James R. Lyons

James R. Lyons, M.D., author of THE BROWN FAT REVOLUTION (St. Martin's Press, 2009) is a practicing surgeon in Westport, Connecticut, a Diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery, and a former clinical instructor in plastic surgery at Yale University. Dr. Lyons is also a seasoned bodybuilder, fitness and nutritional expert. The combination of his career as a plastic surgeon and his passion for fitness and nutrition gives him a unique understanding of the psychology of motivation and commitment and the physiology of muscle development and fat loss.

In his thirty years of clinical experience, Dr. Lyons has seen for himself that there are two different kinds of fat: one that is healthy and youthful (brown), and one that is unhealthy and aging (yellow). Rather than promoting a fat-free or low-fat diet, Dr. Lyons believes that retaining brown fat while losing yellow fat is the key to a more youthful, healthier body and face. His book, THE BROWN FAT REVOLUTION (St. Martin's Press, 2009) offers a unique and sensible four-week eating and exercise plan designed to harness the power of fat to reshape a woman's body while improving her health - without any surgical intervention.

Dr. Lyons and his book have been featured in national media including syndicated television show "The Doctors" and WOR Radio Network's "Health Talk" with Dr. Ronald Hoffman. Once the National Junior Ballroom Champion in Latin and International styles, Dr. Lyons made his earliest television debut on the Ed Sullivan show in l966.