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5-Day Miracle Diet
Do you know that low-fat yogurt, bagels, oranges, bananas, and pasta can make you fat?
Do you know that swearing off the chocolate you love can make you put on pounds?
Do you know that you don't need willpower to diet? What you do   need is a program that is medically safe, nutritionally sound, and promises astonishing results by taking away your urge to overeat. It's The 5-Day Miracle Diet.
When East Coast CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, actors, socialites, and famous sports figures need to lose weight, chances are their doctors refer them to Adele Puhn. She has helped thousands   of men and women in the past eighteen years. Her lucky clients not only lose weight more easily than they ever dreamed possible, but they keep the weight off forever. The reason for their success is Adele Puhn's revolutionary eating program, which is based on cutting-edge biochemical research and years of experience.
Seventy-five percent of The 5-Day Miracle Diet is biochemistry. Glucose is the fuel your body needs to keep going, but when unbalanced eating drops blood glucose levels below a certain point, your body responds with an uncontrollable food craving--usually for a carbo-laden, sugary treat like chocolate, ice cream, cookies, even alcohol--that will give your body an instant hit. The problem is that the overdose of glucose starts insulin flowing so profusely that the rug is pulled out from under you. You are left in a state of low blood sugar with a need to eat more.
With Adele Puhn's program, you will learn to eat certain foods at certain times to regulate your blood sugar and keep it stable all day long  . When you're in "good blood sugar," your cravings disappear--a process that takes just five days! And not only will you lose your cravings, you'll steadily melt away pounds while feeling more energized, mentally focused, and healthier than ever before.
The other twenty-five percent of her program tackles the fathead   mentality that most of us the emotional reasons that make us overeat. Adele Puhn gives you powerful strategies for fighting the fathead's   sabotaging ways, whether you overeat in response to your feelings, family issues, or old habits that are hard to let go.
So toss our your food pyramids, low-fat cookies, and carbo-packed meals. And throw away words like willpower, motivation  , and urges  . Adele Puhn's program works with your body, not against it, to bring you fabulous results--the weight loss you've always wanted, easier than you ever dreamed possible.
Do you know that swearing off the chocolate you love can make you put on pounds?
Do you know that you don't need willpower to diet? What you do   need is a program that is medically safe, nutritionally sound, and promises astonishing results by taking away your urge to overeat. It's The 5-Day Miracle Diet.
When East Coast CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, actors, socialites, and famous sports figures need to lose weight, chances are their doctors refer them to Adele Puhn. She has helped thousands   of men and women in the past eighteen years. Her lucky clients not only lose weight more easily than they ever dreamed possible, but they keep the weight off forever. The reason for their success is Adele Puhn's revolutionary eating program, which is based on cutting-edge biochemical research and years of experience.
Seventy-five percent of The 5-Day Miracle Diet is biochemistry. Glucose is the fuel your body needs to keep going, but when unbalanced eating drops blood glucose levels below a certain point, your body responds with an uncontrollable food craving--usually for a carbo-laden, sugary treat like chocolate, ice cream, cookies, even alcohol--that will give your body an instant hit. The problem is that the overdose of glucose starts insulin flowing so profusely that the rug is pulled out from under you. You are left in a state of low blood sugar with a need to eat more.
With Adele Puhn's program, you will learn to eat certain foods at certain times to regulate your blood sugar and keep it stable all day long  . When you're in "good blood sugar," your cravings disappear--a process that takes just five days! And not only will you lose your cravings, you'll steadily melt away pounds while feeling more energized, mentally focused, and healthier than ever before.
The other twenty-five percent of her program tackles the fathead   mentality that most of us the emotional reasons that make us overeat. Adele Puhn gives you powerful strategies for fighting the fathead's   sabotaging ways, whether you overeat in response to your feelings, family issues, or old habits that are hard to let go.
So toss our your food pyramids, low-fat cookies, and carbo-packed meals. And throw away words like willpower, motivation  , and urges  . Adele Puhn's program works with your body, not against it, to bring you fabulous results--the weight loss you've always wanted, easier than you ever dreamed possible.
252 pages, Hardcover
First published April 30, 1996
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March 4, 2020DNF at page 64.
Although the diet sounds okay, and largely concurs with my own opinions about nutrition, I cannot implement (and therefore try) the suggested routine in my current workplan.
Will probably coe back to this later.
Although the diet sounds okay, and largely concurs with my own opinions about nutrition, I cannot implement (and therefore try) the suggested routine in my current workplan.
Will probably coe back to this later.
August 5, 2012
"glucose is the fuel your body needs to keep going, but when unbalanced eating drops blood glucose levels below a certain point, your body responds with an uncontrollabel food craving, usually a cardo-laden, sugary treat.
October 4, 2017
This method didn't strike a chord with me. The author is right that avoiding blood sugar lows will keep cravings away, and she makes it sound simple. However, there's an awful lot to keep track of...eat within 30 minutes of getting up, planned hard chew/soft chew snacks within certain time periods, certain combinations of food at certain meals. I felt like I'd be thinking about food all day long. The descriptions of former clients got a little annoying after awhile. To be fair, I think this plan would work for many people, it just wasn't for me.
June 25, 2016
I successfully applied the majority of principles in this book and lost 100 lbs over the course of 11 months. It DOES work! I tailored it to fit ME, and adjusted eating habits, included a workout program adapted to my life and physical issues, and it definitely works. I've seen folks pick it apart - that's fine. All I can speak to is how it worked for ME. IT DID. Anyone can find fault with any "program;" but in my mind, I get out of something what I put into it. I used my brain, knew my body, and I made it work - painlessly.
March 6, 2010
I found this at my parents house so I picked it up to read it. She is very sloppy about how you would follow this diet and really tailors it to people that she personally see's in a professional setting...South Beach would be way easier to follow and is realistic
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