Synopses & Reviews
In The No-Grain Diet, Dr. Joseph Mercola, the director of the Optimal Wellness Center in Illinois, teaches readers how to lose weight-and keep it off-and end carb cravings once and for all.
With a revolutionary new approach that goes beyond the practices of Wheat Belly, Dr. Mercola will have readers on the road to good health in just three days with an easy-to-follow plan that rids the body of grains, sweets, and starches. Readers also learn how to normalize cholesterol levels and learn Dr. Mercola's Emotional Freedom Technique, a craving-busting tool that will permanently eliminate carbohydrate cravings and addictions.
Watch the pounds come off and achieve the next level of health, fitness, and well-being with The No-Grain Diet.
Synopsis
New York Times bestseller
With his revolutionary no-grain diet, online health pioneer, natural medicine advocate, and bestselling author Dr. Mercola will show you how to conquer food cravings and stay slim for life.
The debate is raging from the FDA to the nightly news: Why are 65 percent of all Americans overweight or obese? The USDA says it s fat.
Dr. Mercola says it s grains and carbohydrates.
It is finally time for the nutritional truth to come out. The No-Grain Diet explodes the myths of the low-fat diet and reveals the unhealthyaspects of other protein diets, instead providing you with a diet that really works, that is healthy, and that anyone can stay on for life.
No more cravings, no more yo-yo dieting, no more confusion. The No-Grain Diet is the last diet book you will ever need. Be on your way to good health in three days
An easy-to-read guide that provides important new information about the health problems and nutritional shortcomingsof grain-based diets. Moreover, Dr. Mercola lays out a nutritional plan for weight loss and good health that closely resembles humanity s original culinary fare: lean meats, fresh fruits, and vegetables.
LOREN CORDAIN, PhD, author of The Paleo Diet
If you are seeking a dietary plan that will truly help you lose weight and be healthy permanently read this essential book
JOHN GRAY, author of The Mars & Venus Diet & Exercise Solution
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About the Author
Dr. Joseph Mercola is an osteopathic physician and director of the Optimal Wellness Center for his medical clinic outside of Chicago. Trained in both alternative and traditional medicine, he has served as the chairman of the family medicine department at St. Alexius Medical Center for five years.
Table of Contents
Part one: Why a No-Grain Diet?
Chapter 1. The Obesity Epidemic 3
Chapter 2. The Biochemistry of Weight Loss 18
Chapter 3. Are You a Grain Addict? 33
Chapter 4. Using EFT to Overcome Grain Addiction 47
Part two: The No-Grain Diet
Chapter 5. Three Days to Grain Freedom 63
Chapter 6. Customizing Your Diet (Pick Your Food Plan) 87
Chapter 7. The Food Plan (All the Foods You Can Eat) 101
Chapter 8. Menu Plans 122
Chapter 9. Supports for Your Health 143
Part three: Overcoming Cravings
Chapter 10. EFT: The Basic Tapping Menu (and How to Use It) 165
Chapter 11. EFT: Really Getting It! 182
Part four: Recipes
Chapter 12. Recipes 199
Appendix One: Food and Supplements 249
Appendix Two: EFT 258
Appendix Three: Medical Tests 264
References 271
No-Grain Resources 287
Acknowledgments 293
Index 297
About the Authors 312