Feed Your Brain Lose Your Belly - Softcover

Larry McCleary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0615339506 ISBN 13: 9780615339504

Publisher: Teocalli, 2010

Synopsis

Feed Your Brain Lose Your Belly is a novel book written by the neurosurgeon-author of the critically acclaimed The Brain Trust Program.   Dr. Larry McCleary’s brain-healthy, waist friendly diet program maximizes brain health while simultaneously facilitating weight loss.  This can confidently be stated because the diet was rigorously tested in a human clinical trial (the "Gold-Standard" type of testing that scientists depend upon) and was shown to produce substantial weight loss.

Learn how to:

Enhance brain health by feeding the brain properly

Prevent brain starvation – something that neuroscientists have begun seeing in Alzheimer’s patients.  This observation is based upon the fall in cerebral glucose metabolism seen on PET scans of persons at risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease.

Preserve mental function

Suppress hunger – it is really your brain, not your belly that is hungry

Convert “sticky” fat cells (that hold on to fat and don’t release it) back into the temporary storers of fat that they were evolutionarily designed to be

Regulate insulin and glucose metabolism properly for both optimal weight management and brain health

Understand not only how many calories, but also what types of calories are brain friendly and will help you to lose weight and maintain the loss

Feed Your Brain Lose Your Belly clearly explains the innate ability of the body to save weight as fat, why it does so and how that has allowed humans to survive over millions of years.  While this process has intrinsic benefits, if it becomes derailed, as it has for so many in today’s world, weight gain can be an unwanted result.

We are experiencing an epidemic of obesity and widespread memory decline which is now known to be accelerated by diabetes and other metabolic conditions affiliated with obesity.  It seems as if calories are bypassing our brains and are heading straight to our bellies.

This occurs because of a complex hormonal imbalance involving elevated insulin levels that produces "sticky” fat cells.

When we eat, fat cells expand and store some of the energy we have just consumed.  This storage was evolutionarily designed to be temporary to sustain the body in times of famine and release the energy later as needed.  Thus, fat cells act like accordions -- expanding and contracting.  When they become sticky, they continue to expand when we eat, but don't contract when they should to release fat as it is needed for energy.  This makes us gain weight and prematurely stimulates our appetite centers in a vicious cycle -- illustrating the physiologic link that represents the Brain-Belly Connection.

Having "sticky" fat cells makes us get hungry and gain weight -- not a good situation to be in if weight loss is your goal.

Feed Your Brain Lose Your Belly describes the results of prospective, double blind, placebo controlled human clinical testing that evaluated the diet and a unique weight-loss supplement - Vitexxa.   On average over 4 pounds were lost in 6 weeks on the diet and exercise program alone.  And it was 92% fat loss, not water.   When the supplement was added, the weight loss was almost tripled to nearly 12 pounds!  The book gives insight about what to look for in a clinical trial.

Learn how you can benefit from a combination of proper diet and nutrient supplementation that can speed you to improved health and a thinner lifestyle!

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Larry McCleary, the former Acting Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery and directory of the Neuroscience Research Foundation at The Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado, is cofounder and Director of Research for the Advanced Metabolic Research Group and for Vitexxa LLC, dedicated to the investigation of appropriate lifestyle choices, dietary approaches and nutritional supplementation to solve neurological, metabolic and other common health disorders.

He is the author of the critically acclaimed The Brain Trust Program: A Scientifically Based Three-Part Plan to Improve Memory, Elevate Mood, Enhance Attention, Alleviate Migraine and Menopausal Symptoms and Boost Mental Energy and is co-author of the 2 volume Bald is Beautiful: A Guide to Surviving Childhood Cancer.

Review

"The thing I like best about Dr. Larry McCleary is that he completely understands the inseparable connection between brain health and metabolism. Most people go on a diet to lose weight, but what if they instead consumed foods that were good for their brain? It sounds odd, but look at what would happen - a sharper mind, never feeling hungry, lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and oh yeah, by the way, weight loss that can be easily maintained for many years to come. Like the title says, if you FEED YOUR BRAIN, then you'll LOSE YOUR BELLY!" --Jimmy Moore, blogger and author of 21 Life Lessons From Livin' La Vida Low-Carb

"I love the Feed your brain motif. People are frantic to prevent dementia-and what your brain uses for fuel is critical for good brain function. The idea that there is a preventative intervention really helps drive behavioral change. In summary, I think Feed Your Brain Lose Your Belly is awesome!" --Dr. Mary Vernon, Past President of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians

About this edition

• Publisher: Teocalli
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0615339506
• ISBN 13: 9780615339504
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224