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Fat Is Not Your Fate: Outsmart Your Genes and Lose the Weight Forever [Hardcover]

Susan Mitchell (Author), Catherine Christie (Author)
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December 21, 2004
What Type Are You?

-Do you crave foods such as chocolate and feel you can't stop eating them? (Phenotype A = Addictive)

-Does high blood pressure run in your family? (Phenotype B = Blood pressure)

-Do you have a strong family history of heart disease? (Phenotype C = Cardiovascular)

-Do you have an apple- instead of a pear-shaped body? (Phenotype D = Diabetic)

-Do you find that food calms you down? (Phenotype E = Emotional)

-Do you suffer monthly from PMS bloat, have leftover pregnancy pounds, or a menopause tummy? (Phenotype H = Hormonal)

Take the phenotype quiz and learn how to manage your weight based on your individual type!

Your Personal Blueprint For Permanent Weight Loss

Have you tried diet after diet only to lose weight and then gain it right back? It's easy to blame yourself for this yo-yo dieting, but the truth is that no diet works the same way for everyone. Scientists have now discovered that your genes may be making you fat! What you really need to battle the bulge is an eating plan specifically tailored to the needs of your genetic blueprint.

Dr. Susan Mitchell and Dr. Catherine Christie, using cutting-edge genetic research, have created diet plans that have helped scores of clients lose weight and keep it off. In "Fat Is Not Your Fate," they give you the tools you need to outsmart your own genes.

An in-depth questionnaire will help you identify which of the six gene-based phenotypes best applies

to you.

A = Addictive

B = Blood pressure

C = Cardiovascular

D = Diabetic

E = Emotional

H = Hormonal

From there you'll be able to follow your own personal nutrition plan designed to satisfy your physical and emotional needs. The program canbe put to work immediately and includes:

-Menu plans for when you have a lot of time and when you don't

-Your optimum caloric intake

-Your optimum fat-protein-carb balance

-Which supplements to take for best results

Your plan will also detail when you should eat, which food combinations work best, how to avoid dieting pitfalls and handle relapses, how to manage environmental triggers, and the most effective ways

to exercise.

Having put this diet to work with scores of clients (whose testimonials appear throughout the book), Drs. Mitchell and Christie have refined a scientifically based plan that really achieves weight loss. This diet will not only get the weight off but will also improve your health, lower your risk of disease, and help you feel great. "Fat Is Not Your Fate" is the only book tailored to your genes and the last diet book you will ever need.


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Ellen T. Carroll, M.S., R.D., Senior Editor and Food Development Director of "Cooking Light Magazine"

Dr. Mitchell and Dr. Christie have done it again. They've taken a new and complex nutrition -- and diet-related topic, thoroughly researched it, and interpreted it so that readers can understand it and easily take action to improve their health.

About the Author

Dr. Susan Mitchell is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Nutrition Specialist, and Fellow of the American Dietetic Association. A nationally recognized authority on nutrition and stress, she is the nutrition expert for ThirdAge.com and a consultant to the Produce for Better Health Foundation's 5 A Day the Color Way program.

Dr. Catherine Christie is the Director of Nutrition Programs at the University

of North Florida. A Registered Dietitian, Certified Nutrition Specialist, and Fellow of the American Dietetic Association, she is President-Elect of the Florida Dietetic Association and a former Chairman of the Dietetics and Nutrition Council, which regulates the nutrition profession in Florida. Mitchell and Christie are the coauthors of I'd Kill for a Cookie and Eat to Stay Young. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: A Fireside Book/Simon & Schuster (December 21, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0743250397
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743250399
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,943,120 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Read this book if you are in recovery, May 25, 2005
This review is from: Fat Is Not Your Fate: Outsmart Your Genes and Lose the Weight Forever (Hardcover)
If you have a history of alcoholism or drug addiction, or binge eating, take a look at the Phenotype A food plan. Genetically, Phenotype A people may have low levels of the neurotransmitters dopamine or serotonin. Their "feel-good" genes don't work, leading them to alleviate their "lows" in some other way.

I have found this food plan really helpful because it doesn't feel restrictive. It balances out the protein/carb/fat ratio and tells you exactly what types of food to eat and when. It suggests certain supplements for depression. Rather than being a short-term weight loss diet, it is a long-term food plan designed to alleviate cravings and mood swings. It pretty much follows a hypoglycemic diet, except for the caffeine. (For info on the link between hypoglycemia and alcoholism, see the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING!, January 4, 2006
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This book is the best thing that has ever happened to me!! It is short, simple and to the point. The Doctors outline exactly what you should be eating according to your phenotype and also help you recognize what triggers your weight gain and how to combat it! If you are ready to make a change in your life, this is the book to help you do it.

By following the plan in this book, I have lost a total of 22 pounds (so far) and improved my health, mood and energy level.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Godsend of a book, February 9, 2005
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Finally, a book that offers help, not hype, in dealing with weight loss and health. Grounded in the most advanced science of today (genetics), but easy to read and understand even by me. I was ready to give up thinking I would never lose weight and be able to keep it off. Everyone with a weight problem, no matter what the cause, needs this book.
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Though weight problems may be hereditary, they need not be a life-long affliction. Read the first page
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