RealAge Diet
Author: Michael F Roizen
Do some foods accelerate againg and others reverse it? Science says yes! Dr. Michael Roizen, who showed Americans how to stop getting biologically older by changing their lifestyle choices, now reveals his authoritative anti-aging diet.
Dr. Roizen starts with the simple premise, "If it doesn't taste good, don't eat it." Then he solves everyday dining dilemmas. Eating out? Simple guidelines make meal selection a cinch. Eating in? Cooking tips and 84 fabulous recipes pack meals with age-lowering ingredients. Trying to lose weight? Dr. Roisen analyzes today's popular diets for their impact on aging—and reveals the shocking resluts. A perfect follow-up volume for Roizen's bestseller RealAge, The RealAge Diet is the delicious way to live longer and younger.
Publishers Weekly
Roizen, a physician and author of the bestselling RealAge: Are You as Young as You Can Be?, teams up with La Puma, also a physician and a professionally trained chef, to offer a new approach to eating based on the premise that, by making even small changes (e.g., starting every dinner with an ounce of nuts), we can become biologically younger than our chronological age (e.g., Roizen is 55 years old but has calculated his "RealAge" to be 38). Roizen and La Puma begin with a variety of quizzes so readers can assess their current diet and determine where they need to make changes. While many of the self-assessment tests are in the book, the authors frequently refer readers to their Web site for more detailed quizzes and additional nutritional information, which limits the book's value. On the other hand, this work does an excellent job of analyzing specific foods and explaining their benefits or risks to readers. Less appealing and comprising a large section of the book is the analysis of other well-known diet programs (e.g., the Atkins diet, the Carbohydrate Addicts diet, the Zone) and how to modify them using the RealAge principles. Although there is a reassuring validity to Roizen and La Puma's criticisms, readers may also find them somewhat smug. Overall, though, the RealAge diet is a refreshing and accessible approach to an age-old problem. (May) Forecast: Given the huge success of RealAge, readers' continual concern with dieting (particularly in pre-bathing-suit season) and a five-city author tour, this book should reach bestseller status. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
Cortisol Connection Diet: The Breakthrough Program to Control Stress and Lose Weight
Author: Talbott
In his best-selling The Cortisol Connection, Dr. Shawn Talbott explained how elevated levels of the cortisol hormone, when triggered by stress, will increase appetite, enhance fat storage, disrupt blood sugar control, and eventually lead to obesity that can cause diabetes and other serious conditions. This concise follow-up puts Talbott's cortisol control, diet, and exercise ideas into an accessible format. The Cortisol Connection Diet shows beleaguered dieters how to eat for quality and for quantity at every meal. It focuses on the quality of carbs, fats, and proteins as well as the quantity, and explains how to use food, exercise, and dietary supplements to control cortisol and blood sugar. Most importantly, the book shows readers how to change their metabolic response to food and shed those seemingly impossible last 20 pounds. Included are a three-week log to chart diet, exercise, and supplements; and a sample regimen for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and supplements.
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