Book Review - Ultrametabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss
By: John Woolf
"No wonder it's so hard to lose weight- our bodies are designed
to keep weight on at all costs; it's a matter of survival. It's
embedded in our DNA." In essence, we are designed to gain weight,
expounds Mark Hyman, M.D. in his new bestselling book
Ultrametabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss.
This books follows on the heels of his previous bestseller,
UltraPrevention: The 6-Week Plan that Will Make You Healthy for
Life that he coauthored and proves to be every bit as
informative. Dr. Hyman, who has a passion for the cutting-edge
science of Western medicine and alternative health for over 20
years, maintains that Ultrametabolism: The Simple Plan for
Automatic Weight Loss is not just another of many weight loss
books on the market. Rather, the book is your bodys owner's manual
for overall health. He distills his knowledge into a healthy
lifestyle, which reduces the factors of a number of epidemic health
problems and degenerative diseases currently plaguing us, while at
the same time we also gain the positive side-effect of weight
loss.
Ultrametabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss
dives in by turning much of what we believe as conventional wisdom
concerning weight loss on its head. Much of what we think we know
about weight loss actually has been making us gain weight. As
evidence, the book points to the fact that despite the $50 billion
we spend on weight loss every year in America, whether it's diet
pills, programs or exercise routines, they all have a dismal
success record. In fact, for every diet we go on, we end up gaining
five pounds on average in the long run. Obesity is now overtaking
smoking as the number one cause of preventable deaths with almost
70 percent of the adult population and one third of our children
now overweight. Compounding the problem are the profitable foods
the food industry pushes, entrenched pharmaceutical companies and
our own government's recommendations, especially when it comes to
the "food pyramid" or low fat in our diets.
In part I, Ultrametabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight
Loss exposes seven hoary myths that make us unhealthy, gain
weight and keep it on. First there is the Starvation Myth: Eating
less and exercising more does not equal weight loss. Next is the
Calorie Myth: All calories are created equal. Third is the Fat
Myth. Eating fat makes you fat. Fourth is the Carb Myth. Eating a
low carb or no carb diet will make you thin. Fifth is the Sumo
Wrestler Myth: Skipping meals helps you lose weight. Sixth is the
French Paradox Myth: The French are thin because they drink wine
and eat butter, and last but not least is the Protector Myth:
Government food policies and food industry regulations protect our
health. Moreover, the book points out that the introduced man-made
substances such as "trans-fats", which are found in nearly every
processed and packaged food because they never spoil, are adding to
our overall exploding health and weight problems over the past 30
years. This consumable plastic disrupts our metabolism by actually
turning on a gene in your DNA, which slows metabolism causing you
to gain weight. The book also discusses another danger to our
health: the man-made supersugars, such as high-fructose corn syrup,
which is used to sweeten almost everything these days including
soft drinks. These supersugars quickly enter your bloodstream and
trigger hormonal and chemical changes which induces insulin surges
that tell your brain to eat more and your fat cells to store more
fat.
If there are substances and foods that we eat that can trigger
negative results, then surly there are ways to make us healthy and
loose weight. Part II of Ultrametabolism: The Simple Plan for
Automatic Weight Loss gives us the keys to turn on our
metabolism and fat burning genes, turn off your weight gain genes,
and program your body to lose weight automatically. The book takes
this even further in part III by providing menus and recipes, along
with exercise and lifestyle treatments designed to create healthy
metabolism and overall health. This section of the book is designed
so it can be customized to meet your unique genetic needs to
optimally awaken your fat-burning DNA.
Ultrametabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss
provides a vivid road map to navigate our way back to health and
fitness. And in so doing we will be successful in our quest for
long-term weight loss without counting calories, fat grams or
carbs. We don't have to starve ourselves; we simply need to eat in
harmony with our genes.
John Woolf is the founder of several successful Internet technology companies including the Book Price Comparison website CompareBook.com. As a pragmatist of the world around him, he is both a critic and crusader on international politics and energy policy as it relates to our security and our impact on the global environment. Visit CompareBook.com to read reviews, find similar titles, and search for the lowest possible price for Ultrametabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss and other great books.
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