Joel Fuhrman - Eat To Live

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Do you see the difference between these recommendations and

those of more traditional authorities who recommend eating less food

to lose weight? With my program you are encouraged to eat more

food. Only by eating more of the right food can you successfully be

healthy and well nourished and feel satisfied. On this plan you con-

sume more than ten times the phytochemicals and ten times the

fiber that most Americans consume. Keep in mind that it is the

undiscovered nutrients in whole natural foods that offer the greatest

protection against cancer.

Is This a Low-Calorie Diet?

Yes. Excess calories don't just make you overweight — they shorten

your life. This diet style enables people to feel satiated with 1,000-2,000

calories per day, whereas before it took 1,600-3,000. The simple trick

is to receive lots of nutrient bang for each caloric buck.

Of course, those who are considerably active or involved with

exercise or sports need more calories, but that's okay — they will

have a bigger appetite and need more food to satisfy their hunger.

They will get more protein and other nutrients needed for exercise

by consuming more food, not a different diet.

Some people can lose weight merely by switching their calories

to a healthier plant-based cuisine while maintaining approximately

the same caloric consumption. The Chinese consume more calories

than do Americans, yet are about 25 percent thinner than Americans.

This is because the modern American diet receives about 37 percent

of its calories from fat, with lots of sugar and refined carbohydrates.

The combination of high fat and high sugar is a metabolic disaster

that causes weight gain, independent of the number of calories.

Other people are not able to lose weight as easily. They need the

entire package: the metabolic benefit of the natural plant foods,

along with the satiety that results from both the greater bulk of my

"unlimited" foods and the consequent nutrient fulfillment. These pa-

tients need even fewer calories. The good news is that they can be

satisfied with fewer calories permanently. The Eat to Live diet has

both these benefits, making it a powerful weight-normalization plan

as well as the healthiest possible diet.

The menus, recipes, and strategies for eating explained in this

book also make it possible to achieve the current dietary guidelines

of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the Na-