Is Your Thyroid Making You Fat: The Doctor's 28-Day Diet That Tests Your Metabolism as You Lose Weight

by Sanford Siegal

Book Overview

Discusses the symptoms of hypothyroidism and why it is often undiagnosed, provides a four-week diet plan to assist in diagnosing hypothyroidism, and outlines proper treatment for the problem. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446677108
• ISBN13: 9780446677103
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Warner Trade Paperback
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Insightful Infomation

I learned middle 2003 that I have hypothyroidism. My Doctor put me on Synthyroid but I just haven't felt like it was doing any good so I decided to investigate the illness myself. That is when I ordered this book and was I pleased with the information you get from this book. I had no idea there was medication that was natural that supplies both T4 & T3 and how your body needs both to be balanced. I now have more hope that I will be able to control this condition after reading this book. It is written in plain language that a layman can understand. I recommend this book very highly to those who need help with Hypothyroidism.

I admire a man who tells it like it is!

Three cheers for the good Dr. Siegal! He provides a way for any person to help themselves before or after being diagnosed with hypothyroidism. It was hard to put the book down once I started reading it. He is very opinionated on using natural thyroid for treatment and it is hard to dispute his findings.He even wrote a chapter for your doctor to read and makes those with the disease wish there was a Dr. Siegal practicing medicine within a reasonable driving distance from their home. If you live in South Florida, you're lucky - you have him. Excellent book that anyone can understand.

Very Complete

There are a number of good books available that deal with thyroid and weight. This is one of the most complete.While Dr. Siegal is an obvious proponent of the idea that many people have undiagnosed thyroid problems, you shouldn't rule out the possibility that he is correct in his thinking.If after you read this book, take all the tests, fill out the checklists, keep track of your temperature, and try his 28-day eating test, you don't think you got your money's worth, I'd be surprised. The 28-day part of the title is a way to evaluate your metabolic function. There is a bit of math involved, but it's not especially difficult.You use your present weight, your weight on day 29, various charts that help you calculate exactly how many calories you eat, how many you need to maintain your weight, and a number of other factors that will, in the end, tell you just how easy or difficult it is for you, personally, to lose weight.This book does not support any one way of eating: it's not low calorie, it's not low fat, it's not low carbohydrate. It's not a diet book at all. It simply calculates your metabolic functioning based on whatever way you eat.Dr. Siegal also gives strong arguments for the use of natural thyroid supplementation as opposed to the use of synthetics.While some may find it too detailed, I think it's most complete in its coverage of this topic. In a way, it takes a lot of what other books have and presents all in one place. The medical jargon may be a bit difficult, but it's great information to take to your doctor.By the way, Dr. Siegal has a web site at: http://www.drsiegal.comThe book also provides web URL's to a number of sites dealing with thyroid.

Finally! A doctor who understands!

Dr. Siegal has written a diet book that finally makes sense. For years I've been told by doctors that there is nothing wrong with my glands and that I just have to cut back on my eating. Well, I have cut back plenty, and I just don't lose weight. It's about time that some doctor has written a book that explains what is going on.Siegal says that one out of four overweight people can't lose weight on any diet because they have something wrong with their thyroid glands and the tests that doctors do are wrong. I'm doing the test that he has in his book and in about two weeks I should know whether my thyroid gland is keeping me fat. This is the first time I've read anything that can explain my problem.Siegal says he has had thousands of patients like me. If I didn't know better, I would swear that he has written this book with me in mind. This book is going to make a lot of people happy. It not only makes it clear why so many people can't lose weight, it tells you what to do about it.

Is Your Thyroid Making You Fat? Could Be!

As a doctor of pharmacy candidate and published reviewer ofmedical literature, I am in constant contact with patients whocomplain that their doctor dismisses a metabolic problem as the cause of their obesity. While hypothyroidism certainly is not the cause of all obsesity, Dr. Siegal makes a very convincing argument that, for many, it may be. Since his concern about the reliability of the TFT laboratory tests stems from his experience with many patients, his opinions are worthy of consideration.My only complaint about the book is that Dr. Siegal does get carried away in his explanation of hypothyroidism. For doctors (and perhaps that is the audience he had in mind), the detail is appropriate, but the average reader might choose to skip some of the technical explanations.As a medical professional, I am not inclined to dismiss the observations of a practicing physician who has treated thousands of patients for obesity. This book offers hope to those who don't overeat but can't seem to lose weight on any diet. END