Eat
More, Weigh Less
Books by Neal Barnard, M.D.
Author Information
Neal Barnard, M.D., is the president and founder of PCRM. His research
has been published in Scientific American, the American Journal
of Cardiology, and other major journals. Dr. Barnard is the author
of seven books. A frequent lecturer appearing across the country and an
adjunct associate professor of medicine at the George Washington University
School of Medicine, he lives in Washington, D.C.
Food
for Life
The new four food groups are grains, legumes, vegetables, and fruits.
Meat and dairy lose their food-group status, and fruits and vegetables
no longer share a single group. This straightforward proposal sets in
motion the most powerful dietary policy ever, one charged with the potential
to save tens of millions of lives, including your own.
In Food for Life, Dr. Barnard makes the clearest case yet for
this dietary revolution. Citing overwhelming medical evidence (previously
downplayed by powerful lobbying groups), Dr. Barnard reveals why a diet
based on the new four food groups will sharply decrease the risk of cancer
and heart disease and dramatically increase life expectancy. And most
important, the quality of those later years will take a dramatic turn
toward vitality and well-being.
Dr. Barnard unveils a 21-day program for a smooth transition to the new
four food groups. These foods are naturally low in fat, cholesterol, and
salt; high in fiber, vitamins, and minerals; and will enable you to eat
as much as you want and still lose weight! Dr. Barnard’s program
takes into consideration a wide range of special needs and situations,
and each daily menu and recipe shows just how enticing and flexible the
new four food groups can be.
Food for Life proposes a bold new remedy for a society burdened
by health problems. It also provides a specific plan for everyday people,
a program full of practical and appealing suggestions for changing the
way we eat. Food for Life has the power to transform the future,
to give us all the opportunity for a long and vital life.
Breaking
the Food Seduction
Whether we’re drawn to chocolate, cookies, potato chips, cheese,
or burgers and fries, we all have foods we can’t seem to resist—foods
that sabotage our best efforts to lose weight and improve our health.
These foods are winning the battle—but that’s because we’re
fighting it in the wrong place. As physician and leading health researcher
Dr. Neal Barnard explains in this groundbreaking book, banishing these
cravings is not a question of willpower or psychology—it’s
a matter of biochemistry.
Based on the author’s research and that of other leading investigators
at major universities, Breaking the Food Seduction reveals the
diet and lifestyle changes that can break these stubborn craving cycles.
Using everyday examples, questionnaires, and practical tips, the book
delivers the following:
o Fascinating new insights into the chemical reasons behind your cravings
o Seven simple steps to break craving cycles and tame your appetite
o Important advice for kids’ sugar cravings and how to halt them
o A three-week kickstart plan
o One hundred delicious, satisfying recipes that help your body break
the spell of problem foods and put you on the path to weight loss, better
health, and greater well-being.
This accessible and practical book is essential reading for anyone who wants to lose weight, lower cholesterol, feel more energetic, and get control of their health once and for all.
Foods
That Fight Pain
Did you know that ginger can prevent migraines and that coffee sometimes
cures them? Did you know that rice can calm your digestion, that sugar
can make you more sensitive to pain, and that evening primrose can ease
the symptoms of arthritis?
Drawing on new and little-known research from prestigious medical centers
around the world, Neal Barnard, M.D., author of Eat Right, Live Longer
and Food for Life, shows readers how they can soothe everyday
ailments and cure chronic pain by using common foods, traditional supplements,
and herbs.
Dr. Barnard reveals which foods regularly contribute to pain and how to
avoid them. He guides the reader to specific pain-safe foods that are
high in nutrition but don’t upset the body’s natural balance,
as well as foods that actively soothe pain by improving blood circulation,
relieving inflammation, and balancing hormones. Complete with delicious
recipes, Foods That Fight Pain is a revolutionary approach to
healing that will transform your life.
Eat
Right, Live Longer
Neal Barnard, M.D., an authority on nutrition and health, has designed
an eight-step program for age-proofing your body. By following Dr. Barnard’s
guidelines in Eat Right, Live Longer, you will learn how to choose
specific foods for strengthening bones, cleaning arteries, dissolving
fat, rejuvenating skin, and boosting the immune system, so you can look
years younger and feel more energetic than ever before.
The aging process is not totally inevitable, nor is it always irreversible.
It is the result of specific chemical assaults on the body, much of which
can be significantly counteracted by the foods you choose to eat. While
we have yet to find the fountain of youth, the next best thing is an enlightened
diet.
Engaging but straightforward, Eat Right, Live Longer is a practical
guide that focuses on specific ways to enhance and maintain the body’s
health and youthfulness. Dr. Barnard’s nutrition strategies begin
by defending the cells of your body against the free radicals and chemical
assaults that are fundamental to the aging process. Next, you will learn
how foods can balance your natural hormones to help you look and feel
younger. In an easy, step-by-step approach, Dr. Barnard shows how you
can rejuvenate your bones, your blood vessels, your ability to burn calories,
and even your skin and hair. Eat Right, Live Longer also sets
the record straight on fat and sugar intake, the effects of various vitamins
and minerals, caffeine and alcohol, as well as hormone therapy, free-radicals,
cancer prevention, and other important subjects.
A menu-planning section provides the essential methods to incorporate
Dr. Barnard’s prescriptions into your daily diet, along with cooking
techniques, shopping tips, pantry staples, and dozens of delicious, no-guilt
recipes that ensure a smooth transition to eating smart and living longer.
A
Physician’s Slimming Guide
This book offers a new approach to weight control. If your goal is a slimmer
body and more energy than you have had in years, this program is for you.
It is not a diet—it is more powerful than any diet you have ever
tried. It is a comprehensive program that brings about better weight control
than old-fashioned diets ever could.
In this program, we will not compromise. We will use all the factors that
are known to promote permanent, healthful weight control. You will boost
your metabolic rate through food selection, shift your menu from calorie-dense
fatty foods to foods with a much better nutrient make-up, and bring in
other ways to burn calories more effectively.
This book was written because most diets have not been very successful.
Many are simply too weak to get results. Others use an artificial “formula
approach” that no one could live with permanently. They may cause
a phenomenal weight loss for a few weeks, followed by a huge weight gain
back to and beyond the starting point. These frustrating results are caused
by the diets’ poor design.
There is a much better way. You can succeed in becoming and staying slimmer!
Turn
Off the Fat Genes
Breakthrough genetic research indicates that genes are not just on/off
switches for characteristics we can’t control (like gender or eye
color). Some genes, including those that shape our bodies, actually adapt
to outside influences. In Turn Off the Fat Genes, Dr. Neal Barnard
draws on this cutting-edge research to create a revolutionary new program
for activating thin genes and suppressing fat genes, a dramatic tool for
sculpting away excess pounds to reveal the healthy, vital body that nature
intended.
In Turn Off the Fat Genes, Dr. Barnard begins by explaining the
dynamics of nutrition and its impact on genetics. Once you understand
how the genes that control your shape can be influenced, the next step
is positive intervention. The heart of Dr. Barnard’s book is a three-week
gene-control program (complete with menus and recipes) specifically designed
to influence the five key genes that determine (1) which foods you prefer,
(2) the strength of your appetite, (3) whether your calories are burned
or stored as fat, (4) how fast you burn calories, and (5) your muscular
type and ability to exercise. Dr. Barnard’s program enables all
of us to enjoy the same virtually effortless weight control as the naturally
thin people we have always envied.
