Your Body, Your Diet (eBook)

Becoming a Great New YouWhat's your fantasy?

Would you like to achieve your best weight and maintain it indefinitely with a diet and exercise regimen designed specifically for your body and your needs?

To do it all without horrible hunger pangs or killer cravings?

To protect yourself against the ravages of stress, aging, and disease--and learn exactly how not to get sick?

To maintain optimal energy and wellness for a lifetime--and never look your age?

To develop remarkable healing powers over your body, mind, emotions, and spirit (which is, of course, the key to it all)?

If you answer 'yes' to even one of these questions, then my specialized weight-loss and regeneration program can help you turn your goals into reality. I'm Elizabeth Dane, O.M.D. and Ph.D. I'm a nutritionist and spe- cialist in Eastern medicine who has learned, through years of experience solving my own health and weight problems and those of countless clients, that my unique plan can produce great results for anyone.

How can I be so sure? I'm not dealing in magic potions or secret elixirs. The Your Body, Your Diet system is based on a special recipe for success that I've developed. I've bridged two worlds, combining the concepts that have guided practitioners of Chinese medicine for thousands of years with the latest findings of Western medical science to create a weight-loss lifestyle strategy that is personalized for you. Just as we've learned that yoga and aerobics are both valuable, so is this East-West metabolic blend.

That's the key to it all--your metabolism. It's not just burning or storing fat. It's how you use it for quick bursts of energy and strength and how you calm, restore, and rejuvenate yourself to handle stress, avoid burnout or depression, and slow the aging process. Remember that playground seesaw? Balance is the name of the game here as well.

I'll show you how your cravings are the symptom, not the source, of your problem. How opposites really do attract. Why the very foods you've looked on as 'comfort foods'--whether bread, cookies, or even lean steak or turkey--are likely to be most damaging to your body's unique metabolic needs. You'll see why, given your type, certain foods could even be causing unwanted facial hair or coarse skin. And you'll learn how your metabolic balance can affect your emotional health as well.

There are also some quick fixes. Find out how fresh juices, lemons, cranberries, and a blend of Eastern medicine's herbs and teas, along with a customized blend of vitamins and supplements, can jump-start your metabolic makeover. They will help you keep on track as you shed the sugar and caffeine and eat your way back to a balanced body. There are even 'cheat' items for your special metabolism that can help you get through the tough times without tumbling off the wagon.

So forget calorie counting. It's not just your waistline or hips at stake here, it's the glow of your skin, the gleam in your eyes, the zest for living and loving. As you read this chapter, you will see that there's a great deal more to how and why your body holds on to those extra pounds than the fact that you can't keep your hands off your favorite snacks and desserts. But first, let me introduce you to one of my clients--Vicky. Her story will give you a firsthand look at why a tailor-made weight-loss plan, based on these ideas, can be so successful.

Vicky, forty-two, is a dynamic account executive at a major New York--based advertising agency, and she is great at her job. All her life she's had boundless energy and could eat practically anything she wanted without gaining a pound. She could also guzzle countless cups...