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The Abs Diet Ultimate Nutrition: Your Reference Guide to Thousands of Foods, and How Each One Shapes Your Body »

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Authors: David Zinczenko, Ted Spiker
ISBN-13: 9781605296944, ISBN-10: 1605296945
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rodale Press, Inc.
Date Published: December 2009
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: David Zinczenko

DAVID ZINCZENKO, editor-in-chief of Men’s Health magazine, is one of America’s leading experts on health and fitness. He lives in New York City and Allentown, Pennsylvania.

TED SPIKER, an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Florida, is a contributing editor to Men’s Health. His work has also been published in Fortune; O, The Oprah Magazine; InStyle; Sports Illustrated Women; Writer’s Digest; Adventure Sports; and more. He currently resides in Gainesville, Florida.

Book Synopsis

Hundreds of Quick-and-Easy Nutrition Secrets for a Firm, Flat Stomach

Lose Up to 20 Pounds of Fat in Just 6 Weeks Without Ever Feeling Hungry!

Now, David Zinczenko, best-selling author and editor-in-chief of Men’s Health, has collected the most essential, up-to-date nutrition information in the world, and distilled it down to an easy-to-use, breakthrough manual. The Abs Diet Ultimate Nutrition Handbook will arm you with the nutritional information, guidance, and secrets that will give you the body you want, the stomach you want, and the life you want.

Discover the secrets to staying lean for life and building the 6-pack of your dreams—all while eating what you want, when you want. Just learn the secret to making the smartest nutrition decisions, no matter where you are. You’ll discover:

· Hundreds of tips on buying, preparing, and even ordering the best meals, and how to make those meals work for your body—not against it.

· Scores of new recipes including dozens of muscle-building, fat-burning desserts!

· Two super-efficient, proven new workouts, plus two bonus abs moves that will sculpt your stomach in no time.

· A 14-day eating plan that will start stripping away flab and showing off your abs—in just days!

Table of Contents


Introduction     1
The Power 12: The Powerfoods That Will Shrink Your Waist and Change Your Body-Forever     9
Your Metabolic Engine: How to Keep Your Body Burning Fat and Calories All Day Long     18
99 Nutrition Secrets: Life-Changing Tips, Tricks, and Trivia about Food     25
A Second Helping of Secrets: More Nutrition News You Can Use     52
The 100 Best Foods Ever: Our Ranking, Your Menu     70
The 20 Worst Foods Ever: They're a Waste for Your Waist     94
Powerfoods Anywhere, Anytime: A Complete Guide to Eating on the Run     101
Eat This, Not That: Make the Right Choice Every Time     122
Bonus Chapter: More Smooth Moves!: New Smoothie Recipes for On-the-Go Eating     130
Bonus Chapter: New Abs Diet Circuits: Workouts That Will Boost Your Metabolism and Burn Fat Fast     138
Your 14-Day Abs Diet Food-and-Exercise Journal: With Motivational Secrets to Keep You Going     158
Food by the Numbers: Comprehensive Nutritional Information for Your Food     173
Index     242

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