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Don’t give another nickel to the $60 billion weight-
loss industry until you have read this book
For decades the weight-loss industry has bombarded us with a torrent of confusing and contradictory information about the cause and treatment of overweight. That way, when their diets fail, they can claim it's all our fault.
And fail they do. Scientific studies repeatedly show that more 95% of dieters gain back any lost weight – often overshooting where they started.
After more than 30 years of research, Sharon Greene Patton knows why – dieting actually inflicts physiological changes that make people fat. That was true when this book was originally published in 1983 as Stop Dieting - Start Living and is true now with the release of this updated edition.
In fact, The Straight Scoop About Dieting makes a convincing argument that the increase in dieting over the last 25 years (one indicator – $11 billion spent then, $60 billion spent now) is the principle cause of the current "obesity epidemic."
Patton's findings will clear up the confusion delivered by the weight-loss industry, eliminate the guilt and shame of past dieting failures, and open your mind to a non-dieting approach to weight loss that actually works.
Here's just a small sampling of what you'll learn:
- How nothing has changed relative to weight management over the last 30 years – not the diets, not the clubs, not the attitudes, not the discrimination, not the hype (you'll be amazed by the incredible similarities between the early 1980s and now).
- Why reviewing a dieting journal might help you get on the right path to start losing weight (it's not the reason you may think).
- The real story about Kevin Trudeau's "Weight Loss Cure" from someone (other than Kevin) who actually tried the shot he recommends (when it was still legal in the United States).
- The fundamental and unchanging truths about the physiology of weight management (despite the "breakthroughs" you keep hearing about, everything you need to know about weight loss has been known for decades).
- How dieting sets up the body to actually gain weight (once you read this section, you'll never go on a diet ever again).
- The fallacy of the widely-held assumption that "3,500 calories equals a pound."
- The only two solutions to overweight: one societal and one personal.
- The all-important first step to losing weight (you probably have never heard this one before).
- The importance of completely overhauling your relationship with food – how you feel about food, how you think about food, and what you believe about food – and how to stop feeling guilty about eating (just like breathing, drinking fluids and sleeping, don't you have to eat to stay alive?).
- How to stop feeling guilty about eating.
- The almost magical result of not thinking any food is forbidden and giving yourself unconditional permission to feed your body in order to meet its energy needs.
- The incredibly simple way to determine what to eat, when to eat and how to eat (this information is the last thing the weight-loss industry wants you to know).
- The most important thing you must learn in order to lose weight (no – it's not the calories, carbs, or fat grams in food or the number of calories burned by various forms of exercise).
- Why weight-loss surgery works and how to get the same effect without going under the knife.
- The most important thing you can do for your health (no, it is not losing weight).
The title of this breakthrough book is:
And, it was written by Sharon Greene. Sharon has a BA and a Master’s Degree in English Literature. Besides devoting more than 25 years to dieting before realizing it doesn’t work, she taught literature and writing at San Francisco State University, worked as a writer and editor in New York City and served as editor of a national magazine in Washington, DC. She and her husband Jim have a college-aged daughter, Kate, and live in the San Francisco Bay Area where she has worked as a freelance writer for the past 15 years (learn more about Sharon ).
Here is what others are saying about Sharon's book:
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Ms. Patton strikes a perfect balance between personal experience and scientific research, providing a richly humorous and informative read. Anyone who has ever dieted will recognize him or herself in her writings. Before you try that next fad diet or weight-reducing gadget, sit yourself down and read this book. It will change your life.
-- Karen Provenza, middle school teacher, Napa, CA | |
"I am thrilled to learn of your book being published once again. It has been an invaluable aid to me and my friends since I first read it in the early 1980s. Reading your book those many years ago was the beginning of my healing from diets and self loathing. I have kept it and referred to it so many times through the years. When it was first published, it was way ahead of its time. Now with the greater understanding of weight issues, your book could reach and help more people than ever before. If ever a book should be featured on Oprah, it is yours. "
-- Margaret Tannich, business owner and life coach, Houston, TX |
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