Diets and Weight Loss

Why America's Obsession with Weight is Hazardous to Your Health
The Obesity Myth
by Paul Campos, J.D.
Is your weight hazardous to your health? According to America's public health authorities, there's an 80% chance that it is.

What My Dog Taught Me About Shedding Pounds and Licking Stress
The Dog Diet
by Patti Lawson
I got up and weighed myself in the middle of the night more times than I care to remember. I kept meticulous records of my meals and intake of calories, fat, protein, fiber and carbohydrates - except for the things I ate standing up, in the car or very

Part Two
The Mediterranean Prescription
by Angelo Acquista, M.D.
The Seven Countries Study also determined that rates of death from all causes, age for age, were among the lowest in the Mediterranean regions. The Seven Countries Study was essentially the launch for many studies to follow over the next several decades

Part One
The Mediterranean Prescription
by Angelo Acquista, M.D., Laurie Anne Vandermolen
When I was a young college student in New York, my father intro- duced me to a wise, older doctor named Dr. Peter Saita. He was a Sicilian internist who practiced in downtown Manhattan and over time became somewhat of a mentor to me.

Restoring Your Body's Natural Balance
The Fat Resistance Diet: Unlock the Secret of the Hormone Leptin
by Leo Galland, M.D.
Lilly was skeptical. But she agreed to give the Fat Resistance Diet a try. I explained to her the basic principles behind the diet: inflammation can be set off by eating certain foods, which she needed to avoid.

Your Fat Is Not Your Fault
The Fat Resistance Diet: Unlock the Secret of the Hormone Leptin
by Leo Galland, M.D.
When I first met Lilly, she was thirty-five years old, a respected editor at a national news magazine - and more than fifty pounds overweight. On the medical history form that I give to all my new patients, she had summarized her primary health concern'

The All-Important Endothelium
Great Food, Great Sex
by Robert Fried, Ph.D., Lynn Edlen-Nezin, Ph.D.
Arterial blood vessels carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to body tissues. They range in size from large arteries down to smaller arterioles and finally to capillaries. Capillaries connected to the venules carry deoxygenated blood back to the lungs.

What's Under the Hood
Great Food, Great Sex
by Robert Fried, Ph.D., Lynn Edlen-Nezin, Ph.D.
The sexual needs of men and women may differ categorically, but there is considerable overlap, particularly with regard to function. And in terms of our understanding of sexual function, science has come a long way, baby.

The People and Pets Health Connection
Fitness Unleashed!
by Marty Becker, D.V.M., Robert F. Kushner, M.D.
People and dogs have always leaned on one another. In return for food, shelter, and affection, dogs are helpmates in everything from retrieving downed ducks to guarding the house and guiding the blind.

Choosing the Best Proteins
Fire Up Your Metabolism : 9 Proven Principles for Burning Fat and Losing Weight Forever
by Lyssie Lakatos, R.D., Tammy Lakatos Shames
Many protein foods, such as many of the 'thumbs-down' proteins, contain saturated fat, which raises your cholesterol level and is responsible for making your blood 'sticky.'

What Happens If I Don't Eat or Eat Too Much Protein?
Fire Up Your Metabolism : 9 Proven Principles for Burning Fat and Losing Weight Forever
by Lyssie Lakatos, R.D., Tammy Lakatos Shames
Some clients come to us wondering why they always seem to be hungry shortly after finishing their meals. Actually, 'ravenous' is the word they use. They claim that this hunger causes them to snack excessively and to consume extra calories.

Power Proteins Versus Problem Proteins
Fire Up Your Metabolism : 9 Proven Principles for Burning Fat and Losing Weight Forever
by Lyssie Lakatos, R.D., Tammy Lakatos Shames
Myth: If you load up on protein you will be lean and muscular and have great muscle tone. Busted: If you eat more protein than your body needs (if you eat more of anything than your body needs), you will gain body fat, not muscle.

Do You Have a Slow Metabolism?
Fire Up Your Metabolism : 9 Proven Principles for Burning Fat and Losing Weight Forever
by Lyssie Lakatos, R.D., Tammy Lakatos Shames
Take This Test and Find Out. Do you have a hard time losing weight? Do you gain weight more easily than you lose it? Do you frequently skip breakfast? Do you often skip other meals? Do you often wait longer than five hours between meals/snacks?

Introduction
Fire Up Your Metabolism : 9 Proven Principles for Burning Fat and Losing Weight Forever
by Lyssie Lakatos, R.D., Tammy Lakatos Shames
Dieters today are frustrated and discouraged. Their strict eating plans are carried out in vain and their trips to the gym don't pay off. If they do see some success, their results quickly vanish as soon as they veer - even slightly - from regimented diet

The Phenotype Factor, DNA-Based Weight Loss
Fat Is Not Your Fate
by Susan Mitchell, Ph.D., R.D., Catherine Christie, Ph.D.
Being clear about what a gene is and what it isn't will help explain phenotypes. A gene is a recipe for making a protein. Our very lives depend on these proteins because they precipitate each and every physiological action at a molecular level.

Outsmarting Your Genetic Legacy
Fat Is Not Your Fate
by Susan Mitchell, Ph.D., R.D., Catherine Christie, Ph.D.
Why a Phenotype-Based Diet? The Link Between Genetics and Weight. Though weight problems may be hereditary, they need not be a life-long affliction. Our experience as nutrition professionals upholds this, and emerging genomic data demonstrates why.

Introduction
Energy Breakthrough: Jump-start Your Weight Loss and Feel Great
by Sarah Ferguson, The Duchess of York
Everywhere I go these days people ask me where I get the energy to do all the things I do. It's a good question, and sometimes I don't know the answer myself.

Food... It's Strong Medicine
Earl Mindell's Food as Medicine
by Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
In 400 B.C., Hippocrates, the 'father of modern medicine,' said, 'Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.' After more than 2000 years, the medical establishment has finally acknowledged that he was right: food can be strong medicine.

Introduction
Drink to Your Health
by Anne McIntyre
Liquid is vital to life, whether it is drunk in the form of plain, unadulterated water, or exotic concoctions on festive occasions, and drinks fulfil a whole range of functions in our lives.

The Dish on Your Diet
The Dish
by Carolyn O'Neil, M.S., R.D., Densie Webb, Ph.D., R.D.
Welcome to the club, girl! You're about to become one of us now - that elite but growing group of smart, stylish women who have learned that the more you know, the more you can eat. That fact has been, up to now, a well-kept secret.