John Briffa - Waist Disposal: The Ultimate Fat Loss Manual For Men

Let's cut to the chase: The fact that you've picked up this book means, in all likelihood, that you're carrying a bit of a belly that you'd rather be rid of. Maybe you're a bit frustrated that despite spurts of healthy eating and get-fit campaigns over the years, your weight has been on an unrelenting upward trend. Do you sometimes find yourself lamenting the fact that clothes that once fitted perfectly are now languishing in a wardrobe or drawer because you can no longer get into them? Maybe you've seen your doctor recently and have been warned that your weight is posing a risk to your health and wellbeing. Irrespective of the nature of your weight issue and whatever your goal, Waist Disposal is here to help.

In this book you will find comprehensive, practical and easy-to-apply information and advice designed for effective, permanent fat loss. An improved, more athletic physique can be yours, too. And all you need to transform your body for the better is to follow some simple dietary guidelines that have nothing to do with calorie counting or portion control (so no hunger), and exercise for just 12 minutes a day.

How can I be so sure that the information here works? Because, as a practising doctor specialising in nutritional medicine, I have spent over a decade and a half advising literally thousands of individuals on how to manage all aspects of their health, including their weight. This experience 'on the ground' has allowed me to see at first hand what works (as well as what doesn't ) for shedding fat and enjoying significant improvements in other measures of health. The information contained in these pages is a distillate of my experiences with countless individuals who have achieved their health goals. They've done it, and you can, too.

It would not be true to claim, though, that the information and advice offered here is purely based on my clinical experience. The fact is, it is science-based, too. In this book I refer to literally hundreds of scientific studies that reveal the true causes of excess weight, as well as the most effective remedies for it (the little numbers that appear in the text refer to specific studies that are listed towards the back of the book). There is a huge mound of evidence that demonstrates the most effective ways to shed fat and enjoy long-lasting health and vitality, so why not use it?

It is this science that shows how many nutritional concepts taken as 'fact' turn out not to be true at all. For example, in this book you'll learn how, when it comes to successful weight loss, just consuming fewer calories or burning more through exercise is very rarely effective. Other myths put to bed here include the notion that fat is inherently fattening, that animal fat causes heart disease, and that artificial sweeteners aid weight loss. You'll also learn what science shows are the true causes of obesity and ill-health, and how to protect yourself from them.

You may wonder as you read this book how and why the truth about how best to optimise our weight and health runs counter to conventional wisdom. One explanation is that inaccurate information can easily be passed through the ages if it is repeated often enough and the facts aren't checked. And there's always the possibility that certain commercial concerns (e.g. elements within the food industry) will perpetuate myths because it makes good commercial sense to do so. Using up-to-date research, Waist Disposal dispels these myths, and separates science fact from science fiction.

Waist Disposal dishes up a healthy dose of common sense, too. Leaving the science aside for one moment, logic dictates that the best diet for us as a species is one based on the foods that we've been eating longest in terms of our time on this planet. Why? Because those are the foods we're best adapted to through the process of evolution, and are therefore most likely to meet our nutritional, metabolic and physiological needs.

Evolutionists estimate that we've been on this planet nearly 2.5 million years. For the vast majority of our time here we have been 'hunter-gatherers', subsisting on a diet made up of what might be termed 'primal' foods such as meat, fish, eggs, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. Only relatively recently (about 10,000 years ago) did we start to settle in communities to grow crops of grains such as wheat and corn. Condense the whole of human evolution into a year, and it turns out we started eating grains just a day and a half ago.

Evolution is a slow, creeping process and, genetically speaking, we are virtually identical to our ancestors from 10,000 years ago. What this means is that, on the most fundamental of levels our genetic code the diet we are best adapted to is the diet we ate prior to the introduction of grain. Other nutritional 'newcomers' we might view with suspicion include refined sugar, milk and vegetable oils. As you'll see, the idea of eating a 'primal' diet is not merely a theory, but something that is supported by abundant scientific evidence.

In addition to presenting the relevant science, this book will also sometimes refer to what I term 'The Primal Principle'. Here, we will marry our ancient nutritional heritage with what science tells us about the appropriateness of specific foodstuffs. Even if you forget most (or even all!) of the scientific detail in this book, simply seeing food from an evolutionary perspective will allow you to make quick, easy and accurate decisions about the very best foods to eat.

The benefits of following the advice in this book can be profound. First and foremost, it can allow you to enjoy lasting, satisfying fat loss, including from around your midriff. This is not just important from an aesthetic standpoint. As you will discover in the first chapter (), 'abdominal fat' has strong links with conditions such as heart disease and diabetes, and appears to speed our way to an early demise, too. The happy reality is that a shrinking waistline can translate into a diminishing risk of disease and premature death.

The fact that we men are prone to accumulating this most toxic form of fat is unfortunate, but there's good news for us, too. My experience in practice is that when men apply the strategies presented here, they can expect rapid results, and will generally see considerable progress within a few short weeks. This, by the way, contrasts somewhat with the generally less impressive fat losses experienced by women. One reason for this may be that men are less prone to sluggishness of the metabolism caused by, say, low thyroid function or repeated cycles of strict dieting. Whatever the explanation, the fact remains that while abdominal fat is both unsightly and unhealthy, it is something that men can almost always rid themselves of quite quickly, and without having to go to extreme lengths or superhuman effort, either.