The Pritikin Weight Loss Breakthrough: 5 Easy Steps to Outsmart Your Fat In stinct

by Pritikin, Robert

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Signet. January 1, 1999. Paperback. Very Good+. Pity poor Robert Pritikin: his father Nathan, who almost died of heart dise ase in the 1950s but saved himself with his famous low-fat diet, was extrao rdinarily disciplined. He could eat a dinner of brown rice and then go for a run. Robert, on the other hand, craved cheeseburgers and just wanted to h ang out on the couch. It turns out that Robert had the "fat instinct," a na tural, evolution-favored tendency to eat calorically dense foods and conser ve energy. How he beats that instinct--and how you can, too--is the heart o f his Breakthrough. The book shows how to eat until you're full several tim es a day; enjoy the food you're eating; use exercise to create cravings for nutrient-rich, carbohydrate-based foods; and stay on the program even if y ou're traveling or out with friends at a restaurant. The Pritikin Weight Lo ss Breakthrough is the answer to all the anticarbohydrate, pro-protein and pro-fat books out there, citing legitimate research to defend its positions and offering dozens of recipes to help facilitate the plan.

Book summary

In this guide to successful weight-loss and a healthy lifestyle, Robert Pritikin, nutrition and weight-control expert (and son of Nathan Pritikin), asserts that all humans are born with a genetic "fat instinct" that they need to identify, understand, and combat with a balanced diet. Offering advice on how to change unhealthy eating behaviors, make the right food decisions, and consume the appropriate amount of carbohydrates, this title includes 60 recipes designed to make dieters feel satisfied, rather than deprived.