Fat Is Not Your Fate: Outsmart Your Genes and Lose the Weight Forever » (Bargain)

Dr. Susan Mitchell is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Nutrition Specialist, and Fellow of the American Dietetic Association. A nationally recognized authority on nutrition and stress, she is the nutrition expert for ThirdAge.com and a consultant to the Produce for Better Health Foundation's 5 A Day the Color Way program.

Dr. Catherine Christie is the Director of Nutrition Programs at the University

of North Florida. A Registered Dietitian, Certified Nutrition Specialist, and Fellow of the American Dietetic Association, she is President-Elect of the Florida Dietetic Association and a former Chairman of the Dietetics and Nutrition Council, which regulates the nutrition profession in Florida. Mitchell and Christie are the coauthors of I'd Kill for a Cookie and Eat to Stay Young.

Fat Is Not Your Fate offers a groundbreaking, scientifically proven approach to weight loss — one that allows you to follow a personalized nutrition plan tailored to your own genetic blueprint. Based on the latest research, this program includes:

• Personalized easy-to-follow menu plans for your gene type

• Strategies to control your weight triggers

• Easy, tasty recipes for your meal plan

• Your optimum caloric intake and fat-protein-carb balance

• Tips on exercise and activities to keep the weight off

...and other suggestions for achieving maximum weight loss, lowering your risk of disease, and satisfying your physical and emotional needs. If you're one of the millions of Americans trying to take and keep the pounds off, let Fat Is Not Your Fate be your first step toward a fit and healthy future.

Library Journal

If obesity is a genetic disease (researchers found an "obesity gene" in 1994), then the external factors that trigger those genes are crucial to keeping weight at healthy levels. This means that those with the obesity gene can keep them from being activated by eating right and exercising well. Drawing on research from the Human Genome Project, the nutritionist authors help readers identify their own particular genetic programing, or phenotype (addictitve, blood pressure, cardiovascular, diabetic, emotional, or hormonal) and provides eating plans tailored to each one. Although the book is heavy on scientific explanations, its recipes and healthy food lists are good, and it includes an outstanding portion-control system. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Contents

Foreword

Chapter 1: Outsmarting Your Genetic Legacy

Why a Phenotype-Based Diet? The Link Between Genetics and Weight

Chapter 2: Learn Your Phenotype and What Triggers Your Weight Gain

The Phenotype Assessment and the Weight Trigger Quiz

Chapter 3: The Road Map to Your Phenotype Diet

Tips on How to Use This Book

Chapter 4: The Phenotype A Diet

Outsmarting Addiction-Linked Weight Gain

Chapter 5: The Phenotype B Diet

Outsmarting High Blood Pressure-Linked Weight Gain

Chapter 6: The Phenotype C Diet

Outsmarting Cardiovascular Disease-Linked Weight Gain

Chapter 7: The Phenotype D Diet

Outsmarting Diabetes-Linked Weight Gain

Chapter 8: The Phenotype E Diet

Outsmarting Emotional Eating-Linked Weight Gain

Chapter 9: The Phenotype H Diet

Outsmarting Hormone-Linked Weight Gain

Appendix A: No-Prep Foods

Appendix B: Ready Remedies

Appendix C: Recipes

Appendix D: Antioxidant-Rich Foods

Appendix E: Fat Comparison

Appendix F: High-Fiber Foods

Appendix G: Caffeine Content in Various Beverages

Appendix H: Mercury Content in Fish and Seafood

Resources

References

Index