THE SOLUTION TO LOSING WEIGHT FOREVER IS NOT WHAT YOU EAT, IT’S WHAT NOT TO EAT FOR YOUR BODY TYPE. ARE YOU A HUNTER OR A FARMER?
Dr. Mark Liponis, MD, Canyon Ranch Medical Director reveals the key to losing and keeping the weight off forever in THE HUNTER FARMER DIET SOLUTION
At last, a diet book that provides a unique solution to help shed those unwanted pounds that never seem to go away. For those who haven’t had success with other diet books, even with total commitment, it wasn't your fault. You just didn't have access to the right diet….until now.
In his groundbreaking book, The Hunter/Farmer Diet Solution (Hay House/April 2012), Canyon Ranch Medical Director, Dr. Liponis, M.D., identifies people as either a Hunter or a Farmer. Accordingly, he prescribes the corresponding diet to follow citing scientific research that proves what many women and men have learned through trial and error: some do better on a low-carb diet, others do better on a low-fat diet. This is because some people have the metabolism of a Hunter, while others have the metabolism of a Farmer.
Referring to a pivotal diet study - the Stanford “A to Z Weight Loss Study” (http://nutrition.stanford.edu/projects/az.html) - Dr. Liponis notes the striking findings that show a huge variation in the amount of weight gained or lost by different people on the same diets. Matching the right diet with the right person produced more than double the weight loss on average. Put simply, some of us are genetically programmed for low-carb diets (Hunters) and others low-fat diets (Farmers).
Farmers need a low-fat, grain-based diet while Hunters need a low-carb diet based on protein and veggies. Farmers need to eat frequent small meals and snacks while Hunters are better suited to eating less often, maybe once or twice a day. Dr. Liponis, a leading expert in preventive and integrative medicine, shares a simple quiz to determine whether you are a Hunter or a Farmer. Once you know your type, you will be on the road to successful and sustained weight loss, greater health, and improved well-being.
Dr. Liponis also discusses diseases and their implications for Hunters and Farmers. While it is impossible to precisely predict future disease, knowing a person’s Hunter/Farmer type can help forecast the likelihood of certain diseases. By eating the right diet, Hunters can help avoid cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, and Farmers can help avoid cancer, autoimmune diseases and Alzheimer’s.
As Medical Director of Canyon Ranch Health Resorts, the internationally respected and admired destination resort spa for health, wellness and holistic care, Dr. Liponis has plenty of firsthand experience and stories about people and their weight loss struggles. His book gives the necessary strategies to adhere to a Hunter or Farmer diet and specifies which foods to eat or avoid. It includes delicious recipes created and tested by Canyon Ranch specifically for Hunters and Farmers.
Dr. Mark Liponis is co-author of the New York Times bestseller UltraPrevention and the author of UltraLongevity. He has been a practicing physician for more than twenty years, including extensive experience in emergency departments and critical care units. He has continued to expand his understanding and expertise in integrative medicine through his work at Canyon Ranch.
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