The Centers for Disease Control project that one of every three children born in the year 2000 will develop the disease. But Type 2 diabetes is largely preventable. Find out how you can avoid becoming a statistic." "Dr. Robert C. Atkins recognized early on that diabetes and obesity are twin epidemics, and that the way to reverse both is to permanently change the way people eat. Yet much of the mainstream medical establishment continues to advocate the treatment of diabetes with insulin and other drugs, while recommending a diet high in carbohydrates including sugar that raises your blood sugar."

What you'll learn from reading Atkins Diabetes Revolution is that rather than correcting your metabolism, such a diet can actually increase your risk of developing diabetes - and heart disease. The Atkins Blood Sugar Control Program (ABSCP) helps you identify the metabolic signposts that indicate trouble long before the onset of Type 2 diabetes, so you can stop it in its tracks. If you already have the disease, the ABSCP offers you and your physician a strategy for weight management and blood-sugar control, while minimizing your exposure to drugs.

FROM THE CRITICS Publishers Weekly: Having been marketed to millions as a weight-loss solution, the Atkins diet is now presented as a means of preventing type 2 diabetes, a disease whose rates are skyrocketing, thanks to the prevalence of risk factors such as obesity and high lipid and blood sugar levels. The authors clearly outline their interpretation of the path to diabetes, arguing that carbs cause blood sugar spikes, triggering the release of more insulin-the hormone that regulates blood sugar-than the cells need. Blood sugar ends up stored as fat and the body's cells start responding more slowly to the insulin, which leads to elevated blood sugar levels."In the end, only you can decide what's best for your health," they warn. "You can choose the Atkins approach and improve your health, or you can choose the ADA [American Diabetes Association] approach and descend into more and more medications and poor health."

While studies now demonstrate low-carb dieting can lead to weight loss and cholesterol control over the short term, experts tend to agree that diets that demonize one food group aren't easy to stick to over the long haul. Still, the work includes valuable nutritional information and sounds a needed alarm about the diabetes epidemic. PUBLISHED AT TWENTY SIX DOLLARS.

 HarperCollins Publishers 0060540087 / 9780060540081
HARDCOVER Brand New Brand New Book Jacket New York 

Price: 14.36 USD

FROM THE PUBLISHER: "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Cookbook contains over 250 of the most-asked-for recipes at the Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine - the establishment that originated the modern low-carb, high protein movement over 25 years ago, and still going strong.

This book also provides scientific and clinical data demonstrating the health benefits of low-carbohydrate eating; evidence that the Atkins diet controls diabetes and cholesterol, reverses hypertension, ends fatigue, corrects many eating and digestive disorders, reduces allergic reactions, offers relief to asthmatics, and stops arthritic and headache pain; detailed menu plans; and a guide to nutritional supplementation.

There is also a brief description of the Atkins diet in its four progressive stages; an effective way of breaking up and explaining what will be one continuous lifetime diet."--BOOK JACKET.

FROM THE CRITICS: In 1972, Atkins became a household name with his bestselling book, The Diet Revolution . In it, he claimed that to induce rapid weight loss one need only follow a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet--carbs were the culprit in keeping people overweight. Twenty years later, he published Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution , continuing to maintain that weight gain had little to do with fat intake--a controversial conviction. His latest work is a cookbook designed as a companion to the 1992 volume, and promising to provide the most ``mouth-watering meals for the most effective diet ever devised.'' In case readers are unfamiliar with his weight-loss program, Atkins describes its four stages and offers a selection of sample menus. Recipes range from the simple (hard-boiled eggs) to appetizers, salads, meats and poultry. No-holds-barred desserts call for heavy cream, eggs, sour cream and butter; despite Atkins's claims, his is not always light cooking.

In the end, it's the desserts that illustrate the absurdities of the Atkins program: a recipe for cheesecake is chock full of cream cheese, eggs and creme fraiche, yet the final ingredient is 12 packets of a sugar substitute. ``Good cuisine has always rooted itself firmly in luxurious fat,'' writes Atkins in his introduction. Really? An intro to understanding the basics of rapid/permanent weight loss. Published in 1999 by Nightengale-Conant. Lastly, this completely updated 3rd edition of Dr. Atkins' NEW Diet Revolution, hardcover, 7 x 10", listed at Twenty Five dollars is included in this package of TWO "as brand new" hardcover books + Videotape - approximate value SIXTY DOLLARS.

 M. Evans & Co 087131925X / 9780871319258
Hardcover Brand New Brand New Book Jacket New York, New York, U.S.A. 

Price: 32.18 USD

Compact Disc: 60 minute Motivation for Life CD with special introduction by Dr. Robert C. Atkins Wallet-Size Dining Out Guide: Tips for eating out at Chinese, Italian, Mexican, and other restaurants.

The SECOND Atkins book in this listing is: " THE ATKINS JOURNAL : YOUR PERSONAL JOURNEY TOWARD A NEW YOU, A 120-DAY RECORD". This journal is a valuable ally to help you do Atkins properly--enhancing your potential to manage your weight and improve your overall health! Features 180 daily pages for counting carbs and tracking supplements, water intake, and exercise. Weekly pages for weighing in, rating your progress, confronting challenges, and recording your feelings.

A summary of the four-phase Atkins Nutritional APproach; guidlines for success in EACH phase; advice on setting up an Atkins-friendly kitchen; shopping lists and tips for eating out.

 Griffin 0312321600 / 9780312321604
As New w/book jacket May have small remainder mark 

Price: 29.70 USD