The Fat-Burning Bible 28 Days of Foods, Supplements, and Workouts that Help You Lose Weight

by Shilstone, Mackie

• ISBN13: 9780471794011
• ISBN10: 0471794015
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-23
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

Shilstone's unique nutrition and fitness secrets show women and men how to burn fat. The book also includes helpful advice about how female and male hormones are related to fat and fat burning, and about stress and its relation to fat.

Author Biography

MACKIE SHILSTONE is Director of Health and Fitness for the Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, the Performance Enhancement Expert for the Ochsner Clinic Foundation, a special adviser to the U.S. Olympic Committee on sports nutrition, and a consultant to Major League Baseball. He appears in the Mackie and Meg segments on WWL television and has appeared on the Today show, Good Morning America, and many other television programs. His work has been featured in USA Today, Sports Illustrated, and many other publications. Mackie owns five GNC franchises in Louisiana. His other books include Maximum Energy for Life and Lose Your Love Handles.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Kathy Smith	vii
Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xv
PART ONE What You Need to Know about Your Own Fat Pattern and Metabolic Fitness
1 Learn the Health Risks Associated with Excess Body Fat	3	(3)
2 The Six Facts You Must Know about Metabolism	6	(10)
3 Classic Female and Male Fat Patterns	16	(17)
4 Evaluate Your Health and Fat Patterns	33	(16)
5 Learn How to Interpret Your Blood Work	49	(6)
6 Your Thyroid and Human Growth Hormone	55	(13)
7 Assess Your Stress, Burn Your Fat	68	(11)
PART TWO The Fat-Burning Metabolic Fitness Nutritional Plan
8 Increase Your Metabolism and Burn Fat	79	(14)
9 Foods That Burn Fat	93	(30)
10 Delicious Fat-Burning Recipes	123	(34)
11 Six Supplements for Fat Loss	157	(8)
PART THREE The Fat-Burning Metabolic Fitness Exercise Plan
12 Exercise Burns Fat and Benefits Health	165	(11)
13 The Fat-Burning Workout	176	(51)
PART FOUR The Four-Week Fat-Burning Plan
14 Map Your Progress: Your Daily Fat-Burning Metabolic Fitness Evaluation Guide	227	(34)
Resources to Help You	261	(4)
Index	265