The Truth About Beauty Transform Your Looks And Your Life From The Inside Out

by James, Kat; Garcia, Oz

• ISBN13: 9781582701950
• ISBN10: 1582701954
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-26
• Publisher: Atria Books/Beyond Words

Summary

Are You Ready To Be Transformed? Fully updated, featured re-release! Includes new information, personal stories, and delicious recipes.Beauty is not about hard work after all -- if you have the right tools. This revolutionary guide peels away the layers of conventional body and beauty wisdom to uncover the crucial missing information needed for real transformation. nationally renowned beauty and holistic health expert kat James reveals the life-altering secrets she discovered after more than a decade of self-destructive living, and an eating disorder that almost took her life.Based on breaking science and her own remarkable metamorphosis,The Truth About Beautyrepresents the most comprehensively researched, inside-out beauty guide to date. In this book you will discover the real power tools for dramatic, healthy self-transformation without drugs, surgery, harsh regimens, or deprivation.In this fully updated and expanded fifth-anniversary edition, you will find more than one hundred new pages of information and hard-to-find resources, including book-wide chart updates, incredible new success stories, and -- by demand -- Kat's Six-Day Jumpstart menu and Recipe Collection from her acclaimed Total Transformation programs!Transform yourself by upgrading selfsabotaging choices into "pro-beauty" choices.Shut off weight gain, inflammation, and food addiction by correcting your chemistry (not by counting calories).Get back your "virgin skin" by getting off the merry-go-round of problemcausing product regimens and taking a smarter, inside-out approach to chronic issues.Discover the most exciting, proven natural antiaging nutrients and strategies.Access a powerful arsenal of standout foods, supplements, and cosmeceuticals thatMarie Clairecalls "worth their weight in gold."

Author Biography

Nationally renowned beauty and holistic health expert Kat James transformed her body and skin beyond recognition after a twelve-year eating disorder and the resulting liver disease nearly took her life. Through her book, national health columns, public television special, lectures, and acclaimed Total Transformation® programs, she has helped millions to mastermind their own healing transformations using science and strategy rather than suffering or extreme measures. James came to know the inside of the beauty industry from her many years as one of the most quoted experts and cosmetics-company spokespersons of the 1990s, and now offers a rare new perspective on enlightened, holistic self-transformation. Her advice has appeared in nearly every major women's and national health magazine, including Vogue and O, The Oprah Magazine, as well as on the Today show. She is founder of www.informedbeauty.com and creator of Total Transformation® programs. Her clients have included celebrities such as Kate Hudson and Sarah Jessica Parker and world-class athletes.

Table of Contents

Author Note	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction and 2008 Author Update	p. xv
Uncovering Your True Radiant Potential
The Ultimate Beauty Lesson	p. 3
The Process of Shedding	p. 15
The Real Tools for Transformation	p. 29
Feeding and Cultivating Beauty
Drink Yourself Beautiful	p. 53
Reclaim the Joy of Eating	p. 85
Your Kitchen Cabinet Makeover	p. 103
Your 6-Day JumpStart Menu and Recipes for Transformation	p. 137
When Food Is Your Drug	p. 161
Achieve Maximum Radiance with Supplements	p. 175
Transformation Profiles	p. 203
The Makeup-Less Makeover
Get Back Your "Virgin" Skin	p. 219
Purify Your Potions and Paints	p. 233
Strategize a Whole New Skin Approach	p. 245
Your Bathroom Cabinet Makeover	p. 271
Minimize Your Beauty Wild Cards	p. 283
Make Life an Authentic Beauty Ritual	p. 295
The Living Beauty Resource Guide	p. 303
Bibliography	p. 365
Index	p. 401
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