The Calcium Key: The Revolutionary Diet Discovery That Will Help You Lose Weight Faster

by Michael Zemel; Bill Gottlieb

• ISBN13: 9780471463689
• ISBN10: 047146368X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

Speed up your metabolism and lose weight with the revolutionary weight-loss program found in The Calcium Key"Wow-a diet book that is actually based on science! At long last, a book that combines the valid research to support its claims, simple explanations on determining how to put the proven methods into action, and meal plans and recipes to encourage the reader. I literally went and got myself a piece of cheese as I read chapter three and have added low-fat yogurt to my shopping list." -Alice Domar, Ph.D., author of the bestselling Self-Nurture, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, and Director of the Mind/Body Center for Women's Health at Boston IVF"The Calcium Key is a new direction for weight loss that is healthy, tasty and easy. Getting three servings a day of low-fat milk, cheese, or yogurt instead of some of your current choices will burn fat, reduce calories and change how your body looks." -George L. Blackburn, M.D., Ph.D., S. Daniel Abraham Associate Professor of Nutrition,Harvard Medical School; and Chief, Nutrition Metabolism Laboratory, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center"Zemel paints on an amazingly broad canvas. . . . He shows how calcium operates at every step of the way-and why a high calcium intake is important for everyone throughout life." -Robert P. Heaney, M.D., John A. Creighton University Professor and Professor of Medicine at Creighton UniversityNow the truth can be revealed: cheese, yogurt, and milk are all powerful ingredients in the war against fat. Now you can enjoy the low-fat dairy foods you like as part of a sensible weight-loss plan that really works with the help of The Calcium Key. Increase the amount of weight you lose by 70% Increase the amount of body fat you lose by 64% Lose 47% more fat from your belly Most important, keep the weight off for good!

Author Biography

MICHAEL ZEMEL, Ph.D., is a professor in the Departments of Nutrition and Medicine at the University of Tennessee and the Director of the Nutrition Institute at the university. He has published more than 130 research papers in such prestigious journals as the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, and the Journal of Nutrition. He discovered the calcium&#8212;weight loss connection, has received patents in this area, and his work has been featured in dozens of magazine articles as well as on national TV. <p> or BILL GOTTLIEB was the editor in chief of health books at Rodale and is the author of the national bestseller Alternative Cures. He writes for many major magazines.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

PART ONE: THE MISSING LINK IN WEIGHT LOSS.

Chapter One. Discovering The Calcium-Fat Connection.

PART TWO: THE CALCIUM KEY WEIGHT LOSS PLAN.

Chapter Two. Unlocking Your Fat Cells: How To Use Dairy To Lose Weight.

Chapter Three. High-Dairy Weight Loss Success.

Chapter Four. Week-by-Week Weight Loss Success: Calcium Key Meal Plans.

Chapter Five. Calcium Key Cuisine: 60 Calcium Key Recipes.

Chapter Six. Burn More Fat With Easy Exercise.

PART THREE: OTHER HEALTH BENEFITS OF THE CALCIUM KEY.

Chapter Seven. Gaining Health While Losing Weight: How Calcium Can Help.

Chapter Eight. The Calcium Key for Life.

Recommended Reading.

Index.