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This is absolutely unlike any other cookbook. Dr. Thompson offers an opportunity for a new relationship with food based on research showing that a simple diet is the foundation for permanent weight loss. Inside you will find delicious, nutritious, simple meals to help the brain heal from food addiction and lower the adiposity set point. Meaning no more yo-yo dieting. No more pain of regain. For the generations whose brains were hijacked by refined foods, Bright Line Eating is truly a revolution.

MARK HYMAN, M.D.,
director, Cleveland Clinics Center for Functional Medicine and #1 New York Times best-selling author of Food: What the Heck Should I Eat?

If you struggle with food, your weight, addictive eating, and are just plain tired of trying to decide what to eat, then Bright Line Eating could be the best decision youve ever made.

CHRISTIANE NORTHRUP, M.D.,
New York Times best-selling author of Goddesses Never Age, The Wisdom of Menopause, and Womens Bodies, Womens Wisdom

Ive referred tens of thousands of people to Bright Line Eating, and theyve collectively released more than 100,000 pounds. The fact is, this program works like nothing ever developed in the history of weight loss. And now, with her brilliant cookbook, Dr. Susan Peirce Thompson has made it easier than ever to put it into practical and delicious action. Whether youre omnivorous or (more power to you!) plant-powered, youll find recipes to support you in easily implementing your bright lines, finding food freedom, and moving in healthier directions. Bon apptit!

OCEAN ROBBINS,
co-founder and CEO, Food Revolution Network and author of 31-Day Food Revolution

Also by
SUSAN PEIRCE THOMPSON, PH.D.

BRIGHT LINE EATING:
The Science of Living Happy, Thin, and Free

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Indexer: Joan Shapiro

Cover design: Amy Rose Grigoriou

Interior design: Charles McStravick

Recipe photography by Alan De Herrera

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The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

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Welcome to a cookbook unlike any youve ever used before. This is not your typical diet cookbook where you can just skip ahead to the recipes, follow the weekly meal plan, cross your fingers, and hope that this time youre going to lose your excess weightand keep it off. That's because Bright Line Eating is not your typical weight-loss program. The typical weight-loss program has a financial model based on recidivism. According to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health, fewer than 1 percent of obese people are able to achieve a normal BMI within one year. In essence, across all people and all programs, diets have a 99 percent failure rate. If you have thought maybe its just you, it isnt.

Everyone who comes to Bright Line Eating has already tried some form of diet or weight-loss program. In fact, our research shows that the average Bright Liner has made more than 16 attempts to rid themselves of their excess weight; their constant cravings; and the endless bargaining, obsessing, and sabotage we are all familiar with. Nothing has worked. Some of us have spent thousands of dollars on conventional weight-loss programs, only to have to reenroll and reenroll and reenroll... and still whatever weight we have lost always comes backand then some.

We are not alone.

In the United States, more than 70 percent of people are overweight or obese.

Additionally, long before we die from eating this way, we stop living. I remember vividly what it felt like to be obese. It was mentally and physically exhausting. On my way to becoming the speaker for my graduating class at UC Berkeley, I would lumber across campus with marshmallows in my pocket, needing a fix every few minutes just to keep going. It was misery. And therein lies the paradox that led me on this field of inquiry, and ultimately to creating Bright Line Eating: I could get myself to do everything I needed to do to graduate with highest honors and start (and then finish) my Ph.D. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, but I could not control my eating.

The reason, I ultimately discovered, is that our bodies did not evolve to be able to process modern food. What we have been putting in our mouths since the end of World War II is hijacking our brains until they are rewired to block every attempt at losing weight. The frustrating obstacle that creates that depressing one percent statistic is actually inside our own heads!

To free your brain from this hostage situation is no small feat. I would propose that it is the fight of a lifetime. But at Bright Line Eating, we are winning it.

It has been two and a half years since my first book, Bright Line Eating, was published. In that time, thousands more people have joined our Boot Camp and generously shared their data. Thanks to their contributions, I now know even more about the road to living Happy, Thin, and Free.

What Ive learned is that for people who have struggled with their weight their entire lives, the forces of Sad, Obese, and Food Obsessed are going to put up a major fight. A brain rewired by the food we have available today is not going to go gently or give up easily. When I designed Bright Line Eating, I built into it a ton of support and resources. What weve learned is that the people who lean into this support and stay close to the Mothership do best. They lose their excess weight more quickly and achieve the greatest freedom by surrendering wholly to this new way of eating.