Review:The Feel Good Diet
A Weight-Loss Plan to Stop Yo-yo Dieting and Increase Serotonin and Metoblism
Dec 28, 2006
The Feel Good Diet is a weight loss program that aims to help you stop thinking about food all the time, eat less, feel an increase in energy, avoid feelings of depravation and put a stop to yo-yo dieting once and for all.
Stop feeling deprived when you are trying to lose weight. A diet doesn’t have to be a miserable experience. Choosing a diet you can live with, that makes you feel good will ensure that you stick with it and steadily lose weight over time.
Hart and Grossman explain that serotonin depletion is the cause of many failed diets. Even with the best intentions, people trying to white-knuckle it through a diet are unhappy and will eventually revert to their old food habits, making them gain weight.
The Feel Good Diet Action Plan:
- Support neurotransmitters with nutrition
- Use supplement therapy for the neurotransmitter
- Increase metabolism and energy through food choices
- Boost neurotransmitter with exercise and other activities
So what kind of miracle food make you feel good? According to Hart and Grossman, it is a matter of balancing low-sugar and high-sugar foods. No foods are labeled good or bad and there is a time to eat certain foods to boost your metabolism and support your neurotransmitter.
They advise that we increase our calcium and magnesium intake. They also recommend Zinc, vitamin C and vitamin B50.
What does the Feel Good Diet offer?
- 2-week meal plans to get you off to a great start
- Food lists to help you make the right food choices for every meal
- Fast food guide to make eating on the run a no-brainer
- Tips for exercising smarter rather than harder
- Recipes that are easy to prepare and realistic for busy lifestyles
Questionable Advice:
One thing the authors tell readers that I would question is to eat Arby’s roast beef, Burger King Croissan’wiches and McDonald’s chicken nuggets. Granted they advise people to eat only one side of the bun for sandwiches, but these items still contain a lot of saturated fat and should be eaten in very limited quantities.
The Feel Good Diet is collaboration from Dr. Cheryl Hart and Mary Kay Grossman, authors of the Insulin Resistance Diet.
