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AARP New American Diet: Lose Weight, Live Longer Hardcover - 2012 - 1st Edition

by John Whyte


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Weight loss for grownups! Drawing on the NIH/AARP Diet and Health Study, the largest-ever survey of American diet and lifestyle

Complete with three prescriptive weight-loss plans, the AARP New American Diet helps you lose up to 10 pounds in 2 weeks while staying vital, happy, and healthy for a lifetime. Author John Whyte, MD, Chief Medical Expert for the Discovery Channel, reveals surprising new research insights, such as the fact that drinking diet soda and eating fat-free foods can actually lead to weight gain. Filled with practical advice and listing the top 25 diet busters and the top 25 diet boosters, this breakthrough book combines the best of the Mediterranean diet and the American diet and includes up-to-the-minute guidelines on meat, alcohol, fat, sugar, and fiber consumption.

  • Drawing on the NIH/AARP Diet and Healthy Study, the largest-ever research project on American diet and lifestyle
  • Packed with simple, practical advice you can put to work right away to help get healthy, stay vital, and lose weight
  • Includes three prescriptive weight-loss plans--a 7-day plan, 2-week plan, and 4-week plan
  • Published in conjunction with AARP, working on behalf of millions of members nationwide

From the rear cover

Weight loss for grown-ups! Drawn from the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study, the largest-ever survey of American diet and lifestyle

Finally, here's a wonderful new way to eat and enjoy food that will not just help you look great, but have you feeling great, too. Complete with three practical weight-loss plans and dozens of delicious recipes, "AARP New American Diet" helps you lose up to ten pounds in two weeks. Based on solid science, this breakthrough book cuts through the confusion over what's good and bad for you and gives you a way of eating you can live with for a lifetime--a simple approach that will keep you vital, happy, and healthy without fads, gimmicks, or calorie counting.

Losing weight is the first step toward feeling better, staying sharp, avoiding disease, and living longer. Drawing on the largest-ever research study on American diet and lifestyle from two of the most authoritative names in the field--the National Institutes of Health and AARP--this practical, delicious plan will help you live a vital and active life while decreasing your risk of heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.

"AARP New American Diet "gives you definitive answers to many current diet questions: Should you drink coffee? What about red wine? Is diet soda okay? How much red meat can you eat, and how often? Are carbohydrates and processed foods as bad as they're often portrayed? Which fats should you eat and which should you avoid--and how much exercise do you really need? Beyond specific food choices, you'll learn how to fight the desire to eat when you know you shouldn't. You'll be able to set realistic goals you can stick to. You'll learn ways that certain foods can trick your brain into eating more--and surefire tips for overcoming those urges.

Featuring dozens of great, easy recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches, side dishes, as well as many delicious fish, meat, and vegetarian entrees, "AARP New American Diet" includes easy-to-follow 7-, 14-, and 30-day meal plans that will help you lose weight, keep the weight off, and continue shedding pounds as you develop healthy, nutritious eating habits that will keep you going strong for many years to come. This book shows you a proven way to live well--every day.

From the jacket flap

Weight loss for grown-ups! Drawn from the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study, the largest-ever survey of American diet and lifestyle

Finally, here's a wonderful new way to eat and enjoy food that will not just help you look great, but have you feeling great, too. Complete with three practical weight-loss plans and dozens of delicious recipes, "AARP New American Diet" helps you lose up to ten pounds in two weeks. Based on solid science, this breakthrough book cuts through the confusion over what's good and bad for you and gives you a way of eating you can live with for a lifetime--a simple approach that will keep you vital, happy, and healthy without fads, gimmicks, or calorie counting.

Losing weight is the first step toward feeling better, staying sharp, avoiding disease, and living longer. Drawing on the largest-ever research study on American diet and lifestyle from two of the most authoritative names in the field--the National Institutes of Health and AARP--this practical, delicious plan will help you live a vital and active life while decreasing your risk of heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.

"AARP New American Diet "gives you definitive answers to many current diet questions: Should you drink coffee? What about red wine? Is diet soda okay? How much red meat can you eat, and how often? Are carbohydrates and processed foods as bad as they're often portrayed? Which fats should you eat and which should you avoid--and how much exercise do you really need? Beyond specific food choices, you'll learn how to fight the desire to eat when you know you shouldn't. You'll be able to set realistic goals you can stick to. You'll learn ways that certain foods can trick your brain into eating more--and surefire tips for overcoming those urges.

Featuring dozens of great, easy recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches, side dishes, as well as many delicious fish, meat, and vegetarian entrees, "AARP New American Diet" includes easy-to-follow 7-, 14-, and 30-day meal plans that will help you lose weight, keep the weight off, and continue shedding pounds as you develop healthy, nutritious eating habits that will keep you going strong for many years to come. This book shows you a proven way to live well--every day.

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  • Title AARP New American Diet: Lose Weight, Live Longer
  • Author John Whyte
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley, US
  • Date 2012-12-01
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index
  • ISBN 9781118185117 / 1118185110
  • Weight 0.97 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.55 x 6.45 x 0.81 in (24.26 x 16.38 x 2.06 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Health & Fitness
  • Library of Congress subjects Nutrition, Weight loss
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012030048
  • Dewey Decimal Code 613.25

About the author

JOHN WHYTE, MD, is the chief medical expert at the Discovery Channel, where he is also their vice president for health and medical education. A board-certified internist who continues to see patients, Dr. Whyte regularly blogs for Discovery and appears on its network and online channels. He also blogs for the Huffington Post.

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