Protein Power : The High Protein/Low Carbohydrate Way to Lose Weight, Feel Fit and Boost Your Health

An excellent high protein and low carbohydrate diet to help you lose weight and feel fitter than ever. Over one million people have experienced dramatic weight loss, lowered cholesterol levels and improved fitness following the Protein Power diet. Drs Michael and Mary Eades have put together a lifestyle plan which shows you how to use food as a tool for dramatic weight loss, resetting your metabolism, lowering bad cholesterol and protecting yourself from diseases such as high blood pressure and heart disease. With the Protein Power diet you can still eat the foods you love, including steaks and burgers, cheese and eggs -- because this eating plan rethinks the current wisdom on fat intake and takes a different look at the fat-inducing carbohydrates like breads and pastas. With over 100 exciting recipes, strength-building exercises, risk assessment questionnaires and advice on metabolism-booting supplements, Protein Power can improve your vital statistics and your well-being.

If smoked salmon and cream cheese omelets, sautéed jumbo shrimp, and double-patty burgers suit your palate, belly up to the Protein Power diet: "Not a high protein diet" but "an adequate protein diet." Doctors Michael R. and Mary Dan Eades make a persuasive case in favor of "the diet we were meant to eat."

Similar to Dr. Robert Atkins's New Diet Revolution, the authors cite insulin as the main culprit in weight gain and expound the benefits of a diet extremely low in carbohydrates. Carbohydrates, which are changed into sugar during digestion, stimulate the body to store fat, making weight loss virtually impossible. The most revolutionary idea put forth in Protein Power is that the fat you eat has very little bearing on the fat you gain: in other words, we aren't what we eat after all. Researchers have found that eating larger portions of protein in conjunction with severely reduced portions of carbohydrates causes people to burn the excess fat stored in their bodies.

Protein Power is packed with helpful charts and formulas, so you can estimate your body-fat percentage and your ideal weight for your particular body composition. There are worksheets to calculate your protein need and carbohydrate and protein equivalency charts, as well as charts that allow you to track your fat and weight loss. But this book is not all grams and percentages: it also shows you what a day of eating on this diet would look like and includes sample menus and 70 pages of recipes. If you've been starving yourself for years and just can't seem to lose weight, this may be the diet for you. --Jhana Bach