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By 1999, Jennifer had spent the whole
of the 90’s developing and testing dessert recipes for people coping
with Diabetes. After having written 3 such books, 2 of which were
"National bestsellers", using the ADA and CDA guidelines, the best we
could do (approaching our mid 40's) as can
be seen from our faces, was to be happy but quite chubby! Clearly
their dietary guidelines were keeping us plump! My BP was in the 140/98
range, without sugar, a reduced/low fat diet, with margarine instead of
butter, few eggs and little bacon, cheese or cream.
It was obvious that change was needed!
So in 1999 we "embraced" the low-carb lifestyle, and pretty soon, even after
developing and testing 100's of Low-carb
recipes for "Splendid Low-Carbing", here
we are again:
“Christmas 2000” ... and we were
now decidedly
leaner! Jennifer's HDL-Cholesterol and Tri-Glyceride
levels were excellent and my blood pressure and blood-sugar were again
closer to "normal" ranges.
So below (approaching 46) Jennifer is pictured along with her
sons celebrating the publishing of “More Splendid Low-Carbing" - the sequel to her National
Best-selling “Splendid Low-Carbing”, looking decidedly
skinnier - on top of the world again" You know, it sure is a
really neat feeling!
So, after 4+ years of low-carbing, (Ian cheats more often
than Jen does), with butter
instead of margarine, lot's of eggs, cheese, steak, bacon, cream, cream
cheese, sour cream etc. here are our
cholesterol ratios:
Jen (46): TOTAL/HDL= 3.3 TRI/HDL=0.27 LDL/HDL=2.14
TSH=6.72 (BP = perfect)
Note: Jen was diagnosed with
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (generally this is
thought to run in families and is quite common, especially in women,
after and in their 40's) Since being treated with T4+T3, Jennifer's TSH has
dropped to < 0.1 and her feeling of
well-being is "perfect" and is very generally very healthy! Both our blood
sugar levels are consistently < normal (not
even a hint of Diabetes) and both our Tri-Glycerides
levels are excellent and even my PSA levels are excellent too.
Ian (47): TOTAL/HDL=5.2 TRI/HDL=0.57 LDL/HDL=3.99
TSH=1.86 BP=134/82 PSA=0.97
What is noteworthy is that Jen had
been on the "FAT-FAST" in which as much as 70%-80% of her
daily calories came from fat, and just like an Eskimo, Jen thrived on
it! Also, I went to Africa for 2
months - on 2 separate trips, and OD'd on carbs
... so my profile could have been quite a bit better.
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Jennifer, at 48
(Oct 26th 2004)
- the day she finished
the latest cookbook in her series of
5 Fabulous
Splendid
Low-Carb
TM Splenda®
Cookbooks
A time when
most cookbook authors want to hide their
scale!
Jen developed the fabulous recipes (in her
5 Low-carb books) over the last 5 yrs. |
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A common challenge
for anyone on restrictive diets is "boredom".
We simply miss our favorite foods! Another
is "Trying to lose that last stubborn 10-25lbs".
Jennifer has "been there ... done that" and
knows exactly how you feel! For almost 14 years
now, Jennifer has been writing best selling
cookbooks - which involves creating and eating
many fabulously rich desserts and main courses,
and she is living proof that eating these
fabulous meals, contained in her books, need
not interfere with our ongoing weight control
efforts, or compromise our health. Her low-carb
recipes represent a welcome breakthrough in
reducing carbs and returning many of our sorely
missed, great tasting, favorite old "comfort
foods" to us, and introducing new one's
to us. All (100%) of the recipes in these 4 books
are < 10g carbs per serving, while most
(70%) are < 5g carbs per serving and many
(40%) are < 3g carbs per
serving! After personally developing and
then consuming the 1,000's of recipes that
appear in her Low-carb cookbooks,
Jen is undeniable living-proof of the
effectiveness of the low-carb-lifestyle and of
the many fine recipes that make up her
Splendid Low-CarbingTM
series of cookbooks. Not only were the above
photos of Jen taken on the day she finished "Splendid
Low-Carbing for life vol-2", but they mark
the end of nearly 18 months in which she
developed and published her last 3 cookbooks
(back-to-back) and this during a time when she
was diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
(Hypo-thyroid) which makes weight loss very
tough indeed! Chances are you will never see
or eat as much food as what Jen has had to
deal with in the last few years ... and just
look at her now. Jen's books ensure that your
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By the time Jennifer finished writing the sequel, "More Splendid
Low-Carbing", in late 2002, this (LHS) is what
she looked like (photo taken for and featured on the back of
her new low-carb cookbook) Then just after
"Low-Carbing among friends" (GLUTEN FREE - release Nov 2011) here (RHS) she
is in late 2011, 10yrs later, more proof that even under the
harshest conditions (developing 1,000's of recipes) low-carbing
works very effectively to control weight, while allowing people to eat
really tasty, satisfying meals ... and to improve their health!
Jennifer 45 (LHS) after
4 Cookbooks and Jennifer 55 (RHS) Oct 11, 2011, after 8 cookbooks
Warning: "Don't try this at home, on any other diet!"
Now, on just about any diet, a good exercise program will help you stay
leaner and look well toned, but (and this is just me) with me
it's been mainly all about diet and only occasional exercise. Yes, I
know I should change that someday.
Footnote:
"Low-Carbing among friends" is also
GLUTEN-FREE, and that one further
refinement of the Low-Carb diet (similar to "Paleo") has meant that
at 55, Ian's blood pressure dropped to the 115-120/75-80 range, on 1/4
of the medication he was on before, saving huge amount, 75% less spent
on meds, that's a savings of > $1,000 per year! Better yet, giving we
have one less thing to worry about, since high BP & strokes run in
his family.
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