10 ■EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE ROSEDALE DIET■■■GOOD-BYE FOOD CRAVINGS... HELLO TASTE BUDS
W
hen your cells can’t “hear” leptin’s messages, you will not only be hungry all
the time, but you will crave sweets. Why? Leptin resistance desensitizes your
taste buds to sugar. That means, the more sugary foods you eat, the less likely
you are to discern a sweet taste, so you will need more and more high-sugar
snacks to feel satisfied. Whereas once almonds, blueberries or cinnamon tea
would taste sweet enough to be treats, you now require multiple sugar hits—
cookies, cake, candy bars, soft drinks, or a pint of ice cream—before you feel
you’ve had enough. Once leptin sensitivity is restored and your taste buds shift
into high gear, you will get much more pleasure from eating. You will redis-
cover the natural sweetness in food and will actually find that the supersweet
snacks you once craved now taste sickeningly sweet.■■■treated patients from all over the world, many of whom are casualties of
other diets. I attracted a great deal of attention in the medical commu-
nity nine years ago when I was one of the first doctors to lecture about
the importance of insulin resistance and by showing that I was able to
cure, yes, cure, many cases of diabetes through diet alone.
As many of you know, there are two types of diabetes: type 1 and
type 2. Type 1 diabetes (also called juvenile diabetes) is a result of too
little insulin, the hormone that is produced in response to rising blood
sugar levels. Without enough insulin, blood sugar levels can climb dan-
gerously high, leading to organ damage and death. Type 2 diabetes (also
called adult-onset diabetes) is an entirely different story. Type 2 dia-
betes is characterized by a condition called insulin resistance, which
occurs when the cells of the body are constantly exposed to high levels
of insulin. When you become insulin resistant, your body is making
enough insulin, but your cells do not utilize it effectively. (The same
thing occurs with leptin, causing leptin resistance.)
I lecture frequently to medical groups, and I am passionate about