The 9 Truths about Weight Loss: The No-Tricks, No-Nonsense Plan for Lifelong Weight Control
The 9 Truths about Weight Loss: The No-Tricks, No-Nonsense Plan for Lifelong Weight Control
“The 9 Truths uses the razor’s edge of science to cut through the nonsense from pseudogurus,” promises author Daniel S. Kirschenbaum, Ph.D. This refreshingly credible book may not tell you what you want to hear, but it does give you the straight facts about dropping excess pounds. For example, Truth #1 is “Your body will resist permanent weight loss”: it won’t be easy, and “only highly intensive and consistent efforts at weight control really work.” That doesn’t mean eating 400 calories a day–it doesn’t mean going “on a diet” at all. It does mean a consistent, lifetime program of cutting as much fat (Truth #5) and sugar as possible, paying careful attention to the amount of food you take in, and exercising every day (Truth #7). Log (more…)
