The No-Grain Diet: Conquer Carbohydrate Addiction and Stay Slim for Life » (Reprint)

Dr. Joseph Mercola is an osteopathic physician and director of the Optimal Wellness Center outside of Chicago. Trained in both alternative and traditional medicine, he has served as the chairman of the family medicine department at St. Alexius Medical Center for five years.

In The No-Grain Diet, Dr. Joseph Mercola, the director of the Optimal Wellness Center in Illinois, teaches readers how to lose weight-and keep it off-and end carb cravings once and for all.

With a revolutionary new approach, Dr. Mercola will have readers on the road to good health in just three days with an easy-to-follow plan that rids the body of grains, sweets, and starches. Readers also learn how to normalize cholesterol levels and learn Dr. Mercola's Emotional Freedom Technique, a craving-busting tool that will permanently eliminate carbohydrate cravings and addictions.

Watch the pounds come off and achieve the next level of health, fitness, and well-being with The No-Grain Diet.

Publishers Weekly

"Don't be surprised if you never again want to eat starches, sweets, and grains!" Osteopathic physician Mercola stands on the shoulders of Atkins (and gives a nod to Gary Taubes, author of the New York Times Magazine cover article many believe blew the lid off high-carb, low-fat diets forever) to make big claims in this guide for overweight readers. Mercola's diet, which he's honed for over a decade at his Illinois wellness center, offers "near miraculous results," and will allow its followers to "permanently conquer food cravings," he says. The secret to lasting weight loss, according to Mercola, is to cut out starches, sweets and grains entirely. (Dieters on the maintenance program are allowed "healthy" grains-buckwheat, quinoa, etc.) But though Mercola offers three different eating plans (The Booster, The Core and The Advanced Food plan) and plenty of no-grain recipes, his program goes beyond mere dieting: Mercola is a proponent of the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), a kind of "psychological acupressure" that he says is "the equivalent of AA for grain addiction." Developed by Gary Craig, EFT involves tapping on pressure points in the face and upper body while repeating a healing, key phrase, such as "Even though I want to have pizza, I deeply and completely accept myself." Mercola's course for weight loss is an intensive one, with rigorous rules and plenty of additional components-lifestyle changes, supplements and self-affirmations-that take a lot more energy than calorie counting. But that's the whole point, Mercola says, because cutting back on calories or carbs alone leads to temporary weight loss at best. For those willing to dedicate themselves to such a program, Mercola's guide may offer real results, and the case studies he includes should certainly help with motivation. (May) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Contents

Part one: Why a No-Grain Diet?
Chapter 1. The Obesity Epidemic 3
Chapter 2. The Biochemistry of Weight Loss 18
Chapter 3. Are You a Grain Addict? 33
Chapter 4. Using EFT to Overcome Grain Addiction 47

Part two: The No-Grain Diet
Chapter 5. Three Days to Grain Freedom 63
Chapter 6. Customizing Your Diet (Pick Your Food Plan) 87
Chapter 7. The Food Plan (All the Foods You Can Eat) 101
Chapter 8. Menu Plans 122
Chapter 9. Supports for Your Health 143

Part three: Overcoming Cravings
Chapter 10. EFT: The Basic Tapping Menu (and How to Use It) 165
Chapter 11. EFT: Really Getting It! 182

Part four: Recipes
Chapter 12. Recipes 199

Appendix One: Food and Supplements 249
Appendix Two: EFT 258
Appendix Three: Medical Tests 264
References 271
No-Grain Resources 287
Acknowledgments 293
Index 297
About the Authors 312