Product Description

The first book to provide an easy-to-follow dietary and lifestyle program to enhance the body's natural rhythms for optimum health.

All living things are subject to natural patterns of eating, sleeping, and other vital functions. Disrupting these daily, or circadian, rhythms through poor diet or lifestyle results in a wide range of conditions, from fatigue and emotional imbalance to intensified symptoms of insulin resistance and other chronic health problems.

The Circadian Prescription offers a breakthrough, scientifically sound 10-point program to help anyone:

sleep better and feel energized all day long;
alleviate symptoms of menopause, jet lag, and ADD;
treat and prevent infertility, prostate disease, and Syndrome X;
enhance mental acuity and emotional balance; and
achieve and maintain ideal weight.

At the core of the program is a powerful eating plan that gives the body what it needs when it needs it by simply increasing protein intake in the early part of the day and moving most carbohydrates to the evening. The straightforward, nonrestrictive diet incorporates specific foods that provide vital information to the body to reduce risk factors for chronic disease. Plus, practical techniques--exercise, breathing, and meditation--help bring the entire body into balance.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #479195 in Books
• Published on: 2002-04-08
• Released on: 2002-04-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1 pages

From Amazon.com
Each of us has a circadian rhythm--daily cyclical changes in chemistry and behavior--that are measured by shifts in body temperature, blood pressure, heartbeat, breathing, and body chemistries. When our circadian rhythms are disrupted by poor lifestyle choices, optimum health is sacrificed. The Circadian Prescription: Get in Step with Your Body's Natural Rhythms to Maximize Energy, Vitality, and Longevity by alternative health expert Sidney Baker, M.D., with Karen Baar, M.P.H., provides a simple 10-step plan to right your rhythms.

This thought-provoking, clearly written book based on experimental science and the experiences of Dr. Baker's patients will challenge many commonly held nutritional beliefs. At the center of the prescription is the Circadian Diet, a flexible eating plan designed to give the body the fuel it needs when it needs it (according to Baker, that means protein during the day and carbohydrates at night). The plan also includes breathing and meditation techniques, rhythmic exercise, and tips to improve sleep habits, beat jet lag, and overcome odd work shifts. Separate chapters are also devoted to weight loss, the role of intestinal flora and phytonutrients, and the specific needs of women, men, and children. --Ellen Albertston

Woman's World
The weight-loss breakthrough of the year.

About the Author
Sidney M. Baker, M.D., is a leader in the alternative-health movement and formerly the director of the Gesell Institute of Human Development, his private practice and research emphasizes nutritional, environmental, and biochemical aspects of chronic health problems in adults and children. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including Child Behavior and Your Ten to Fourteen-Year-Old.
Karen Baar, M.P.H., has written articles on alternative medicine, nutrition, health, and fitness for The New York Times, and Natural Health, among others. She is the coauthor of American Indian Healing Arts with E. Barrie Kavasch.