The Younger Thinner You Diet How Understanding Your Brain Chemistry Can Help You Lose Weight Reverse Aging and Fight Disease
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5 Stars Pleasantly different
With the plethera of diet books around, I was skeptical about yet another. So instead of reading the text first, I tried some of the recipes. Great stuff!
5 Stars Very stimulating read
I do not really have a weight problem, but I have a brain imbalance and this book tells you how it is. The recipes are easy to follow and I am excited to feel and look better. A good buy, I have told everyone about this book! Its not your typical diet book, it is a diet for your body and brain.
5 Stars A REAL WAY TO LOOK AT DIETING
This book is amazing and shows how to eat for LIFE. I appreciate the presentation and the useful way the book is written, it shows who, where, what, why, and when of each aspect of dieting. Even proves that diets start in my brain. The brain is discussed at length and I know following these suggestions will elevate my mood, my brain health, and the resulting weight loss will follow. Thank you Dr. Braverman for a great book. My personal “best” so far has been switching from diet cola to beneficial green tea. I recommend this book to all as a guide to eating healthy and staying well.
5 Stars This book is a keeper—revolutionary in scope!
This book is a keeper, a must-have reference book for how food affects the brain. I have read hundreds of books on nutrition, even wrote one myself, but nonetheless found this book revolutionary in scope.
I love reading books that give me radically new information, and I found plenty of such nuggets here. For example, until reading Younger (Thinner) You Diet, I had no idea that my hepatitis C had affected my entire personality for years! I was further amazed at how much our personality is formed by neurotransmitters, which can be balanced with food.
Dr. Braverman discusses at length in layman’s simple terms the following brain chemicals: dopamine, acetylcholine, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) an serotonin. He shows how a lack of them can affect the personality, aging, and weight gain. Just looking at the various personality profiles Dr. Braverman provides, you can easily recognize which neurotransmitters you and your loved ones lack. But there is a quiz to make the diagnosis more accurate.
In this book you will also find tips for combating such things as osteoporosis, collagen loss, and other maladies. There is even a handy section called “Name the Pauses” in which you can which systems are your weakest (again, definitions and quizzes). There is a section that details the power of various spices and also such a section for teas. Parts like that make this a reference book. You will not want to sell your used copy on Amazon!
There are a few things that made me raise my eyebrows: advice to use aspartame, which has been proven to be very toxic, and canola oil, which is genetically modified. And he classifies someone as “excentric” who believes in telepathy and the sixth sense. (He obviously is not familiar with all the scientific studies referred to in such books as The Field.)
But I have never found a book that is 100% accurate and am able to overlook a few errors to see all the wonderful information in it.
This book is absolutely not just about weight loss, but about using nutrition and supplements to stay younger and even reverse aging. You can use this information no matter what your diet slant is: vegan, vegetarian, raw foodist, or omnivore.
4 Stars Good info
Very good info. Made me incorporate more spices and herbs in my diet. Explains about the chemistry of how food affects you. I personally will not be able to use any of the recipes (meals). I think they would be too difficult for most people to follow. Very informative book. Some new and different information. Very holistic. Easy to read.
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