Dr. Ann's 10 Step Diet: A Simple Plan for Permanent Weight Loss and Lifelong Vitality

In her revolutionary weight loss program, Ann Kulze, M.D., demystifies the nutritional science that leads to sustainable weight loss and good health. Unlike fad diets or lose-weight-quick schemes, the 10-Step Diet prides itself on taking the entirety of your wellness into account. It goes beyond teaching you what to eat: it teaches you why you should eat certain foods and avoid others.

The 10-Step Diet is not "low carb," "high protein," "low cal," or "low fat." Instead, it is a new way of eating and living that results in permanent weight loss and dramatic improvement in overall health and wellness. Best of all, it’s surprisingly simple, and the results are permanent because the plan is realistic, flexible, and comprehensive.

In the 10-Step Diet, Dr. Ann reveals the benefits of the right fats, the right proteins, the right carbohydrates. She teaches you not only what to eat, but also how to live: what to buy at the grocery store and what to avoid, how to prepare your meals at home, and how to dine out without sacrificing your health and weight. Dr. Ann outlines the almost drug-like properties of some of the most powerful foods science knows and how they—along with lifestyle modifications—can prevent the ten most common diseases affected by nutrition. Most important, she offers the scientific reasoning behind her recommendations, so you can fully understand your body and how your nutritional choices affect the way you look and feel.

It’s time to throw out the idea that dieting means eating strange foods or depriving yourself of great tastes, and start enjoying what you eat—not merely for the taste, but also for the proven nourishment the right foods offer. Whether you have 10 pounds to lose or 100, Dr. Ann’s 10-Step Diet will help you look good, feel great, and stay well.

Growing up in a family with a rich heritage in science and medicine, Dr. Ann developed an interest in wellness and specifically nutrition, at an early age. Following her passion, she attended Clemson University and graduated cum laude with a degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition. She then received her M.D. from the Medical University of South Carolina where she received numerous academic honors and graduated as the Valedictorian of her class.

Following her medical training, she worked for 14 years in a busy clinical practice as a family physician in her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. As her clinical practice evolved, it became painfully apparent to her that most of the illness and chronic disease she encountered day-in and day-out could have been avoided if her patients simply had made better nutrition and lifestyle choices. With this simple, but startling revelation top of mind, she left her clinical practice to devote her work as a physician to teaching her fellow Americans how to utilize the right nutrition and lifestyle choices as a powerful means to avoid chronic disease and maximize vitality. She founded the consulting firm, Just Wellness, LLC in 2002 to fulfill her new professional endeavor.

Specializing in wellness and nutrition, Dr. Kulze is nationally recognized as an expert in her field. In addition to her private wellness practice, she provides corporate wellness consulting and is a highly sought public speaker. She is currently the national spokesperson for Ruby Tuesday’s highly acclaimed Smart Eating Initiative and author of the book, Dr. Ann’s 10-Step Diet, A Simple Plan for Permanent Weight Loss and Lifelong Vitality, available in bookstores October 2004.

Dr. Kulze lives with her husband and four children in her native Charleston, SC where she is a member of the Tri-County Health and Wellness Initiative, the Board of Directors for the Center for Women and the Wellness Council of Ashley Hall School.