Alternate-Day Diet: Turn on Your "Skinny Gene," Shed the Pounds, and Live a Longer and Healthierlife: Turn On Your Skinny Gene - Softcover

James B. Johnson; Donald R. Laub

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0399534903 ISBN 13: 9780399534904

Publisher: Perigee Books, 2009

Synopsis

The original intermittent fasting plan: easy to follow, effective, and science-based"The Alternate-Day Diet" is based on scientific and clinical studies that show how restricting calories only every other day activates a gene called SIRT1?the ?skinny? gene?which results in reduced inflammation, improved insulin resistance, better cellular energy production, and releasing fat cells from around the organs to promote weight loss. This easy-to-follow two step plan will enable readers to enjoy these remarkable and measurable benefits: Lose fat easily and quickly without deprivation, discomfort, or stress Improve fat metabolism and avoid regaining lost fat Slow the aging process Find relief from symptoms of asthma, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, and menopause-related hot flashes

About this title

About the Author:

James B. Johnson, M.D., a physician and instructor at Louisiana State University School of Medicine, has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals including Free Radical Biology & Medicine and Medical Hypotheses. His insights have been featured in the Independent (UK) and the Chicago Tribune.

Donald R. Laub, Sr., M.D., has authored more than one hundred scientific papers and received numerous humanitarian and service awards.

About this edition

• Publisher: Perigee Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0399534903
• ISBN 13: 9780399534904
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288