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Sample Interview Questions for
Stephen Sinatra, M.D., Medical Consultant for Sugar Shock! by Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C.*
1.
When you first read Connie’s book, Sugar Shock!, what was your
immediate reaction? Has there ever been a book such as this? Why did
you agree to come on board as the book’s medical consultant?
2.
I understand that your mom’s experiences with diabetes and your own
helplessness in the face of her illness is what led you to become a
doctor. Can you tell us what doctors told your mom to eat? How was
this advice wrong and why?
3.
The press materials tell us that some 20 years ago, you were
recommending to your heart disease patients that they eat lots of
carbs, but you found that they were gaining weight and developing
insulin resistance. How did you learn the error of your ways?
4.
Do you really believe that eating sugar could give you heart disease
much faster than consuming high-cholesterol foods? What do you mean
by this?
5.
Tell us what it’s like to be a doctor and receive all those drug
freebies from the pharmaceutical companies. Do they really come
armed with convincing “research”—but not the right kind?
6.
Why are most mainstream doctors so short on nutrition knowledge and
so behind on the dangers of sugar and refined carbs?
7.
It’s great that you actually went and received additional nutrition
education unlike most doctors. Can you explain in simple terms how
too much sugar can age you more quickly? Is this theory accepted by
the mainstream medical profession? Why or why not?
8.
Do most Americans on cholesterol-lowering medications such as
statins really need to take these drugs?
9.
Let’s get right down to an important question that many are asking.
The American Diabetes Association says that it’s OK to have sugar in
moderation, but many of us have seen people with diabetes mindlessly
eating sweets and simple carbs with no concern at all about what it
does to their blood sugar levels. If you’re one of America’s nearly
21 million diabetics, can you have sugar or processed carbohydrates?
10. Can you please explain your 80-20 theory? Do you really believe
that eating quality carbs 80 to 90 percent of the time and allowing
yourself inferior carbs the other 10 to 20 percent of the time
works? Does Connie agree with you?
*If desired, Dr. Stephen Sinatra is available to appear with Connie
for TV or radio shows. In addition, he can be interviewed for
national publications and web outlets |