The Cheese Trap: How Breaking a Surprising Addiction Will Help You Lose Weight, Gain Energy, and Get Healthy

by Perez Elisa Hernandez, Marilu Henner (Foreword by)

Overview

New York Times bestselling author Dr. Neal Barnard reveals the shocking truth about cheese-the dangerous addiction that is harming your health-and presents a radical program to lose weight and feel great.
We've been told that dairy does a body good, but the truth is that cheese can be dangerous. Loaded with calories, fat, and cholesterol, cheese can make you gain weight and leads to a host of health problems like high blood pressure and arthritis. Worse, it contains mild opiates that make it additive, triggering the same brain receptors as heroin and morphine. In THE CHEESE TRAP, Dr. Neal Barnard presents a comprehensive program to help readers break free of their cheese addiction so they can lose weight, boost energy, and improve their overall health. This easy-to-follow diet features a treasury of healthy recipes that will tame even the toughest cravings-from pizza, to lasagna, to ice cream and cheesecake.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455594689
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	02/28/2017
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	121,134
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Neal Barnard, MD, is a clinical researcher, author, and health advocate. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and president of the nonprofit Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine. He is the author of several books and a frequent lecturer.

Table of Contents

Foreword Marilu Henner vii

A Note to the Reader xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction: Hidden in Plain Sight xv

Chapter 1 The Ultimate Processed Food 1

Chapter 2 More Calories Than Coke, More Salt Than Potato Chips: What Cheese Does to Your Waistline 19

Chapter 3 How Cheese Keeps You Hooked 37

Chapter 4 Hidden Hormone Effects 55

Chapter 5 Health Problems You Never Bargained For 73

Chapter 6 Heart Disease, Diabetes, and the French Paradox 101

Chapter 7 What the Animals Go Through 119

Chapter 8 The Industry Behind the Addiction 137

Chapter 9 A Healthy Diet 157

Chapter 10 All the Flavor, None of the Regrets 175

Chapter 11 Recipes 197

Appendix: An Elimination Diet for Identifying Problem Foods 267

References 275

Index 285

Editorial Reviews

01/02/2017
The average American eats 33 pounds of cheese a year, and physician and veganism advocate Barnard (Power Foods for the Brain) asserts that giving it up could be a route to improved overall health. Cheese, he warns, is an essentially unhealthy product—filled with fat, cholesterol, and sodium—and has addictive properties as well. Despite an overly alarmist tone, Barnard is effective in explaining how the “ultimate processed food” is manufactured, and, with plenty of statistics to hand, why it isn’t healthful. To this end, he raises the array of medical problems potentially associated with dairy or obesity. Barnard’s antidote is a standard plant-based food plan. Readers can eschew cheese and create healthier versions of favorite foods by following 70 recipes developed by vegan cookbook author Dreena Burton for meals, snacks, and desserts. The book also lists versatile cheese replacements employing nut butters, non-dairy plant milks, coconuts, and soy. There’s more here than most readers may care to know about cheese, but despite Barnard’s proselytizing, he details a feasible transition to plant-based eating. Agent: Brian DeFiore, DeFiore and Company. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly

"If you want to know where medicine will be ten years from now, read Dr. Neal Barnard's writings today."—Dean Ornish, MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Spectrum and Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease

"Our love-affair with cheese is killing us. Learning the truth about cheese may save your life."—
Joel Fuhrman, MD, New York Times bestselling author of The End of Heart Disease and The End of Diabetes, among others

"The Cheese Trap busts open the myths of cheese as a health food and provides an eye opening, mouth shutting view of the way cheese is produced and does damage."—Joel Kahn MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, and author of The Whole Heart Solution

"Calories, cholesterol, salt and saturated fat-Dr. Barnard analyzes the process and problems of cheese production and consumption in the American population. It's no wonder that coronary artery plaque-the leading cause of death in the United States-resembles cheese in so many ways. "—
Kim Allan Williams, Sr., M.D., MACC, FAHA, MASNC, FESC Immediate Past President, American College of Cardiology

"This informative and entertaining book clearly and compellingly lays out the reasons why cheese should not be part of our diet. I highly recommend it!"—Ted D. Barnett, MD, Medical Director and CEO, Rochester Lifestyle Medicine

"Do you love cheese? Think again! Dr. Barnard makes it crystal clear why you'll want to steer clear of cheese as if your life depends on it because, guess what-it does!"—Rip Esselstyn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Engine 2 Seven-Day Rescue Diet

"Dr. Barnard shares the truth about one of America's greatest addictions. A must read for anyone wanting to be empowered to go fully plant-based."—Chad Sarno and Derek Sarno, Chefs, Brothers, and Founders of Wicked Healthy

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