The Love Diet - by Connie Guttersen & Mark Dedomenico (Paperback)

About the Book

According to doctors Connie Guttersen and Mark Dedomenico, the secret to successfully losing weight isn't HDL, LDL, or DNA. It's LOVE: loving yourself, loving your body, loving your overall health. finding the waistline--and the life--you deserve.

Book Synopsis

All You Need is Love: From the New York Times best-selling author of The Sonoma Diet and the acclaimed medical director of 20/20 Lifestyles--one of the country's most successful weight loss clinics--comes the revolutionary plan that will forever change the way you feel about food, yourself, and how you look.

According to doctors Connie Guttersen and Mark Dedomenico, the secret to successfully losing weight isn't HDL, LDL, or DNA. It's LOVE: loving yourself, loving your body, loving your overall health. Self-doubt and self-loathing are responsible for our dysfunctional relationships with food and our destructive health habits, which inevitably lead to poor nutrition, unwanted weight, and dangerously low self-esteem. Learning to recognize your own worth is the first step to finding the waistline--and the life--you deserve.

Drawing on their revelatory research, the latest science on nutrition and weight loss, and thousands of patients' accounts, Dr. Guttersen and Dr. Dedomenico have developed the Love Diet, an accessible, practical, and proven plan to transform your body, emotionally, mentally, and physically, from the inside out.

The Love Diet includes:

- 21 days of meal plans for breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner, based on ideal nutrient distribution and nutritional strategies for both men and women;

- Illustrated "power pairings" for feel-good meals and easy-to-manage portion control;

- Anti-inflammatory diet strategies to limit the metabolic syndromes of obesity;

- Low-glycemic meals specifically designed to optimize your body's blood sugar level, decrease cravings, improve energy, and promote weight loss;

- Micronutrient information related to the science behind the "gut-brain connection."

Combining good nutrition with positive emotional reinforcement, The Love Diet can deliver sustained weight-loss and radically transform you mind, body, and soul.

From the Back Cover

"The answers to your dieting dilemma reside inside of you, not on the outside. And if there's a tiny voice inside your head right now saying, 'But I'm not worth it, ' it's even more important for you to follow this program--not only are you worth it, you deserve to be free from the prison of weight problems."--from the Introduction

Learning to recognize your own worth is the first step to finding the waistline--and the life--you deserve. Drawing on their revelatory research, the latest science on nutrition and weight loss, and thousands of patients' accounts, Dr. Guttersen and Dr. Dedomenico have developed The Love Diet, an accessible, practical, and proven plan to transform your body--emotionally, mentally, and physically--from the inside out.

Overcome the causes of failed diets, sabotaging emotional relationships with food, and your own destructive health habits with proven nutritional strategies that have been used for over twenty years at the 20/20 LifeStyles Clinic, a medically based weight-loss clinic.

Treat your body like it belongs to somebody you love

According to Dr. Connie Guttersen and Dr. Mark Dedomenico, the secret to successfully losing weight isn't HDL, LDL, or DNA. It's LOVE: loving yourself.

The Love Diet combines:

• Delicious, nutritious, and easy-to-follow recipes with a clinically proven approach
• A Seven Stage, customizable eating plan, personalized to work best for your body
• 21 days of meal plans based on the optimal nutritional strategies for both women and men
• Illustrated guides for portion control and balanced nutrient plans designed to decrease cravings, improve energy, and promote weight loss

"This is an informative, comprehensive, and practical resource by two experienced medical nutrition practitioners. It offers step-by-step advice to help the reader transform unhealthy, self-defeating habits and mindsets to maintain a way of life that honors oneself."--Lilian Cheung, director of the Health Promotion & Communication Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and coauthor of Savor

Review Quotes

"More than just a diet guide, this book presents a comprehensive plan for lifestyle changes. The authors' credentials are impressive, and their disclaimer to check with a doctor before starting is reassuring. What sets this book apart from the deluge of other diet books on the market is its long-term focus on lifestyle and behavioral changes and on learning the importance of self-respect." - Publishers Weekly
"More than just a diet guide, this book presents a comprehensive plan for lifestyle changes. What sets this book apart from the deluge of other diet books on the market is its long-term focus on lifestyle and behavioral changes and on learning the importance of self-respect." - Publishers Weekly
This is an informative, comprehensive, and practical resource by two experienced medical nutrition practitioners. It offers step-by-step advice to help the reader transform unhealthy, self-defeating habits and mindsets to maintain a way of life that honors oneself. - Lilian Cheung, D.Sc., R.D. Director of Health Promotion & Communication, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Co-author ofSavor - Mindful Eating, Mindful Life