It Must Be My Metabolism [Paperback]

Reza Yavari (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 7, 2005

A comprehensive plan to help you combat metabolic syndrome, lose weight, and restore overall health

First recognized by the World Health Organization in 1998, metabolic syndrome has become one of the hottest topics in health care. A collection of seemingly unrelated medical disorders, metabolic syndrome includes heart disease, excess abdominal fat, sleep problems, infertility, insulin resistance and full-fledged diabetes. When combined, these disorders pose a serious

health risk that doctors and consumers are increasingly aware of. It Must Be My Metabolism shows readers, step-by-step, how to make the changes necessary to lose the "apple" shape that so often comes at midlife, and regain both a youthful figure and better health.

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From the Back Cover

Ditch fad diets and lose the weight for good!

You've tried diet after diet, yet you're still gaining weight. The problem may be your metabolism. Fortunately, there's good news: you can change your metabolism. It Must Be My Metabolism! arms you with the weapons you need to win the battle of the bulge. The book presents a comprehensive lifestyle-change plan to help you improve your metabolism, lose weight, and feel fit.

Dr. Reza Yavari, an endocrinologist and expert in metabolism, shows you how to make the changes necessary to regain both a youthful figure and better health. He also provides valuable information on the causes and effects of metabolic syndrome, the link between excess body fat, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.

In these pages, you'll learn how to:

• Determine if you have metabolic syndrome and what you can do about it
• Take off excess weight--and keep it off
• Design an exercise program to fit your lifestyle
• Lose stubborn abdominal fat
• Develop healthy cooking and eating habits
• Learn to reduce fat-building stress and much more

It Must Be My Metabolism! includes a generous helping of low calorie, tasty recipes from famed chef and bestselling author Jacques Pépin. This book will help you take back control of your metabolism--and your life.

About the Author

Reza Yavari, M.D., is founder of the Connecticut-based Beyond Care, LLC, a lifestyle-management center that focuses on endocrine and metabolic disorders. He is a faculty member at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is also cofounder of MDiet, a nationwide dietary program launched by MDVIP, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (December 7, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071437606
• ISBN-13: 978-0071437608
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,008,197 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read it; You Are Worth It!, August 23, 2006

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Christina C. Zimmermann - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It Must Be My Metabolism (Paperback)

I found this book incredibly helpful for I finally understand why the fad diets just don't work. This book is not just another diet book nor is it a weight loss book; so don't expect to find weight loss tricks here and there. I have used this book as part of the program offered at the Doctor's center in Connecticut. For the first time in my life I am losing weight while I am eating plenty of healthy foods. I feel satisfied, calm, and much happier, plus I am exercising and enjoying it too! I feel great and have more energy than ever. The best part is that my health has dramatically improved. Finally, I am learning that it is not about dieting as much as it is about my lifestyle that needs to change to maintain good health.

I personally found the discussion of how stress and fad dieting can cause weight gain very insightful. The book also has excellent and easy to read chapters on metabolic syndrome, a pre-diabetes state that causes heart disease and full blown diabetes if not reversed. The recipes, meal plan and the six-month clinical program in part II of the book are the same as the plan I have followed at Dr. Yavari's center. I recommend this great book to anyone who is tired of fad diets and is interested in living a healthy lifestyle while preventing diabetes

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get off the dieting failure treadmill forever!, October 20, 2006

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Antoinette Scalise "Go for it" (Connecticut) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It Must Be My Metabolism (Paperback)

I saw Dr. Yavari on CNN and knew right away that he could help me with my medical problems. I bought his book and discovered new information on problems I had dealt with all of my life. I made a life-changing decision to move to Connecticut from California to go to Dr. Yavari's clinic. His program as described in this book has changed the course of my life. I have lost weight and am close to being free from insulin dependence. I hope that other over-40 women and diabetics who are battling stubborn weight gain, particularly in the stomach, will take advantage of this book and finally find relief.

Current medical coverage on television and the Internet supports the newly-discovered existence of metabolic syndrome where excess body fat causes diabetes and heart disease. Cross-talk between fat cells, appetite and stress centers in the brain and metabolism are discussed in an easily comprehensible style for the lay person. Both Parts I and II of the book have plenty of material on meal planning, food choices and exercise. You will learn why stress reduction is so important, why skipping meals or crash dieting shuts down your metabolism and why abdominal fat accumulates because of changes in your hormones. Do yourself a favor and become an advocate of this system. I and other patients of Dr. Yavari are living proof that it's not "our fault" and that there really is a way out of the "repeated failure" system of dieting. Good luck!

8 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It Must Be My Job, March 15, 2006

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Wayne D. Oronzio (Huntingdon Valley, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It Must Be My Metabolism (Paperback)

Overall, the book is full of not so interesting background information rather than useful tip for weight loss. I travel 100% of the work week. I live in hotels and eat in restuarants except for the weekends. This book was not particularly helpful to me.