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“A very pleasant surprise was that items I thought were naughty but that I enjoyed immensely, like strong coffee, dark chocolate, nuts, high fat yoghurt, wine and cheese, are actually likely to be healthy for me and my microbes.”
― Tim Spector, The Diet Myth: Why the Secret to Health and Weight Loss is Already in Your Gut

“Making negative assumptions based on a person's weight is never healthy. Overweight or thin, it sends the same damaging message: Your body does not conform.”
― Melissa Milne, The Naughty Diet: The 10-Step Plan to Eat and Cheat Your Way to the Body You Want

“You can’t always eat perfectly clean.
You can’t always control the quality of your food sources.
You can’t always resist temptation—and who'd want to?!
And you certainly can’t diet forever—we’ve tried and failed...
But YOU CAN control the emotional quality and pleasure content you bring to every meal.
You are what and HOW you eat.
Change your brain and you will change your diet, body & whole life!”
― Melissa Milne, The Naughty Diet: The 10-Step Plan to Eat and Cheat Your Way to the Body You Want

“The key to losing weight and staying healthy is to experience more pleasure. So often we try diets with strict rules and limitations - that only make us feel bad. I say pursue quality and happiness. Make your favorite activities a part of your health routine instead of just limiting what you enjoy. Enjoying life and health is about abundance, not just limitation! I”
― Melissa Milne, The Naughty Diet: The 10-Step Plan to Eat and Cheat Your Way to the Body You Want

“To unleash the powers of your P-Spot you need to let go of the controlling rules and restrictions of traditional diets, one Naughty Step at a time. You need to get out of your head and into your sensual, genius body—learn to feel it, trust it, revel in it. And you need to eat for Pleasure, which means eating for Quality—and by definition, health too. We are born Pleasure-seekers; it’s not just the calories from food that fill us up, but the Pleasure we get from eating them. When you eat for pleasure your P-spot purrs, metabolism turns on, all senses are heightened, stress levels drop, food tastes more flavorful and its nutritional value soars. Activate your P-Spot and you’ll balance your appetite—and aid weight loss—too.”
― Melissa Milne, The Naughty Diet: The 10-Step Plan to Eat and Cheat Your Way to the Body You Want