The Dash Diet Weight Loss Solution

by Heller, Marla

• ISBN13: 9781455512799
• ISBN10: 1455512796
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-12-18
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

The most effective diet for healthy weight loss just got better!THE DASH DIET WEIGHT LOSS SOLUTIONuses elements of the diet ranked as the "Best Overall Diet" by US News & World Reportsin 2011 and 2012, and proven NIH research on DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) to create a program guaranteed to speed weight loss and boost metabolism. Based on never before published NIH-funded research and developed by the foremost DASH dietician and leading nutrition expert, Marla Heller, this effective and easy weight loss program includes menu plans, recipes, shopping lists, and more. Readers will enjoy a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, low-fat and nonfat dairy, lean meats/fish/poultry, nuts/beans/seeds, heart healthy fats, and limited amounts of whole grains. The result: faster metabolism, lower body fat, improved strength and cardiovascular fitness-plus the diet can lower cholesterol and blood pressure withoutmedication, andwithoutcounting calories! As effective as the original DASH is for heart health, this plan is just as effective for weight loss.

Author Biography

Marla Heller is a Registered Dietitian, and holds a Master of Science in Human Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She was trained in DASH by one of the original architects of the original NIH research and has been working for over 15 years to help her patients put DASH into practice. Heller has been the featured nutrition expert for the Chicago Tribune and Washington Post and she is a spokesperson for the Greater Midwest Affiliate of the American Heart Association. She is the author of New York Times bestsellers The DASH Diet Younger You, The DASH Diet Action Plan, and The Everyday DASH Diet Cookbook.