The Rice Kings, Book One, The Beginning by David Lucas

The Rice Kings, Book One, The Beginning by David Lucas

Almost every day it seems a new study is published that shows you are at risk for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or all-cause mortality due to something you've just eaten for lunch. Many of us no longer know what to eat or who to believe. In Nutrition in Crisis distinguished biochemist Richard Feinman, PhD, cuts through the noise, explaining the intricacies of nutrition and human metabolism in accessible terms. He lays out the tools you need to navigate the current confusion in the medical literature and its increasingly bizarre reflection in the media.

At the same time, Nutrition in Crisis offers an unsparing critique of the nutritional establishment, which continues to demonize fat and refute the benefits of low-carbohydrate and ketogenic diets--all despite decades of evidence to the contrary. Feinman tells the story of the first low-carbohydrate revolution fifteen years ago, how it began, what killed it, and why a second revolution is now reaching a fever pitch. He exposes the backhanded tactics of a regressive nutritional establishment that ignores good data and common sense, and highlights the innovative work of those researchers who have broken rank.

Entertaining, informative, and irreverent, Feinman paints a broad picture of the nutrition world: the beauty of the underlying biochemistry; the embarrassing failures of the medical establishment; the preeminence of low-carbohydrate diets for weight loss, diabetes, other metabolic diseases, and even cancer; and what's wrong with the constant reports that common foods represent a threat rather than a source of pleasure.

David Henry Lucas developed a love for reading and history at a very early age. He was a frequent visitor to the Lee County Library in Bishopville, South Carolina, before he was 10 years old. Around the age of 9, he decided to check out Homer's The Iliad at which point the librarian, Mrs. Muldrow, asked if he intended to read this most difficult work for a child. David replied, Yes and took the classic work home. With help from his mother, Helen Lucas, also an avid reader, he completed the book and returned it after only one extension. His grandfather, father and uncle also succeeded in instilling a love for family history into the young boy. The reading of history and classic literature became a lifelong love. Growing up in the Turkey Creek section of Lee County, South Carolina, many youthful hours were spent listening to the old-timers spinning tales of yesterday. A cavalcade of characters, both real and fictitious, was paraded past young David as he sat listening to his elders tell stories of every conceivable genre. David spent the last 50 years of his adulthood living his own adventures as a collegiate athlete, businessman, entrepreneur, singer, songwriter, entertainer, bluegrass musician, a participant in politics, world traveler, movie producer, breeder of Egyptian Arabian Horses, real estate developer, resort owner and operator and last, but certainly not least, husband, father of 3 and grandfather of 6. David has now combined his love of reading, his love of history and his life experiences into a new career as an author. His memoir, The Championship, chronicles his years as a University of South Carolina football player from 1965 through their ACC championship year of 1969. More than just a football story, the novel gives a glimpse of what life was like for a scholarship athlete going to college, joining a fraternity, traveling to southeastern Alaska for summer work as a game warden and growing to maturity during the 60's era of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll. The Rice Kings, Book One, The Beginning was the 1st volume in a series of novels that follows the lives, loves, adventures, failures and successes of the Lucas Family over 250 years, beginning in the British Empire and the newly created United States of America. The Rice Kings, Book Two, Charleston, has just been completed. This second book will have you begging for more of the saga of this British/ American family. It is now time for the next episode of The Rice Kings.

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ISBN 13	9780989573030
ISBN 10	0989573036
Title	The Rice Kings, Book One, The Beginning
Author	David Lucas
Series	Rice Kings
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Jell Publishing, Llc
Year published	2014-10-16
Number of pages	282
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.