Leo Galland - The Fat Resistance Diet: Unlock the Secret of the Hormone Leptin to: Eliminate Cravings, Supercharge Your Metabolism, Fight Inflammation, Lose Weight & Reprogram Your Body to Stay Thin--Forever

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Unlock the Secret of the Hormone Leptin to Eliminate Cravings, Supercharge Your Metabolism, Lose Weight, and Reprogram Your Body to Stay ThinForever

INTRODUCTION

I would like to welcome you to the Fat Resistance Diet. My one goal in creating this diet is to help you get the body you want. And I have an easy, delicious way of getting you there.

Sweet strawberries

Tart blueberries

Tangy pomegranates

These are just some of the delicious superfoods that will enable you to lose weight on the Fat Resistance Diet. Not only will you lose six to ten pounds in the first two weeks; you will also be able to say, I never ate so well in my life! Because this diet shows you how to lose weight by enjoying more delicious food, with meal plans and recipes that are bursting with freshness and flavor.

As a doctor I will explain in easy-to-read language how you can benefit from cutting-edge science that enables you to lose weight by reversing the biology of fat. I am excited to share with you my clinical experience that demonstrates the remarkable power of nutritional medicine to heal the body and cure chronic health problems like overweight.

But I also want this diet to work for you in the real world. So I asked my family to help me share our passion for delicious and healthy food. And to make it fast, easy, and affordable. My son Jonathan, using my guidelines and his cooking experience in kitchens in France, Italy, Greece, Japan, and Hong Kong, has created more than one hundred recipes for your enjoyment. My wife, Christina, has also brought her flair and high standards to the wonderful food in this book. By following these special recipes you will be able to create big, appetite-satisfying flavors using fresh herbs and spices, instead of relying on butter or cream.

So go ahead and delight in Green TeaCrusted Salmon, Blueberry Flax Pancakes, and even Chicken Parmigiano. We understand that by indulging in healthy pleasures you can stick with this diet and lose weight. Thats why the Fat Resistance Diet rewards your efforts to eat healthfully by giving you more flavor in each bite.

Youll enjoy fish, chicken, beef, and pasta.

Youll get lots of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Youll have low-fat cheese and yogurt.

Youll delight your palate with new tastes and subtle spices.

And you will take comfort in knowing this all-natural program is the healthiest diet you can find. No artificial sweeteners or artificial fats are used, because these can interfere with weight loss. No sugar is used, which means sugar cravings will disappear in two or three days. Instead my diet gives you high-quality protein, the right fats, fiber, vitamins, minerals, and other key nutrients to support your health. After a few days eating this way you will feel refreshed, revitalized, and already a little bit lighter. As you continue on the program and watch the pounds disappear, youll feel better than you have in years.

PART ONE

Reversing the Biology of Fat

one

Your Fat Is Not Your Fault

W hen I first met Lilly, she was thirty-five years old, a respected editor at a national news magazineand 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 in one brief phrase: Cant lose weight.

All my life its been this way, she told me with tears in her eyes. Sometimes I can lose for a little while, taking off ten or even twenty pounds. But I have to starve myself to make that happen, and even then, it doesnt last.

Lillys frustration was all the greater because shed been following one diet or another ever since high school. In college, shed supplemented her severely restrictive diet with a vigorous exercise routine. But even when I dropped a few pounds, I always put them back againand then some, she explained. I dont know why I cant lose weight. Even when Im good, I dont lose much. And if I slip for even a single day, I go up five pounds.

By the time Lilly came to see me, she weighed 214 pounds. Yet as I reviewed her diet and exercise plan, I could see that she was indeed making an effort. Every morning, she worked out for forty minuteseven on Sundays and holidays, she insistedand shed gotten her daily intake down to 1,200 calories or less, mostly in the form of low-fat protein bars, chicken breasts, cottage cheese, and green salads. It was hard to see how she could exercise any more or eat any less. Yet the pounds clung stubbornly to her hips, thighs, and belly.

Okay, Doctor, she concluded with a sigh. Tell me what else to cut out. At this point, Ill try anything.

Frankly, I told her, I dont want you to eat less. The problem isnt what youre eatingits what youre not eating. So from this day forward, I want you to eat more.

Meet the Real Culprit: Leptin Resistance

Like so many other overweight Americans, Lilly was suffering from a condition shed never heard ofa chemical imbalance that I believe is at the root of our nations struggle with excess weight. The name of this syndrome is leptin resistancea hormonal dysfunction that disrupts the bodys natural ability to regulate appetite and metabolism. Unfortunately, most doctors are not yet aware of this condition. But my decades of clinical practice as an M.D., my success in treating patients with nutritional medicine, and my in-depth exploration of the latest scientific research have convinced me that if youlike Lillycant lose your excess weight, then you, too, are probably suffering from leptin resistance.

I believe that the discovery of leptin resistance is the key to freeing millions of overweight Americans from the tyranny of yo-yo dieting, food cravings, and a continual struggle with their weight. Have you ever had the feeling, as you looked at the bathroom scale or tried to button your jeans, that there was something wrong with your body, some stubborn disorder that simply refused to let you shed your excess weight? Well, Im here to tell you, you were right. If youve tried in vain to lose weight, if youve fallen off every diet youve ever begun, if youve found your healthy intentions sabotaged by sugar cravings and starch binges, you havent simply been failing or indulging yourself. Youre not deficient in willpower or discipline. Youre not weak or helpless or out of control. Youre simply suffering from a chemical imbalance, a chemical imbalance you can correct by cutting out the wrong foods and beginning to eat the right ones.

O ur bodies are designed to maintain a healthy weight, without any extra effort on our part. When our bodies are working properly, we eat what we want, and if we inadvertently gain a few pounds, the leptin in our system works to suppress our appetite, increase our metabolism, and reestablish our original weight. This is the mechanism that enables people to stay slimthe natural ability of our bodies to regulate themselves.