Download or read book Living Skinny in Fat Genes The Healthy Way to Lose Weight and Feel Great written by Felicia Stoler and published by Pegasus Books. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You don’t have to wear those fat genes your family passed down to you—achieve healthier life from the host of TLC's Honey, We're Killing the Kids. Are human being just products of our environment and genetic blueprint? Or do we have some control? If we had family members that are overweight or obese and never learned healthy habits, are we doomed to the same fate? The answer is a hearty No! Felicia Stoler once struggled with her own “fat genes,” and now shows you how to take control of your own health. No more FADs (Fast Acting Diets) that don’t work. No more yo-yo’s or funny supplements. Here at last is a lifestyle plan based on dietary science that emphasizes nutrition, exercise, rest, and ever-tricky time management. Felicia knows time is often the biggest obstacle of healthy living—she is a busy working mother of two! This is not a “diet” you go on and off of, but a way of life for you and your whole family. It is time to focus on your best health, not just the numbers on the scale. It is time to ditch those fat genes forever! In Living Skinny in Fat Genes, Felicia's health plan discusses: All foods can fit. Never cut out entire food groups again! Learn from other cultures: Greek yogurt? Coconut milk? Couscous? Expand your horizons right on your plate and get away from fast food. Don’t be fooled by trends and fads—Food is fuel! Are you giving your body what it needs to run at its best? Quick and easy recipes and nutritious meals kick-start a healthier you.

Download or read book Living Skinny in Fat Genes written by Felicia Stoler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You don’t have to wear those fat genes your family passed down to you—achieve healthier life from the host of TLC's Honey, We're Killing the Kids. Are human being just products of our environment and genetic blueprint? Or do we have some control? If we had family members that are overweight or obese and never learned healthy habits, are we doomed to the same fate? The answer is a hearty No! Felicia Stoler once struggled with her own “fat genes,” and now shows you how to take control of your own health. No more FADs (Fast Acting Diets) that don’t work. No more yo-yo’s or funny supplements. Here at last is a lifestyle plan based on dietary science that emphasizes nutrition, exercise, rest, and ever-tricky time management. Felicia knows time is often the biggest obstacle of healthy living—she is a busy working mother of two! This is not a “diet” you go on and off of, but a way of life for you and your whole family. It is time to focus on your best health, not just the numbers on the scale. It is time to ditch those fat genes forever! In Living Skinny in Fat Genes, Felicia's health plan discusses: All foods can fit. Never cut out entire food groups again! Learn from other cultures: Greek yogurt? Coconut milk? Couscous? Expand your horizons right on your plate and get away from fast food. Don’t be fooled by trends and fads—Food is fuel! Are you giving your body what it needs to run at its best? Quick and easy recipes and nutritious meals kick-start a healthier you.

Download or read book Turn Off the Fat Genes written by Neal Barnard, MD and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2010-04-28 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breakthrough genetic research indicates that genes are not just onoff switches for characteristics we can't control (like gender or eye color). Some genes, including those that shape our bodies, actually adapt to outside influences. In Turn Off the Fat Genes, Dr. Neal Barnard draws on this cutting-edge research to create a revolutionary new program for activating thin genes and suppressing fat genes, a dramatic tool for sculpting away excess pounds to reveal the healthy, vital body that nature intended. In Turn Off the Fat Genes, Dr. Barnard begins by explaining the dynamics of nutrition and its impact on genetics. Once you understand how the genes that control your shape can be influenced, the next step is positive intervention. The heart of Dr. Barnard's book is a three-week gene-control program (complete with menus and recipes) specifically designed to influence the five key genes that determine: (1) which foods you prefer, (2) the strength of your appetite, (3) whether your calories are burned or stored as fat, (4) how fast you burn calories, and (5) your muscular type and ability to exercise. Dr. Barnard's program enables all of us to enjoy the same virtually effortless weight control as the naturally thin people we have always admired.

Download or read book Skinny Genes written by Nicole T. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is your shampoo making you fat? When is lettuce worse for your waistline than avocado? Is your diet or "health" food really lethal cuisine? Unlock your skinny genes by learning the real steps to wearing skinny jeans for life and creating a healthier internal body. Dump your diet, unzip your genes, and get your skinny on by reading Skinny Genes.

Download or read book The Secret Life of Fat The Science Behind the Body s Least Understood Organ and What It Means for You written by Sylvia Tara and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biochemist shows how we can finally control our fat—by understanding how it works. Fat is not just excess weight, but actually a dynamic, smart, and self-sustaining organ that influences everything from aging and immunity to mood and fertility. With cutting-edge research and riveting case studies—including the story of a girl who had no fat, and that of a young woman who couldn’t stop eating—Dr. Sylvia Tara reveals the surprising science behind our most misunderstood body part and its incredible ability to defend itself. Exploring the unexpected ways viruses, hormones, sleep, and genetics impact fat, Tara uncovers the true secret to losing weight: working with your fat, not against it.

Download or read book Skinny Genes written by Nicole Smith and published by . This book was released on 2011-02-10 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is your shampoo making you fat? Can lettuce be worse for your waistline than avocado? What ingredient in diet food causes your body to put more fat in your abdomen? If you are frustrated with your weight, then you have not read this book. You are not stuck in your fat jeans or fat genes. Become a skinnier, healthier person reading the truth in Skinny Genes.

Download or read book The Weight Issue written by A. E. Oates and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Review: "a great book if you are sceptical about weight loss diets, confused by the competing claims of different approaches, and not sure of the way forward. It's a positive and supportive read that puts weight loss in perspective..."C Michael, journalist Product Description: If you want to know the medical evidence for the cause of weight problems, and which will be the most successful diet or exercise regime for you personally, then this book holds the answers. If you are overweight, it is not your fault but is due to your inherited genes combined with other factors. The tendency to eat automatically, "comfort" eating and the changes in modern food availability, can all contribute to a weight problem. Most people are unaware that weight is inherited to the same extent that height is inherited. People who lose weight, and successfully keep the weight off for a period of years, do so by following an individual plan. If having extra weight is not your fault, then why worry about it? Unless you are particularly vain, you will want to know whether there is likely to be an effect on your health. Being overweight or mildly obese is not likely to increase the chance of early death, and the association of weight with illness is put into perspective in Chapter 2. It has been found that larger people are often treated disrespectfully by the medical profession (they are the most common targets for derogatory humour from doctors) and you will also find strategies for dealing with this sort of discrimination in this book. You will want to know whether diets "work" and the medical evidence for their effectiveness. Chapter 3 looks at various diets, including the popular "intermittent fasting" diet, diets which vary proportions of fat, protein and carbohydrates, glycemic index diet, very low calorie diets (such as followed by Oprah years ago), commercial diets, meal replacements (such as Slim Fast), pre-packaged meals (such as Jenny Craig) and diet websites. Most diets cause weight loss in the first six months and this is often followed by partial or total regain. Long term success hinges on finding something that works for the individual, and this book aims to help the reader to find a regime that will work for them personally. It is a myth that exercise always helps with weight loss. In fact, some of us will lose weight with exercise, but others compensate by eating more. Chapter 4 will help you to decide which category you fall into. Men tend to lose weight with exercise and women get less relative benefit. Preventing weight regain is more difficult than losing it in the first place. Chapter 5 discusses the evidence that some strategies to avoid weight regain are much more successful than others. The sort of eating regime you have, the frequency of weight monitoring, and even the way in which you think about food, can all influence the likelihood of regaining weight. If you have a significant weight problem (and particularly if you are female) it is likely that you have come across prejudice associated with your size. There is discrimination in many areas - including employment, the media and transport. Studies show that those most likely to be prejudiced are conservative, racist men who are in favour of capital punishment and afraid of gaining weight themselves. Chapter 6 gives practical advice about how to cope with the stigma that can go with being overweight, and presents the evidence that the prejudice is unfounded. The final chapter will help you to work out the best way to manage your own weight problem. If you do have a weight problem, then the information in this book can help you to make an individual plan. This includes all aspect of weight issues, including whether you have an uncontrolled, emotional or restrained attitude to eating. Managing a weight problem on an individual basis is the way forward.

Download or read book Fat Is Not Your Fate written by Susan Mitchell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-01-03 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two nutrition experts present a guide to losing weight that shows readers how to identify which of six gene-based types they are and build a weight loss plan based on individual physical and emotional needs.

Download or read book Weight Management written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary purpose of fitness and body composition standards in the U.S. Armed Forces has always been to select individuals best suited to the physical demands of military service, based on the assumption that proper body weight and composition supports good health, physical fitness, and appropriate military appearance. The current epidemic of overweight and obesity in the United States affects the military services. The pool of available recruits is reduced because of failure to meet body composition standards for entry into the services and a high percentage of individuals exceeding military weight-for-height standards at the time of entry into the service leave the military before completing their term of enlistment. To aid in developing strategies for prevention and remediation of overweight in military personnel, the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command requested the Committee on Military Nutrition Research to review the scientific evidence for: factors that influence body weight, optimal components of a weight loss and weight maintenance program, and the role of gender, age, and ethnicity in weight management.

Download or read book Eat to Live written by Joel Fuhrman and published by Little, Brown Spark. This book was released on 2011-01-05 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed a "medical breakthrough" by Dr. Mehmet Oz, Eat to Live offers a highly effective, scientifically proven way to lose weight quickly. The key to Dr. Joel Fuhrman's revolutionary six-week plan is simple: health = nutrients / calories. When the ratio of nutrients to calories in the food you eat is high, you lose weight. The more nutrient-dense food you eat, the less you crave fat, sweets, and high-caloric foods. Eat to Live has been revised to include inspiring success stories from people who have used the program to lose shockingly large amounts of weight and recover from life-threatening illnesses; Dr. Fuhrman's nutrient density index; up-to-date scientific research supporting the principles behind Dr. Fuhrman's plan; new recipes and meal ideas; and much more. This easy-to-follow, nutritionally sound diet can help anyone shed pounds quickly-and keep them off. "Dr. Furhman's formula is simple, safe, and solid." --Body and Soul

Download or read book Fat Genes to Skinny Jeans written by Santie Pretorius and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-04 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morbidly obese at 386 lbs, depressed and desperate, Santie Pretorius could see no way forward. Then she heard about weight loss surgery and made the decision that would change her life beyond her wildest dreams.This book tells the story of her journey to achieve an incredible weight loss of 230 lbs - 100% of her excess body weight - in a little over two years. It demonstrates the importance of the team approach of a Bariatric Center of Excellence, and the value of support from family and friends.Conflicted about whether or not to go ahead with bariatric surgery, Santie spent months reading and educating herself about the success factors involved. From her desperation came determination to succeed. Once she decided to go ahead, she worked with an unwavering commitment to physical fitness and psychological preparation in the growing belief that - this time - weight loss would be achievable and permanent. Following gastric bypass surgery, Santie committed fully to learning to eat well, live well, exercise to develop fitness, and have fun. This book is not only about overcoming obesity and discovering the slim person within; it is also an intensely personal and searingly honest account of overcoming depression and replacing self-hatred with healthy, balanced self-love.Santie Pretorius is a clinical psychologist, management development consultant and motivational speaker.ContributorsGraham Neil Stapleton, MBChB, FCS (SA), MMed, General SurgeonGraham Alexander, MA (Clin Psych) (SA), Clinical PsychologistClaire McMahon, BSc Med (Hons) (Nutrition and Dietetics) (SA), DieticianPhillo Beukes, MPhil (Sports Physio) (SA), Sports Physiotherapist

Download or read book Why We Get Fat written by Gary Taubes and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Taubes stands the received wisdom about diet and exercise on its head.” —The New York Times What’s making us fat? And how can we change? Building upon his critical work in Good Calories, Bad Calories and presenting fresh evidence for his claim, bestselling author Gary Taubes revisits these urgent questions. Featuring a new afterword with answers to frequently asked questions. Taubes reveals the bad nutritional science of the last century—none more damaging or misguided than the “calories-in, calories-out” model of why we get fat—and the good science that has been ignored. He also answers the most persistent questions: Why are some people thin and others fat? What roles do exercise and genetics play in our weight? What foods should we eat, and what foods should we avoid? Persuasive, straightforward, and practical, Why We Get Fat is an essential guide to nutrition and weight management. Complete with an easy-to-follow diet. Featuring a new afterword with answers to frequently asked questions.

Download or read book Beat the Fat Genes written by Gregory Oliver and published by . This book was released on 2022-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you've struggled to lose weight, lost and regained weight, and have tried every diet out there, it's time to end this cycle of frustration. We have been taught a false concept of how to lose weight. We focus on a diet or exercise program to lose weight only to end the project with minimal results or a rapid weight regain. This book details not only the reason people have excess weight problems, but the underlying causes for the weight issues, and the proper medical treatment of Obesity and Overweight disorders. Overweight and Obesity are disease states and must be treated as such. This book outlines and details the five areas of treatment required to gain control of ones weight and how to reach our best weight and stay there for life. Dr. Oliver and Macie will take you through the real cause for your weight problem and then give specific details and a plan to lose the weight and remain healthy, vibrant, and thinner for life. Don't struggle any longer. Your Journey to a thinner, active life awaits you and Yes, you can have a body that feels great, looks great, and performs at maximum capacity.

Download or read book Rethinking Thin written by Gina Kolata and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2008-04-29 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this eye-opening book, New York Times science writer Gina Kolata shows that our society's obsession with dieting and weight loss is less about keeping trim and staying healthy than about money, power, trends, and impossible ideals. Rethinking Thin is at once an account of the place of diets in American society and a provocative critique of the weight-loss industry. Kolata's account of four determined dieters' progress through a study comparing the Atkins diet to a conventional low-calorie one becomes a broad tale of science and society, of social mores and social sanctions, and of politics and power. Rethinking Thin asks whether words like willpower are really applicable when it comes to eating and body weight. It dramatizes what it feels like to spend a lifetime struggling with one's weight and fantasizing about finally, at long last, getting thin. It tells the little-known story of the science of obesity and the history of diets and dieting—scientific and social phenomena that made some people rich and thin and left others fat and miserable. And it offers commonsense answers to questions about weight, eating habits, and obesity—giving us a better understanding of the weight that is right for our bodies.

Download or read book Living with Our Genes written by Dean H. Hamer and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-07-27 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A lucid, thought-provoking account of the case for 'nature' as a determinant of personality." —Peter D. Kramer, Author of Listening to Prozac and Should You Leave? Nowhere is the nature-nuture controversy being more arduously tested than in the labs of world-renowned molecular scientist Dean Hamer, whose cutting-edge research has indisputably linked specific genes to behavioral traits, such as anxiety, thrill-seeking, and homosexuality. The culmination of that research os this provocative book, Living with Our Genes. In it, Dr. Hamer reveals that much of our behavior—how much we eat and weigh, whether we drink or use drugs, how often we have sex—is heavily influenced by genes. His findings help explain why one brother becomes a Wall Street trader, while his sibling remains content as a librarian, or why some people like to bungee-jump, while others prefer Scrabble. Dr. Hamer also sheds light on some of the most compelling and vexing aspects of personality, such as shyness, aggression, depression, and intelligence. In the tradition of the bestselling book Listening to Prozac, Living with Our Genes is the first comprehensive investigation of the crucial link between our DNA and our behavior. "Compulsive reading, reminiscent of Jared Diamond, froma scientsit who knows his stuff and communicates it well." —Kirkus Reviews "A pioneer in the field of molecular psychology, Hamer is exploring the role genes play in governing the very core of our individuality. Accessible...provocative." —Time "Absolutely terrific! I couldn't put it down." —Professor Robert Plomin, Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Research Center, Institute of Psychiatry

Download or read book Why Calories Don t Count written by Giles Yeo and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Cambridge obesity researcher upends everything we thought we knew about calories and calorie-counting. Calorie information is ubiquitous. On packaged food, restaurant menus, and online recipes we see authoritative numbers that tell us the calorie count of what we're about to consume. And we treat these numbers as gospel—counting, cutting, intermittently consuming and, if you believe some 'experts' out there, magically making them disappear. We all know, and governments advise, that losing weight is just a matter of burning more calories than we consume. But it's actually all wrong. In Why Calories Don't Count, Dr. Giles Yeo, an obesity researcher at Cambridge University, challenges the conventional model and demonstrates that all calories are not created equal. He addresses why popular diets succeed, at least in the short term, and why they ultimately fail, and what your environment has to do with your bodyweight. Once you understand that calories don't count, you can begin to make different decisions about how you choose to eat, learning what you really need to be counting instead. Practical, science-based and full of illuminating anecdotes, this is the most entertaining dietary advice you'll ever read.

Download or read book Death of the Diet written by Jason Machowsky and published by Jm Wellness, LLC. This book was released on 2013-03-06 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death of the Diet is not your typical diet and fitness book; it's a healthy lifestyle book. If you've had enough of the crash-diet rollercoaster, Death of the Diet will empower you to break the cycle of yo-yo dieting, get permanent fitness results and live the life you want...and deserve. With over a dozen activities and assessments and hundreds of tips, Death of the Diet coaches you step-by-step through the process of first envisioning and then crafting a set of sustainable eating and physical activity habits that are tailored to your preferences and your real life - because you designed them. Praise for Death of the Diet: "A fresh perspective on making great nutrition a reality. This book is full of easy steps you can incorporate immediately to make a big impact on how you will look and feel for years to come." Amanda Carlson-Phillips, MS, RD, CSSD, VP of Nutrition & Research at Athletes' Performance "This is by far the most comprehensive book on losing weight I've read. If losing weight is about "just eating healthfully and exercising" why don't we all do it? Because it's hugely psychological. Death of the Diet helps tremendously because not only does it teach you what to do, but also how to implement it consistently - the missing key to long-term results." Adam Gilbert, Founder of MyBodyTutor.com "Jason walks the walk and talks the talk. It is wonderful to get pearls of wisdom from someone who has 'been there, done that' in weight management and decided to make their career out of it by becoming a Registered Dietitian. Death of the Diet provides sound strategies for successful weight management - once and for all!" Dr. Felicia Stoler, RD, DCN, FACSM, Author of Living Skinny in Fat Genes "Delightful read using a proven approach to motivating behavior change. Machowsky understands that achieving long-term results is a process determined by the many decisions we face day-to-day. Death of the Diet is all about identifying the fork in the decision-tree and enabling you to choose the right branch using two key qualities for success: happiness and purpose. I highly recommend this book to health professionals and consumers alike." Marissa Beck, MS, RD, Director of Wellness at NextJump, Inc. "Jason provides simple, realistic solutions for maintaining optimum health based on his experience, research and client feedback. Time and time again Death of the Diet offers examples of how exercise and nutrition work together to achieve and sustain desired results. Simply put, the book provides a comprehensive, logical approach to tackling a lifelong demon for so many people." Pete Draovitch, MS, PT, ATC, CSCS, Hospital for Special Surgery & Author of Complete Conditioning for Golf "Death of the Diet is a quick read; full of inspirational advice for those who want to not only make changes to their daily eating habits and physical activities, but also adopt a healthy lifestyle for the long haul. Highly recommend for solid, real-life advice." Dr. Nancy Collins, PhD, RD, LD/N, Founder of Nutrition411.com