The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss
the bestselling guide to unlocking the secrets of weight loss
Author: Jason Fung Series: The Obesity Code
It turns out that when we eat is just as important as what we eat, so in addition to his five basic steps - a set of life-long eating habits that will improve your health and control your insulin levels - Dr Fung explains how to use intermittent fasting to break the cycle of insulin resistance and reach a healthy weight - for good.
When your latest diet fails, you feel that you've failed. You feel frustrated, weak-willed, and humiliated. But you shouldn't. In fact, everything you believe about how to lose weight is wrong, because most weight-loss recommendations fly in the face of evidence and the way your body works.
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It turns out that when we eat is just as important as what we eat, so in addition to his five basic steps - a set of life-long eating habits that will improve your health and control your insulin levels - Dr Fung explains how to use intermittent fasting to break the cycle of insulin resistance and reach a healthy weight - for good.
When your latest diet fails, you feel that you've failed. You feel frustrated, weak-willed, and humiliated. But you shouldn't. In fact, everything you believe about how to lose weight is wrong, because most weight-loss recommendations fly in the face of evidence and the way your body works.
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We are in the midst of an obesity epidemic, but despite being inundated with diet advice we are only getting fatter. We count calories and exercise regularly, yet still the pounds won't budge. Why?In this highly readable and provocative book, Dr Jason Fung sets out a groundbreaking new theory- that obesity is caused by our hormones, rather than a lack of self-control.He reveals that overproduction of insulin in the body is the root cause of obesity and obesity-related illnesses including type 2 diabetes, and offers robust scientific evidence that reversing insulin resistance is the only way to lose weight in the long term.It turns out that when we eat is just as important as what we eat, so in addition to his five basic steps - a set of life-long eating habits that will improve your health and control your insulin levels - Dr Fung explains how to use intermittent fasting to break the cycle of insulin resistance and reach a healthy weight - for good.'Fung zeroes in on why insulin resistance has become so prevalent and offers specific outside-the-box solutions that have emerged as the key to maximising health.'-Jimmy Moore, author of Keto Clarity and Cholesterol Clarity'Not only full of insights but also surprisingly funny. Read it to understand why the world became fat, how to reverse the epidemic - and how to stay thin yourself.'-Dr Andreas Eenfeldt, founder of Dietdoctor.com'A fantastic book that exposes some of the world's most pervasive myths about obesity and weight management. A must read for anyone interested in the science of diet.'-Kris Gunnars, nutrition researcher
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“'Fung zeroes in on why insulin resistance has become so prevalent and offers specific outside-the-box solutions that have emerged as the key to maximizing health.'”
-Jimmy Moore, author, Keto Clarity and Cholesterol Clarity;;'Not only full of insights but also surprisingly funny. Read it to understand why the world became fat, how to reverse the epidemic-and how to stay thin yourself.' -Andreas Eenfeldt, MD, Founder of Dietdoctor.com;;'Dr. Jason Fung's explanation of insulin resistance and the accompanying insulin model of obesity is original, brilliant and game changing.' -Zoe Harcombe, Obesity researcher, author of The Harcrombe Diet;;'A fantastic book that exposes some of the world's most pervasive myths about obesity and weight management. A must read for anyone interested in the science of diet.' -Kris Gunnars, nutrition researcher;;'In The Obesity Code, Dr. Jason Fung triumphs in explaining the core underlying causes of obesity and manages to simplify it in a way that anybody can understand. If more doctors and people were able to understand these causes and implement Dr. Fung's actionable advice then we would be able to start reversing the obesity epidemic tomorrow.' -Sam Feltham, USA Today World Fitness Elite Trainer of the Year
About the Author
Dr. Jason Fung is a medical doctor recognised as one of the world's leading experts on fasting to lose weight and reverse diabetes, and his work has been featured in the Atlantic, the New York Post, Forbes, and on Fox News. He is the founder of the Intensive Dietary Management program and the author of several books, including The Complete Guide to Fasting (co-authored with Jimmy Moore); The Obesity Code, which is an international bestseller; and The Diabetes Code. He lives in Toronto, Canada.
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