Michel Montignac

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Michel Montignac (* 1944 in Angoulême ; † August 22, 2010 in Annemasse ) was a French author of books on nutritional issues and the founder of the Montignac method , a diet recommendation for overweight people.

The creation of the Montignac method

Michel Montignac, like his father, was an overweight child. After studying political science, he began his professional career in 1968 in the personnel office of an international pharmaceutical company, of which he eventually became European director. In 1986 he founded the Artulen publishing house, where he published his books.

A more detailed description of his dietary recommendations is given in the article Montignac method .

At the beginning of the 1980s he decided to do nutritional research in order to solve his obesity problem with the help of scientific results. He placed particular emphasis on research on metabolic diseases , nutrition in general and those that treat diabetes . He was very surprised by the studies published by Crapo (a diabetes researcher at Stanford University in California) in 1976, 1977, and 1981 that showed that carbohydrates were not interchangeable. They gave indications that with the same amount of carbohydrate, the increase in blood sugar content after eating was different or very different depending on the type of carbohydrate, regardless of whether it was a simple or complex carbohydrate. Crapo therefore suggested that a diet composed primarily of carbohydrates that would induce low blood sugar could have therapeutic value in controlling blood sugar in a diabetic.

After Michel Montignac tested his hypothesis on himself, he validated his new nutritional principles on 150 people. He claimed that everyone has lost weight.

Michel Montignac, who was overweight but not a diabetic, came up with the idea to test this diet on himself after discovering that 85% of diabetics are overweight. In this way, without any calorie restriction, he lost more than 15 kilos in three months. The results encouraged him to further develop his research in this direction.

He also discovered that Jenkins, a Canadian researcher, worked with Crapo's work to put the blood sugar value of each carbohydrate against a relative standard value on a scale that assigned a value of 100 for glucose . In this way, each carbohydrate was assigned its own Glycemic Index (GI).

At the beginning of the 1980s, Michel Montignac designed the first steps of his weight loss method: he was the first to use the concept of GI in weight loss. In this way, he will be able to demonstrate that it is possible to lose weight mainly through the choice of carbohydrates when eating (in contrast to the low-calorie diets that are based on restriction).

Over the past decade, more than 300 scientific studies have confirmed the importance of the GI in the fight against metabolic diseases, particularly obesity. The concept of GI has become a hot topic in the field of slimming, which has led to further publications of books and articles on the subject by other authors.

Michel Montignac died of prostate cancer on August 22, 2010 at the age of 66.

The spread of the method

  • In 1986 Michel Montignac wrote his first book: "Comment maigrir en faisant des repas d'affaires" , which is aimed particularly at business people who often eat in restaurants. The self-published book became a bestseller (circulation: 550,000); German paperback edition at dtv (1995): Eating out and losing weight.
  • At the end of 1987 he published "Je mange donc je maigris", the large public edition of his method. This book was sold 18 million times in more than 40 countries, including more than six million in France.
  • Michel Montignac published around 15 books on his method, but also on health in general and in relation to certain foods ( wine , olive oil , chocolate , etc.)
  • Michel Montignac's publications have been published in 45 countries and translated into 26 languages.
  • Based on the success of his books, Montignac also sold a number of nutritional products that conform to the principles of his method.

bibliography

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  • Ward KD, Sparrow D., Vokonas PS, Willett WC, Landsberg L. et Weiss ST The relation of abdominal obesity, hyperinsulinemia and saturated fat intake to serum lipid levels: the Normative Aging Study. Int. J. Obesity. 18 (3): 137-144, 1994.
  • Wheeler ML, Delahanty L., and Wylie-Rosett J. Diet and exercise in noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: implications for dieticians from the NIH Consensus Development Conference. J. Am. Diet. Assoc. 87 (4): 480-485,1987.
  • American Diabetes Association . Nutrition recommendations and principles for people with diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Care. 20 (1): S14-S17, 1997.
  • Wolever TMS et Bolognesi C. Prediction of glucose and insulin responses of normal subjects after consuming mixed meals varying in energy, protein, fat, carbohydrate and glycemic index. J. Nutr. 126 (11): 2807-2812,1996.
  • Stubbs RJ, Wyk-MCW-van, Johnstone AM, Harbron CG et Van-Wyk MCW Breakfasts high in protein, fat or carbohydrate: effect on within-day appetite and energy balance. Eur. J. Clin. Nutr. 50 (7): 409-417,1996.
  • Johnstone AM, Stubbs RJ et Harbron CG Effect of overfeeding macronutrients on day-to-day food intake in man. Eur. J. Clin. Nutr. 50 (7): 418-430,1996.
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  • Surwit RS, Feinglos MN, McCaskill CC, Clay SL, Babyak.MA, Brownlow BS, Plaisted CS et Lin PH Metabolic and behavioral effects of a high-sucrose diet during weight loss. At the. J. Clin. Nutr. 65: 908-915, 1997.
  • Peterson CM et Jovanovic-Peterson L. Randomized crossover study of 40% vs. 55% carbohydrate weight loss strategies in women with previous gestationnal diabetes mellitus and non-diabetic women of 130-200% ideal body weight. J. Am. Coll. Nutr. 14 (4): 369-375, 1995.
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See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.montignac.com/de/ig_pionnier.php
  2. ↑ Décès de Michel Montignac
  3. ↑ Comment maigrir en faisant des repas d'affaires  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2003, ISBN 2-290-33300-X .@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.bien-maigrir.net  
  4. ↑ Maigrir avec la méthode Montignac pour les nuls , First 2010 , ISBN 978-2754015868
personal data
SURNAME Montignac, Michel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French author
DATE OF BIRTH 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Angoulême
DATE OF DEATH August 22, 2010
Place of death Annemasse