A belated Merry Christmas!
NOTE: EFFECTIVE DEC 29, 2008 WE ARE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING THIS OFFER. DON’T WORRY, WE WILL DO IT AGAIN SOON. AS IT TURNS OUT OUR SHOPPING CART WAS OVERWHELMED WITH ORDERS AND CRASHED REPEATEDLY CAUSING ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING A NEW AND IMPROVED SHOPPING CART. WHEN WE’VE GOT IT UP AND FUNCTIONAL, WE’LL REPEAT THIS OFFER. THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
MD and I escaped from snowy Seattle to a windy, overcast – but snow free – Dallas where we had our own Merry Christmas with kids and grandkids. Chaos has reigned since we arrived and was over the top yesterday. Now that I’ve had a chance to catch my breath, I’d like to wish all readers of this blog a belated Merry Christmas and a great holiday season whatever holiday it is you celebrate.
In keeping with the holiday spirit, I would like to give readers of this blog a free copy of The Protein Power LifePlan. But there is a catch. You have to pay to get it from me to you.
I did this last year, and a zillion people took me up on it. But a number of people couldn’t avail themselves of the offer because they lived in other countries, and at that time we weren’t set up to ship anywhere other than the US. Now we are. We are now using the US Postal Service (USPS) along with UPS to ship. If you want one of these books for shipping and handling only, go to the products section of our website and click on The Protein Power LifePlan. You can determine how you want to have it shipped, so you can look at both the USPS and UPS, see the difference in price, and pick whichever you choose. If you do not live in the United States, then you must choose the USPS. We are set up now so that the shipping price to anywhere in the world can be calculated.
The only problem that may arise if you order from another country could be a glitch on our end in the processing of a foreign credit card. Our web guru set us up, but we have no way of testing if it’s set up properly or not since none of us has a foreign credit card to test it with. We’ll have to see what happens when the first foreign order comes through. When it does, if it gets messed up, don’t worry. We’ll get it sorted out once we have a card to work with.
Once again, here is the deal. I’ll send you a first edition, hardcover (not paperback) copy of The Protein Power LifePlan absolutely free (one copy per person). All you have to do is pay whatever the normal shipping and handling is. I’ll keep this offer up for the next 10 days, so it will end at midnight on Jan 5, 2009. At that time the book will go back to whatever its regular price is.
And if you were planning to order anything else from the products section, go ahead and combine it with the book, which will make your shipping for the book practically free. (We can’t make this offer to our non-US customers, however, because we can’t ship supplements to other countries.)
This is my way of saying thanks for hanging in there with me for another year and ordering stuff through the Amazon link. And it’s a way of welcoming new readers.
Whatever the case, I once again wish everyone happy holidays.
Note: I just got word that our first non-US credit card did not go through. Our guys are working on it, but word is that they may not get it fixed until Monday, Dec 29. If you live somewhere besides the US and you would like to get a book, give your card a try, but if it doesn’t work, try again Monday. Sorry for the hassle. I’ll remove this note when I know that everything is okay.
Wonderful news, thanks for this book!
I’ve read Protein Power, but not PPLP. I look forward to this book to see what you have to say about sunscreen, as I’m somewhat ignorant on that issue…
There is a pretty good section in the PPLP on the benefits of sunshine and what to look for in a sunscreen.
Love you site and blog, BTW.
Hi Dr Eades
I live in Canada. I tried to order your book but could not get past the billing address page. There are no options for an address from Canada on the billing address page. Thanks anyway.
Yukondsl
Sorry about the problems. It’s turning out that shipping to Canada is more difficult than we though. Your government, I suppose, wants to make sure that you don’t get any subversive materials, and so it makes the shipping process difficult.
Finally remembered which password I used and got the book ordered. I plan to incorporate some of Dr. Davis’s ideas in to the LCing next year because of my high calcium score and aneurysm. I appreciate you referring me to his site. I joined his TYP program and already have increased Vitamin D and Fish oil to higher levels. I am reading his books now and waiting to make more changes after an upcoming stress test.
Happy New Year and thanks for your support this year. It was the first time I stayed on a LC diet long enough to see real success since Dr. Atkins in the 1970s. Your blog was a big help in keeping me motivated.
I’m glad you’re making improvements. Dr. Davis’s books are good, but I have a little problem with Track Your Plaque. I recommend it, but with a caveat. In that book he spends the entire first part talking about the value of EBT scans and calcium scoring. He gives patient history after patient history describing people who thought they were in perfect health and who had normal lipid levels, but who ended up having atrocious calcium scores. The thrust of the first part of the book is that lipid levels don’t matter – only calcium scores matter. Lipids can be low, yet you can have coronary artery disease or lipids can be high, and you can have coronary artery disease. In other words, lipids don’t have anything to do with it. And just because you have normal lipids doesn’t mean you don’t have heart disease – all of which I concur with. Then the last part of the book is all about how you can lower your lipid levels by following certain dietary recommendations that involve reducing saturated fat. The first part of the book says lipids don’t matter; the last part says, You’ve got to work to lower your lipids to improve your coronary artery disease. It doesn’t compute, at least not to me. I think Dr. Davis has changed his mind about some of these things, and his newer thinking is more represented on his blog than in his book. Unless his book has been updated.
MD,MD and MRE,MD
Merry Christmas from a Colorado 1999 patient. MRE and I spoke a lot about ferritin at that time and his new (at the time) chapter in a book. Prophetic, but my iron overload did not get a dx until 2005, with ectopy, diabetes, mild restrictive cardiomyopathy, and 14 cardiac stents.
I seem to be stable and my wife and five children thank you and MD,MD for having gotten me this far. My lipids have been under medical care for nearly 35 years, since medical school. The only time they have been GOOD has been on Protein Power. And I happen to love the program, so it is easy for me to follow.
I am signed up to your blog, so I will look forward to your comments there. I know you must be proud of all the good you have done with your lives’ work. I also enjoy CarbWx (?) on tv.
John R. Ahlering, MD
San Diego, CA
Hey John–
I remember you well. Did I not check your ferritin at the time? If not, I’m glad the statute of limitations has passed.
I usually checked it on everyone.
I’m glad to hear you’re stable. And if you’re just now coming to this blog, I’m happy to have you. Feel free to chime in any time.
Happy New Year–
MRE
Thank you so much for the offer. I too live near Eagle (Boise) so would like to stop and pick up a copy of the book this week.
Kim Kline
I’ve given your info to my assistant who should be in touch with you soon.
Thank you so much! Also, your blog has been invaluable in my quest to improve my health. I was diagnosed with FSHD (facioscapulohumeral dystrophy) and polymyositis six years ago. I was given high doses of prednisone for the polymyositis, which resulted in steroid myopathy, pre-diabetes, hypertension, gout, and a 70+ lb. weight gain. My frustrated neurologist finally referred me to a rheumatologist with the plan that he would monitor a switch from the prednisone to methotrexate, in an effort to control my “overactive” immune system. Fortunately for me, the rheumatologist had a working brain and said that I did not have polymyosits, and subsequently acquired the biopsy slides to check for himself and challenged the neurologist’s treatment. I then spent the next year weaning off of the steroids. Enter Protein Power. Despite not being to exercise much, I have gradually lost about 60 lbs. and hope to lose another 50. Again, thanks for all you and MD do!
Glad to hear you got your problem sorted out. And I’m glad you’re doing so well now. Keep it up.
Thanks for offering your book again this year! I jumped on this last year so I already own a copy. :0) It’s one of my favorites!
I did write about this in my latest column so others could take advantage of this great deal. You can see it here if you’d like to have a look:
http://www.examiner.com/x-659-St-Louis-LowCarb-Examiner~y2008m12d28-Authors-of-Protein-Power-giving-away-free-books
Hope you both have a wonderful New Year!
Unfortunately the unexpected crush of requests overpowered our antiquated shopping cart, and we had to cancel the give away temporarily. We’re getting a new shopping cart that can deal with the order spikes as well as international orders. When we get it squared away and tested, I’ll repeat the offer.
Happy Holidays! I would very much like to take you up on your generous offer of the PPLP book but my shipping and billing address are to an APO (military postal system) address. I can type in APO for the city but have no way of selecting AE for the “state” on the drop-down list. Is there anyway around this?
Thanks much.
You’ll have to hold off for a bit on your order. Our online shopping cart was overwhelmed. We’re getting a new shopping cart, and when it’s up and tested, I’ll redo the offer. At that point you should be able to do the APO address easily. Sorry for the hassle.
Hi,
I’m a frequent reader of your blog, and a low-carber of seven years standing. I actually came on today to ask you a question about low-carbing, dieting and breastfeeding when I saw your offer. Thank you! I have protein power, but would love the life plan too. I have an American cc, so that’s not a problem, but I live abroad – and the usps option wouldn’t show up for me either, so I’m a bit stumped as to how to continue. I tried on IE and Firefox and it’s just not there – only four shipping options show up. Have you managed to work out why that’s happening for some of us yet? Has anyone been able to use the usps option successfully?
Now on to my question. As I said, I’ve been low-carbing for seven years, and during the first three years of that time, went from 250lbs to 154lbs, which I maintained for the following 3 years. However, resting on my lap now as I type is my beautiful 11 week old son! My pregnancy was very unpleasant, however, and for the first half of it I could not eat protein at all, it made me so sick (and I threw up anyway, the stuff I could eat). I went back to low-carb as soon as I could, but the weight I put on during that phase of the pregnancy has stayed with me. After giving birth, I have vacillated between low-carb and eating higher carb – partly to increase my milk, and partly to indulge the sweet tooth I re-acquired whilst pregnant. However, now I really want to get back to the straight and narrow, so to speak. I’ve got around 25-30 pounds to lose to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight. I have found that if I eat low-carb I do have milk, but that was with eating plenty of nuts, higher carb veggies, and not restricting calories at all. And when I ate carbs I found I had more milk. I’m wondering what your opinion is, as a low-carb advocate and a doctor, on whether I should/can actively try to lose weight will breastfeeding, and what level of carbs I should eat, and whether I should count calories at all (I wouldn’t try and go very low, but there are as you know a lot of calories in nuts etc). Thanks for your help – I love my son and I’m very glad I had him, but I’m finding it very hard to deal with the ‘backslide’ to the weight I was four years ago, knowing how much effort and time it will take me to re-lose, after having been able to maintain my weight loss totally for over 3 years.
Deborah
Your question is a good one. For the most part, women who are pregnant or breast feeding shouldn’t be on a calorie restricted diet. Your main job during these times is to provide substantial nutrition for a growing fetus and then infant, which takes lots of calories. Your secondary job is to be sure you don’t deprive yourself of needed nutrients in the process. Frustrating though it is for you, weight loss can wait a few more months, if it has to, to assure your growing child gets a great nutritional start in life. That means milk that is both plentiful and nutritious, so protein rich, fat rich, essential fat rich. A Protein Power (or LifePlan) transition or maintenance level diet (the dilettante when you get the LifePlan) full of good protein sources, quality fats, pure sources of essential fats (which usually means supplementing to avoid mercury and that would be in fish fat) and fresh fruits, veggies, and organic dairy would fit that bill.
Hi there,
A news story that may interest you or your readers:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7801219.stm
Delia Smith Smith, for those who haven’t heard of her, is probably the most traditional and conservative tv chef in Britain. Which made her comments all the more surprising!
Jo, Edinburgh
Interesting, indeed. Thanks for the link.
Got mine! Woohoo!!!
Sorry to hear about your system crashing! I’ve notified my readers of the issues and will update when things are worked out. Thanks for all you are doing! This book giveaway will really help people get the truth about low-carb living for minimal cost.
Thanks for your understanding. We got more orders in the first two hours after I put the post up than we’ve gotten total in the last 6 months. We got more orders in the first 12 hours than we did in the entire two weeks I ran this same give away last Christmas. Our system couldn’t handle it. We’re in the process of getting a new website design, and when we do, we’ll get a new shopping cart (I’m evaluating several right now) to go along with it. We should be back in business for an onslaught of orders with in a few weeks.
Hello, Dr. Eades. have just bought your book LifePlan, but have been on a lower carb diet for a while now. What I mostly eat is fish and red meat because they are the most nutrition dense. I have a problem I am worried about though and that is iron. I have not had my ferritin levels checked but wouldn’t a low carb diet harm and not help in iron overload or am I missing something? Also do you recommend to readers to regularly donate blood for as long as we are eating lo carb and if so how often would be best in order to keep iron in check? Another question is if you exercise intensely “circuit training short burst” if your body can afford more iron or not? Also after I eat red meat i always feel groggy and tired could this be do to iron.
Thank you for your time and patience with my many questions. be well
The type of iron in red meat – heme iron – is easily absorbed but is also easily avoids absorption if iron stores are too high. So I wouldn’t worry about getting too much iron by eating red meat. I always recommend that people give blood. It helps the people who need the blood plus it helps keep iron from accumulating. I don’t think the intense training has much effect one way or another. And I don’t think your grogginess has anything to do with iron levels. I don’t know why you feel groggy – most people feel just the opposite. I suppose whatever else you eat with the red meat could have a lot to do with it.
Dr. Eades, I made a stupid mistake on my order and didn’t change the card type to Mastercard instead of Visa. I left it alone instead of potentially making it worse. Please let me know if/what I can do to straighten this out. Otherwise, it looked like it took my order.
I’ll have my assistant check it out, but it’s probably okay if it went through.
Glad you made it out of the snow. It’s an example of why I basically don’t fly i the winter any more.
Thank you for using the word Christmas. And Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you.
Jim
And a Happy New Year back to you.
Hi Dr Eades I’d love a copy of protein lifestyle and have tried to pay postage using my visa but not having success.
I’m in New Zealand and not sure what to do???
I have recently bought your book Protein Power and after 7 days on the diet I lost 2 kgs which was fantastic! .. i still have another 12 to go but that was a great week and very encouraging.
i have noticed my zero energy levels have increased and my fibromyalgia pain is improving, and my foggy brain has cleared and i’m feeling really really good! I added potassium after 4 days and found that a lot of the tiredness and fatigue went.
i love this way of eating..and i’m so thankful to have stumbled across this diet as my sugar levels were way out of whack.
So here’s to you!
Regards
Wendy
Thanks, Wendy. Don’t give up on the book deal. As soon as we have the new blog design up with the new shopping cart, I’ll put up the offer again, and, I dearly hope, it will work this time.
Dr. Eades,
You have had a tremendous impact on my life for many years. The first book of yours I bought was Thin So Fast and I believe I have every book you and/or MD have written since, including the If It Runs In Your Family series. I was very fortunate to discover the low carb diet 30 years ago during a battle with hypoglycemia, sugar binges and anorexia nervosa. The diet, I believe, literally saved my life. Since that time I’ve stuck to the diet, sometimes less closely, such as during two pregnancies, but very diligently for the past 10 years. As a result, I’m in my mid 50′s, very lean and muscular, and I can’t imagine a more wonderful way to eat. Your books and blog have been very helpful to me and there are no words to express how much I appreciate all you do.
As I mentioned, I have all of your books but I would love to have an autographed copy of The Protein Power Lifeplan. If you can make that happen, I will gladly pay for extra shipping and for the book. Again, many thanks for everything. I wish you and your family a very blessed 2009!
Jeannie
I’ll see what I can do.
Dear Dr Eades,
When you bring this offer up again I’m wondering how people outside of the US can order as I live in the UK and can’t get passed the first page of billing details as it has a drop down list only of US states and no foreign countries. I already have PPLP but realise now that I’d much rather have a hard back edition and give my soft back edition to a friend. So I will take up this offer please when you have it again…but if I can’t even enter my address in the UK it will be difficult.
all the best,
Anne
When we get up the new website/blog we’re in the process of having designed (probably within the next month), we’re going to go with a new shopping cart that will work with non-US addresses.
Dear Dr. Mike,
Is this offer still good? I just lost my third (or was it fourth) copy of PPLP to yet another friend. I must say that I’m glad that you’re so popular, but I do wish that my friends would spring for their own copies. Perhaps this is my way of making the world a better place, one great reference book at a time.
Thanks so much. Can’t wait for your new book.
Had to cancel it temporarily because our shopping cart needs upgrading. We’re in the middle of a site and blog redesign that involves going with a new shopping cart. As soon as we get it finished, we’ll redo the offer.