The Fat Resistance Diet: Unlock the Secret of the Hormone Leptin to: Eliminate Cravings, Supercharge Your Metabolism, Fight Inflammation, Lose Weight & Reprogram Your Body to Stay Thin-

by Leo Galland

No more counting carbs, calories, or fat grams! This revolutionary diet plan works with your hormones to curb your appetite, boost your metabolism, take weight off—and never put it on again.

Cutting-edge scientific research shows that losing weight is not about carbs, calories, or even willpower—it’s about a hormone called leptin and how it functions in your body. Leptin is your body’s natural weight-loss it curbs your appetite and jump-starts your metabolism. And when those hormones are working properly, they make you literally fat resistant ! You will lose weight effortlessly and efficiently, and never gain those pounds back.

A leading expert in the field of nutritional medicine, Dr. Leo Galland knows that if you’ve struggled to lose weight on diet after diet but still can’t shake those excess pounds, chances are you are “leptin resistant”—your body no longer responds to leptin, making it impossible to slim down, no matter what size portions or how few carbs you eat. But here’s the good by adding the right foods to your diet, you can quickly reverse leptin resistance and reprogram your body to start melting away the pounds.

The Fat Resistance Diet is the first weight-loss plan designed specifically to combat leptin resistance, using a unique combination of anti-inflammatory and hormone-balancing foods to get your hormones working again. Used by hundreds of Dr. Galland’s patients with remarkable results, the three-phase regimen
STAGE 1: A fourteen-day starter program that delivers a loss of ten to fourteen pounds in the first two weeks . Inflammation-fighting superfoods work to trigger rapid weight loss and set your hormones straight.
STAGE 2: A ninety-day plan that builds on the benefits of Stage 1 and delivers a loss of at least five pounds a month . You can enjoy a greater variety of foods while still keeping your hormones working overtime.
STAGE 3: Sustainable for life, the meal plans in this phase keep your hormones doing their job, even after you reach your target weight, and offer an expanded, flavorful menu.

With delicious recipes that are rich in healing carbs, healing fats, and powerful phytonutrients, the diet is a breeze to stick with—there are no hard-to-find ingredients, no expensive supplements, and no complicated proportions to figure out. Best of all, when you make the Fat Resistance Diet part of your life, your hormones will do your weight-loss work for you! This groundbreaking program at last reveals the true secret to weight loss success, and will transform you from a chronic dieter into a lean, fat-fighting machine.

Genres: Health, Nonfiction, Cookbooks, Nutrition

368 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Jennifer]

If, like me, you eat a reasonable number of calories a day and are moderately to very active, and yet, you can't lose weight, this is a good book to read. Dr. Galland explains how the hormone Leptin works in the body, it's relationship to weight gain and loss and how to change the biochemistry of your body so that it functions the way it is meant to. It is easy to read and it makes more sense than anything I have read on dieting, ever. The diet plan and recipes included with the book are balanced and reasonable. The ones I have tried so far are delicious. I will be buying this book and giving the diet a try. Day 1 was great!

[Mimi Amnell]

By far the best diet book I've ever read! Written by a doctor specialized in nutritional medicine, jointly with his son, who is a chef. This is gourmet diet food, but the empasis is on health. The argument is that inflammation (at the cell level) is the cause of not only weight gain, but also of many illnesses. I suffer from migraine headaches, allergies and asthma, as well as wanting to lose a bit of weight, and I'm hoping that this will help with all of these issues.

[Deb]

This diet WORKS and it's really not a diet, it teaches you a healthy way of eating and living. Along with losing weight, my mood, energy, skin, hair, nails, everything improved.

[Tammy]

Recipes are awesome & delicious. I never felt like I was "dieting" while following these menu plans-there was a lot of food-and they were all super nutritious. (But it was LOT of work, lots of shopping, chopping, and prepping.) I'll 100% be making these dishes for the rest of my life, they are so good.

[Tina]

I read this book based on a recommendation by my Rheumatologist. He suggested it would help with joint pain and it really did! I have recommended it to lots of people and the people who follow it always report positive results. Not everyone has had weight loss, but everyone has had less inflammation of their joints and less pain. It's easy to incorporate the suggestions into a diet. It's just what to add and what to avoid. Nothing really extreme.

One of the best books on food/diet stuff ever for me.

[Lynny]

This diet has all the elements you need to lose weight, and is as healthy as it gets. But for me, it was hard to follow until I got used to not having many carbs. The ingredients are expensive in some of the recipes, so I just adjusted with things I normally buy. I have found that going gluten free is also a huge help with losing weight, and as a thyroid patient, it is essential to eliminate as much gluten as possible. All in all, this book makes sense with the whole idea of leptin resistance, but be prepared to starve for a few days.

[Lulu]

It has some interesting points, but it is a diet with meal plans and recipes. Glad I read it, but not as earth shattering as I'd been told ;)

[Melissa Halbert]

If you have difficulty losing weight, this is definitely a game changer. I went through dozens of books that focused on leptin resistance and this is by far my favorite. The research is laid out in a way that makes it easy to understand. While there are many books out there that work with Leptin resistance, I wanted to utilize a book on my own journey that had case studies within a clinical setting to support not only the research but the claims that went with it. This book gives you all of the above, including meal plans, recipes, and different degrees/stages of going through the program that changes your relationship with food in the process. I have been using this program since August 3rd, and even though I have had to make some dietary alterations due to food allergies and sensitivities (for example, I use tofu instead of eggs), I have personally seen wonderful results! Be willing to give this a try if you suffer from PCOS or other Hormonal issues that affect the ability to lose weight effectively.

[moved to storygraph robina_khalid]

Terrible title! Picked this up on a recommendation - someone mentioned it summarized some interesting data about leptin and inflammation. Fine book, but nothing life altering and didn’t delve as deeply as I would have liked in the research. I was hoping for something more like Gary Taube’s _Why We Get Fat_ but from a different angle (hormones, stress, inflammation) and I mostly got a diet book.

[Gwen]

Great Book!! Good solid advice. The menu and recipes are helpful and actually taste good.

[Tracey Gill]

Good for people who eat a Standard American Diet. Otherwise it is very repetitive.

[Tasha]

I think I will be rereading this book again in the future. He gives a very simple explanation of inflammation in the body and the chemical reactions that happen, or are supposed to happen, when we eat. The second half of the book is a diet plan and recipes. I am interested in some of the recipes, but most of it wont work for me, either because of personal taste or food allergies.

[Vanessa]

Highly recommend this book! A book that discusses why fad diets don't work and what does, the role of inflammation, belly fat and re-programming your metabolism to lose weight naturally and permanently.

[Beth A.]

This book was easy to read and explained just a little bit of the science behind his recommendations. I liked the basic ideas, but I didn't like his diet, which was the type where he tells you exactly what to eat each meal of each day of the week. Some of the recipes may be useful though.

[Jenny Luebbe]

Interesting book but not as technical as I would like. Also the diet seems to consist entirely of a set of meal plans. If you don't want to follow meal plans not much diet. Definitely good info about the hormone leptin

[Kevin]

Big into the leptin-resistance concept. Basically, he wants you to eat veggies and get good fats. Avoid everything else. Wow, amazing. Once again, another book with over half of it being RECIPES!

[Krista]

Doing some research on inflammation in the body and how it relates to obesity, pain, skin problems, etc.

[Rosemarie]

Okay but mostly meals.