40-30-30 Fat Burning Nutrition: The Dietary Hormonal Connection to Permanent Weight Loss and Better Health [Paperback]

Joyce Daoust (Author), Gene Daoust (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1997

• More than 400,000 copies in print
• Great supermarket shopping lists
• Guides for eating out, fast foods and prepared meals
• Vegetarian meals and recipes

Pioneering weight loss and sports nutritionists Joyce and Gene Daoust were part of the original team that worked with Dr. Barry Sears, developing and testing the "Zone Diet." You'll learn how to eat balanced meals: 40 percent of your calories coming from carbohydrates, 30 percent from protein and 30 percent from fat. You'll begin to burn fat, add muscle and increase your metabolism. Best of all, your body will keep the weight off once you reach your goal.

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Eating the right balance of carbohydrates, protein, and fat creates a hormonal response that leads to burning stored fat for energy, claim nutritionists Joyce and Gene Daoust. This book explains how the 40-30-30 diet works (40 percent high fiber, mostly low-glycemic carbohydrate; 30 percent high-quality protein; 30 percent fat), and how to plan meals following this formula. The "Sample Starter Meal Planners" are organized into three meal categories: Regular, Fat-Flush, and Vegetarian (heavy on cheese, eggs, tofu, and tempeh). There are a few recipes, such as Hearty Chili, Teriyaki Chicken Kabobs, Pizza, and Tortilla Turkey Roll-Up, and many quickly assembled meals, such as Scrambled Eggs, Tuna on Rye Crackers, and Open-Faced Ham Sandwich. A food value guide gives the protein, carbohydrate, and fat grams of many common foods. Though some nutrition experts would argue that this diet is too low in carbohydrates and too high in protein, the Daousts say that "There are no good or bad foods....The key is achieving the proper balance of the foods that you eat."

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40-30-30 Fat Burning Nutrition is must reading for anyone who thinks they are too fat; are on a high carbohydrate, low fat diet and not losing the weight they want; want to optimize their athletic performance; crave sugars and carbohydrates; want to improve their mental focus; can't seem to lose that last 5 to 10 pounds; are sick of fad diets that don't work -- or don't work for long. Americans are exercising more, eating less fat and more carbohydrates, yet are fatter now than ever. The latest statistics show that 34% of Americans are overweight and 53 million are considered obese. 40-30-30 Fat Burning Nutrition teaches how to balance nutrition so that you will be burning fat 24-hours a day while eating foods you enjoy. Highly recommended! -- Midwest Book Review

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Product Details

• Paperback: 116 pages
• Publisher: Wharton Pub; 1 edition (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569120862
• ISBN-13: 978-1569120866
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,233 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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75 of 77 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Weight loss and change of life!, May 31, 2000

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This review is from: 40-30-30 Fat Burning Nutrition: The Dietary Hormonal Connection to Permanent Weight Loss and Better Health (Paperback)

I started this plan over one year ago, and I am now 2/3 the man I used to be. I tipped the scales at over 320 pounds and have dropped 91 pounds to date through eating 40-30-30 and proper exercise. The diet plan is easy to follow and gives you more room for error than any other plan on the market. By that I mean it is easy for you to hop back on the plan if you slip up one meal or even one or two days. Once your body gets "Balanced" you maintain your weight, with a ton of new found energy. You begin to burn fat instead of storing it and your cravings become less and less a factor in dieting.

The addition of sample menus completes this easy to follow change in eating and helps keep you on track and focused. This book has fat flush meals, vegetarian fat flush meals and plain old 40-30-30 balanced meals, so pick one and get started. I won't kid you, the first few weeks were rough but after that the plan melted off, on average, 10 pounds per month and I'm still dropping pounds and inches with only 9 pounds to my goal weight. I've gone from a XXXL and XXL to an XL and from 46-48 pants to 36-38 pants. My heart rate at rest is 48 and my blood pressure is 116/72. I eat balanced meals and snacks when I want and exercise 4-5 times weekly, and my new found favorite snack is a "Balance" bar. I still have difficulty with Carbs, so I eat them before heading to the gym, and use that extra energy as a boost for a better workout!

This plan is awesome and comes highly recommended by me. Just watch your pocket book, because when you drop as much weight as I have a new wardrobe is a much needed and more than welcome expense!

48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, easy to follow, and never hungry!, November 20, 1999

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This review is from: 40-30-30 Fat Burning Nutrition: The Dietary Hormonal Connection to Permanent Weight Loss and Better Health (Paperback)

I lost 35 pounds with the help of this book - I couldn't deal with reading the Barry Sears books and the recipes were too complicated and time consuming for me, a student with little time and little patience for cooking anythin. This book was extremely easy to follow, the meals are simple and satisfying, and I was rarely hungry between meals. The occasional mini-snickers bar or chocolate malt balls didn't hurt either - but I still lost a lot of weight in a fairly short time. And my cholesterol went down too!

54 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Can't Believe I'm not Wanting Food All the Time!, February 25, 2000

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This review is from: 40-30-30 Fat Burning Nutrition: The Dietary Hormonal Connection to Permanent Weight Loss and Better Health (Paperback)

Last night, while my husband sat a few feet from me, he ate brownies and I wasn't even tempted. I was still full from dinner. I feel like I'm on diet pills, but without the side-effects and cost. Prior to starting FBN, I was eating everything that wasn't nailed down. A little history: a couple of years ago I lost 21 lbs with The Zone. It really helped me understand why SOME people need less carbs and more protein. It was a lot to wade through, but very helpful. My doctor did blood work and found everything was super! I have II diabetes and HBP. Anyway, I somehow got out of the Zone, but never regained all my weight so I knew I was onto something. Recently I started the Fat Burning Nutrition because it was so similar, but easier to follow. Now, once again, my sugar levels are even, I'm feeling wonderful and most of all I'm not hungry all the time while eating regular, wholesome food. With all those good perks, I'm just gonna have to stay on this for life. Thanks, Joyce and Greg Daoust!