Diet. 2004. The Powerhouse Diet. J Amer Dietetic Assoc. Japan Scientific Societies Press. The Wharton’s Strength Book. 1993.com/content/3/1/9 “The principle of “a calorie is a calorie.) Farquhar. RD. Tokyo. Letter on Corpulence. O’Dea. et al. Effect of Glucose. J. coconut oil and butter neither cause obesity nor the development of degenerative conditions. Obesity Research. 2011. Bantam-Transworld. V.. 45 (10): 1648-56. Romsos. 1966. (Reprinted from the December 1863 third edition. 2002. Addressed to the Public. 000 to 40. Doing this can also tell us a great deal about the kind of 21st century eating that helps protect us from premature aging and obesity.000 years ago in search of the answers to how we got this way. Healthy And Lean For Life Chapter Three 3 Leslie Kenton copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton .How We Got This Way It’s time to look back to our Paleolithic ancestors who lived 15. It even points the way to reversing degenerative changes which have already taken place.All Rights Reserved 14 . Their bodies experienced no tooth decay or bone loss as we do today. our Paleolithic ancestors ate so well that today they might be accused of being “food fanatics”. Most of their foods were gathered fresh. combined with fresh vegetables and herbs. Examination of the remains of hunter-gatherers show that these early humans were incredibly healthy: They had superb bone structure. flesh-based fare. paleopathologists (those who study the eating patterns of humans in relation to health and disease) confirm that pre-agricultural people were robust. strong and disease-free. In effect.Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton However they regularly ate more than 200 different kinds of plants. reptiles.All Rights Reserved 15 . Although some of our ancestors died early as a result of famine. in part due to the green plants they devoured. Starchy vegetables like our modern potato. And they relished animal fat wherever they could find it. They consumed no dairy products. eggs. Their diet was three times higher in fat than ours is now. Today we eat on average 18. insects and especially from the fats these foods contained. birds. is a way of eating on which our bodies still appear to thrive. Examining the skeletal remains of early hunter-gatherers. preventing sharp increases in blood sugar and insulin • Release glucose into the blood slowly All the fiber-rich foods our ancestors ate were unprocessed. They had never seen or heard of carbohydrates such as sugar or flour. we humans have been genetically programmed to eat like this because our bodies function best when we do. For it has been on such a diet that the forces of natural selection have been continually honed and have molded us. Their fiber intake was much higher than ours. cold or violence. except at their mother’s breast. genetic truths The physiology of the human body has changed little over millennia. flawless teeth and heavy musculature. Their diet was far in excess of today’s official recommendations for vitamins and minerals. • Demand more chewing and slower eating • Satisfy appetite preventing overeating • Buffer natural sugars. Even today we remain genetically adapted to thrive on the fresh wild copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . corn and other cereal crops simply did not exist. and grains including wheat and rice. compared to the 20 grams most people get today. As much as 85% of the calories early humans consumed came in the form of large and small game animals. The odd bit of honey which they were able to steal from wild bees was all the sweet food they knew. together with whatever fiber-rich vegetables. and much was eaten raw. essential fatty acids and high quality proteins. unrefined non-starchy herbs and vegetables and non-sugary fruits. They: fats. Fat-rich. There are many benefits to the high-fiber foods our ancestors ate. They took in as much as 100 grams of fiber a day. they were tall. stone age fanatics In fact. seeds. and berries they could gather. herbs. flesh and greens Countless studies in paleopathology and archaeology show that our primitive ancestors lived on a diet of fats and protein foods. The most valued protein foods they ate were rich in natural fats. They ate fatty fish and shellfish. roots. Gradually. For genes change slowly—over thousands of years—while the forces of natural selection have acted on your body for millions of years. The hunter-gatherer culture. Chinese and Scandinavians had no starchy carbs at all until the 16th century when potatoes from the Andes made their way into Europe. fish and insects. shaping and molding your genetic makeup and your metabolism. birds. grain fed animals we eat now.000 years ago in the Middle East. although agricultural carbs such as wheat and rye did not appear north of the Alps until the Romans brought them somewhere between 1000 and 2000 years ago. Even more amazing. The Russians. grains and cereals that make up the foods we now consume. were high in omega-3 fats in marked contrast to the meats from factory farmed. infections began to appear. you need to feed them from foods grown and harvested nearby. The human body lost as much as six inches in stature compared to our hunter-gatherer ancestors. The hunter-gatherer’s intake of phyto-nutrients—the plant factors from flavonoids to carotenoids with powerful anti-oxidant and immuneenhancing properties—was 300 times what ours is today. Our bodies have never adapted to the enormous volumes of refined sugars. natural fats and good protein our ancestors consumed. appeared. Leslie Kenton enter agriculture Then. low-carb eating which can work best for you and your overall wellbeing. until then unknown. For the first time. As this took place. health loss copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . Tooth decay. science and philosophy as part of the process. The important thing about all of this is that it can give you a sense of who you are biologically. which had stretched back hundreds of thousands—if not millions—of years. began to diminish. The beasts they hunted. while natural fats and protein intake decreased. he began to domesticate animals and milk also became a regular part of his diet. civilization fostered art.Healthy And Lean For Life foods.All Rights Reserved 16 . But these wonderful gifts were not without significant cost to human health. as well as of the kind of fat-rich. cereals and starchy vegetables began to play a big part in human nutrition. Our first cities and states began to appear. around 10. The expansion of farming meant that he could lead a more sedentary existence than his hunter-gatherer ancestors had done. An upsurge in bone malformations and osteoporosis took place. The Agricultural Revolution had just begun. Even their polyunsaturated-to-saturated-fat-ratio was vastly different than ours. a massive change began to take place in man’s diet. although it didn’t get into full swing until six thousand years later. Populations in the Middle East and Southern Europe were forced to turn to carbohydrate foods for sustenance. Not only did agricultural man add grains and legumes to his diet. When you collect people en-masse. archaeologists examining corpses from this period discovered that the first traces of cardiovascular disease started to show up. including small animals. London. 126:1732-1740. Ulysses Press. 6th ed. Kenton. “An Evolutionary Perspective Enhances Understanding of Human Nutritional Requirements”. Healing Herbs.. Paleopathology at the Origins of Agriculture. 2009. Kenton. Price. Berkley. Ray. Pleasantville.. London. London. New York.1984. 2000. UK. 1996. Jennie.. UK. UK. Random House.. Random House.All Rights Reserved 17 . 51:207-216. Kenton. Weston. Random House. Leslie Kenton copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . Random House. Science. in Nutritional Anthropology. 2004. eds N. Bantam-Transworld. Leslie. Kenton. B N. Eds. Eaton. Contemporary Approaches to Diet and Culture. 312 (5): 283-289. Kenton.. UK. UK. 1999. The Glucose Revolution. Kenton. Raw Juicing. R. J L. Eaton. in Health as a Crucial Factor in the Changes From Hunting to Developed Farming in the Eastern Mediterranean. New Canaan. London. Random House. Leslie. UK. S B. Academic Press. Atheneum. Nutrition and Physical Degeneration. M. 1961 Audette. Authentic Woman. Leslie. Paleolithic Diet. New York. London.. Kenton. Leslie. 1996. The X Factor Diet. 1997. M N Cohen and G J Armelagos. Redgrave Publishing Co. Raw Energy Food Combining Diet. Ardrey. NeanderThin. C. New York. Angel. 1985. 1998. UK. 10 Steps to Energy. Leslie. 10 Day Clean-Up Plan – detoxify your body for natural health and vitality. Leslie. M J. London. Eaton. Kandel and G. The Powerhouse Diet. The Cura Romana Weightloss Plan. Vermillion.. African Genesis. Paleolithic Nutrition. Evolution. Cassidy. Konner. 238: 1633-4. Vermillion. M. Kenton. New England Journal of Med. Leslie & Susannah. M J. 1997... and Carcinogens. 1999. Leslie. 1996. Jerome. Journal of Nutrition. UK.. S B and Konner. UK. UK. 2002. Leslie..Healthy And Lean For Life FURTHER READING Ames. USA. Random House. London. London. 2005. Vermillion. Power Juices. S B. Leslie. Brand-Miller. St Martins Press. Felto. Kenton. et al. S B III. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 1996 Kenton. 1987. 2011. Connecticut. pp 51-73. Leslie. 1998. 1980. New York. Eaton.. et al. F. M. London. R. Eaton. ‘Nutrition and health in agriculturalists and hunter-gatherers: A case study of two prehistoric populations’. Keats Publishing Inc. London.. S B III. “Paleolithic Nutrition Revisted: A Twelve-Year Retrospective on its Nature and Implications”. Marlowe. H. Juice High – experience the power of raw energy. Kenton. Konner. Ever since then.All Rights Reserved 18 . these carb foods have been gradually manipulated and abused in any number of ways—every one of which points down a road ending in premature aging. physical degeneration and obesity.Chapter Four The starchy carbohydrates that first appeared during the Agricultural Revolution now make up a significant portion of our daily fare. 4 Healthy And Lean For Life Don’t Blame Yourself Leslie Kenton copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . and as these carbs became ever more processed.Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton here come the carbs STAGE 1 STAGE 2 STAGE 3 STAGE 4 The primitive diet of early man. Once the agricultural revolution was in full swing in Southern Europe and the Middle East. I’d like to share with you some of my own findings. took place as a result of the kind and quantity of carbohydrates that people began to eat. So does heart disease. until then. based on unprocessed wild foods. depending on how you look at it) until the mid 19th century. diverticular disease.” The diet becomes moderately Westernized. high blood pressure. This does not mean that these people are ill. by the way. In some people however—perhaps 25-40% of the men and women I have mentored closely—even small amounts of grain and sugar-based carbs seriously destroy health and make it impossible to maintain natural weight without gain. These changes. cancer and other degenerative conditions. The Western diet with grain-based carbs and sugar spreads. Trowell and Cleave. it became easier and cheaper to produce large quantities of white flour. with the introduction of roller milling to make bread. I agree 100% with Burkitt. Now. The steel roller mill refined whole-wheat grains and sugar cane quickly and cheaply. with the introduction of roller milling. Most of us who do have been raised on a high-carb diet with lots of sugar because our parents and copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . hemorrhoids. except in small quantities and only occasionally. only the aristocrats ate fiberstripped white flour because it was very labor intensive to produce. Cleaves—charted the degenerative effects that occur stage-by-stage when people’s diet changes from “primitive” to “refined”. I am radiantly healthy with high energy yet I fit into this category too.All Rights Reserved 19 . protected our ancestors from degenerative disease.L. hiatus hernia. The white products that food processing created held a fascination for the masses. Hugh Trowell and Surgeon Captain T. The high-carb Western diet is now widespread. people began using grinding stones to grind their grains into flour. This was the crude beginning of food processing. revolution begins steps to degeneration Three brilliant 20th century scientists—Dennis Burkitt. degenerative conditions such as heart disease and diabetes as well as obesity (hitherto only known in the white-bread eating rich and the royals) began to spread. which was not to make a big leap forward (or backward. I am now certain that grain-based foods are not good for any of us. Obesity becomes common in all social groups. only the rich and the privileged had been able to eat them. As people consumed more carbs. Before that. they carried a certain caché since. White flour and sugar were not only pleasant to taste. Then. varicose veins and appendicitis. Obesity becomes more widespread as does constipation. which undermine health and foster obesity. Some peasant had to sit with a winnowing basket tossing the crushed grains into the air until the bran could be separated from the flour. made over the last 45 years during which I have studied and worked in natural healing. Obesity and diabetes become common among privileged groups able to afford these refined “foods of commerce. etc— and they were better off for it. Then from 1910 to 1970 in the United States. in relation to the dietary-carbohydrate-fat battle. all because of the promotion of margarine. One of these is that “saturated fat is a prime cause of heart disease. Here’s another fat myth: “The Western diet has increased in saturated fat over the last century. most people still got their fatty acids from saturated animal-based sources: Lard. What never ceases to amaze me is that even now. “In the 1970s and 1980s the US government spent half a billion dollars trying to prove that dietary fat caused heart disease and they couldn’t do it.” Gary Taubes is a brilliant and courageous science writer. recent research indicates that a surprising 75% of all people in the Western World react badly when they eat carbs in quantity. tallow.” This theory. Since then. The results of all this? Our health as a species continues to decline. make you slim and protect you from heart disease. including Ancel Keys. think again. governments and the media continue to tell you will keep you well. the proportion of animal fats eaten declined from 83% of all fats eaten to 62%. For generations. he has published two carefully researched books. was concocted by a number of mainstream scientists. He first wrote about public fat deceptions—which have been taking place for half a century—in a New York Times magazine article. They are still telling us that the only healthy way to eat is a high-carb and low-fat diet. At the turn of the last century. Butter consumption went from 18 to 4 pounds per person per year. fats have been surrounded by false beliefs. as most everyone does these days. what did increase exponentially is the quantity of fats we have been taking in. based on the 1950s ‘lipid hypothesis’. artificial foods 20 copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . Here’s the truth: The guidelines we have been given in the decades following World War II have been all wrong. They did their best to silence alternative views. including a majority of nutritionists and doctors.Healthy And Lean For Life our culture didn’t know any better. you have only been trying to follow the guidelines doctors. Leslie Kenton still believe them. just the opposite is true. Like most conscientious human beings.All Rights Reserved . So important is this scientific discovery that it has already begun to stir the biggest food revolution in 100 years. As award-winning journalist Gary Taubes points out. Such best guess mentality greatly benefited the vegetable oil. in the form of chemically refined vegetable oils. Erroneous “research”. most people. margarines and destructive trans-fatty acids during the same period. big fat lies stop blaming yourself In case you think it’s all your fault that you happen to be suffering with a degenerative condition or you are overweight. called “What if It’s All Been a Big Fat Lie?” in June of 2002. butter. which in truth was nothing more than “best guesses” fostered powerful changes in food manufacturing. which I highly recommend that you read. more than sixty years on. The “fat causes heart disease” assumptions increased the corporate profits of food manufacturers immeasurably. even though several well researched studies showed the conclusions of Keys and his colleagues to be completely wrong. Let’s take a look at the nonsense we’ve been taught about fats first. Meanwhile. Quite apart from the people with exceptionally high carb-sensitivity. margarine and food processing industries.” This too is untrue. In fact. best guesses devised more copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . cakes. These nuts and bolts are then whipped up into the manipulated convenience foods that we find on our supermarket shelves—from ready-to-eat meals to candy bars. The highly processed fats most of them contain.Healthy And Lean For Life For more than half a century food manufacturers. colorings and preservatives. we have become sicker and fatter with each decade that passes. governments and health agencies have been pontificating about what we should eat and how much we should exercise to prevent degenerative conditions. This suits food purveyors intent on making a profit. White flour and sugar-based convenience foods have an ultra-long shelf life. vegetables and legumes—to simple “nuts and bolts” ingredients. Even the fats used to concoct them are not the natural fats that we thrive on.All Rights Reserved 21 . are far removed from the foods our bodies need for health. breads. including obesity. intent on making profit. together with the masses of chemicals used as flavorings. Yet they still tell us that this is our fault. Even though almost all of us have done our best to follow their advice. Yet such packaged foods are little better than junk foods—often devoid of any nutritional value other than calories. fats and sugars.” Meanwhile. the stuff that makes up some 75% of what the average person eats these days. and cereals—in short. Leslie Kenton the bottom line For 50 years. than 50 years ago continue to harm millions. Why is it our fault? Because they say we have not been following their advice. This is all despite the fact that the advice that the powers-that-be continue to hand out has been nothing more than erroneous “best guesses. It is little wonder that human beings who eat them year after year—even those in economically privileged countries—eventually do little more than survive. have been producing a great variety of palatable “foods” by fragmenting and reducing raw material foodstuffs—grains and seeds. Taubes. PhD.. et al. 1997.D. Garden City Park. New York. Wolfgang. New York. The Future of Health Now 2012. 84: 739-49. 126: 2120-2129. 1999. How a Low Carboydrate Diet Can Save Your Life.. and Eades. Stone Agers in the Fast Lane: Chronic Degenerative Diseases in Evolutionary Perspective. 1988. California.. Eaton.. Food Chemical Sensitivity. Robert. Cohen and G. Denis. J. Christian.. Amer J Med. R. Random House. B.. Kenton. London. London. Leslie. London. New York. 1988. The Glucose Revolution. 126. New York. 2000. Dietary Starch Composition and Level of Energy Intake Alter Nutrient Oxidation in “Carbohydrate-Sensitive” Men. L. The Paleo Diet. ‘An evolutionary perspective enhances understanding of human nutritional requirements’. UK. London. Warner Books. Doubleday & Co.. Random House. Angel. Leslie. The Protein Power Lifeplan. Random House. New York. Simontacchi. Academic Press. Leslie Kenton copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . J. Kenton. J. John Wiley & Sons Inc. M. Armelagos. Life Without Bread. et al. Eat Fat and Grow Slim. Michael. Kenton. B. B.. J Nutr.. 1996. European J. S. Am.. Nevada City. et.All Rights Reserved 22 . Kenton. Buist. Eaton. London. Passage to Power – Natural Menopause Revolution. Richard L. The Powerhouse Diet. Howe.. 1999. UK. Heinrich. Marlowe. Nutrition.al. New York.. and Behall. S B. Vermillion. Blue Dolphin Publishing. Tarcher. J C.. Keats Publishing. et al. M. 10 Steps to a Natural Menopause. Los Angeles. 1988. UK. Gary. 1959. and Lutz. 10 Steps to Energy. eds M. Garden City. Brand-Miller. 1998. 1996. Starch Madness: Paleolithic Nutrition for Today. 2000. ‘Health as a crucial factor in the changes from hunting to developed farming in the Eastern Mediterranean’. Bantam-Transworld.1996. The X Factor Diet. London. Kenton.. New York. Leslie. Eaton. 2004. ‘Stone agers in the fast lane: Chronic degenerative diseases in evolutionary perspective’. Refined Carbohydrate Foods and Disease. in Paleopathology at the Origins of Agriculture. Mackarness. 2002. The Cura Romana Weightloss Plan. Burkitt. UK. Academic Press. N. Rumpler W V. Your Fat Is Not Your Fault. Leslie. Medicine. The Truth About Why You Get Fat. Jennie. L. 1999. Carol. Leslie.. Mary Dan. 2002 Eades. 1984. NY: Avery Publishing Froup. 1975..D. 2011. S. Kenton... K M.. 84. Vermillion.Healthy And Lean For Life FURTHER READING Allan. Leslie. Cordain. ” Hearings for Senator McGovern’s Senate Select Committee took place between 1976 and 1980. It was clear right from the start that the outcome would be a bogus recommendation supposed to reduce fat and cholesterol. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton .Chapter Five 5 Healthy And Lean For Life Pyramid Gone Wrong Leslie Kenton Back in 1977. obesity and diabetes. heart disease. the McGovern Committee set forth its own ‘bible’ of nutritional guidelines which they asserted would “combat cancers. high-blood pressure.All Rights Reserved 23 . despite the fact that valid scientific research showed otherwise. as a result of a lot of high-level discussions and consultations about what diet the majority of Americans should eat. The only carbs to which our ancestors had access came in the form of vegetables. this is just what we have done. the dietary recommendations of the Food Pyramid. cereals and sugars didn’t exist. It gave them free reign to copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . beginning the very year the government’s guidelines were published. grains. we consumed dangerous advice failure speaks It’s worthwhile checking on how well we’ve fared in combating heart disease and obesity since we began following their recommendations.S. caused by eating fat—especially saturated fat. along with our meat and potatoes. the committee insisted. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey shows that since 1980. rice and pasta a day. the US government issued a skewed ‘Dietary Guidelines for Americans. sugars and cereals. We ate porridge. The U. just in case you think these directives only affected the lives of people in the United States. leaned heavily on those “best guesses” we have looked at in earlier chapters. all the while believing we were living on a healthy diet. conscientious people. they also paid no attention to the fact that human beings had consumed only the smallest portions of carbohydrate foods for over more than a million years. in 1980. Of course. More to the point. In keeping with “best guess” mentality. think again. obesity alone has grown to epic proportions. “Dietary Recommendations Pyramid” which came next urges us to swallow as much as 11 portions of bread.’ This document demonized dietary fats— especially saturated fat of any form from any source. shunning animal fats and eating the masses of the carbs they recommended. munched our way through a bagel at 11 o’clock. At dinner. toast and cereal for breakfast. with a few exceptions such as France and China. The high-carb-low-fat diet they were advocating was destined to increase obesity and foster degenerative diseases in all who followed it. then downed a sandwich. Nor did it take into account that before the Agricultural Revolution. It was out of all this that the now infamous United States “Dietary Recommendations Pyramid” was born. cereal. What their advice boiled down to was this: Replace natural dietary fats (which we humans had been eating for millions of years and which the body handles with ease) with high doses of carb-laden grains. the government accused saturated fats of being a fundamental cause of heart disease and other degenerative diseases. And like good. And by the way.All Rights Reserved 24 . as well as those issued by the American Heart Association. perhaps with a roll or two to get in our 10 carb servings. Leslie Kenton rice or beans.Healthy And Lean For Life Soon after. The rest of the world. pizza or pasta for lunch. These directives—that we should eat a low-fat-high-carb diet—were music to the ears of multinational food manufacturers. “Dietary Guidelines for America” not only ignored published research which negated the value of all of their dietary directives. just about any health problem was. continue to follow US government directives with frightening slavishness. This is what the infamous pyramid looked like. hard candies and high-fructose corn syrup. To understand why Leslie Kenton’s Food Pyramid © proteins copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . Everything “low-fat”. An important question arises from all this: What would a valid food pyramid look like? Very different. grains and cereals fresh fruits fats.All Rights Reserved 25 . crackers. sugar and cereal-based carbohydrates. vegetables. Doing this was further supported by the American Heart Association.S. oils. protein and dairy products. It tells us to eat plenty of fruits. Department of Agriculture MyPlate Then in June 2011 the Food Pyramid. it is inadequate and equally misleading. It is still based on outmoded “science”.” Before long. got filled with them. sugar and high fructose corn syrup became the food manufacturing industry’s first resort.. Now it’s 1 in 3. The U. only 1 in 8 people were obese. Department of Agriculture unveiled its MyPlate.S. cheese fresh vegetables MyPlate offers little improvement nutritionally. the right stuff starches. which had ruled our lives for almost 20 years. We’ll look at this in the next chapter. Here is an example. you need to know about the body’s Master Regulator. It is so different than what we have been taught to believe for 60 years that to most people it can seem almost mind-blowing to consider. based not on best guesses but up-to-date.you guessed it…grains. In short. from biscuits and breads to yoghurts. too. who in 1995 urged we get rid of fats from our diet and replace them with…wait for it… “low-fat cookies. together with. It. and does not address fat and carbohydrate issues. Once.Healthy And Lean For Life replace fat in their products with sugar in an attempt to make the foods they manufactured palatable. We continued to grow fatter and sicker. sugar. is being much criticized by independent scientists and researchers. credible science. Leslie Kenton following government directives has caused such devastation to the health of millions. more bad guidelines U. was finally scrapped in favor of a new icon for the “healthy diet”. the hormone insulin.. Amer J Med. Kenton. UK. Kenton. 2000. Harper Torchbook.Healthy And Lean For Life FURTHER READING 1992 Food Pyramid /Courtesy of USDA. The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent and Reverse Insulin Resistance. Naughton. 1996. Random House. et al. Random House. Random House. Leslie. Leslie. L.. Random House. The New Joy of Beauty – A complete guide to lasting health and beauty. Leslie Kenton copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . Leslie. 10 Steps to Energy. London. Kenton. Problems of Life: An Evaluation of Modern Biological Thought. London. Tom. UK. Bertalanffy. Leslie. Burton. London. London.. 1980 Eaton. Kenton. Random House. 1988. Random House. Syndrome X. Vermillion. UK. 1998. 1999. 1993. Kenton.. London. Jack and Smith. Leslie. London. 2000 Kenton. London. Kenton. London. Berkson. von. Melissa Diane. London. Canada. 84: 739-49. 2011..2011 My Plate/Courtesy of USDA. Leslie. Leslie. UK. Fat Head. Bantam-Transworld. Kenton. Kenton. The Powerhouse Diet. Leslie. S B. Passage to Power – Natural Menopause Revolution. Raw Energy Food Combining Diet. M.D. 10 Steps to a Natural Menopause. Challem. UK. Leslie. This movie is a perfect source of information about how bad health advice from the Federal government has impacted America’s collective health. The Cura Romana Weightloss Plan. UK. Stone Agers in the Fast Lane: Chronic Degenerative Diseases in Evolutionary Perspective. The Biogenic Food Combining Diet. London. 1996. UK. Endless Energy. 2000. Cellulite Revolution – six steps to a new body ecology.. Kenton. Random House. John Wiley and Sons. New York. 1994. Random House. Leslie.All Rights Reserved 26 .. 2004. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . It is insulin. a protein-based hormone secreted by the pancreas. evolved as the prime mechanism for surviving a famine.6 Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton The Power Of Insulin Chapter Six It’s time to look at the nuts and bolts of insulin—the hormone behind obesity and degenerative illnesses. insulin. And what triggers a massive release of the hormone insulin in your body which causes fat deposits to form? Eating grainbased.All Rights Reserved 27 . that makes us lay down fat deposits in the first place. and its effect on blood sugar. It did this by enabling your body to store excess calories in the form of fat. cereal-based and sugar-based carbs. From an evolutionary point of view. which we continue to be told is healthy. Reaven. Your body turns them into glucose and floods your bloodstream with sugar. However. and foster a myriad of long-term health issues. Without insulin’s help. when chronic high levels of insulin are present in your blood from eating carbs habitually. It is also the fastest way to speed aging and trigger degenerative diseases. pizza and sugars habitually. This is Syndrome X. this encourages the development of metabolic syndrome. Reaven discovered that this cluster of abnormalities was turning up in In a healthy body. also known as Syndrome X. Insulin resistance describes this loss of insulin sensitivity. this is revolutionary stuff. Grains and sugars also lower energy levels. Syndrome X—now more commonly referred to as metabolic syndrome—is a term that was coined by a gifted endocrinologist at Stanford University. meet syndrome x Even if you are one of the lucky few who don’t gain weight easily. bread. grains and sugars (which 90% of the Western World now consumes) is not only a prescription for getting fatter. three things occur. Reaven realized that insulin resistance and distortions in the body’s sugar tolerance belong to a constellation of abnormalities which include elevated cholesterol and triglyceride levels. The easier the carbohydrates you regularly consume are to digest. Food cravings and addictive eating are encouraged. blood sugar Not some recently discovered disease. a way of eating that is high in grains and sugars. For many years. But it can only get copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . create cravings and addictive eating.Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton into your cells in the presence of the hormone insulin. The doors that insulin unlocks allow glucose to get inside the cells so it can be turned into energy. your pancreas responds immediately. during which cells that depend on insulin’s presence to draw in glucose and turn it into useable energy can no longer respond to it. makes you highly susceptible to degenerative disease. How does all this happen? 1 2 3 As soon as you eat these carbohydrate foods. fast aging A diet high in cereals. Gerald M. the more likely they are to produce insulin resistance and Syndrome X—the underlying cause of obesity and degenerative disease.All Rights Reserved 28 . Derived from the foods you have eaten. and which encourage a number of other known risk factors for coronary heart disease and other degenerative conditions. your cell receptors stop responding to its presence. the glucose from your food would knock at a cell’s door but your cells could not answer. This triggers the release of insulin. the glucose makes its way through the blood stream so it is ready to be taken up by healthy cells. So when blood sugar rises. Then glucose can’t find any way in to the cells to be turned into ATP—the body’s energy currency. and the sweeter they are. Reaven studied the phenomenon known as insulin resistance. from eating pasta. It shunts insulin into the blood stream so insulin can bind with receptor sites on your cells—in much the same way that a key fits into a lock. When it takes place over and over again. A fine scientist with the ability to integrate information from many disciplines. glucose generated from the carbs and sugar you eat is meant to be burnt in your cells to produce energy. Now. scientists estimated that Syndrome X affected 1 in 4 people.All Rights Reserved 29 . depression and anxiety. Twenty years ago. Leslie Kenton SYNDROME X Insulin Resistance + Glucose Intolerance (elevated or erratic blood sugar together with high fasting insulin levels) copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . We now know that this single abnormality—the body’s mounting cellular insensitivity to insulin—is responsible for a long list of serious disorders from diabetes to heart disease.Healthy And Lean For Life an ever increasing number of people. to chronic fatigue. Alzheimer’s disease. obesity and the inability to shed fat. Now scientists believe it is more likely that it is present in two thirds of the adult population living on a Western diet. arteriosclerosis. asparagus or cauliflower. When you eat plenty of low-starch vegetables such as broccoli. sugary foods in an attempt to bring yourself more energy. You find yourself habitually hungry and constantly tired. They also support good elimination of wastes. except very temporarily. When you eat vegetable-based carbs. This helps protect you from blood sugar swings. Then your pancreas shunts yet more insulin into your blood good-guy carbs copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . It doesn’t work. Then what happens? You reach for more carbohydraterich. It predisposes you to all the abnormalities it encompasses such as obesity. This has long been considered a biomarker of aging and overall health since. elevated and distorted blood fats. the levels of glucose in the blood rise slowly and modestly. So the cycle starts all over again. Meanwhile. bread. is the story of the effect bad-guy carbs have on your body and your life. like so many of us. and proteins such as fish. the pancreas has to produce more and more of it in a kind of vicious cycle. it takes a much longer time before any glucose they contain gets into your bloodstream. When this takes place day after day.Healthy And Lean For Life Insulin resistance lies at the core of Syndrome X or metabolic syndrome. The good news is this: These issues can be reversed by changing the way you eat and live. thereby reversing degeneration and rejuvenating your body in medically measurable ways. as we grow older we tend to become more and more sedentary. Now let’s meet the good carbs. Your pancreas tries hard to deal with it by shunting insulin into your bloodstream. your blood sugar soars. in brief. high blood pressure and degenerative diseases. If. or Type 2. breakfast cereal. The glucose continues to circulate in your blood stream. grains and sugars. Combine this with a diet high in the wrong kind of carbs and sugars. and the vast majority of us accumulate body fat. What’s even worse is that when large doses of insulin are circulating in your bloodstream your body becomes unable to burn off the fat deposits it has already stored. spinach. With this loss comes an increased chance of developing Adult Onset. Since our cells have lost sensitivity to insulin. The abnormalities in turn predispose you to early aging. ice cream. they gradually lose the ability to take up and make proper use of the glucose carried in the bloodstream derived from the foods they eat. cells that want to turn glucose into energy become so accustomed to the high levels of insulin swilling around that they come to ignore it—they’ve become resistant to it. They are full of minerals. The carbohydrates in green leafy vegetables are different. you have inherited a genetic tendency to gain weight. the insulin just goes on telling your body to store more fat. So much for the bad carbs. Diabetes. By contrast. pasta. It is this that creates full-fledged metabolic syndrome—Reaven’s Syndrome X. Also. week after week. which your body can break down and use. When you eat foods like muffins. Leslie Kenton endless hunger sugar control How well your body controls its blood sugar is known as glucose tolerance. This. You can eat them in abundance. high insulin levels in your system direct your body to store the excess glucose as fat deposits. weight gain and insulin resistance. telling your body that it needs to produce even more insulin. when you eat high-glycemic carbs from cereals.All Rights Reserved 30 . as most people get older. vitamins and precious fiber. these foods make your blood sugar soar. meat and eggs. by changing the way we eat and live. a few years ago. which I had designed. finally. That is except for cholesterol measurements in one woman. “Can we slow aging by making simple nutritional changes?” I also wanted to know “Might it be possible to reverse agerelated degeneration that has already occurred. sending the message to your body to “store more fat. Then I introduced our group to an Insulin Balance way of eating.Healthy And Lean For Life stream. every abnormal medical parameter would have normalized in each participant who took part in the study. So we were able to call on exercise physiologists to also measure each participant’s V02max and percentage of fat to lean body mass. you can end up with adipose deposits which distort body size and shape. “Can such changes be verified in medically measurable ways?” Working with a doctor trained in functional medicine. I made a television documentary called To Age or Not To Age. After this period we sent all the participants back to the hospital to have their parameters re-checked. as an awareness of the Syndrome X phenomenon of insulin resistance spreads. every participant—including a 50 year old top athlete— showed abnormalities associated with Syndrome X. researchers and clinicians have begun to understand that those of us who are not classified as diabetic still suffer from insulin resistance. It asked the question. And. These took another few weeks to normalize. These were carried out at a hospital which also boasted an excellent physiology laboratory.All Rights Reserved 31 . The results were mind-blowing. Our experiment lasted only 5 weeks. We sent participants aged between 30 and 60 to have the standard tests of medical parameters checked before the project began—from fasting insulin and blood sugar levels to cholesterol. they seem impossible to shift.” Once this vicious scenario has begun. The experiment confirmed yet again what I have always believed: the human body has a phenomenal capacity to heal itself when given the opportunity to experience transformation at the deepest levels. And even if you starve yourself. your body is in trouble. obesity and depression. The good news is that almost all of us are able to reverse metabolic syndrome abnormalities— from hypertension and insulin resistance to cholesterol problems. Leslie Kenton abnormalities galore my base-line study To our surprise. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . As far as your weight is concerned. triglycerides and blood pressure. This is a truth which I have applied in helping to transform the lives of men and women all over the world through Cura Romana. I became fascinated with these leading-edge findings when. We never imagined that. The results these people experience on the program continue to delight me. including obesity?” And. after only 5 weeks of dietary changes. we carried out what is known as a base-line study to find out. 21 October 2010. Neanderthal.Healthy And Lean For Life FURTHER READING Atkins RC: Dr. J. The Smart Guide to the Low-Carb Anti-Aging Diet. 2000. MD. A. Boden G. Eckel RH.. To Age or Not To Age http://www. Lamendola C. and insulin resistance in obese patients with type 2 diabetes. Leslie. 853.. Age Power. Berkson.. Leslie. G. Lancet 2005.. Random House.. 1994.. 1999. Leslie. 2011. London. Kenton. Random House.. vol 8. Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders 2003. et al. 856-8 passim. London. New York. 37: 1595-1607. Sargrad K. 2000. Paleolithic Press. Saad M. John Wiley & Sons. Random House. UK. Price. New Canaan. Leslie. Dallas. Role of Insulin Resistance in Human Disease. MedWire News. New York . Carbohydrate nutrition and inflammatory disease mortality in older adults.. McLaughlin T. 365(9468):1415-1428.1. Makowske M: Metabolic Syndrome and Low-Carbohydrate Ketogenic Diets in the Medical School Biochemistry Curriculum. Kenton. Audette. Reaven. Kenton. 1988. 1:189-198. The New Joy of Beauty – A complete guide to lasting health and beauty. and Gerd. Nutrition and Physical Degeneration. Keats Publishing Inc. Westman EC: Very-low-carbohydrate weight-loss diets revisited. John.. Mozzoli M. Weston. R. Avon Books. 2000. 92(3): p. Buyken. Clin Chem 2005. 2002. Phinney SD: Low-calorie protein versus mixed diet. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text Reaven. No. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text Bodo. Kenton. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text Feinman RD. Simon J. Kenton. C. Jack. and Smith. Schmitz. Stein TP: Effect of a low-carbohydrate diet on appetite.youtube. 6th ed. 51(6):931-938. Smart Publications. Melnik. 69(11):849.. California. Abbasi F.634-43. Bantam-Transworld. Malte. Diabetes. Publisher Full Text Kenton. Random House. Homko C. Passage to Power – Natural Menopause Revolution. London. Swen.All Rights Reserved 32 .... Burt.. London. The Cura Romana Weightloss Plan. J Int Med Suppl.. Endless Energy. The X Factor Diet. 2011. Vermilion.. 1997. UK. 1-4. London. UK. Connecticut. 736: 13-22 Volek JS. Ann Intern Med 2005. Joanna. Melissa Diane. N Engl J Med. Syndrome X: The Complete Nutritional Programme to Prevent and Reverse Insulin Resistance. Challem.E. Waters D. Vermillion. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text Morgenthaler. Nutrition & Metabolism – Nutr Metab (London). 2002. Petaluma.. Over-stimulation of insulin/IGF1 signaling by Western diet may promote diseases of civilization: lessons learnt from Laron syndrome. Grundy SM. Reaven G. Lyford. 10 Steps to a Natural Menopause. Leslie. Low-fat diet fails to improve insulin sensitivity in metabolic syndrome... and Simms. Leslie. M. 1996. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution. Reaven GM: The Metabolic Syndrome: requiescat in pace. 303:158. Krauss RM: Is Leslie Kenton there a simple way to identify insulin-resistant individuals at increased risk of cardiovascular disease? Am J Cardiol 2005. Leslie.1980. PhD. Cleve Clin J Med 2002. Kenton. London. Leslie. London. Am J Clin Nutr. 2002. UK. Zimmet PZ: The Metabolic Syndrome. 1993. blood glucose levels. Inc. 2010. Syndrome X: 6 Years Later. 142(6):403-411. 1996.com/watch?v=K9Qou9maVdw&feature=plcp Kenton. G M. 96(3):399-404. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton .. Most people still only associate insulin with diabetes. including the majority of scientists and doctors.7 Chapter Seven Healthy And Lean For Life Beyond Syndrome X Leslie Kenton Metabolic syndrome is one of the great discoveries of the 20th century since it plays such a central role in the health of all of us. Few have any notion of the vast importance of this hormone in relation to protecting the body from accelerated aging. still understand little about it. Yet most people. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . obesity. of course. degenerative diseases and.All Rights Reserved 33 . This triggers hunger. If you can’t get another “carb-fix” you can become ravenous. the more likely you are to become insulin resistant. most of the calories we consume still come from these foods. cereals.All Rights Reserved 34 . the more easily will you be able to maintain your health. Once you stop gritting your teeth and summoning up the willpower demanded by such diets you experience disappointing weight regain. The fewer of these foods you eat. Conventional slimming diets don’t work. Leslie Kenton energy ups and downs. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . because insulin resistant cells are no longer able to derive energy from glucose as they are meant to do. So blood sugar and insulin levels quickly become high again when the diet ends. including obesity. and the easier it will become to restore and maintain your normal weight forever. Such regain is blamed on emotional issues when. like the alcoholic who must have another drink to keep from going “cold turkey. shaky. remember this: The more carbohydrate-dense foods you eat—grains. insulin rise. Why? Because 90% of weight loss regimes do not alter metabolic functions as they should. Then. sugars and the wrong kind of carbs which the human body was never designed to deal with. 90% of them lack the ability to restore metabolic balance.” you reach for yet more grain-based carbs and sweets. This means they provide no way of breaking the vicious cycle of high blood sugar. fat storage and cravings. you need to know All starchy vegetables.Healthy And Lean For Life So our supermarkets are still chock-a-block with chemically manipulated convenience food riddled with junk fats. and the more susceptible you become to Syndrome X. this creates a chronic situation in which they remain unable to shed the fat deposits from their body permanently. Nevertheless. always hungry You know that feeling you have when you still feel hungry even after just eating a good meal? Following a meal or snack containing grains. This is a major reason why cravings and food addictions are a common experience amongst people who are overweight. this is primarily a biochemical phenomenon. sugars and grains are addictive. blood sugar rises and insulin is secreted in order to control it.” Instead they are continually having to wrestle with a rollercoaster of how to get old fast A diet high in cereals. no matter how hard they “diet. flours and sugars—the more insulin your body secretes. cereals and sugar. AIDE-MÉMOIRE If you forget everything else. so they let you know that you need more food. And any fat shed on a conventional weight-loss diet then goes back on again when they return to “normal” eating. grains and sugars also speeds up the aging process because the tissues in your body become progressively more tolerant to high levels of insulin. For many. regardless of your age. moody and depleted. in truth. early aging and degenerative diseases. further decreasing your body’s ability to burn fat and helping to re-establish addictive eating. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . grains and sugars. This combination of insulin’s suppressing glucagon and human growth hormone not only feeds obesity. Our ancestor’s vegetables were more like silver beet and kale. Fiber-rich plant foods minimize sharp rises in glucose and insulin. cereals and sugars. foods high in vegetable-based fiber take time to eat and require a lot of chewing. Our ancestors ate little fruit. High insulin levels suppress glucagon and human growth hormone. There is a lot to be said for vegetable-based fiber.All Rights Reserved 35 . Glucagon is a hormone that encourages your body to burn fat and sugar.Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Excess insulin can: Encourage cancer cell growth Cause Type 2 diabetes Distort cholesterol balance Shorten lifespan Create auto-immune diseases Increase addictions and food cravings Produce hypertension Trigger irritable bowel syndrome In light of all of this. And it buffers any natural sugars they may contain. The plants our ancestors ate also had much more fiber in them than modern plants do. Any grains or seeds these early humans did eat would have to have been gathered from wild grasses which bore no resemblance to today’s top-heavy. Paleolithic humans got as much as five times more fiber than we do. back to the future great fiber Insulin resistance and high levels of circulating insulin in the blood do something else that is also directly related to fat distortions. Although these plants are also “carbohydrates” they bear little resemblance to the highly cultivated sweet fruits and starchy vegetables that we eat today. wild fruits which looked more like rose hips than those we eat today. Virtually all Paleolithic plant foods were fiber-rich. In the Northern latitudes fruit was seldom eaten at all. They also help prevent constipation. carbrich. let’s revisit for a moment prehistoric man’s eating habits. As a result. This in itself gives you a sense of satisfaction and fullness. and yet none of them were grain or sugar-based. but from wild herbs and vegetables gathered by foraging. cultivated cereals. it encourages your body to grow fatter and flabbier as the years pass. except for small. while growth hormone is essential for the health of muscle tissue and for building new muscle mass. First. Eating plant-based fiber also slows the digestion of any plant starches you take in. The carbohydrates our Paleolithic ancestors ate came not from grains. a leafy green vegetable similar to spinach which very few people eat nowadays. Unlike the microbe-generated infectious diseases prevalent at the start of the 20th century like typhoid and tuberculosis. coronary heart disease and cancer of the bowel. Francis Pottenger. Leslie Kenton nutrition destroyed perils of convenience Like adult-onset diabetes.Healthy And Lean For Life A major problem with modern foods is that most have been manufactured from cereals. grains and sugars in a highly refined form. kidney stones. the foods we buy are frequently shipped long distances and stored for long periods. most of the foods we eat now are highly processed. these conditions are lifestyle-caused. widespread obesity is a relatively new phenomenon. Such a loss can never be compensated for by taking vitamin and mineral supplements. Finally. it is gone for good. Dennis Burkitt. Now let’s take a closer look at convenience foods. These all form part of the long list of chronic degenerative diseases which have earned the title ‘Diseases of Western Civilization. or by eating convenience foods to which extra fiber and vitamins have been added by manufacturers. physically and chemically. Once the health-giving integrity of any food has gone. Most food manufacturing practices destroy wholesomeness. Destroy a food’s wholesomeness. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton .All Rights Reserved 36 . modern mainstream medicine has so far been unable to halt their spread. First. This means that many of these essential elements become unavailable to us when we eat them. Instead of being made into meals in home kitchens as they once were. including brain fog and depression. hypertension. weight gain and a myriad of other problems. chronic fatigue. despite sophisticated drugs. It has become clear that Western civilization’s degenerative conditions developed as a direct result of the massive changes that have taken place (especially in the last century) in how we live and eat. Hugh Trowell and others. They wreak havoc with our insulin and blood sugar levels. we began to grow our foods on chemically fertilized soils in which the organic matter had been degraded or destroyed. Eating foods grown in this manner leads to a depletion and imbalance in the minerals and trace elements in the soils. You need a good supply of plantbased minerals to support complex metabolic processes on which health depends. Next. raw foodstuffs are sent to food manufacturers where they are fragmented— literally broken apart. cravings. A lot has happened to alter our foods in the past few hundred years which has helped create this state of affairs. All of these practices further deplete any nutritional value a food once contained.’ All of them are hard to treat—so hard that. producing peaks and troughs of energy. and you take away its ability to support high levels of well being. We also need the minerals to be in good balance. Then they are put through complex manufacturing processes which can alter them out of all recognition. We know this thanks to the pioneering work of many brilliant scientists including Sir Robert McCarrison—who did the first epidemiological studies on the relationship between diet and health— as well as Drs Weston Price. it is virtually impossible to remain healthy. arteriosclerosis. It is these real foods that form the basis of a way of eating able to rejuvenate and restore healthy functioning. there is the horror of GMO foods. So do governments and the “best guess” mentality of their advisors. cholesterol issues. Finally. horror is the most appropriate way of describing them. as well as other degenerative conditions— even if you happen to have inherited a tendency to them. it’s not your fault Such is the Western food dilemma. and lacking in healthy mineral balance—bears the lion’s share of blame for our diminished health and our obesity. Finally. genetically modified organisms. overweight or for your lack of willpower as you reach for yet another biscuit. And the best news is: It is never too late to start eating the real McCoy and reaping real benefits. This kind of eating also both prevents and cures obesity. Indians. diabetes. riddled with grainbased carbs. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . herbicides and fungicides. Asians or Europeans—had some important things in common. diverticulitis and other Diseases of Civilization. additives and ‘enhancers’. flavorings. Please remember this: The next time you start to upbraid yourself for being unwell. The denatured. Eating real food helps free people of all ages from the suffering and fear associated with high blood pressure. let go of the guilt. In a misinformed culture such as ours. not to mention pesticides.Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton eat real foods The foods that our great-grandparents ate—whether they were Africans. It is not your fault. However. We slurp down chemical pollutants with each sip of diet cola and every bite of pre-cooked meals. degraded food we have been taught to eat—full of sugar. chemical cocktails Another negative change has taken place in the foods we now eat: as we eat them we swallow a kaleidoscope of chemical colorants. Their meals were prepared from foodstuffs of animal and vegetable origin together with plenty of natural fats.All Rights Reserved 37 . we can transform our own health and that of our loved ones and transform all of our lives. GMO foods are not even labeled as such so it can be virtually impossible to know what you are eating. And GMO horror is made worse by the fact that in most countries of the world. chemicals. Their foods had been little processed. their foods were usually eaten whole—as closely as possible to their natural state. which no one should be eating—a subject much too complex to go into in this book. It is this that fires my passion to share with you the good news: As we learn the truth about nutrition and wellbeing and commit ourselves to living it. Douglas A. B. New York. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . 1998. M.. Kenton. 2008... Richard D Feinman. C. Wortman. Random House.. Sasekabe.e1. Leslie. 2008.. and Lutz.. Bantam-Transworld. UK.. London. Kenton. 2002.. Fantasies. A Very Low-carbohydrate Diet Improves Symptoms and Quality of Life in Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome. J Royal Coll of Physicians of London. Volek.. Japan Scientific Societies Press. March.. Al-Sarraj. 2007.. John Wiley and Sons. Comparison of the Atkins.Tae. UK. Matthews.R. John C. Burton. D F. 1996. 150: 665-72. Sep. CA 94955. Kenton..D. Carbohydrate Restriction. fatty acid partitioning..139(9):1667-76. Bukowieki. Yudkin. Volek. Effectively Reduces Biomarkers of Metabolic Syndrome in Emirati Adults. Challem. Challem. 10 Steps to Energy.. Hu. 6:21 Hoffer.and Umegaki. Medical Problems from Modern Diet. Eric C. J. Leslie. The 10-year Incidence of Overweight and Major Weight Gain in US Adults. August. Leslie. The Smart Guide to the Low-Carb Anti-Aging Diet.. Saadi.. Melissa Diane. Carolyn B. Ornish and LEARN diets for change in weight and related risk factors among overweight premenopausal women: The A to Z Weight Loss Study: a randomized trial. Westman. Hussein. Jun. Amer J Clin Nutr. Yancy.. Burton M. Kenton. Zone. and Fernandez. The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent and Reverse Insulin Resistance. William S Jr. Feinman. Berkson... Berkson. Jack and Smith. London. Leslie. 2007.. Blackburn.. The Free Press. Petaluma. Gregory L. Los Angeles. 2009. L. 1984 Kenton. Vermillion. 2000 Gardner. Wakai. Stephen D. Syndrome X.D. H.. Hiroyuki. J. London. Tokyo.Healthy And Lean For Life FURTHER READING Allan.All Rights Reserved 38 . Fernandez. How a Low Carboydrate Diet Can Save Your Life. Leslie. Yudkin.. Jeff S. Hajime. 1991.. Smart Publications. J. Mariana C. J Nutr. Canada.R. Random House. Yuming. Romsos.. M. Leslie Kenton Kenton. Never Satisfied: The Cultural History of Diets.47(5):307-18. Syndrome X: The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent and Reverse Insulin Resistance. Maria Luz. 16: p. Vermillion.. Life Without Bread. 969-77. Melissa Diane. G. Low Carbohydrate Diets. Keats Publishing..L.. Random House. and Suzuki. Dietary carbohydrate restriction induces a unique metabolic state positively affecting atherogenic dyslipidemia. William S. J Clin Invest. Hankins. et al.E. Stephan R. 9 (2): 161-4. Feinman. Himms-Hagen. Young.... pp 107-117.. Wolfgang. C. London. Mary C. Weinland. James A. Effects of a lowcarbohydrate diet on glycemic control in outpatients with severe type 2 diabetes Nutrition & Metabolism 2009. Low-carbohydrate nutrition and metabolism.D.vol. et al. Christian. 10 Steps to a Natural Menopause. 2000.. 73:750-58. UK. Haimoto.D. Leslie. 1986. Kenji. Age Power. and metabolic syndrome.. B. Obesity. V. Jack. Phinney. Christine B.. L J. Maria Luz. Canada. Taif.. Schwartz... Mavropoulos. Jane. London. Austin. Morris.. Sep.. Insulin Resistance and Defective Thermogenesis in Obesity: Dietary Factor and Control. Vernon. 1967. Simms. D. 297(9): p. Calle.... Jeff S. Morgenthaler. Vermillion. Richard D. Jan 1975... 2009. Westman. and Drossman. Volek. The Raw Energy Bible. Dalton. Evolutionary and Historical Changes in Dietary Carbohydrates. 2000. The Powerhouse Diet. Am J Clin Nutr. London. The Cura Romana Weightloss Plan. Passage to Power – Natural Menopause Revolution. London.. 1999. et al. 1998. 2004. Kenton.. Williamson. 2000.7(6):706-708.. Arch Int Med. Leslie. Jeff S. eds. and Fat. Prog Lipid Res. as a First-Line Dietary Intervention. Metabolic effects of very low calorie weight reduction diets. Gardner. 20: 108-15. JAMA. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. UK. et al. Yancy. and Phinney.J. 2 276-284. S82. 86 no. Insulin Resistance – An Effect Moderator of Weight Loss Success on High vs. Bistrian.. UK. John Wiley and Sons.. 2011. 1990.. Smith. Eric C. 8 Leslie Kenton 39 copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . Today. In the 19th century we ate between 10 and 20 pounds of sugar per person per year. fruit juices and sodas.Sweet & Deadly Healthy And Lean For Life Chapter Eight Sugars are different from other carbs. each of us consumes between 150 and 200 pounds of it a year— much of it hidden in convenience foods. Sugar may well turn out to be the most damaging of all the carbohydrates.All Rights Reserved . Meanwhile. until someone had the bright idea of turning it into syrup and pouring it into sodas. as well as any food that contains it. even smoked meats and fish—you name it. eating anything full of sugar gives you an immediate ‘high’. This means that the fructose the apple contains is released relatively slowly. However. never evolved to handle the kind of fructose load that it is now getting. Very often the sugar content of a food has been deliberately hidden by food manufacturers who give it a name that shoppers will not recognize. It takes even more time for your body to break down the fiber and absorb it. your weight and your good looks. stop eating sugar. ready meals. If you want to do one thing which can dramatically improve your health.Healthy And Lean For Life Ordinary table sugar is made up of 50% glucose and 50% fructose. Then. This makes fructose healthy. when you drink a nice big glass of apple juice or a soda (which contains 10 times more fructose than an apple) it can take as few as 10 seconds for you to swallow it all. This triggers insulin release. especially the liver. composed of 55% fructose and 45% glucose. worst of a bad lot copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . meet fruit sugar All fruit contains fructose. the fruit sugar it contains comes wrapped up in natural fiber including pectin. It does not affect blood sugar but we do not yet know for sure whether it triggers the release of insulin. its fructose can be processed a little at a time by the liver. which is why it’s called “fruit sugar”. It can take you 10 minutes or so to munch your way through an apple. say an apple. What does it do? It responds by turning much of the fructose you take in into fat deposits. right? Wrong. which is the organ that handles all fructose. when you eat a piece of fruit. High-fructose corn syrup The varieties of sugars now available form a long list. Sugar in every form has got away with murder in recent years. Carry this list 40 . food manufacturers decided to replace fat with sugar to make their wares more palatable. However. High-fructose corn syrup was a worthless by-product of the corn industry.All Rights Reserved sugar checklist Perhaps the worst of all sugars is high-fructose corn syrup. a soluble fiber which helps eliminate heavy metals from your system. sodas and fruity yoghurts. the public has tacitly accepted sugar-filled convenience foods. The glucose part gets digested in your stomach. empty calories Since nothing raises blood sugar levels and triggers insulin release more quickly than sugar in its many forms. cookies. cakes. Not surprisingly it is very sweet. including fructose. The human body. Get to know them. That is. Since it contains no fat. As a consequence. in any form. which food manufacturers have used widely since 1978. leaving you craving something else sweet to keep going. it can just as quickly bring you down. breads. Leslie Kenton is found in abundance in convenience foods like juices. Only now are people beginning to realize just how dangerous sugar is to our health and our life. Here is a useful list of the most common forms of sugar. Then it enters the bloodstream and makes blood sugar rise. In this case your liver gets bombarded with fructose. Glucose is a major factor in the development of insulin resistance. The other component of table sugar—fructose—is different. And what few people yet know is that sugar acts upon the same areas of your brain as alcohol. Sugar also undermines the integrity of the skin. Meanwhile. is everywhere it is virtually unavoidable. an excellent article was published in Nature on sugar. We’re being poisoned to death. and read labels carefully. Chronic high blood sugar and insulin don’t just make you fat and predispose you to chronic diseases. sags. Called “The Toxic Truth About Sugar”. your body gets busy fabricating wrinkles.All Rights Reserved 41 . When you eat a diet full of grains. unnatural hunger and an addiction for yet more sugar. The article points out that the consumption of fructose in high-fructose corn syrup has increased one hundred fold since 1970. millions of poorly informed people continue to consume 500 calories or more every day in added sugar alone. cereals and sugars of any kind. it was written by Professor Robert Lustig and two colleagues. Sorghum Treacle Turbinado Sugar Leslie Kenton COMMON FORMS: Beet Sugar Brown Sugar Cane Sugar Confectionary Sugar Corn Sugar Corn Sweetener Corn Syrup Dehydrated Cane Juice Dextrin Fruit Juice Concentrate Granulated Sugar High-Fructose Corn Syrup Honey Invert Sugar Isomalt Malt Syrup Maltodextrin Maple Sugar Maple Syrup Molasses Raw Sugar Rice Syrup THE “OSE” SUGARS: Dextrose Fructose Galactose Glucose Lactose Levulose Maltose Saccharose Sucrose Xylose THE “OL” SUGARS: Mannitol Sorbitol Xylitol sweet poison In February 2012. creating cravings.Healthy And Lean For Life with you when you shop. And. Because sugar. That’s a very strong statement. As Lustig says. cocaine and cigarettes do. as a result of the chronic high blood sugar and insulin resistance which develops over copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . they age you. The authors of the article suggest that sugar be regulated in the same way alcohol is regulated. added to so many processed foods. a puffy face and a lackluster complexion. but I think we can back it up with very clear scientific evidence. without having to restrict the quantity of food they eat. Leslie Kenton My advice is this: Minimize or completely eliminate grains. distortions of the ingredients that make up the stevia plant. products containing so-called ‘natural stevia’ have found their way onto the market. early aging and degenerative conditions. The fewer grain-based. they begin to experience renewed vitality. Recently. Extensive research and safety testing has been done in the last few decades in Japan. the more energy you will have and the more easily you will be able to prevent weight gain. Since they are made up using only some of stevia’s constituents. It is the simple result of a metabolic rebalance which takes place when you eliminate convenience foods. They have their own major sideeffects. It’s no miracle. It’s even beneficial for weight loss. When they continue to eat this way. the magic of stevia How about all those artificial sweeteners? The answer is simple: Don’t even be tempted to reach for them. To anybody who has conscientiously fought—and too often lost—the battle of the bulge. grains and sugars. the leaner and healthier we can become. And they are able with ease to control their weight. Stevia is an exotic herb which grows in subtropical areas of South America. grains and packaged convenience foods are addictive. They are.Healthy And Lean For Life time. Now let’s take a brief look at fats. Steer clear of them too. cereals. (See Resources for the best stevia products. The fewer of these foods you eat. in truth. They pretend to be “natural stevia”. cerealbased.All Rights Reserved 42 . It shows that this marvelous sweet herb is non-toxic and safe for diabetics. Many who do are surprised to discover that they have developed a natural desire to increase the quantity of fiber-rich fresh raw foods in their diet. cereals. convenience foods and sugars in your life. sugar-based carbohydrates we consume. replacing them with a way of eating in keeping with your genetic inheritance. you can end up without the energy to do anything to change it. This plant has been used to sweeten herbal drinks since preColumbian times. this can seem a miracle. the United States and elsewhere. these widely advertised products lack the synergy of the natural plant. If you like a sweet taste.) clear up addictions All sugars. you can’t do better than to use natural stevia. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . Kenton. Kenton.. Leslie.. Stevia Sweet Recipes. Leslie. Bloomingdatle. G. J. Sugar: The Bitter Truth. and insulin resistance in obese patients with type 2 diabetes. February 2012. Leslie Kenton copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . Leslie. Bantam-Transworld. Random House. Jeffrey. Leslie. Goettemoeller. 1999.. Stein TP. 1993. UK. Lustig. London. 2011. 1972. Lustig. Mozzoli. 27-28. The New Joy of Beauty – A complete guide to lasting health and beauty. blood glucose levels.. 1996. 1998.All Rights Reserved 43 .. London. London. C. 2004. Vital Health Publishing. New York. 53(9):2375-2382. London. Kenton. Illinois. April 13. commentary says. Nuttall FQ: Effect of a high-protein. 2000. low-carbohydrate diet on blood glucose control in people with type 2 diabetes. Gannon MC. 2011. 10 Steps to a Natural Menopause. Kenton. Kenton. UK. Random House. Van Rees Press. Diabetes. Sweet and Dangerous. Endless Energy. Vermillion.. Sugar Free Naturally.. M. Is Sugar Toxic? The New York Times. Sargrad. Ann Intern Med 2005. Passage to Power – Natural Menopause Revolution. London. UK. 2002.Healthy And Lean For Life FURTHER READING Boden. Random House. UK.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM Taubes Gary. Interview with Marian Nestle: Sugar should be regulated like alcohol. Leslie. The Cura Romana Weightloss Plan.youtube. Random House. Kenton. London. et al. Nature 482. 142(6):403-41 CBS News Health Pop. Robert H. http://www. Age Power. Public Health: The Toxic Truth About Sugar. Effect of a low-carbohydrate diet on appetite. K. Leslie. February 2012. Yudkin.. Homko. tobacco... Robert H. overall health is compromised. and we age more rapidly. Without this.All Rights Reserved 44 . this simple truth sounds completely insane.Chapter Nine The human body thrives on the right kind of fats. The body’s tissues. to the average person. 9 Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton Fat Facts copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . Yet we have become so indoctrinated about eating a low-fat diet that. hormones and all its cells do not function properly unless they have a good supply of essential fats. using all sorts of unpleasant chemicals. governments almost worldwide have been telling us to eat less fat and have encouraged us to eat more carbohydrate which they figured would make up for the fat we no longer ate. such as during cooking or food processing. Margarines are full of trans-fatty acids. which fills many of our ready-made food products. Here’s the bottom line: The heart’s preferred source of food when under stress is copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . in preparing their low-fat menus. These oils and margarines were held up as beneficial for protecting us from heart disease. Meanwhile. Corn. The rest is made up of polyunsaturates. The low-fat. Avoid them. and thought that we were taking the healthy option. told that they are dangerous. Soybean and Cottonseed Oils all tend to be badly processed. Their rash assumptions were quickly turned into an almost religious dogma that stuck. high-carb-and-sugar eating propounded by them has instead caused heart disease. we were warned against all saturated fats. Low-fat foods began to appear on our supermarket shelves for keen and hungry consumers.All Rights Reserved 45 . largely as a result of the poor research and conclusions drawn back in the 1960s—when Ancel Keys and others were trying to figure out how to prevent heart disease. There’s something else about these oils that is likely to surprise you as well. Safflower. Both of these directives turned out to be big fat lies as well. We ate baked potatoes instead of fries with our meals. We ate low-fat foods.Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton fear of fats We have been brainwashed to develop an irrational fear of fat. They turn into health-destroying sources of free-radicals which do the body a great deal of harm— attacking cells and damaging DNA. Shun them. Sunflower. the skinny on fat oils to steer clear of X X X From the 1960s onwards. It is high in sulphur and turns rancid easily. thinking that these were good for us without realizing that food manufacturers. Little wonder that reliable scientific studies now show a link between consumption of these processed polyunsaturates and cancer and heart disease. peanut oil—all those golden oils that still fill our supermarket shelves. and urged to eat more polyunsaturated oils such as sunflower oil. had replaced the fat with sugar. they quickly became a major financial success story for food manufacturers. has been associated with fibrotic heart lesions. safflower oil. obesity and other degenerative diseases to soar. Canola oil. One group of so-called experts jumped to the conclusion that dietary fat was the culprit. beware processing Polyunsaturated fats become rancid quickly when heated. Analysis of the fat in clogged arteries reveals that only about 26% is saturated fat. This is far too high to promote optimal health. What can we do about it? For a start. Our ancestors consumed these oils in the ratio of 1:1 or 2:1 omega-6 to omega-3. Then. or together with protein. you are likely to want to eat more. good quality natural fats do not cause the laying down of fat in the body. but without an abundance of carbohydrates. coldpressed flax-seed oil. no matter how much you eat. or start taking a good-quality omega-3 supplement daily (see Resources). Eaten on their own. stimulate hair and skin growth and enhance metabolism. Getting the right kind of fats in your diet also helps balance hormones.All Rights Reserved Olive oil is monounsaturated rather than polyunsaturated—one of the safest vegetable oils you can use. omegas matter There’s another aspect to the fat story which you need to know about. still craving food at the end of it. stop eating these highly processed omega-6-laden golden oils altogether. Taking in small amounts of omega-3 fats found in fatty fish and wild game increases cell sensitivity to insulin. Eating too little good fat leads to the experience of sitting down to a meal and. When you try to minimize the level of good fats in a meal your brain does not receive the same message. mackerel and wild salmon. They also help prevent inflammation in the body. they’re everywhere. Extra-virgin olive oil is great for salad dressings. avocado oil. Good natural fats let you know that you are satisfied when you eat them. cold-pressed walnut oil. dairy products like butter from grass-fed animals. It is well-suited to dressings and can be heated. These are useful to the body in all sorts of ways. What they do do is alleviate hunger and act as an excellent source of energy throughout the day. Leslie Kenton oils such as coconut oil. health and looks can be transformed.Healthy And Lean For Life good old ‘unhealthy’ saturated fat. greatly enhancing how you look and feel. protect bones. Eat them and thrive. When you do this your body. and tropical √ 46 . What you need to increase is your intake of omega-3s. Don’t worry about getting enough omega-6s. in our Western diets (thanks to all the unsaturated golden oils which we have been urged to eat more of) the balance between these two fatty acids has become more like 22:1—22 parts omega-6 to one part omega-3. Make sure the Extra Virgin Olive Oil you buy is cloudy (not filtered) and a goldenyellow color. A great way of doing this is to eat oily fish like sardines. sesame oil and coconut oil are all excellent for salad dressings. There are two essential fatty acids which you will want to get in small quantities—omega-6 and omega-3. eat in abundance copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . good guy fats √ Cold-pressed extra-virgin olive oil. Coconut oil is great for cooking. Go for saturated fats found in meat. but only to moderate temperatures. Today. although your tummy is full of food. Sesame oil is reasonably stable and can also be used on salads as can cold-pressed walnut Choose the right kinds of fats for your meals. which helps regulate blood sugar. Healthy And Lean For Life oil and avocado oil. do not cause the laying down of fat in the body. butter contains many essential nutrients.All Rights Reserved 47 . the risk of developing heart disease for butter users was half that of eaters of margarine. golden oils. In one study. forced upon us by bad science and multinational food manufacturers. when this phenomenon is actually caused by a high carbohydrate intake. does horrendous things to the already-rancid vegetable oils it is made from. The irony is that. as they often are in the standard Western diet. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . Yet it is essential to understand. but without an abundance of carbohydrates. where hunger and carbohydrate cravings lead to overeating.” This is another baseless opinion. known as hydrogenization. we have been blaming dietary fat for this. It also boasts antiviral and antibacterial properties. The glucose in turn is converted into more body fat. Look for butter made from the milk of grass-fed animals. This is perhaps the most difficult thing for those of us who have been highly schooled in the high-carbs-low-fat approach to weight loss and age protection to grasp. throwing any overweight. the fats tend to get burnt as fuel. and processed fats in convenience foods. Use this delicious stuff liberally—and without guilt—in the knowledge that your body will thank you for it. Beware the Randle Effect: This describes a situation where lots of fat and carbohydrates are eaten together. for a long time. followed by an inevitable increase in blood sugar and insulin levels as well as body fat deposits and more cravings. The process used to turn out margarine. Don’t overdo these oils however as they are high in omega-6. healthiest choice for cooking. Such butter may well be the only good source of fat-soluble vitamins in the American diet! Experiments comparing the health of margarine eaters with butter eaters continually find in butter’s favor. Not only do margarines contain all sorts of additives you wouldn’t want in your body. Nor do they cause insulin resistance—Syndrome X. especially in the presence of junk fats found in margarines. On the other hand. insulin-resistant person into a terrible vicious circle. while the carbohydrates are converted to glucose. you need to know Natural fats eaten on their own or together with protein. fat & carbs don’t mix eat yummy butter Millions of shoppers buy margarine in the belief that it’s “better for you than butter. Infants and children especially benefit from butter to foster normal growth and development. Leslie Kenton √ Coconut oil is a highly saturated oil/fat and is the safest. they have now been associated with the development of cancer and heart disease. When you eat fats together with a high carb diet. 71:197-203. Frog Ltd. J. Feinman... 1996. This has a great section on the dangers of transfats.org/cgi/content/ abstract/87/3/621 Leslie Kenton copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . 1998. March 2008http://www..P. Random House. 1999. B. Random House. Random House. How Dietary Fats and Oils Affect Mental.D. 2011.J. R. M.. Oils and Cholesterol. Leslie. Texas.. Puglisi. R. 2000. Bibus. UK.45(10):947-62. Crystal Health Publishing.Healthy And Lean For Life FURTHER READING Enig. Kenton. 2010. Doubleday & Co.J. M. Fernandez. Kenton.. 1991.H.. Kenton. 1997 Simi. Low-carb.. Know Your Fats : The Complete Primer for Understanding the Nutrition of Fats. J Appl Physiol. Cellulite Revolution – six steps to a new body ecology. Vermillion. 87.M. UK. UK. UK. Arlington. Low-Carb Cooking with Steva: The Naturally Sweet & Calorie-Free Herb. Leslie. 1993. Eat Fat and Grow Slim.D. Leslie. Kenton. Random House. Kenton. W. M. Gittleman.. Random House. Kirkland. 2002. The X Factor Diet. Passage to Power – Natural Menopause Revolution. Physical and Emotional Intelligence. Leslie. 3. London. A. London. Release Date: 06/01/2011 Kenton. 1996. PhD. London.. C. London.E. B. B. Ballard. No.All Rights Reserved 48 . Kenton. R. Scmhmidt. Johns Hopkins article. Garden City. London. 1959. Leslie. Quann... 2000. 621-626. UK. Limited Effect of Dietary Saturated Fat on Plasma Saturated Fat in the Context of a Low Carbohydrate Diet... California.M. Freidenreich. Mary. Dina R. Louise Ann. Bosarge. Raw Energy Food Combining Diet. James. 1999. Phinney. S. Mackarness. Favier.J. Volek. E.. Leslie. Eat Fat. Leslie. Endless Energy. Additive effects of training and high-fat diet on energy metabolism during exercise. C. Leslie. Maresh.. Weight-loss diet that includes consumption of medium-chain triacylglycerol oil leads to a greater rate of weight and fat mass loss than does olive oil.. London. St-Onge. K. Mayet. with Nunziato. Random House. Michael A. UK.M. Lose Weight: How the Right Fats Can Make You Thin for Life. Berkeley.S. Vol.. New York. Smart Fats.. D.ajcn. Volk. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. M.. The Cura Romana Weightloss Plan. Bantam-Transworld. Bethesda Press. 1994.. Keats Publishing. Oct. Kraemer.. London.. 10 Steps to Energy.. Forsythe. high-fat diets add no arterial health risks to obese people seeking to lose weight. London. Sempore. D. 10 Steps to a Natural Menopause.L. Kenton. tendons. are amino-acid based. which carry insulin and glucose in and out of your cells. Even the enzymes and membranebound receptors and transporters. So are some of your body’s most important hormones. organs and bones to skin and nails and hair.All Rights Reserved . Protein is made up out of long chains of 20 different amino acids. eating adequate amounts of top quality protein is vital. including insulin itself. These your body uses to build and maintain its structures—from ligaments. Chapter Ten 10 Leslie Kenton 49 copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton .Life’s Building Blocks Healthy And Lean For Life When it comes to slowing the aging process and enhancing overall health. Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton about every molecule of your muscle protein has been renewed. What is exciting about all this is that, when you shift for the better both the quantity and the quality of proteins you eat, you can regenerate and rejuvenate not only the way your body functions, but the way you look and feel. Choose your protein foods with care. And honor your body’s need for top quality proteins. Use only the finest micro-filtered whey for your smoothies (see Resources). Eat only fresh fish from clean waters, grass-fed meat and game, and free-range chicken, turkey and eggs. primary stuff Half of the dry weight of your body—this means if all the water were removed—is protein. Of this, one third of your body’s protein is in your muscles, one fifth in bone and cartilage, one tenth in skin and the rest in blood and other tissues. Your brain cells, your genes and the hemoglobin which transports oxygen throughout your body are all made from protein. So are the thousands of enzymes which orchestrate your body’s metabolic functions, from the growth of nails and hair to digesting and assimilating the foods you eat. Every molecule of muscle in your body is made from the proteins you eat. Muscle is the engine which turns food calories into energy, and burns fat. Enhance the quality of your muscle and you automatically raise the vitality of your whole body. You also enhance your sex hormones, improve skin quality and gain in strength and power. Protein foods help do this. They also help ground you. Thanks to this characteristic, protein can even play an important role in helping you fulfill your dreams, influence your goals and discover your path in life. in constant flux One thing that’s interesting about proteins is that no protein structures in your body are fixed. Each amino acid strand is constantly being broken down and reshaped. In fact, the whole structure of your body is being rebuilt day by day, thanks to the proteins you take in through your foods. 98% of your body’s molecules, including your teeth and bones, your organs and muscles, are replaced each year. Within the last month, your skin has completely rebuilt itself. Within the last 3 months, you have received a whole new blood supply. Within the last 6 months, just copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton - All Rights Reserved 50 Healthy And Lean For Life FURTHER READING Kenton, Leslie, Cook Energy, Random House, London, UK, 2001. Kenton, Leslie., The X Factor Diet. Vermillion, London, UK, 2002. Kenton, Leslie, Age Power, London, Vermilion, 2002. Kenton, Leslie., The Powerhouse Diet. Vermillion, London, UK, 2004. Kenton, Leslie, The Cura Romana Weightloss Plan, Bantam-Transworld, London, UK, 2011. Leslie Kenton copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton - All Rights Reserved 51 Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton Carb Revelations There is no such thing as an essential carbohydrate. Although we have been misinformed about this for half a century, here is the truth: Carbohydrates are not required in a healthy human diet. The standard advice still doled out by doctors and nutritionists insists that at least 120-130 grams of carbs are needed each day to feed our brain and central nervous system. This is not true. By the way, Americans today consume on average between 300 and 500 grams of carbohydrates a day. Chapter Eleven copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton - All Rights Reserved 11 52 When insulin levels are low. a life-changing experience which can help people end forever dieting and struggles with food addictions. I spent 1 2 3 Obesity is a disorder of fat accumulation. much exciting research has been carried out about ketogenics and low-carb eating. called The X Factor Diet… For Lasting Weight Loss and Vital Health. It’s interesting to note that wise physicians have been using what is known as a no-carbs ketogenic diet for many years to treat epilepsy. Then I wrote a book. nutritionists and the media. Since then. Nor is it caused by lack of exercise. What is little known as yet is that mild ketosis is the human body’s normal way to function. either long-term or simply after eating a meal. better than glucose don’t forget Here are the most important things for you to remember if you want to grow healthier and leaner as the years pass: Research has shown that the brain and the central nervous system of someone on a very low and even no-carbohydrate diet actually function better and more efficiently on ketones than on glucose. ketones alone provide us with about 75% of the energy the brain uses. Leslie Kenton’s Cura Romana also makes use of these discoveries. ketone adaptations When there are no carbohydrates in a person’s diet. I personally became fascinated with a ketogenic diet in 2000. fat deposits accumulate in the body. and from fatty acids released from the fat tissues of our bodies. The name ‘ketones’ sometimes strikes fear into the uninformed. Alzheimer’s disease. and has been throughout 99. When insulin levels are high. This is a normal and natural process. You will find more information about Cura Romana at the end of this book. Both the Journey Program and Inner Circle Gold use ketogenics during the rapid weight loss part of the programs and the all-important Consolidation. When we are living on a very low-carb diet. the central nervous system and the brain are fueled by fascinating little molecules known as ketones. your body becomes able to release fat from adipose deposits and turn it into energy. Slowly we are beginning to educate people about the healing and weight loss benefits that can be gained from a low-carb or no-carb way of life. They confuse this natural process known as nutritional ketosis with a pathological condition called ketoacidosis which occasionally occurs in uncontrolled diabetes and has nothing to do with the benign nutritional ketosis. To my great surprise the book entered the London Times’ bestseller list the same week it was published. which includes some doctors. Ketones are made in the liver from the fat we eat.9% of human history.Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton two years studying everything I could find about it. The rest of the energy to fuel the brain and nervous system is derived from glycerol that is released from our fat tissues as they are broken down. At the time it was published I was expecting lots of criticism from the powers-that-be since it was the first book written specifically about a ketogenic diet used for weight loss. published in 2002 by Random House UK. together with small quantities of glucose which the liver makes out of amino acids from the protein foods you eat. Insulin is your body’s primary regulator of fat storage. It is not caused by over-eating.All Rights Reserved 53 . whether saturated or unsaturated. and even cancer. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . The natural fats you eat. Healthy And Lean For Life are not the cause of heart disease, obesity or other chronic diseases of civilization, despite what we’ve been taught. Grain-based and cereal-based carbohydrates are the major culprit behind chronic degenerative conditions including weight gain and an inability to shed fat. They negatively affect insulin secretion and disturb the whole symphony of hormonal balance in the human body. Sugars—from glucose and sucrose to high-fructose corn syrup—are monumentally harmful. Consuming excess calories does not cause us to grow fatter. Nor does expending more caloric energy than we consume lead to long term weight loss. It only creates hunger. Because of the effect that grains, cereals, starchy vegetables and sugars exert on insulin, they can trigger the development of diabetes and coronary heart disease. They are also major contributors to cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and other diseases of civilization, including premature aging. Obesity and an inability to shed your excess fat deposits are the result of an imbalance—a disequilibrium—in the hormonal regulation of fat tissue and fat metabolism. When the brain’s fat regulation system (the hypothalamus) is not functioning correctly, the buildup of fat tissue and the storing of fat exceeds the mobilization of fat from the body and we get fatter. When hormonal regulation and hypothalamic balance are restored, this reverses the process and we can shed inessential fat deposits. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Leslie Kenton Grains, cereals, sugars and starchy vegetables increase hunger and decrease the amount of energy expended through metabolism or physical activity. The fewer grain-based, cereal-based, sugar-based carbohydrates we consume, the leaner and healthier we can become. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton - All Rights Reserved 54 Healthy And Lean For Life FURTHER READING Jancin, Bruce., Medium-chain triglycerides promote weight loss.(Endocrinology). Internal Medicine News. International Medical News Group. 2008. HighBeam Research. 27 Jul. 2010 Kenton, Leslie, Endless Energy, Random House, London, UK, 1993. Kenton, Leslie, Power Juices, Random House, London, UK, 1996. Kenton, Leslie, Passage to Power – Natural Menopause Revolution, Random House, London, 1996. Kenton, Leslie, 10 Steps to a Natural Menopause, Random House, London, 1999. Kenton, Leslie., The New Joy of Beauty – A complete guide to lasting health and beauty, Random House, London, UK, 2000. Kenton, Leslie., The X Factor Diet. Vermillion, London, 2002. Kenton, Leslie, The Cura Romana Weightloss Plan, Bantam-Transworld, London, UK, 2011. Phinney, S.D., Bistrian, B.R., Evans, W.J., Gervino, E., Blackburn, G.L., The human metabolic response to chronic ketosis without caloric restriction: preservation of submaximal exercise capability with reduced carbohydrate oxidation. Metabolism, 32:769-76, 1983. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text McDonald, Lyle.’ The Ketogenic Diet. Morris Publishing, Kearney, Nebraska,1998. Phinney, S.D., Horton, E.S., Sims, E.A.H., Hanson, J., Danforth, E Jr., Lagrange, B,M., Capacity for moderate exercise in obese subjects after adaptation to a hypocaloric ketogenic diet. J Clin Invest 1980, 66:1152-61. PubMed Abstract | PubMed Central Full Text Phinney, S.D., Bistrian, B.R., Wolfe, R.R., Blackburn, G.L., The human metabolic response to chronic ketosis without caloric restriction: physical and biochemical adaptation. Metabolism 1983, 32:757-68. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text St-Onge, M.P., Ross, R., Parsons, W.D., Jones, P.J,. Medium-chain triglycerides increase energy expenditure and decrease adiposity in overweight men. Obes Res. 2003 Mar;11(3):395-402 Studzinski, C.M., MacKay, W.A., Beckett, T.L., Henderson, S.T., Murphy, M.P., Sullivan, P.G., Burnham, W.M,. Induction of ketosis may improve mitochondrial function and decrease steadystate amyloid-beta precursor protein (APP) levels in the aged dog. Brain Res. 2008 Aug 21;1226:209-17. Volek, Jeff S, PhD, RD., Quann, Erin E PhD, RD., Forsythe, Cassandra E PhD, RD., LowCarbohydrate Diets Promote a More Favorable Body Composition Than Low-Fat Diets. Strength & Conditioning Journal, February 2010 - Volume 32 - Issue 1 - pp 42-47 Leslie Kenton copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton - All Rights Reserved 55 When you’re ready to improve your health, your weight and your life for the better, the big question is “Where to begin?” You may decide to check out Leslie Kenton’s Cura Romana®, a program I created out of more than 40 years of experience in the fields of natural health and spiritual development. I wanted to find a way to free people permanently from heartbreaking, endless struggles with weight, and to enhance health and prevent premature aging. There are two programs, the Cura Romana Journey or the Inner Circle Gold. Each program is guided by me day-by-day through videos, audios and written materials and is all about the kind of life-changing guidance you have read about in this book. On either program you will learn all you need to know for your future health, leanness and radiant vitality. You can find more information about Cura Romana at the end of this book. Let’s Go Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton Chapter twelve copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton - All Rights Reserved 12 56 All Rights Reserved 57 . buckwheat flour or chickpea flour—things you can use to thicken a soup. popcorn. low-fat salad dressings. pasta. freshest. junk fats and chemical additives—all of which you will want to avoid. (By now.) You might want to hang on to a little sugar which you can offer to visiting friends who don’t yet know as much as you do. You might also want to hold on to some brown rice. raisins. You might like to try eating half of your vegetables raw. you can start to improve your health right now by getting rid of all the low-fat and highcarb foods in your kitchen. Plenty of fresh green vegetables—preferably organic— both to eat raw and to cook. Some low-sugar fresh fruit such as berries. step 2 shop the edge You’ll often find the healthiest. wholesome foods are perishable and therefore have to be replaced often. eggs and cheeses. A good general rule when choosing healthy food is this: Foods with a long shelf life don’t belong in your body. unlike the ready-in-a-minute. Top quality protein foods including meat. extra virgin olive oil and butter—preferably from grass-fed cows. Processed high-carb foods often have a very long shelf life. flour.Healthy And Lean For Life Whether you decide to check out Cura Romana or not. seafood. This makes them great sales material for food manufacturers and retailers since these packaged foods can sit on the shelves for months—sometimes even years. The best fiber in the world comes from fresh green vegetables. pre-made stuff that populates the inner aisles. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . step 1 clear the decks 1 2 3 4 Most people find that the process of clearing their fridge and pantry is a salutary experience. Leslie Kenton What surprises most people when they go to a supermarket in search of genuinely healthy foods is that most of the stuff they find there is not worth eating. fresh game and meats. eggs and the very best micro-filtered whey if you like to make smoothies. you know the kind of stuff I’m talking about. These include crunchy fresh vegetables. Eat plenty of them. These include jams and jellies. pretzels. Fresh. and the most natural foods around the outside edges of any supermarket. seafood. fruit-flavored yoghurts and sugars. The most important foods you will be buying to replace them are these: A good supply of wholesome natural fats like coconut oil. rice cakes. grains. But 90% of them have been whipped up out of flours and sugars. It brings you a sense that you’re starting a whole new life—as indeed you are. They can be used in salad dressings or for cooking. In addition to the fat you get from food. This may surprise you but as much as half of your caloric intake can come from top quality natural fats. (less than 1g usable (less than 3g usable carbs per serving but carb per serving but lots of fiber) lots of fiber) 6 fresh asparagus spears 1 cup sliced bok choy ½ cup raw beetroot tops or 1 cup cooked 1 stick celery ¼ cup blackberries ½ cup sliced endive 1 cup chopped raw broccoli 1 cup shredded ½ a chopped lettuce capsicum 5 radishes 1 cup cauliflower florets ½ cup rocket ½ a medium cucumber 1 tablespoon minced ¼ cup chopped leeks spring onions ½ cup boiled sliced marrow 1 cup alfalfa sprouts GREAT CARBS (less than 5g usable carbs per serving. consider taking a good omega-3 supplement such as Krill oil. Here are some useful lists to get you started. also good sources of fiber) ½ cup diced aubergine/egg plant ½ a medium avocado ¼ cup blueberries 4 Brussels sprouts 2 cups red or green cabbage GOOD CARBS healthy fats and oils You’ll want to eat the healthiest available.All Rights Reserved 58 . extra-virgin olive oil cold processed walnut oil (never heat this) cold processed grapeseed oil (never heat this) coconut oil homemade mayonnaise made with extra-virgin olive oil butter cream or sour cream (provided you have no problems with dairy products) copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton .Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton ½ cup sliced raw mushrooms ½ cup cooked mushrooms 5 whole enoki mushrooms ½ cup chopped parsley 1 tablespoon chopped raw shallot step 3 get savvy SUPER CARBS It’s time now to get familiar with the amount of carbohydrates that fresh foods contain. Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton calamari oysters clams crayfish lobster crab scallops * starred seafood is rich in omega-3 essential fatty acids proteins MEATS organic beef buffalo organic pork. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . scrambled. or fried in butter or coconut oil. in omelets.All Rights Reserved 59 . fresh* tuna tinned in water terakihi dory cod* haddock halibut snapper swordfish green-lipped mussels* eggs free range or organic cheeses An occasional treat – say 4oz at a time. bacon and ham (naturally cured) organic lamb GAME AND POULTRY FISH AND SHELLFISH organic or free-range bass chicken turkey trout* duck sole rabbit venison wild boar kangaroo ostrich sardines* shrimp abalone herring mackerel* salmon* tuna. Parmesan Camembert feta cottage cheese ricotta buffalo mozzarella Soft or hard-boiled. poached. . You must choose your micro-filtered whey carefully since most of the whey supplements on the market are poor quality. Not only do organic vegetables taste better. putting pressure on your liver. cauliflower. native whey protein that is low temperature processed to maintain the full range of the fragile immune-modulating and regenerative components naturally present in fresh raw milk.Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton Home-made organic vegetable bouillon or vegetable broth. reheating as needed. since an increase in one or more minerals can alter your body’s ability to absorb as much of another mineral that it needs. not one of the recent knock-offs which are distortions of the balance implicit in the natural stevia plant. Organic methods of farming also help protect against distortions in mineral balance. stressing your body as a whole and copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . It’s great for vegetarian and non-vegetarians alike.All Rights Reserved 60 . such as broccoli. (See Resources. ginger. the very best whey carries the highest value biological protein in the world. spinach. Conventionally grown fruits and vegetables have been sprayed with pesticides—petrochemical-derived compounds which behave like low-dose synthetic estrogens in the body. 95% of soy beans today have been genetically modified and you do not want to put GMO foods into your body. the organic matter in healthy soil is nature’s factory for biological activity. go organic. vegetarian options best whey protien Tempeh. watercress. make sure it is organic. mustard greens. garlic. Buy non-denatured. Surprisingly. This is a good drink if you’re feeling weak or headachy when your body begins the natural process of cleansing itself after years of following the inaccurate advice we have all been given. trace elements and vitamins which we cannot get any other way. cabbage. bean sprouts. Good mineral balance is important. organic is great drinks Filtered or spring water—drink 8 to 10 glasses a day Herb teas Flavored mineral waters (only those with no added artificial sweeteners or flavors) Whenever possible. If you decide to use tofu. asparagus.. miso and other fermented soya products are great. Many fruits and veg are also treated with fungicides or wax. Organic vegetables supply us with an excellent balance of minerals. Each one of these chemicals that your body takes in contributes to your toxic load. Season with herbs and sea salt and store in the fridge. Bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes. You can use green vegetables to make your own. The milk it’s made from should have come from grass-fed cows that were allowed to graze year-round on natural pastures. and make sure it is REAL stevia.) sweeteners Avoid all sweeteners except for stevia. Kenton. The Raw Energy Bible. When it comes to maintaining good blood sugar and insulin balance. A stressed liver has trouble managing glucose levels and controls insulin poorly. Leslie. Age Power. Kenton. Leslie. you do not want this to happen. dosed with chemicals or treated with hormones.Healthy And Lean For Life encouraging free radical damage. 2001. Kenton. 1998. And by the way. Leslie. Natural food emporiums can be good places to find good organic vegetables and other produce. meat and dairy products from animals that have not been stuffed full of antibiotics. 2002. And make sure that foods you buy contain no hidden sugars such as honey. Kenton. UK. UK. Shop as much as possible in stores that offer organic produce and untreated foods. London. Read labels as carefully here as in you do in a supermarket. UK. Vermillion. 2004. read labels carefully A word of warning: Just because you buy something in a health food store or natural food emporium does not mean that it will be helpful in reversing insulin resistance and promoting fat loss. just because a food is labeled “organic” doesn’t necessarily mean you want to eat it. Although organic treats may look great in their packages. Organic sugar and organic flour can upset the insulin/blood sugar apple cart just as easily as non-organic foods can. UK. Vermilion. corn syrup. London. Bantam-Transworld. In addition to the good fresh foods they sell. Leslie. 2011. London. most of them are best avoided. London. these stores are also chock-a-block with high-carb treats full of sugar. fish. London. Leslie. Leslie Kenton FURTHER READING Kenton. Cook Energy.. Vermillion.All Rights Reserved 61 . The Cura Romana Weightloss Plan. Random House. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . as well as eggs. fructose or other sweeteners. The Powerhouse Diet. Learn from the dolphin who leaps high in the air. see how an animal moves—the rhythmic lope of a wolf whose body becomes the motion. Watch the horse in a field. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton .Exercise Reborn Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton Chapter thirteen The next time you have a chance. tossing its mane. pounding its hooves and charging about for sheer pleasure.All Rights Reserved 13 62 . twisting its powerful body before disappearing into the waves. only to emerge a minute later in another joyous leap. or for fear of putting on weight. You might swim or jog or dance just because it feels good and makes your body sing. The more you move it for the sheer joy of what this feels like. Play as a child would. move deliciously through the water. Become aware of your body as a friend and ally. your body is nothing like a machine. Where does the real key lie? I believe it can be found in special kinds of movement which bear little resemblance to what most people think of as ‘exercise. healthy muscle. Your body is designed to be active. If you have no idea what kind of movement you enjoy. something to be criticized. And since none of us are able to live with deadness for too long. Notice the bliss your body feels as you do. the rhythmical gait of the wolf. we turn to artificial stimulus through drugs or alcohol. their primary experience of the body is one of deadness. Then you can begin to experience the many gifts this can bring you. It can generate an experience of simple pleasure in whatever you find yourself doing. after childhood.Healthy And Lean For Life For many years I wondered why. Or rebound on a mini-trampoline—something that is particularly good for energizing and internal spring-cleaning. more sensuous and more beautiful it looks and feels—no matter what your age. To create a firm. bliss and aliveness lies in the same tissue that holds the key to burning excess fat—in your muscles.’ get into bliss Personally. start listening to and nurturing your muscle. Here’s my advice: discover what physical things you love doing. Instead. It would be like taking a thoroughbred and binding it so that it can’t get out of the starting gate. when you use it. leave death behind For too many people. To do that would not only imprison my body. then do them for the sheer pleasure of it. The power of the horse. The key to joy. The trouble is this: None of these artificial things that we hope will recover our aliveness work for long. But don’t make yourself swim laps in some driven way.All Rights Reserved 63 . while paying attention to how your body feels with each step you take. the wild playfulness of the dolphin all depend on strong. Swimming can be great because it feels so sensuous. I kept asking myself these questions: Why do we often feel only half alive? Why do we tend to look upon our body as something separate from ourselves. Soon you will learn how to move for the sheer joy of it. It also carries the lion’s share of the life-energy you must have to think clearly. In reality. I love movement. it would kill my spirit. compulsive work or sex—anything that seems to promise it can make us feel alive again. or pushed and shoved into shape. start with a simple walk each day. But only because doing it makes me happy. rhythmical freedom and sensuous energy grounded in the physical body. most of us no longer experience this kind of explosive joy. move gracefully and feel wonderful. lean body for yourself. wears out. Muscle is not only the copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . Once you discover just how vast your body’s potential for joy is and come alive People often talk about the body as if it were a machine. A machine. the stronger. judged. I would never exercise because the powers-that-be tell me I ‘should’ or out of a sense of duty. instead of celebrating its power by surrendering to the joy of sensuous movement the way our animal friends do? Leslie Kenton engine that turns your foods into energy and burns fat. They can also be a major factor in disease-prevention. They increase vitality and improve your mental state. Far from being a form of exercise you once did quickly to get it over with. labor. Walking brings your awareness into your body. Walk with the simple intention that you are going to allow your body to flow. step by step. unlike our primitive ancestors who remained active all through their lives. then gradually—over a few weeks—increase your pace if this feels right to do. we lead a largely sedentary existence. Exercise that is drudgery. magic potion. the late George Sheehan. This is the scientific term for ‘maximum oxygen consumption’—the most critical measurement of your body’s heart and lung performance.Healthy And Lean For Life you begin to delight in this. It’s simple movement. How much such movement you allow yourself determines the level of something called your ‘V02max’. • Improving insulin sensitivity—countering metabolic syndrome • Helping to prevent osteoporosis and fractures Research into age-retardation shows clearly that it is not a pill. Start slowly if you are not used to exercise. We experience a decline in cardiovascular and lung fitness. whose legacy continues to inspire people about the true nature of exercise.All Rights Reserved 64 . describes this experience well: “Exercise that is not play accentuates rather than closes the split between body and spirit. something done only for the final result is a waste of time. your experience of movement can change forever. In most people. So we often age more rapidly. How far? How fast? That depends on how fit you are and on how your body feels as you move it. you and your body become one. Leslie Kenton a sensuous stroll medical benefits • Restoring healthier blood pressure • Decreasing cravings • Improving cholesterol profile • Preventing bone loss Regular movement done for joy even helps transform the body in medically measurable ways by: Daily walks can be a lot of fun. as they help keep your body clean from the inside out. V02max declines steadily after the age of 30—at a rate of about 1 per cent per year—simply because. American enthusiast. along with the magnificent spirit that is the essence of who you are. or some glamorous and expensive youth treatment which best reverses the long and depressing list of changes that have come to be associated with aging.” I couldn’t agree more. Do this and before long. we lose muscle and bone de-age yourself copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . so it can enjoy the pleasure of feeling more full of life. it will become one of the most enjoyable experiences in your life. Centre Press. Believe it or not. Berkeley. New York. London. 2011. joints regain flexibility. Thomas. Leslie. Leslie & Susannah. more youthful measures. 10 Day Clean-Up Plan – detoxify your body for natural health and vitality. Westcott. Fit or Fat. Passage to Power – Natural Menopause Revolution. UK. When a person of 35. London. and we experience a progressive stiffening of the joints. 1994. cholesterol and blood-lipids return to healthier. 1996. The Cura Romana Weightloss Plan. London. The New Joy of Beauty – A complete guide to lasting health and beauty. this can restore V02max levels to that of someone many years younger. Perigee Books. 1989. London. Healthly Pleasures: Discover the Proven Medical Benefits of Pleasure and Live a Longer. London. Kenton. Kenton. when it is done for pleasure. Loss of minerals from the bones is halted and muscle-mass increases. Ebury Press. London. Kenton. or even 75 moves his or her body regularly. Karen..1998. Stanley. blissful gifts of movement—time to discover how. mentally.. Strong Women Stay Young. Leslie Kenton FURTHER READING Andes. Vitality increases. our skin wrinkles and thins. 2000. Wayne.All Rights Reserved 65 . David. UK. Random House. London. movement can literally turn a life around. 10 Steps to a Natural Menopause. Love: A Somatic View. 10 Day De-Stress Plan. 1999. It’s time for us to throw out all the exerciserelated ‘shoulds’ we’ve swallowed for years. Parameters such as cardiovascular fitness. 1995. Leslie. Kenton. Leeds. heart-rate. Cambridge. Random House. 55. the body reborn The wonderful news is that a decline in V02max and rapid aging are by no means inevitable. 1994. Kenton. London. Covert. Leslie. It’s time to explore the real sensuous. Nelson. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . UK. UK. Pelham Books. These age-related changes occur at about the rate at which V02max declines. Kenton. Skin looks younger. Vermillion. 2005.Healthy And Lean For Life tissue. USA. Authentic Woman. London. and Baechel.. Leslie. UK. even intelligence and memory improves. Kenton. Leslie. Massachusetts. and Sobel... It helps reconnect us with our essential being—physically.. Endless Energy. Bantam-Transworld. Random House. Leslie. 1993. Healthier Life. Kenton. 1980 Keleman. Strength Training Past Fifty. A Woman’s Book of Strength.. Random House. Miriam. Leslie. high bloodpressure lowers. Persus Books. emotionally and spiritually. Bantam. Movement has profound value which goes beyond health and leanness. UK. Ornstein. 1998. Robert. Bailey. Human Kenetics. Random House. 2000. Decide to transform your body and your health. This can bring wonderful benefits to you. You can come to experience first-hand how remarkable your body’s capacity to regenerate and rejuvenate really is. Chapter fourteen copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . You can stop feeling negative about yourself and/or your life.Healthy And Lean For Life The secrets of creating high-level wellbeing and staying lean for life are simple. Then stick to it. However. their success relies on your deciding to take responsibility for your own body and your own life so you can make the necessary changes.All Rights Reserved 14 66 Checklist For Change Leslie Kenton . good quality fats and protein foods. realigns the body to a high level of health. foster obesity and engender insulin resistance syndrome—Syndrome X. what you discover about yourself on every level. energy and clarity of mind. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . in time. it may allow you to help others—your family or friends—who long to improve their own wellbeing. sugars. Grain-based and cereal-based carbohydrates turn into sugar the moment you eat them. and how much joyous movement you get. Note down what you are eating each day. and reducing or even cutting out other grains and cereals enables you to transform the biochemistry of your body. coronary heart disease and obesity. then support it to stay that way. cause food cravings and undermine the functioning of the appetite control center in your brain—the one thing you want to restore order to if you want to shed excess fat. pasta. grains. Your own personal experience of the entire process that is taking place in your body and your life may. transform your body size and shape. way to go A low-grain diet with adequate. Cereals. they are the dietary culprits behind the development of diabetes. as we’ve seen. Few of them see the light of day. as well as convenience foods. They are also major contributors to other chronic conditions including cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.Healthy And Lean For Life one step at a time 1 2 3 Leslie Kenton Returning to an approximation of what our ancestors ate— fresh raw vegetable foods plus top quality natural fats and proteins—stops swings in energy and mood. Eliminating wheat. When we eat this way. maize. Independent studies confirm all this and more. Here are three important factors for to remember: Record your progress as you transform your life by keeping a personal journal. restoring energy and wiping out cravings for alcohol. and sugarbased carbohydrates distort hormonal regulation and homeostasis. drugs and sweets. starches and sweets from your diet. how you feel. Stop eating cereals and grains—bread. It is the way of eating that we are genetically predisposed to thrive on. You can help your body grow leaner and stronger. curbs and can reverse blood sugar issues and insulin resistance. and lots of green vegetables as well as a small quantity of low-glycemic fruits like berries. Not only do these foods exert seriously negative effects on insulin and blood sugar. They dull your brain. then make this transformation permanent. still fewer get translated into the kind of information and practices you or I can use to change our lives for the better.All Rights Reserved 67 . comes as close as we can get to eating as our ancestors did for more than a million years of human evolution. keep a journal Scientific discoveries with the potential fundamentally to transform human health are rare. not only become a valuable record of your own exciting personal journey. candies. we provide our system with everything it needs to raise itself to higher levels of health. One day. health and creativity than we ever use. fruit juices and other highly processed drinks including calorie-free sodas riddled with artificial sweeteners. (See Resources. We all have far more resources for happiness. These are chemically processed and are full of trans-fats. We have a tendency to want to return to the way things were before. soft drinks. Your body will reward you for the care and love you show towards it with a new sense of vitality and ease. riding the waves √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ At times you’ll find yourself brimming with excitement and gratitude to have discovered a way to live a life rich in energy and joy.Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton primary source of carbohydrates. For we humans are creatures of habit. too. √ √ Choose natural.) checklist for change √ Cut down or leave out grain-based and cerealbased carbohydrates. Such changes cleanse us psychologically and spiritually as well. as well as starchy vegetables like potatoes. Don’t eat deep-fried foods. Take a food-based multiple vitamin including plant factor antioxidants such as flavonoids. sugar and other sweeteners. Embracing this new way of eating has already helped many to free themselves from chronic suffering and dependence on drugs. wild game or nutritional supplements (see Resources). unprocessed foods. organic. Use cold-pressed. Stay away from convenience foods. replacing them with welcome vitality.All Rights Reserved 68 . We don’t just detoxify on a physical level. coconut oil and butter. For short periods while your body is detoxifying. a few of the changes you face may seem difficult. you’ll need to give yourself a chance to rest more. Don’t forget to record what you feel in your journal. white rice. Enrich your diet with omega-3 fatty acids from fish. pygnogenal and alpha-lipoic acid regularly. Shun sodas. This experience both delights them and has them looking towards the future with enthusiasm. fresh. Eliminate golden vegetable oils which you see on supermarket shelves. extra-virgin olive oil. At other times. Make non-starchy green vegetables your copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . margarines or foods containing partially hydrogenated oils. Eat a good quality protein at each meal. London. UK.. Kenton. UK. Kenton. London.Healthy And Lean For Life FURTHER READING Kenton. The Powerhouse Diet. London. Kenton. Kenton. Leslie. Vermillion. 2004. The X Factor Diet. Power Juices. London. Healing Herbs. Random House. Leslie. The New Joy of Beauty – A complete guide to lasting health and beauty. Leslie. The Cura Romana Weightloss Plan. UK. London. 1998. 1994. 2002. UK. Vermilion. Kenton. Leslie. Leslie. UK. Random House.. Leslie Kenton copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . Juice High – experience the power of raw energy. London. Leslie. Random House. and Kenton. UK. Susannah. The New Raw Energy. 1996 Kenton. London.All Rights Reserved 69 . Leslie. UK. Vermillion. Leslie. 10 Day Clean-Up Plan – detoxify your body for natural health and vitality. London. Leslie. London. 2000.. 2011. London. Leslie. Random House. Kenton. 2001. Kenton. UK. Random House. 1996.. Bantam-Transworld. Vermillion. Kenton. 2000. Random House. Leslie. Age Power. 2002. Kenton. UK.. London. Cook Energy. It is rich with creativity. And it has one and only one intention—to be set free.Healthy And Lean For Life Within each of us lives an essence—a core of self. so that each of us can live our life from the deepest levels of our being.All Rights Reserved 15 70 . Radiant Wellbeing Leslie Kenton Chapter fifteen copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . passion and authenticity. Then I ask myself the most important questions of all: For more than four years I have been guiding thousands of people throughout the world on their own health process on Cura Romana— helping them discover what is most appropriate to their needs on physical. calls from your soul. or not? When we live life from the core of our being with passion. I continue to be dazzled by the beauty of each human being’s unique unfolding. as you discover what your unique values are. They are also expressions of the frustration of our unique essence which continues to plead with us to set it free. in truth. That’s a given. depression or feelings of purposelessness are not only the result of the biochemical issues we have been exploring. emotional and spiritual levels. if I am getting enough sleep and all the rest. Energy. I become more aware that illness. plants. It’s important to develop a new way of living that works for you—one that incorporates pleasurable movement. Optimal wellbeing is nothing less than the process of unfolding which each one of us goes through to become more fully who—in truth—we already are. although few of us yet realize it. soul whispers With every year that passes. development and personal freedom in ways you may never have dreamed possible. restorative sleep and other helpful practices that support vitality. emotional and spiritual troubles you may experience are. trees and mountains that I have never seen before. I check what I have been eating. As you begin to transform your health and align your life with your unique truth. we gain access to more and more natural energy from within. what your soul’s purposes are.Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton Have I been doing what I love most? Is the way I am living right now feeding my spirit. It confirms. Whenever I am low in energy. Watching this unfold in the people I work with is like walking in a garden and coming upon flowers. again and again. what deep inside me I always sensed to be true: that every one of us carries a divine spark of soul which we are here to live out to the full. joy and freedom.All Rights Reserved 71 . and then begin to live out these discoveries in your daily life. bringing our own individual brand of spirit into material form as we walk the earth. such beauty darkness into light Being able to live out your potential on all levels depends on how well you learn to nourish yourself—physically. For developing health and vitality also depend on how well we come to live our own truth—instead of trying to fit in with other people’s rules. It’s important to remember that all deep healing is a transformation on every level of your life. you will discover that the universe supports your health. power and authentic freedom grow as you engage in the process of connecting with your core being. Many of the physical. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . lack of energy. good food. This continues to be one of the most fascinating and rewarding experiences of my life. They are trying to tell you that it’s time to awaken and become conscious of the magnificent being that in truth you are. But this is only half the challenge. emotionally and spiritually. Nothing could be more wonderful. Pelletier. Mind as Healer – Mind as Slayer. Kenton. Leslie. London. London. Vermillion. Harper Collins. Journey to Freedom – 13 quantum leaps for the soul. Kenneth. Gene D. London. UK. Bantam-Transworld. 10 Day De-Stress Plan. UK. 1994..All Rights Reserved 72 . 1998. 1984. Don and Howard Martin. 2000. Leslie & Susannah. HeartMath Solutions..Healthy And Lean For Life FURTHER READING Benson. Childre. Kenton. Herbert. Authentic Woman. New York. Beyond the Relaxation Response. Grof.. 1977 Leslie Kenton copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . The Creative Age. Leslie. The Cura Romana Weightloss Plan. HarperCollins Publishers. Kenton. Times Books. London. Stanislav.. Sate University of New York Press. Leslie. San Francisco. Ebury Press. Delta. Cohen. New York. 1999. Harper. Psychology of the Future. UK.. Kenton. 2011. 2005. UK. In my early-twenties—already mother of three—I found myself seriously ill. I had been unwell ever since early childhood when I twice almost died of pneumonia. Leslie Kenton Chapter Sixteen copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . What happened to me next was the greatest gift the Universe could have given me: One after another I met and became friends with some of the finest scientists—including two Nobel Laureates—and doctors in the English speaking world. How I became involved in all of this was serendipitous. Each of these men and women generously shared with me what they knew most about in relation to health. biochemistry and natural healing.All Rights Reserved 16 73 . and these experts in their fields could not have been more helpful to me in my search. I was passionate about finding answers which could help me.Why I Wrote This Book Healthy And Lean For Life In writing this book I have drawn on knowledge and experience amassed over more than four decades of researching and working in the fields of natural health and spiritual development. What a blessing. In truth. and others. This is seldom an easy task. rapid weight loss and deep cleansing. their care and their knowledge of natural health and beauty. Most also believe it is inevitable that as we get older that we will: my search for healing In addition to illnesses too numerous to list. the human body has an enormous capacity to heal itself. would be one that enhanced hormonal balance. given changes in diet. With each year that passes it seems that we are bombarded with more and more inaccurate—even potentially life-destroying—information from corporate and government entities like Big Pharma. This weight loss protocol. My Cura Romana program developed from my having confirmed for myself over many years that. I had struggled with my weight since adolescence. and then sharing the practical tools and techniques I discover. that there was a way for human beings to thrive no matter what their age and I was determined to find it. and helping the copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . when given what it naturally thrives on. I knew if such a program could be developed it would serve as a way of not only helping people recover their body’s natural shape and weight but also of transforming their health and enriching the quality of their life. More about this later. Like me. It is out of this life-long desire that Leslie Kenton’s Cura Romana® has come into being. heart disease or other degenerative conditions • get fat • rely on pharmaceutical drugs to suppress symptoms • suffer depression • experience diminished health. multi-national food conglomerates. This was the time when remarkable men and women began to appear in my life.All Rights Reserved 74 . I wanted to create a program for safe. all at the same time. better functioning of the autonomic nervous system and fostered high level well-being. times of discovery Ever since my mid-twenties I have been determined about separating bogus research and beliefs from real information about health and healing. no matter what their age. belief systems and lifestyle. The work of these farsighted professionals focused on the avoidance and treatment of degenerative conditions. cancer. even in my mid-twenties.Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton profound confusion. including obesity. I dreamed of discovering a method of permanent weight loss and lasting well-being for myself and others. and the media. fitness and stamina. they were sure that the conditions mentioned above were by no means inevitable. I knew. • lose vitality • develop arthritis. Each of them knew that an ailing human body has an innate capacity to heal itself. instead of putting strain on the organism as conventional weight loss diets do. gentle. A major consequence of all this is that most people remain in a state of priceless gifts Even though my teachers were all conventionally trained scientists and medical doctors they generously shared with me their time. This is how Cura Romana came into being. It was surgically removed. They gave me many precious books from their own library—some going back to the 19th century. became close friends. Dr Ralph Bircher. books and television programs. long before Dr Atkins appeared on the scene. Andrew Strigner. as well as Dr Dagmar Leichti-von Brasch.All Rights Reserved 75 . at one time or another. took me under their wing and have inspired my research by working hand in hand with me at their Psychiatrist Richard Mackarness was a pioneering expert in the treatment of extreme psychiatric conditions. I believe that working with him for over 10 years instilled much of this in me. the United States. He did this by identifying and then eliminating food allergies. physicians and scientists in Europe. These people and so many more have helped me. Gordon Latto.’ They had a drive to discover and test out truths and then go their own way instead of trying to ‘fit in. Richard knew what the new wave of researchers are now beginning to rediscover and write about. a German doctor trained in traditional naturecure.’ copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . and his wife Barbara Latto. and continue to help me. doctor son of the famous Max Bircher-Benner in Switzerland. Leslie Kenton pieces of the puzzle truth and courage For instance. Phillip had a 99. The generosity and kindness of these doctors and scientists seemed to be unlimited. applied it to my own life and to the lives of other. Throughout my adult life.9% success rate in treating migraine through dietary change alone. it was British physician Phillip Kilsby who first made me aware of the power of nutrition for healing. Richard invited me to work with him in his research at Basingstoke Hospital in England. Britain. learn what I need to know both to help myself and to share with thousands of others through my workshops. They have something else in common too: Each. From them I learned about the European tradition of natural treatments. a Scottish doctor. a British psychiatrist who was—and still is—the most knowledgeable person on nutrition I have known. as well as how eating these same foods can cause the body to age rapidly and develop degenerative diseases. then wrote about it as we celebrated the results together. Another brilliant doctor. What I’ve learned from each has acted like an important piece of an amazing puzzle. I took what they taught me. Not All In The Mind and Eat Fat and Grow Thin. The two of them kept me fascinated for many years as I learned as much as I possibly could about how to help the body heal itself. has an extraordinary ability to seek the best in human beings. Richard was the author of two bestselling books.Healthy And Lean For Life body to heal itself naturally. leaving her free of pain for the rest of her life. Canada and Japan have selflessly shared their wisdom and skills with me. has been forced to face the derision of colleagues and criticism from official bodies and the media because they courageously refused to accept so called ‘conventional wisdom. Max BircherBenner’s brilliant niece who ran the famous Bircher-Benner Clinic in Zurich for more than 40 years after his death. clinic in Zurich. the only patient who failed to respond to his treatment was a woman who did not have migraine at all. Back in 1965 he taught me why we get fat and what to do about it. Each one has shared with me what they have learned in the course of their life’s work. experimented with it. As it turned out. She had a brain tumor. Dr Peter Attia is another admirable part of this new wave. He joined with Taubes to launch an organization called The Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI—pronounced “new-see”) on September 12th. listen to what they have to say. a Professor of Pediatrics who reveals the bitter truth about sugar that every one of us needs to know. its purpose is to fund rigorous. 2012. copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . The list of such people whose research is unbiased and whose conclusions are sound gets longer by the year. well-controlled experiments targeted at resolving unambiguously many of the nutritional controversies you have read about in this book. Donald W Miller who educates people on the many benefits of eating saturated fats. Science journalist Gary Taubes’ investigations into the cause and cure of obesity are profound and important. the new wave of passionate investigators are just as uncompromising in their desire to discover truths and share them with the rest of us. Other members of the new wave include Eric Westerman who explores in depth the benefits of low carbohydrate eating. permanently. Some of what you will learn is capable of changing your life for the better. A non-profit organization. You will find the work of many serious contemporary investigators and teachers in the lists of Further Reading at the end of chapters in this book. read what they have written. Pay attention to them.Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton new wave truth Just as these doctors and scientists refused to buy into status quo beliefs. Robert Lustig. and others of similar independence and integrity too numerous to name.All Rights Reserved 76 . All Rights Reserved Enter Cura Romana Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton Chapter Seventeen Leslie Kenton’s Cura Romana® has been developed out of my four decades of working with some extraordinary mentors. a Bavarian doctor who. amongst his many accomplishments. It began with one of them. More than 20 years ago he introduced me to Cura Romana—The Roman Cure. happens to be the acknowledged authority on live cell therapy.17 copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . 77 . its benefits go well beyond the success it offers in fat reduction. It sets up the conditions that can potentially allow natural healing on many other For 15 years I researched A. also like them. successful weight loss. as well as his published research. my search continues yet more research For several years I contacted medical doctors throughout the world to learn how. and continue to attack. Simeons’ protocol has been. More than 20 years ago. I read all of his books. His medical treatment for obesity—which my own expanded Cura Romana draws on—was originally based on a specific very low calorie diet combined with daily injections of a natural biological substance called human chorionic gonadotropin—hCG. even obviously false.T. It restored my body’s natural shape and form. Interestingly. Simeons was awarded the Medal of Honor by the Queen for his many medical accomplishments in Africa. W. many of which I found hard to put down. So impressed was I by the experience that I was determined to share the benefits I had received from Cura Romana with others. Yet I could not work out a way to make this natural protocol available to people who could not afford an expensive clinic treatment. South East Asia to Japan. This is where the Roman Cure got its name. I knew from my own experience and research that The Roman Cure works superbly well not only for graceful. and continues to be. Simeons’ work has been vilified. T. Carrying out the Cura Romana protocol under my Bavarian mentor’s direction enabled excess fat on my own body to be rapidly burnt up and turned into energy. attacks on Simeons’ work are carried out in the same way by the same organizations that have attacked. India and. I discovered that time and again Simeon’s work has been exploited by people hell-bent on using his discoveries only for financial gain and who have undermined its integrity. just like the work of the scientists and copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . in clinics from Buenos Aires to Los Angeles. information surrounding and criticizing Simeon’s work is hard to understand. Simeons. later. endless struggle I had been wrestling with my weight for decades. used. As it drew fat from cells it literally converted it into energy which the body could use. Simeon’s dietary protocol is by far and away the best method for bringing about healthy rapid weight loss while restoring balance to a body’s hormonal and autonomic nervous system. Rome. Yet. but naturally to improve health in medically measurable ways. I learned that Simeons’ discovery of the cause and cure for obesity has been attacked by the same corporate and government entities which have for 60 years been feeding us inaccurate information about nutrition in relation to the cause and cure of degenerative diseases.All Rights Reserved 78 . the work of other independent scientists and medical researchers of integrity. I knew I had to find a way to make this happen. my experience of Simeon’s work was to change my life. Moreover. I experienced no hunger on the program and my energy soared thanks to Simeons’ discovery that his protocol not only efficiently burned up the body’s unwanted fat deposits.Healthy And Lean For Life Cura Romana is based on the research and clinical findings of British doctor A. So while I was shedding weight my body was gleaning more vitality from the fat burning than from the small amount of specific foods I was eating.W Simeons’ work. Leslie Kenton doctors who have taught me. I discovered that. The misleading. Leslie Kenton continues to block its use in many countries. If Simeons really found a cure for obesity they need to crush it for it could potentially destroy the huge market in weight loss drugs and products. We were surprised to discover that every participant had several abnormalities. breakthrough slanderous chaos A vital part of my making Cura Romana available to the public worldwide at an affordable price was to create a non-medical alternative to hCG that is safe. doctors—many of whom were trained by Simeons himself in Rome— have been experimenting with alternative methods of delivery for hCG. Nevertheless. when properly combined with Simeons’ specific dietary protocol. including the United States. Then governments got involved. V02max and fasting glucose in each participant. I was quite certain we could provide a similar experience for participants on Leslie Kenton’s Cura Romana®.000 and 50. healthy weight loss without relying on hCG in any of the forms in which it had been used. Simeons only saw a 60-70% success rate in his patients maintaining the weight they had lost in the first year after completing his protocol. First an oral form was developed then more recently. effective. Within the past six months alone doctors in Holland who have been safely and successfully using hCG for decades have been told they are now breaking the law. health and weight loss gained on the protocol could be made to last. After all. all sorts of weight loss companies have chosen to distort Simeons’ Cura Romana protocol. Her body took another few weeks to reach normal cholesterol levels. I needed to find the key to enabling quick. Big Pharma have always lobbied hard and more often than not successfully to make the sale or use of hCG for weight loss illegal. This is where my four decades of work with my mentors came to the fore. All Dutch doctors are now forbidden to use hCG for weight loss in any form. Yet. I needed to tackle the only weakness in Simeons’ Cura Romana program. Slanderous aggression against the homeopathic form of hCG copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . carrying unfortunate consequences. after five weeks on the program I had devised for the TV program. I faced three major challenges. a homeopathic form. Despite practitioners of integrity who have striven to preserve the spirit of Simeons’ discoveries. When we began the base-line study on which To Age or Not to Age depended we tested standard medical parameters such as cholesterol and triglyceride levels.Healthy And Lean For Life levels as well. and can be easily used. This appeared only after weight loss had taken place using his protocol. This has resulted in a number of fly-by-night companies selling oral and injectable forms of hCG which are of questionable origin. their negative parameters returned to normal. having seen what could be achieved during my TV documentary To Age or Not to Age. ongoing attempts to undermine Simeon’s work continued.All Rights Reserved 79 . Second.000 euros. Big Pharma makes billions of dollars from their ‘weight loss products’ every year. a few of which are actively poisonous. Third. This occurred in all but one of the participants. Those who try to defy the ban are fined between 20. Since Simeons first published his findings in The Lancet in 1954. I was determined to develop a way in which the transformation in shape. I found that both. were equally as effective as the traditional injectable hCG. The FDA have within the last year taken practitioners using the homeopathic hCG for weight loss to court and imposed heavy fines. First. Cura Romana is a truly holistic program for weight loss. health. Thousands who have followed the program report far-reaching benefits verifiable in medically measurable ways. energy and personal growth. After a great deal of testing. equally daunting. I knew this could be done. On the program itself. Added to this is all I know about food copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton .All Rights Reserved 80 . each participant is asked to report to us whatever health challenges they may be facing as well as to let us know about any prescription medications they may be taking. Leslie Kenton sensitivities and chemical allergies and how they affect individual bodies differently—physically. Our unique Consolidation process incorporates the information you have now read in this book. good looks. We had also wanted to develop a spray that could do all that was expected of it but go further in supporting the body’s transformative healing processes. participants speak consolidation reborn Before beginning a Cura Romana Journey program. Theron Randolph and Herbert Rinkel. I wanted to help participants make their weight loss last. many participants claim it not only transforms their health but their whole life. Like the rapid weight loss Essential Spray+Food Plan part of the program. as well as supporting emotional and spiritual growth. each participant is guided day-by-day by my own online videos and audios. This took us more than a year of experimentation to accomplish.Healthy And Lean For Life In Leslie Kenton’s Cura Romana® I was looking for a way to show people how to improve their health in the long-term. challenge—to structure an effective six week Consolidation protocol for people to follow after they have completed the rapid weight loss protocol. highly practical. Consolidation is now a simple. and with thanks to the enthusiasm and help of many participants on the Cura Romana program. experiential process. from within. Here are just a few samples: While our Essential Spray was being developed I set to work on my second. We have been delighted by the confirmation we’ve received from hundreds of participants on Leslie Kenton’s Cura Romana® that this is what we have achieved. We have now used it daily in the rapid weight loss part of Leslie Kenton’s Cura Romana® for more than two years. It resulted in the creation of our Essential Spray. It is important if they are on medication that they let their doctor know what they are doing because the doctor may want to change the levels of prescription medications as a participant’s weight drops and their health improves. In no small part this is thanks to the work of clinical ecologists like Richard Mackarness and his teachers. emotionally and spiritually. the essential spray I set to work with British pharmacist John Morgan to develop an effective alternative to all the forms of hCG. The significant changes in health which participants tell us about each year I believe result from a combination of how the body itself responds to the program as well as on the way Consolidation introduces them step-by-step to ways of further fostering high level freedom from degenerative conditions now and long into the future. My goal was to devise a total system by which the body can continue to experience ongoing improved health naturally. Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton pain disappears I was eighty-five years old when I began the program and I weighed 144 pounds. hormones in balance Women continue to report improvement in hormonal symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats which had been severe enough to disturb their sleep. and the fact that no meds are being taken any more. I had for months been experiencing severe backache. Now. I had been taking 50mg of Levothyroxine per day as well as 40mgs of Simvastatin per day. arthritis or asthma medication. not just weight loss. I feel lighter. Having suffered thyroid issues. new birth Leslie Kenton’s Cura Romana® has turned out to be a watershed in my more than four decades of immersion in natural health and personal transformation. is also the reason that my libido has at last returned. “Cura Romana brought gifts to all areas of my life. I finished the program one month ago and can take emotional balance for granted now because I’m eating in a way that supports all my body’s needs and it’s easy. Says Beryl. my weight remains between 128 and 131 pounds. Debbie in the UK no need for medication I wish I had known about this program earlier. MD in the United States. I assume that having been on Cura Romana. at age eighty-six. Beverly in the UK writes. I no longer experience any of these conditions. I kayak regularly and play tennis twice a week with a partner half my age. A few hours after I took my first dose of Essential Spray the pain was gone. In copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . who lost 28 pounds on Cura Romana. not only am I free of the drugs. I discovered to my surprise and delight that by the end of Essential Spray + Food Plan all of these issues had resolved themselves. I am no longer taking any medication at all. It has not returned. Those who have experienced its gifts are now asking us to develop a new program for people who have no need for weight loss but who also want to experience the same high level well-being. I just stumbled on it by accident—what a lucky thing for me!! I no longer take blood pressure. raised cholesterol etc. cholesterol. I had chronic constipation. Leon I Hammer.” free of drugs Before Cura Romana. haemorrhoids. including Ciprimal and Zanax.All Rights Reserved 81 . Now. anxiety and hormonal imbalance. herbs or massage. Leonie in Australia after shedding 28 pounds depression gone When I began Cura Romana I was taking a number of medications. So my very grateful thanks. It did not respond to acupuncture. Leslie. London. 2001. Random House. London. UK. London. UK. The X Factor Diet.All Rights Reserved 82 . Authentic Woman. Raw Juicing. 2011. Ulysses Press. Age Power. 1998. Random House. 1998. Harper Collins. The New Joy of Beauty – A complete guide to lasting health and beauty. The Raw Energy Bible. London. Leslie. Leslie. Kenton. Endless Energy. The Powerhouse Diet. Leslie. Kenton. Juice High – experience the power of raw energy. 1996. Kenton. Kenton. Vermillion. 2002. and Kenton. Leslie Kenton LESLIE KENTON’S BOOKS: Kenton.com.. The Cura Romana Weightloss Plan. What joy for them and for us. Kenton. 2004. Leslie. UK. 2009. Kenton. Random House. London. 2002. UK. Random House. 1994. London. Vermillion. London. having undergone infertility treatment for years yet been unable to conceive. Kenton. UK. London. Leslie Kenton’s Cura Romana® has been forty years in the making. UK. 10 Day De-Stress Plan. Leslie. Kenton. Kenton. Vermillion. 2000. Leslie. Kenton. More to come soon. For me. Random House. Random House. 1996 Kenton. UK. 10 Steps to a Natural Menopause. 1996. 1996. Ebury Press. Leslie..Healthy And Lean For Life many ways this book is my first offering to them. 1993. Kenton. UK. Vermillion. UK. 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London. the most surprising and fun result this year is that we have worked with three women who. I want to share with you my intention in providing a copy of it free if you are one of the early ones to download it. If you would like to share with me what more you would like to see in the book. do click on the link below. Then we will be selling it on Amazon and elsewhere. I would love to hear from you. I’ve discovered how worthwhile positive feedback can be.Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton feedback from you Now that you have finished this little book. this book is likely to double in size. I would love to know from you what else you would like to see in the book that is not yet there. Working with participants on Cura Romana. incorporating more practical advice about how to use the cutting-edge information it now contains.All Rights Reserved 83 . Click Here To Give Feedback Leslie copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . Menus? Recipes? More information? About what in particular? I’m excited about doing this. In the next three months. All Rights Reserved 84 .Healthy And Lean For Life Leslie Kenton Leslie Recommends Resources copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . Click Here To Watch Leslie Kenton’s TO AGE OR NOT TO AGE DOCUMENTARY Click Here To Watch copyright © 2013 Leslie Kenton . HOLISTIC FAT LOSS IS REAL Video by Leslie Kenton Click Here To Watch Sugar: The Bitter Truth Robert H Lustig MD. THE JOY OF FREEDOM Video by Leslie Kenton Click Here To Watch The best authoritative video on sugar you can watch. Click Here To Watch Low Carb LiVing by Stephen Phinney MD PhD.All Rights Reserved 85 . Click Here To Watch TRANSFORM BODY. NEW RESEARCH ON CURA ROMANA Video by Leslie Kenton Click Here To Watch Excellent and fascinating video by Phinney which contains much of his personal experience. 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