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CONTENTS
Discover the fat-blasting secrets that have changed the lives of the thousands of Americans who have used Zero Belly Breakfasts to lose fat from where it matters mosttheir middles.
Zero Belly meals are designed to attack fat on a genetic level, with power foods scientifically chosen to build lean, strong stomach muscle and strip away unwanted belly fat without sacrificing calories or spending hours at the gym.
Master the three essential Zero Belly Breakfast questions: Wheres my protein, wheres my fiber, and wheres my healthy fat?
SPECIAL SECTION: 20 Most Shockingly Sugary Breakfasts in America
Before eating out, chew on this: Some restaurant meals have as much sugar as 10 doughnuts!
Learn which morning staples have the most protein, the least sugar, and the healthiest fats with this essential list of the finest foods.
Stock your kitchen with the ultimate tools to make Zero Belly Breakfasts easily and efficientlyand use them morning, noon, and night.
Frizzled, scrambled, baked, and flippedget inspired by reinventing the incredible, edible power-packed protein: eggs, the headliner of Zero Belly Breakfasts.
Enjoy carbsthe right oneswith these eggy, savory, fruity, bready delights. With: The Ultimate Breakfast Sandwich Matrix!
Dig into fluffy pancakes, springy waffles, and mouthwatering French toast, compliments of these ever-so-sweet recipes.
Grab a fork and slice into juicy sausage, crispy bacon, and other high-protein staples made just for carnivores.
These delicious quick fixes take just minutes to make but provide the full arsenal of protein, fiber, and healthy fats in one cup.
Watch the pounds disappear with the press of a button. Thats all it takes to blend a unique mix of supernutrients that will boost your metabolism. With: The Ultimate Smoothie Matrix!
Prepare the perfect meal in minutes with these time-saving recipes made for busy weekdays or when youre on the go.
Turbocharge your Zero Belly weight loss with this day-by-day plan, based on the revolutionary science that powers fast-mimicking diets.
Dive into the classic Zero Belly report that started it all14 easy hacks to help you drop the weight faster than ever.
INTRODUCTION
WAKE UP
SLIMMER
EVERY DAY!
W hat if I told you that you could eat pancakes and waffles, chocolate cereal and egg sandwiches, omelets and breakfast burritosand lose up to 16 pounds in 14 days? You can with
Zero Belly Breakfasts. Theyll have you looking and feeling great in no time flat, thanks to hundreds of delicious and nutritious breakfast secretsand more than 100 mouthwatering recipes you can prepare in minutes! I know because Ive seen it happen.
In 2015, I shared Zero Belly Diet with a test panel of more than 500 people, some of whom lost as much as 16 pounds in just 14 days, and up to 3 inches off their waist. June Caron, 57, lost 12 pounds in 2 weeks and 4 dress sizes in 1 year. Hail to the Chef, she said of the recipes. My confidence is up, my happiness is up! Fred Sparks, 39, lost 21 pounds and 5 inches off his waist in 6 weeks. I met a group of co-workers who hasnt seen me in a month, he shared, and they were all astonished. The secret to the plan is the new science of nutritional genetics, the study of how our genes are turned on and off by the foods we eat.
Simply making a handful of tweaks to your diet and lifestyle can help improve your gut health, dampen inflammation, turn off your fat genes, and start your body shedding fatin particular, belly fatalmost automatically. You see, some foods turn our fat genes oncausing seemingly irreversible weight gain. Thats why some of us stay thin and why some of us cant lose weight no matter how hard we try. With Zero Belly Breakfasts, youll eat power foods that act directly on those switches, turning them to off and allowing for easy, rapid, and sustainable weight loss. These foods also help heal your digestive system, keeping those gene switches turned off and setting you up for a lifetime of leanness. And every single Zero Belly Breakfasts recipe is made with these fat-blasting foods.
Whats So Special About Breakfast? What isnt? The old adage that its the most important meal of the day has been proven time and again, most recently by the American Heart Association, which just changed their guidelines to indicate that eating earlier in the day can lead to a healthier heart, staving off cardiac arrests and strokes. When we eat may be important to consider, in addition to what we eat, said Marie-Pierre St-Onge of Columbia University Medical Center in New York, who led the team that wrote the guidelines. The research team found that the body processes sugars better during the day than at night. And yet more than 30 percent of us skip breakfast. And thats partially why Americans are sick and fat. More than one-third of us are obese.