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Ditch the Unrealistic Low-Carb-Fat-Cal Diets and Enjoy a Simpler, Healthier Whole Approach to Weight Loss From the authors of the mega-hit weight-loss guide The Gold Coast Cure Let's be honest. Most diet books are so restrictive and extreme that without tremendous willpower, the average person is bound to fail. All that is about to change with The Gold Coast Cure's Fitter, Firmer, Faster Program. Written by a doctor and his wife whose breakthrough approach has helped thousands take off the poundsand fight disease, this program--designed with real life in mind--will help you slim down without deprivation, starvation, and complete frustration. Based on sound science, this three-pronged plana whole-foods diet, six supplements, and just thirty minutes of exercise three days a weekreally works. The secret is not in what you can't have but what you can have. You'll learn how to trade harmful fats for healthy fats, swap refined carbs for whole carbs, and choose real foods with real nutrients that help burn fat. Best of all, youll have the freedom to enjoy pasta, potatoes, bread, chocolate, and even a glass of wine or beer a day-every day-and still lose weight! This easy-to-follow guide comes complete with: Over 50 delicious recipes plus two weeks of meals you can make in under 30 minutes Two do-at-home or take-to-the-park workouts that burn fat and build lean muscle A Brand-Name Shopping Guide that will save you time at the grocery store Say goodbye to that belly, or your apple or pear shapeits time to get Fitter, Firmer, Faster.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #330025 in Books
• Published on: 2006-12-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 268 pages

About the Author
Ivy Larson is a certified American College of Sports Medicine Health Fitness Instructor. She put her MS into remission by following the Cure lifestyle. The two reside in southern Florida.

Andrew Larson earned his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the American Medical Association and a board-certified general surgeon with special interests in surgical nutrition and bariatric surgery.

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Ditch Dieting and Go for Whole Foods We want you to forget everything you've been taught about dieting. Forget what you've been told about carbohydrates and fats. Forget about protein shakes and fat-burning meal-replacement bars. Forget about tallying up points and counting calories. Forget about trying to figure out how to muster up the psychological self-discipline necessary to avoid eating. The truth is that the diets most of us use don't work they don't work for lasting weight loss, and they certainly don't work for improving health. It turns out the best way to lose weight and keep it off is to approach weight loss from an entirely new perspective: Focus on health first, and the side benefit is lasting weight loss. Instead of obsessing over the number of calories in your food and the number of carbs, learn to think about getting more bang for your nutritional buck. Make your food count; don't count your food. The way to do that is to eat balanced meals consisting of carbohydrates, fats and proteins from healthy 'whole' foods. Whole foods are unrefined 'real' foods, packaged the way nature intended. We're talking potatoes, not potato chips. We're advocating corn, not corn flakes. We'd rather you eat an apple instead of apple sauce. We'd rather you choose oatmeal instead of oat flakes. Go for grapes not grape juice. Go for eggs, not egg substitutes. The point is, the more unrefined 'whole' foods you eat and the less refined, 'packaged foods you eat the healthier you will be and the easier it will be for you to manage your weight. We're not saying you can never have another bowl of cornflakes again, we're just saying you are much better off choosing corn on the cob instead. Balanced whole-foods diets work for weight control and more. The human body has evolved over thousands of centuries to consume all-natural whole foods. Research now confirms that the same whole foods your body needs to prevent disease and maintain health can help you look your best and maintain your ideal weight. Whole foods are nature's flab fighters. Whole Foods Fight the 'Malnourished Munchies' It is possible to be overweight and malnourished. How? Easy: Malnutrition refers to inadequate nutrition, not necessarily inadequate calorie intake. Even though it's possible to obtain plenty of calories, or more likely too many calories, on the typical American diet, it is rare to obtain adequate nutrition this way. It is entirely possible to be one hundred pounds or more overweight and still be malnourished. If you don't get the nutrients your body needs, your body signals hunger because it assumes more food is needed in order to obtain these crucial nutrients. You crave these nutrients, not necessarily the doughnut or the bagel in the break room. While some hunger is psychological, most of it occurs in an attempt to motivate you to satisfy natural, appropriate cravings for the nutrients your diet lacks. Cravings, as most people know, hinder the success of most