A revolutionary approach to enhancing metabolism that enables lasting
weight loss and facilitates spiritual well-being
- Presents an eight-week weight-loss program
- Explains how relaxed eating stimulates metabolic function and how
stress hormones encourage weight gain
- Shows how fully enjoying each meal is the optimal way to a healthy
body
Our modern culture revolves around fitting as much as possible into the
least amount of time. As a result, most people propel themselves through
life at a dizzying pace that is contrary to a healthy lifestyle. We eat
fast, on the run, and often under stress, not only removing most of the
pleasure we might derive from our food and creating digestive upset but
also wreaking havoc on our metabolism. Many of us come to the end of a
day feeling undernourished, uninspired, and overweight.
In this 10th anniversary edition, Marc David presents a new way to
understand our relationship to food, focusing on quality and the
pleasure of eating to transform and improve metabolism. Citing
cutting-edge research on body biochemistry as well as success stories
from his own nutritional counseling practice, he shows that we are
creatures of body, mind, and spirit and that when we attend to these
levels simultaneously we can shed excess pounds, increase energy, and
enhance digestion to feel rejuvenated and inspired. He presents an
eight-week program that allows readers to explore their unique
connection to food, assisting them in letting go of their fears, guilt,
and old habits so they can learn to treat their bodies in a dignified
and caring way. He reveals the shortcomings of all quick-fix digestive
aids and fad diets and debunks common nutrition myths, such as "the
right way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more." He shows
instead how to decrease cortisol and other stress hormones and boost
metabolic power through proper breathing and nutritional strategies that
nourish both the body and soul, proving that fully enjoying each meal is
the optimal way to a healthy body.
Drawing on more than 30 years of experience in nutritional medicine, the
psychology of eating, and the science of yoga, Marc David offers readers
practical tools that will yield life-transforming, sustainable results.
