The Way to Eat: A Six-Step Path to Lifelong Weight Control

by David L. Katz and Maura Gonzalez

Book Overview

Dr. David L. Katz, head of the Yale School of Medicine Prevention Research Center, provides expert guidance to lifelong weight control, health and contentment with food:

Master your metabolism: Use healthy snacking to keep a steady level of insulin and leptin in your bloodstream to avoid surges of hunger.Create a "decision balance" Discover your real feelings about losing weight and maximize your motivation.Control...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402202644
• ISBN13: 9781402202643
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

THE way to eat!

The Way to Eat has changed my life. I had already lost over 100 pounds, but was not as healthy nor fit as I would like to be. His method of eating has taken me to the next fitness level and has improved my health. His method really is the way to eat; as our bodies were designed and intended. As he says, the way we are living today in the fast food/junk food culture is like a polar bear trying to live in the desert--it just doesn't work!

Healthy Eating Habits

The Way to Eat by Dr. David Katz is by far one of the most complete guides to understanding the importance of eating healthy. Trite but true, eating healthy equals good overall health. Katz focuses more on skill acquisition rather than food deprivation, which only leads to gorging to fill the food void left after withholding our beloved food cravings. The book provides numerous ways to have your cake and eat it too, without the unwanted side effects of weight gain and guilt. Dr. Katz has a witty writing style that appeals to the intellectual and the average Joe. Several sections of the book are especially useful, The "Then/Now" approach takes us back to the origin of some of our food instincts. Armed with this knowledge empowers us to understand our food foibles. Label reading does not sound to exciting until you see how the correct interpretation of label information can contribute to success rather failure. Another gem in the book is related to the vignettes of successful people who have been where many of us are and had the ah hah experience that set them on the right track, gives you the feeling that there is hope. Finally, the book has something for everyone. It may not be gut riveting info but it's the healthiest reading that I have had in a while.

THIS IS THE BOOK DOCTORS AND THEIR PATIENTS HAVE BEEN WAITIN

The Way To Eat is a superb book by nutritionist and preventive specialist Dr. David Katz. He explains in clear terms how we have gotten into the present epidemic of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease (our bodies are originally adapted for intensive physical activity in a setting of constant food scarcity), and why binging and weight gain are natural outcomes (in our new high-fat high-calorie low activity environment). Katz then dispenses with both guilt as well as fad diets, explaining how we can alter our eating habits to suit the modern environment. Simple and intelligent food choices (including how to read and really understand "Nutrition Facts" product labeling), healthful snacking, and providing children with healthful early eating habits serve as major points of emphasis in this outstanding guide. The Way To Eat is a major achievement in the nutrition field. I have already begun recommending it to patients and their families, and readers everywhere will be richly rewarded when they embrace Dr. Katz's insightful, enjoyable, and common sense advice.