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can impair the beta cells’ production of insulin, so the body doesn’t have enough of the hormone to properly process blood sugar.

A maxed-out pancreas pulls the body into a fat trap. Without sufficient insulin, sugar can’t get into the muscle cells to be burned for fuel— but it can get into fat cells to be stored, explains Tu Nguyen, M.D., the UCLAeducated coauthor of The Thinsulin Program. “It’s easy for any food you eat to get stored in fat cells, but it’s not easy for it to get into muscle cells to be burned for fuel.” As sugar gets stored, fat cells fill up—and the number on the scale climbs. What’s worse: Without the muscles taking in sugar to burn for fuel, the liver ends up expending all its energy converting the excess sugar into fat. This pulls the liver’s resources away from important activities like detoxifying and fat burning, adding even more excess pounds to the body.

Trying to diet off the pounds can lead to frustration. That’s because many weight-loss programs promote slimming but do little to actually nourish and heal a sluggish pancreas, so any lost pounds often end up creeping right back on.

Now scientists have found the key to revitalizing the pancreas: Add garlic to the diet. A study in the Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences revealed that garlic oil increases the number of healthy beta cells in the pancreas in just 30 days—an effect that helped women who consumed garlic lose four times more weight than those who didn’t. The study authors believe sulfur compounds in garlic jump-start cellular healing, but they note that garlic can’t work its magic if the beta cells are bathed in sugary blood. That’s where Dr. Smith comes in: His five-week plan eliminates sneaky dietary sugars to normalize blood sugar so beta cell function can be restored and the pancreas can operate at its peak.

As the pancreas heals, the benefits multiply. With the right amount of insulin being produced, more sugar can be burned for fuel by muscles, taking pressure off the liver and allowing the organ to focus on its own important slimming functions. All told, these effects helped women FIRST spoke with lose up to 9 pounds every week.

Best of all: You can keep the pounds off for life without following a strict diet. Once the body is able to process blood sugar efficiently, you can enjoy the occasional treat without causing the excessive insulin surges that overwork the pancreas. Dr. Nguyen explains, “When your body isn’t overproducing insulin all the time, the pancreas can make just what the body needs each time you eat.”

Weight loss is just the beginning. As the pancreas heals and muscle cells can access sugar to burn as fuel again, energy levels skyrocket, plus memory lapses plummet by as much as 69 percent and blood pressure drops by 36 percent. What’s more, Dr. Smith reports that women following his protocol lower their blood-sugar levels by as much as 30 percent—enough to reverse prediabetes and even diabetes for some. “When you get the sugar out, you let life in,” promises

Dr. Smith. “You can regain control of your health destiny.” Read on to discover the strategy that will whittle your waistline and transform your health—in just five weeks!

“You can take back your life and regain control of your health destiny.”

—Ian Smith, M.D.