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"Smarter Not Harder is not a diet nor a fitness plan. It is a system of targeted biohacks aimed at upgrading your metabolic, neurological, and epigenetic systems. Packed with practical, accessible information on better eating; smart workouts that give youmore strength and energy in less time; and strategic therapies to reduce stress and boost resilience--Smarter Not Harder will show you how to achieve lasting health in less time"--
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"The human body has the amazing ability to switch which fuels it uses for energy based on what fuel is available at the time—researchers call this metabolic flexibility. Bodies that are able to make this switch can burn sugars, proteins, and other food nutrients when available, and then switch to burning the body’s fat storage or fatty acids when food calories are not available. It turns out that losing weight is not just about burning...
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"Inspired by the New York Times op-ed "Always Hungry," ALWAYS HUNGRY? will change everything readers ever thought about weight loss, diet, and health. Groundbreaking new research shows that calorie counting does not work for weight loss: one diet causes weight gain whereas another diet with the same calorie count doesn't. It's your fat cells that are to blame for causing excessive hunger and increased weight. By eating the wrong foods, our fat cells...
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[2019]
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"Every month seems to bring a trendy new diet or weight loss fad -- and yet obesity rates continue to rise, and with it a growing number of diseases and health problems. It's time for a different approach. Enter Dr. Michael Greger, the internationally-renowned nutrition expert, physician, and founder of Nutritionfacts.org. Author of the mega bestselling How Not to Die, Dr. Greger now turns his attention to the latest research on the leading causes...
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"Over 99% of people who try to lose weight don't succeed. They don't get slender and they don't stay slender long term. The average dieter spends a significant amount of money and makes four or five new attempts each year. Four or five new attempts each year with almost no hope of success. Only 1% of people will get down to their goal weight on traditional diets. Susan Peirce Thompson. Ph.D., suggests that there's something fishy going on here, something...
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Mika Brzezinski is at war against obesity. She believes the fearsome subjects of food, diet, and body image are radioactive in America, and it's getting worse. Mika wages her war on food each day, and in Food Fight; she describes her history of food obsession, distorted body image, and her struggle to be thin. She believes it is time for people to stop blaming and shaming themselves and they should look at the real culprits, the food they eat and...
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St. Martin's Press
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2021.
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"Gary Foster's The Shift is not about what to eat or not eat. It's not about when to eat. It's about building thinking habits, proven through science, that help you lose weight. Can you lose weight before you value your body? Are big goals needed to achieve big results? Do you deserve to go it alone because you got yourself into this? Is it possible for a weight loss journey to avoid setbacks? Must gratitude and happiness wait until you've succeeded...
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St. Martin's Press
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2014.
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"Super Shred is a more intense, concentrated, shorter program that shares the system and principles of the #1 bestseller Shred. At four weeks, it's almost half the length of Shred and twice the intensity. There's always a customer looking for a diet who not only wants but must have faster, more dramatic results right away. All the same building blocks that have made Shred work for dieters are here: diet confusion, meal replacement, frequent meals...
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Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group
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[2015]
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Hari invites you to follow an easy and accessible plan to rid your body of toxins, lose weight without counting calories, and restore your natural glow in just 21 days. Includes anecdotes of her own transformation along with easy-to-follow shopping lists, meal plans, and mouthwatering recipes.
17) The bulletproof diet: lose up to a pound a day, reclaim your energy and focus, and upgrade your life
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Rodale Books
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[2014]
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"In his midtwenties, Dave Asprey was a successful Silicon Valley multimillionaire. He also weighed 300 pounds, despite the fact that he was doing what doctors recommended: eating 1,800 calories a day and working out 90 minutes a day, six times a week. When his excess fat started causing brain fog and food cravings sapped his energy and willpower, Asprey turned to the same hacking techniques that made his fortune to "hack" his own biology, investing...
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Greystone Books
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[2016]
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In this highly readable and provocative book, Dr. Jason Fung sets out an original, robust theory of obesity that provides startling insights into proper nutrition. Flying in the face of the weight-loss recommendations that have failed in the past, this book reveals that obesity is a hormonal, not a caloric imbalance. As he explores the latest in nutritional science, Dr. Fung provides practical, effective advice on weight loss and the treatment of...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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[2019]
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A flexible 30-day food plan based on the author's best-selling book Body Love is illustrated with 16 pages of color photos and filled with delicious, easy recipes, invaluable advice and inspiration for daily living.
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