The False Fat Diet: The Revolutionary 21-Day Program for Losing the Weight You Think Is Fat - Hardcover

Haas, Elson M.; Stauth, Cameron

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 034543711X ISBN 13: 9780345437112

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2000

Synopsis

Arguing that much obesity is caused by allergylike food reactions, an innovative new dietary program explains how to lose weight quickly and effectively with a nohunger eating strategy that also helps eliminate cravings, irritability, headaches, depression, fatigue, and other symptoms of food reactions.

About this title

About the Author

Elson M. Haas, M.D., Medical Director of the Preventive Medical Center of Marin in San Rafael, California, is one of the nation's leading practitioners of integrative medicine. Dr. Haas's highly acclaimed books include Staying Healthy with Nutrition, The Detox Diet (Quality Paperback Book Club Best Health Book, 1998), A Diet for All Seasons, and Staying Healthy with the Seasons. He lives with his family on a farm in Sonoma County, California, where he grows food and raises llamas.

Cameron Stauth, one of America's leading medical writers, is the author of nine critically acclaimed books, including Brain Longevity, The Pain Cure (both with D. S. Khalsa, M.D.), and The New Approach to Cancer. His many articles have appeared in Esquire, Prevention, and the New York Times Magazine.

From the Inside Flap

al fact: not all weight is really fat. Much of being overweight is caused by allergy-like food reactions. This "false fat" is easy to put on, but it can be hard to take off. Now you can do it--this week--with The False Fat Diet.

All foods have chemical reactions within your body, and some foods just "don't agree with you." These foods cause body swelling and facial puffiness that look like fat. They can also make you feel listless and ill. With the revolutionary False Fat Diet, you cut out these foods and substitute others, following a no-hunger eating strategy. As your false fat melts away, you can lose 5-10 pounds in just a few days--and 10-20 pounds within two or three weeks. Then your metabolism will finally be able to burn true fat--efficiently and steadily--and keep it off.

Acclaimed author of the popular classic Staying Healthy with the Seasons, which has helped people become healthier year-round, Dr. Haas is an international expert on diet and int

Edition details

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 034543711X
• ISBN 13: 9780345437112
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 332