Turn Off the Fat Genes: The Revolutionary Guide to Taking Charge of the Genes That Control Your Weight - Hardcover

Barnard, Neal D.; Raymond, Jennifer

 
9780609606315: Turn Off the Fat Genes: The Revolutionary Guide to Taking Charge of the Genes That Control Your Weight

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In a ground-breaking guide to weight loss and weight control, the author of Foods That Fight Pain explains how to use food to activate one's "thin" genes and suppress one's "fat" genes, introducing a three-week gene-control program--complete with recipes and menus--designed to promote effortless weight control. 75,000 first printing.

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NEAL BARNARD, M.D., is president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and a leading advocate for the critical role of diet in health. The author of six books and hundreds of articles, Dr. Barnard travels and lectures widely. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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genetic research indicates that genes are not just onoff switches for characteristics we can't control (like gender or eye color). Some genes, including those that shape our bodies, actually adapt to outside influences. In Turn Off the Fat Genes, Dr. Neal Barnard draws on this cutting-edge research to create a revolutionary new program for activating thin genes and suppressing fat genes, a dramatic tool for sculpting away excess pounds to reveal the healthy, vital body that nature intended.

In Turn Off the Fat Genes, Dr. Barnard begins by explaining the dynamics of nutrition and its impact on genetics. Once you understand how the genes that control your shape can be influenced, the next step is positive intervention. The heart of Dr. Barnard's book is a three-week gene-control program (complete with menus and recipes) specifically designed to influence the five key genes that determine: (1) which foods you prefer, (2) the strength of your appetite, (3) whether y

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ISBN 10:  0609809040 ISBN 13:  9780609809044
Verlag: Harmony/Rodale/Convergent, 2001
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