The Leptin Boost Diet: Unleash Your Fat-Controlling Hormones for Maximum Weight Loss [Paperback]

Scott Isaacs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 21, 2006

UNLEASH THE POWER OF LEPTIN
When the hormone leptin blinds with receptors in your brain, it shuts down your appetite and speeds up your metabolism!

FINALLY A DIET THAT WILL WORK FOR YOU

On the Leptin Boost Diet, you will correct the hormonal imbalances that have made it impossible to lose weight on other diets and:

•Develop a lean body
•Maintain a healthy weight
•Feel more energetic
•Elevate your mood
•Experience restful sleep
•Sharpen your mental focus

END CRAVINGS AND STOP FEELING HUNGRY
When short of leptin, your brain mistakenly thinks your body is starving and sends signals telling you to eat more. The Leptin Boost Diet reserves both leptin deficiency in the bloodstream and leptin resistance in the brain, ensuring that you will finally feel full and stop overeating.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Ulysses Press (December 21, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569755868
• ISBN-13: 978-1569755860
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #566,937 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Scott Isaacs, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.E. is a board-certified endocrinologist and an obesity specialist in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been on faculty at Emory University School of Medicine since 1998. He is the medical director for Atlanta Endocrine Associates and has been listed in Castle Connolly Top Doctors for the past three years. His peers voted Dr. Isaacs Best Physician in Lifestyles Magazine in 2010 and 2011. Citysearch, a leading online guide, announced Dr. Isaacs's weight loss program as its 2009 "Best of Citysearch" winner.

Jillian Michaels referenced Dr. Isaacs's books numerous times in her New York Times bestseller Master Your Metabolism. He has been profiled on CNNHealth.com, livestrong.com, WebMD.com and many other websites. The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists lists Dr. Isaacs's books as a resource for practicing endocrinologists.

Dr. Isaacs has been featured in countless national publications including Ladies Home Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, Fitness, Shape, Parents Magazine, Red Book, Family Circle, Men's Health, Better Health and Living, Good Housekeeping, Glamour, The Chicago Tribune, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta Magazine, First Health, Lifetime Magazine, Prevention, Women's World and others. Dr. Isaacs provides expert commentary on radio and television news programs including CNN Headline News, CNN Health, National Public Radio and local NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox news affiliates. He has appeared as a weight loss expert on TBS Superstation's Movie and Makeover. Dr. Isaacs has served as a spokesperson for the "State of Diabetes in America."

Dr. Isaacs is actively involved with the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists at a national level, serving on several committees. He is on the board of directors for the Atlanta chapter of the American Diabetes Association, Medical Advisor for Cushing's Help and Support Group and past president of the Georgia chapter of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.

Dr. Isaacs attended Emory College and graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in Psychology. Research from work in the Emory Honors Program resulted in his first publication in 1991. Dr. Isaacs attended Emory University School of Medicine, continuing on for his residency in Internal Medicine and Fellowship in Endocrinology, Lipids, Diabetes and Metabolism where he received a research grant from the National Institutes of Health and won an award from the American College of Physicians for a research on diabetes and obesity. He has published clinical and basic science research on diabetes, obesity and bone metabolism. His publications in peer-reviewed medical journals include the Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Diabetes Care, Journal of Cellular Physiology and the Journal of Critical Care. His articles have been referenced and cited in many subsequent publications including a listing as a primary reference in the 2006 American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American Diabetes Association Consensus Statement on Inpatient Diabetes and Glycemic Control.

Dr. Isaacs speaks nationally to groups in the community, events and conferences and to health professionals and other physicians. Dr. Isaacs is a Diplomat of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Endocrinology.

Dr. Isaacs lives in Atlanta. He is married and has a three-year-old daughter. He enjoys taking walks in Atlanta, hiking, swimming, fishing, cooking and learning Spanish.

Visit www.IntelligentHealthCenter.com and www.YourEndocrinologist.com for more information about Dr. Isaacs.

Customer Reviews

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93 of 103 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Nice effort, but incorrect information., June 13, 2008

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C. Connors - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Leptin Boost Diet: Unleash Your Fat-Controlling Hormones for Maximum Weight Loss (Paperback)

I bought this book along with two other books, The Fat Resistance Diet by Leo Galland and The Leptin Diet by Byron Richards. After studying all three I would ONLY recommend The Leptin Diet by Richards. I give Dr. Isaacs one star simply for the fact that he brought this topic to press, but DO NOT READ/BUY THIS BOOK if you want accurate information about leptin. Leptin is a hormone discovered in 1996 and it controls all other hormones in the human body. This is a huge discovery because it told scientists why we are such an overweight culture...our hormones, which regulate appetite and energy, are out of whack. In order to maximize metabolism, end cravings and reprogram body chemistry, as Dr. Isaacs has printed on his cover, we have to stop snacking and allow the body enough time between meals to do what it is designed to do. Dr Isaacs doesn't get that and it is basic science that he is ignoring. Everything he has written in this book is useless because he recommends snacking. He even chastises another author for recommending no snacking. That author is Byron Richards. He is a Clinical Nutritionist and has written two books titled Mastering Leptin and The Leptin Diet. They are the only books on leptin that will give you the truth and the sound scientific information to use in order to reverse the effects of the 6-small-meals-a-day myth that has lead us to being a society of overweight diabetics. For the body to do what it is designed to do, it needs 5-6 hours in between meals to complete the digestion and calorie usage cycle. When that cycle is interrupted by snacking, the body can not burn energy and spends time trying to digest the constant supply of food we have been told to eat. This is very hard on the body and is the reason the body stores calories as fat--it never gets a chance to use the calories eaten because more food keeps coming. The eating of snacks is not natural. The snack food industry does not want us to know this because they would be out of business if we stopped eating their unhealthy products. The only way to kick start your metabolism and improve leptin function is to eat 3 meals a day, do not snack, and do not eat after dinner. I never thought it would be possible for me to do this and rejected it right away. Byron Richards' book helped me to see that it was possible and easy.

I have made great strides with my health by following Byron Richards 5 Rules of eating for leptin balance. I didn't think I could ever go 5-6 hours between meals because the common myth of eating every 3 hours, perpetuated by the media over the past 2 decades, was completely engrained in me. After 2 days I was going 5 hours between meals and felt completely satisfied as far as hunger. I have no more insomnia after 35 years of poor sleep. I no longer crave sweets (a huge change, because this was a way of life for me--it was my drug of choice), have thrown away my artificial sweetener (yuk), and miraculously prefer coffee only with cream. Fluid retention and bloating are gone, my weight is stable, I no longer need a nap in the afternoon, my energy is back (sometimes I have so much I don't quite know what to do with myself!), no more indigestion or heartburn, I can read in the car without getting sick, and I wake up in the morning before my early-riser husband, which I NEVER would have thought possible.

Ten years from now I predict more people will be eating to maximize leptin function. There is a lot of denial in the medical community that this is proper nutrition. Pharmaceutical companies are trying to make money from this discovery by manufacturing pills for us to take--no pills are necessary, only good food at the right times of day.

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic! Best eating plan I have ever followed. It works!, August 16, 2008

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Annie Erickson - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Leptin Boost Diet: Unleash Your Fat-Controlling Hormones for Maximum Weight Loss (Paperback)

The Leptin Boost Diet is the best eating plan I have ever followed. I have struggled with my weight all my life. Several weeks ago, I had the opportunity to follow this plan. I lost 13 pounds the first week. For the first time in my life on an eating plan, I am not craving sweets or anything else. I am satisfied and know if I want to eat then I can. I select healthy foods and get to enjoy a variety of things to eat. I have been on all these eating plans that make me feel as though there is nothing to eat or food doesn't get to taste good. The Leptin Boost Diet incorporates a variety of foods and doesn't leave you craving. I have been in the obese category my whole life. I am pre-diabetic and when I follow this plan my blood sugar drops out of this category. I do need to watch my portions on fruit, but; I get to enjoy fruit again and significant amounts of it. For the first time in along time, I have hope. I can lose weight and enjoy food again. This plan isn't an extreme crazy concept someone decided to write about. On the contrary, the plan is balanced and incorporates healthy foods that every doctor and nutritionist recommends eating. I have had acne since seventh grade and use many products to help manage it. Since following this plan, my skin has never been so clear, and my skin looks ten years younger. I am a thirty eight year old mom of four. I haven't been on the plan for a long time but I want to see where this can take me. I no longer feel that I need to get a gastric bypass dealing with the negative affects of it, or possibly losing my life. My mood even changed. I didn't notice at first but I went off the plan for four days. I thought that time of month was coming because I was so emotinal. I went back on the plan and noticed my mood changed drastically. I didn't have that time of month my hormones were out of wack. I wasn't eating right. I have had a hard time with water retention that at times is uncomfortable. Following the plan has taken the excess water out of me. I no longer suffer with swelling and the stiffness that comes with it. The people who wrote the other reviews don't even sound like the followed The Leptin Boost Diet. Everyone has the right to their opinion, but don't knock something you haven't tried. The Leptin Boost Diet works! I am one who followed it! I look forward to the time to reshape my body for the first time. I lost 3 3/4" off my waist and 3 3/4" off my stomach all in one week. What a great book!

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting topic - this book is a MUST read!!, August 20, 2008

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Diabetes Specialist "diabetes specialist" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Leptin Boost Diet: Unleash Your Fat-Controlling Hormones for Maximum Weight Loss (Paperback)

The Leptin Boost Diet contains such INTERESTING information regarding obesity and hormonal balance. The author has a wonderful gift of taking this complex topic and delivering it such a simple and straight-forward manner. This book would be a perfect guide for anyone desiring a more clinical explanation regarding how fat, metabolism, appetite and weight gain/loss are linked. I highly recommend this book! It's an informative and interesting read!