The Age-Defying Diet: Outsmart Your Metabolism to Lose Weight--Up to 20 Pounds in 21 Days!--And Turn Back the Clock

by Caroline Apovian

Overview

Age slowing down your metabolism? Not anymore!
Internationally renowned weight-loss expert and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Caroline Apovian has developed an innovative program that outsmarts the body's aging processes and reverses the metabolic clock. By combining the metabolism-boosting effects of her unique take on intermittent fasting-an innovative approach that will leave readers feeling full, not hungry-with targeted strength training, readers can lose up to 20 pounds in 21 days while they reshape their bodies and take back their youth.

• Reboot - one week to jumpstart weight-loss with Super Smoothies, Super Soups, and delicious whole food meals that rekindle the metabolic fire.
• Recharge - two weeks to keep metabolism running in high gear, burning more fat and building more muscle.
• Revitalize - a powerful blueprint that keeps the metabolism young and keeps age-defiers slim for life!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455582440
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	04/07/2015
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Caroline Apovian, MD is director of the Nutrition and Weight Management Center at the Boston University Medical Center and professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine.

Her federal government positions include Nutrition Consultant to NASA and appointed member of the Panel on the Evaluation and Treatment of Overweight Adults.

Dr. Apovian is also the recipient of major grants, ranging from the NIH to the Atkins Foundation.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Quiz: How to Calculate Your Metabolic Age 9

Chapter 1 Metabolism Meltdown 13

Chapter 2 Eating to Boost Your Metabolism 24

Chapter 3 Women and Men: Individual Metabolic Needs 41

Chapter 4 The Age-Defying Diet 54

Chapter 5 The Age-Defying Workout 67

Chapter 6 How Sleep Affects Your Metabolism and Your Weight 95

Chapter 7 The Age-Defying Diet Day-by-Day 109

Chapter 8 SuperCharged Smoothies 138

Chapter 9 SuperCharged Soups 191

Chapter 10 Whole-Food Meal Recipes 212

Your Age-Defying Coach 297

Appendices 301

References 305

Index 313

Editorial Reviews

"Dr. Caroline Apovian's diet is based on cutting edge science; it is easy to follow, with recipes that taste great, meal plans that are simple, and smoothies so delicious it is hard to believe you are on a weight loss diet, no less one that will build your strength and improve your health at the same time."—Louis J. Aronne, MD, FACP, Professor of Metabolic Research at Weill-Cornell Medical College and author of the New York Times bestseller The Skinny

"The Age Defying Diet is a scientifically proven safe and easy way to lose weight fast and keep it off. You will enjoy easy to prepare well-roused meals that eliminate no food group, as well as incredibly good tasting, protein rich, supercharged smoothies, all while you lose pounds and gain a firm healthier body."—George L. Blackburn, MD, Ph.D, Professor of Nutrition

"At UCLA's Center for Human Nutrition Weight Loss Program we use Dr. Apovian's supercharged meal replacement smoothies: they taste awesome, are state of the art nutrition, and bring about safe, fast weight loss and improved health."—Zhaoping Li, MD, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

"Dr. Caroline Apovian's The Age-Defying Diet book presents an exceptionally well-researched, highly effective, and extremely practical diet/exercise program that enables readers to achieve their weight loss and body composition goals in a sensible and time-efficient manner."—Wayne L. Westcott, Ph.D., Exercise Science Professor, Quincy College

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