Arevolutionary approach to enhancing metabolism that enables lasting weight loss and facilitates spiritual well-being.
A revolutionary approach to enhancing metabolism that enables lasting weight loss and facilitates spiritual well-being
- Presents an eight-week weight-loss program
- Explains how relaxed eating stimulates metabolic function and how stress hormones encourage weight gain
- Shows how fully enjoying each meal is the optimal way to a healthy body
Our modern culture revolves around fitting as much as possible into the least amount of time. As a result, most people propel themselves through life at a dizzying pace that is contrary to a healthy lifestyle. We eat fast, on the run, and often under stress, not only removing most of the pleasure we might derive from our food and creating digestive upset but also wreaking havoc on our metabolism. Many of us come to the end of a day feeling undernourished, uninspired, and overweight.
In this 10th anniversary edition, Marc David presents a new way to understand our relationship to food, focusing on quality and the pleasure of eating to transform and improve metabolism. Citing cutting-edge research on body biochemistry as well as success stories from his own nutritional counseling practice, he shows that we are creatures of body, mind, and spirit and that when we attend to these levels simultaneously we can shed excess pounds, increase energy, and enhance digestion to feel rejuvenated and inspired. He presents an eight-week program that allows readers to explore their unique connection to food, assisting them in letting go of their fears, guilt, and old habits so they can learn to treat their bodies in a dignified and caring way. He reveals the shortcomings of all quick-fix digestive aids and fad diets and debunks common nutrition myths, such as "the right way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more." He shows instead how to decrease cortisol and other stress hormones and boost metabolic power through proper breathing and nutritional strategies that nourish both the body and soul, proving that fully enjoying each meal is the optimal way to a healthy body.
Drawing on more than 30 years of experience in nutritional medicine, the psychology of eating, and the science of yoga, Marc David offers readers practical tools that will yield life-transforming, sustainable results.
Acknowledgments
Preface to the Tenth Anniversary Edition
Introduction
Week 1: The Metabolic Power of Relaxation
Week 2: The Metabolic Power of Quality
Week 3: The Metabolic Power of Awareness
Week 4: The Metabolic Power of Rhythm
Week 5: The Metabolic Power of Pleasure
Week 6: The Metabolic Power of Thought
Week 7: The Metabolic Power of Story
Week 8: The Metabolic Power of the Sacred
Postillegalscript: Your Metabolic Journey
The Institute for the Psychology of Eating
Notes
Bibliography
" If you've ever struggled with finding a way to a deep, happy, and healthy connection with your body and food,
The Slow Down Diet is your bible." Mark Hyman, M.D., director of Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine and author of the #1 N
David, MarcnMarc David, M.A., is the founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating and a leading visionary and teacher in nutrition and eating psychology. His work has touched millions of lives through the institute, with internationally acclaimed trainings for professionals and breakthrough programs for anyone looking to transform their relationship with food. Marc's work has been featured extensively in television, radio, and online platforms, and his unique synthesis of science, psychology, heart, and soul has forever influenced the field of nutrition and health. The author of
Nourishing Wisdom and
The Slow-Down Diet, he lives in Colorado.
Introduction Life cannot wait for the sciences to catch up and prove
its existence. . . . Life is fired at us point blank. --Jose Ortega y Gasset
A Slow Down Success Story Sandy dieted for six years without lasting results. She'd go from one system to the next and any amount of weight she lost would quickly find its way back on. She complained of ongoing gastric reflux--heartburn-- and bouts of overeating. She lived in a relentless battle with food that consumed a significant chunk of her life energy. Despite a clean bill of health from her doctors, she was convinced that her problem was a sluggish metabolism. She was tired of struggling with food and exercise but didn't know which way to turn.
In less than six weeks' time working together, Sandy lost fifteen pounds and within four months she was a total of forty-five pounds lighter while eating more fat and exercising less. Her war with food was over, and she finally had what she wanted. Here's what she did.
First, we focused on quality. When we met, Sandy's diet consisted of very little fresh or homemade food. She ate lots of artificially sweetened and mass-produced products with poor-quality fat; she ate almost no low-toxic, nutrient-dense foods. Using the guidelines you'll read about in chapter 2, we improved the quality of Sandy's diet. In doing so, the quantity of food she ate naturally began to diminish. When the body fails to receive the quality nutrition it desires, it isn't always smart enough to call for better food--it screams "more food!"
Next, we looked at rhythm. Sandy had been skipping breakfast, eating a small hurried lunch, and having a big dinner after work sometime around eight o'clock. Like Sandy, what most people don't realize is that the body metabolizes food most effectively at mid-day, specifically at the point when the sun is highest in the sky. Research shows that we burn calories best at lunch. Late evening and early morning hours are the least efficient times for metabolizing food. Sumo wrestlers don't gain weight by eating tons of Ben & Jerry's ice cream; they eat the same rice, vegetables, and sushi as their fellow countrymen. The difference is that they eat this food in great quantity and late at night.
Sandy didn't realize that she was on the "Sumo diet." I recommended she eat a real breakfast, a good-sized lunch, and a small dinner. She was now eating more calories but concentrating them at the time of peak metabolic efficiency. And by taking more time to eat, she was literally mixing more oxygen with her meal, resulting in greater calorie burning capacity and more robust digestion.
Next, because Sandy described herself as a fast eater, I asked her to relax and breathe. There's something scientists call the cephalic phase digestive response (CPDR).
Cephalic means "of the head." The cephalic phase digestive response is a fancy term for the body's experience of the taste, aroma, satisfaction, visuals, and overall pleasure of a meal. Depending upon which research study you consider, anywhere from 20 to 80 percent of our calorie-burning power, digestive power, and assimilation of specific nutrients comes directly from CPDR--the "head phase" of digestion. By rushing through her meals Sandy significantly diminished her metabolism. Her rapid-fire eating was locking her body into a stress response, which dramatically decreases digestion and calorie-burning ability. After incorporating simple deep breathing exercises, the increased oxygenation and blood flow to her digestive system stimulated thermic efficiency--her calorie-burning power. Breathing and relaxation also reversed her stress-induced digestive shutdown, which completely cleared her chronic gastric reflux.
After these successes, I asked Sandy to do something that initially seemed beyond reason. I suggested she enjoy eating and allow herself to feel nourished and let go of any
Über den Autor
Marc David, M.A., is the founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating and a leading visionary and teacher in nutrition and personal transformation. He has taught in many settings, including Harvard University, the Institute for Functional Medicine, Canyon Ranch, and Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. His work has been featured on CNN and NBC and in publications such as the New York Times, Chicago Times, McCall’s, Glamour, Elle, and Yoga Journal. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments
Preface to the Tenth Anniversary Edition
Introduction
Week 1: The Metabolic Power of Relaxation
Week 2: The Metabolic Power of Quality
Week 3: The Metabolic Power of Awareness
Week 4: The Metabolic Power of Rhythm
Week 5: The Metabolic Power of Pleasure
Week 6: The Metabolic Power of Thought
Week 7: The Metabolic Power of Story
Week 8: The Metabolic Power of the Sacred
Postillegalscript: Your Metabolic Journey
The Institute for the Psychology of Eating
Notes
Bibliography
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Arevolutionary approach to enhancing metabolism that enables lasting weight loss and facilitates spiritual well-being.
