Turn Off the Fat Genes: The Revolutionary Guide to Losing Weight-Quality Guarantee

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Breakthrough genetic research indicates that genes are not just on/off switches forcharacteristics we can’t control (like gender or eye color). Some genes, includingthose that shape our bodies, actually adapt to outside influences. In Turn Off theFat Genes, Dr. Neal Barnard draws on this cutting-edge research to create a revolutionarynew program to help your body sculpt away excess pounds by activating thin genesand suppressing fat ones. The heart of Dr. Barnard’s book is a three-week gene-controlprogram specifically designed to help you identify your gene types by asking questionslike:

What’s your genetic taste type? Do you strongly dislike Brussels sprouts?Are some desserts too sweet to eat? Is black coffee undrinkable? If you answeredyes to all three questions you’re a genetic bitter “taster” or “supertaster” (asopposed to a “nontaster”). You’ll find out how to work with your genetictaste type.

Is your appetite becoming harder to control? Have diets made your appetiteunpredictable? If so, your hunger-suppressing leptin gene might need a tune-up.

Do you gain weight more easily than your friends? Do you have difficultylosing weight no matter what you do? If so, the genes that set your metabolism mightneed a boost.

Do you hate exercise? If so, your genes may have overloadedyou with sluggish Type II muscle cells. Learn how to change them.

Oncewe understand how the genes that control shape can be influenced, we can enjoy virtuallythe same effortless weight control as naturally thin people and reveal the healthy,vital body that nature intended us to have.