Eat Smarter: Use the Power of Food to Reboot Your Metabolism, Upgrade Your Brain, and Transform Your Life

by Shawn Stevenson

Overview

Lose weight, boost your metabolism, and start living a happier life with this transformative 30-day plan for healthy eating from the host of the hit podcast The Model Health Show.


Food is complicated. It's a key controller of our state of health or disease. It's a social centerpiece for the most important moments of our lives. It's the building block that creates our brain, enabling us to have thought, feeling, and emotion. It's the very stuff that makes up our bodies and what we see looking back at us in the mirror. Food isn't just food. It's the thing that makes us who we are. So why does figuring out what to eat feel so overwhelming?


In Eat Smarter, nutritionist, bestselling author, and #1-ranked podcast host Shawn Stevenson breaks down the science of food with a 30-day program to help you lose weight, reboot your metabolism and hormones, and improve your brain function. Most importantly, he explains how changing what you eat can transform your life by affecting your ability to make money, sleep better, maintain relationships, and be happier. Eat Smarter will empower you and make you feel inspired about your food choices, not just because of the impact they have on your weight, but because the right foods can help make you the best version of yourself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316537919
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date:	12/29/2020
Pages:	432
Sales rank:	416
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Shawn Stevenson is a bestselling author and creator of the Model Health Show, featured as the #1 Health podcast on iTunes with millions of listener downloads each year. A graduate of The University of Missouri — St. Louis, Shawn studied business, biology, and kinesiology, and went on to be the founder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance, a company that provides wellness services for individuals and organizations worldwide. Shawn has been featured in Entrepreneur magazine, Men's Health magazine, ESPN, FOX News, and many other major media outlets. He is also a frequent keynote speaker for numerous organizations, universities, and conferences.

Table of Contents

Author's Preface ix

Introduction 3

Section I Eating for Fat Loss

Chapter 1 Make the Connections 13

Chapter 2 Your Metabolic Switches 31

Chapter 3 Fat Loss Essential #1: Support Your Microbiome 64

Chapter 4 Fat Loss Essential #2: Mind Your Macros 96

Chapter 5 Fat Loss Essential #3: Optimize Hormone Function 174

Section II Eating for Mental Performance, Better Relationships, and Better Sleep

Chapter 6 Brain Games 209

Chapter 7 Food Love Languages 241

Chapter 8 Edible Sleep 274

Section III The Science of Meal Timing and the Eat Smarter 30-Day Program

Chapter 9 Food o'Clock 295

Chapter 10 Pre-Game: Smarter Tools for Lasting Success 307

Smart Plan of Action 355

Recipes

Smart Breakfast Meals (for Anytime!) 367

Next Level Veggies 371

Smart Entrees 375

Sauces, Dips, and Dressings 383

Smarter Snacks and Treats 386

Smart Beverages 389

Acknowledgments 393

One-Click References 394

Index 395

About the Author 409

Editorial Reviews

"If you have been looking for an owner’s manual for your body, if you are looking for how to make sense of the latest science of nutrition and how to Eat Smarter, look no further than this comprehensive book that provides a clear roadmap for eating well, feeling well, and thriving for life."—Mark Hyman, MD, author of Food Fix

"Shawn has a way of writing that fuels your desire to learn and better understand food and nutrition. Eat Smarter is the perfect balance between science and what to actually do with the science! I feel like I went to college again and took a course with my favorite professor. This book is a game-changer and a must-read! You'll close this book and feel like the most intelligent person at your next dinner table.”—Shaun T., author of T is for Transformation

"Eat Smarter offers an empowering and relatable compilation of personal stories deftly interwoven with informative science that is sure to awaken young and old to the miraculous health turnabouts available to us if we choose to take responsibility for our health."—Cate Shanahan, MD, author of The Fat Burn Fix

“Eat Smarter is a critically important book that shows the connection between food and overall mental, cognitive, and physical health. It is well-researched, easy to read, and will help you be smarter, healthier, and happier.”

 —Daniel G. Amen, MD, founder of Amen Clinics and author of The End of Mental Illness

“In Eat Smarter, Shawn Stevenson brings his unique blend of authenticity, passion, and command of cutting-edge concepts to show you how to use food to impact your life — from your metabolism to cognitive performance, and even your relationships.”—William W. Li, MD, author of Eat to Beat Disease

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