Lose weight fast, boost energy levels, and improve overall well-being
by eating the healthy, delicious foods that once nourished the ancient
Aztecs with this high protein, low-fat diet that features the miraculous
chia seed as its cornerstone
While poor nutrition and disease abounded in medieval Europe, a
civilization across the Atlantic built a vast empire throughout Central
America, sustaining themselves on ancient grains during long journeys
and frequent battles. Crucial to their high-protein, low-fat diet was a
superfood called chia. These remarkable little seeds are packed with a 8
times the omega-3's of salmon, 6 times more calcium than milk, 3 times
more iron than spinach, 15 times more magnesium than broccoli, 4 times
more selenium than flax, and 5 grams of fiber in just 70 calories,
making them nutritive dynamite.
In this highly readable, easy-to-follow diet book, Dr. Bob Arnot shows
readers how to lose weight, boost their energy levels, and improve their
sense of well-being by eating the healthy, delicious foods that
nourished the ancient Aztecs. With chia at its center, this diet
features foods with few fats and oils, no refined sugars, no wheat, and
foods that are high in protein. Readers will not only reset their
metabolism and drop pounds, but they will also feel more energized and
clear-headed. The three phase plan allows readers to jump-start their
weight loss with a two-week chia smoothie quick-start. The second phase,
with a mix of chia smoothies and solid meals, will leave readers feeling
revitalized and still shedding pounds. The final phase shows readers how
to flexibly sustain a new, healthy lifestyle.
We've all heard the dangers of the modern Western diet-obesity, heart
disease, diabetes. But Dr. Bob Arnot points out that it leads to so much
more, such as raging internal inflammation and wild fluctuations in our
blood sugar that affect our mood, energy levels, and sense of wellbeing
on a daily basis. Arnot presents an easy, delicious, and flexible set of
healthy swaps, meal plans, and superfood additions to combat this
dangerous cycle of poor diet, health problems, and low energy that will
make you look and feel like an entirely new person.
