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//-->ContentsAcknowledgments viiIntroduction 1Part I The Key to Natural Weight Loss1The Liver Link 112The Risks and Hazards of Di-eting 27Part II The Diet Code for Healthy WeightLoss3Give Your Tired Liver a Boost 454Cleanse Your Colon 625Restore Insulin and Leptin Sensitivity to Burn Fat726Check for Food Intolerances 877Nourish Your Body to Tame Stress Fat 97Part III The Three-Step Plan8Step 1: Jump-Start Your Detox 1119Step 2: Ongoing Weight Loss 12810Step 3: Maintain without Gain 14511Daily Essentials: Exercise, Relaxation, Sleep,Healthy Home, and Journaling 15312Supplements 172Part IV Recipes13Recipes 189vi ContentsAppendix: The 28-Day Meal Plan 227Resources 242References 249Index 267IntroductionWhen I was in college at the University of Torontoand struggling with my own weight (I gainedtwenty pounds over four years) and constantly ina rush and under deadline, I took shortcuts to getthrough the day. I’d skip breakfast, suck down cof-fee after coffee, skip lunch, and then, by day’s end,despite my best efforts to resist, I’d surrender tothe siren call of the fast-food restaurant on my wayhome and hungrily devour a burger and fries, scold-ing myself the whole time.I blew it again,I’d say.This would be followed by a vow to go for a run assoon as I got home—a plan that was soon forgottenonce I sat down to read the paper and found myselffast asleep by ten o’clock, only to wake up the nextday and do it all over again.My rationale was simple: sure, I knew that my eat-ing habits weren’t great, but, I argued, I loved foodtoo much! Health food was too bland for me. Andbesides, I worked hard all day and deserved to treatmyself. After college, when I started training tobecome a nutritionist and a naturopathic doctor, Ifound myself surrounded by people who were wellhydrated, avoided coffee, and ate veggies and drankgreen drinks. It was a shock. I remember thinking,I could never do that.It didn’t seem appetizing.I continued with my old ways, skipping meals, noteating enough vegetables, grabbing muffins, pizza,and bagels on the go, but gradually felt worse andworse. Then one day, I went in for my annual phys-ical and was told that my cholesterol was borderlinehigh—and I was only twenty-four! This really hithome since my grandparents had died from heartdisease and diabetes. That night, I lay in bed think-ing that no matter how hard it would be, I had to tryto break this cycle.The next day, I began a liver-cleansing diet. Atfirst, I must admit, I was a bit skeptical about whatit could do for me. I rarely drank alcohol, didn’t [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]