The Circadian Prescription: Get in Step with Your Body's Natural Rhythms

by Sidney MacDonald Baker and Karen Baar

Book Overview

In the weight-loss breakthrough of the year (Woman's World), this book is the first major health guide based on circadian rhythms, the natural way to integrate your body's daily patterns for total... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399145966
• ISBN13: 9780399145964
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

At last, a palatable diet that's easy to stick to!

Wish I'd read this book before moving to Seattle, one of the darkest cities in North America, and living there for 17 years! Each year when the rains started and lasted for months and months, I'd typically gain 15-25 pounds. If the sun came out long enough in the summer, I'd sometimes lose most of my winter weight. When the sun was out, diet was easy. When the sun was not shining, I could not stop eating. I arrived in Seattle weighing a petite 103 pounds and wearing a size 5 and left Seattle barely able to sqeeze into a size 14-16.Now I've moved to a sunny state and have quite a few pounds to lose. The high-carb, low-fat diets left me hungry all the time. The low-carb diets left me feeling depressed. The carbohydrate addicts diet was too restrictive, no carbs except at one meal per day. On the Circadian diet, I don't feel an overwhelming urge to eat all the time. In fact, last night, after a very small dinner, I felt more full than I usually do after a very large meal. The diet is palatable, too. While protein is emphasized during the day, a little bit of carbohydrate is allowed, and it makes the meals a lot more appetizing. So, I can have a few chunks of pineapple with my cup of cottage cheese when I'm in a hurry and have to prepare a quickie lunch. Or I can have a piece of high fiber bread with my omlette at breakfast. And I can have some protein with my carbs at dinner. Eating out is easy. After failing at high-carb, low-carb, Weight Watchers, Diet Center, et cetera, I finally have a satisfying way to eat and am losing weight. In fact, I easily lost three pounds my first week on the diet. I learned a lot of useful information from other diet books but could not stick to the diets. After reading The Circadian Prescription, I find losing weight is pretty easy! With the other suggestions in the book, I overall feel much better than I have in years!

Energy Galore!

I am a mother of two young children and excited to say that after reading Dr. Baker's book and following his circadian prescription I have more energy then I have had in years. Just after one week I noticed dramatic changes. I am no longer tired all day, my mood in general has improved immensely and I lost weight without even trying. Cheers to Dr. Baker!

Finally, a diet that you can enjoy!

Karen Baar and Sidney MacDonald Baker have done it! They have created a diet that will not make you miserable. No more cravings or whining about lack of pasta or steak. Forget all the no carbs and low fat diets. This one really works, and it helps to make you feel your best as well. Rather than cutting out certain foods, the Circadian diet gives a schedule that guides you on what times to eat what foods. The book is insighful with much useful information. Give it a try...it can't hurt and most likely, you will be quite glad you did.

The Circadian Morning Milkshake

I was completely bowled over by the information on Dr. Baker's Morning Shake, the easiest and most efficient way that I have found to get a low-fat, protein rich breakfast. His book is worth the price for this daily treat alone. The shake provides everything we need to feel energized and just plain "better" throughout the morning. And if you make it every day, you can lose weight at the same time. I think it's a Miracle Shake. Every other pearl of wisdom in this book is just added value.

$1.00 used - Buy Book !

What really sold me on this book was that honestly I had dimly begun to suspect the reasoning myself - advertising bombards us with "Carbohydrates Are For Energy", but they always seem to put me to sleep during the day when I need to think clearly. So when Dr. Baker says effectively 'duh you idiot that's right save the carbos for dinner', reinforcing my personal intuition, I immediately bought the book ! "Protein-in-day, carbs-at-night" is of course not patentable, but it seems to work, and the details are worth $1.00, plus which it is fairly information-dense, not one of those padded tomes.