The Alternate-Day Diet Revised: The Original Up-Day, Down-Day Eating Plan to Turn on Your "Skinny Gene," Shed the Pounds, and Live a Longer and Healthier Life

by James B. Johnson M.D., Donald R. Laub Sr. M.D.

Overview

The original intermittent fasting diet – now up-dated and expanded

An easy-to-follow, safe, and science-based alternate-day calorie-restriction program that promotes weight loss and longevity, The Alternate-Day Diet includes the most up-to-date research on calorie restriction and intermittent fasting as well as additional techniques (including supplementation and eating according to the body’s natural circadian rhythms) to enhance the diet’s effectiveness.

The Alternate-Day Diet describes how limiting caloric intake every other day can activate a gene called SIRT1 which reduces inflammation, lowers free radical stress, improves insulin resistance, and most important, causes fat loss by releasing fat cells from around the organs. In short, activating SIRT1 promotes weight loss and longevity.

The simple two-step program calls for you to limit calories one day and eat normally the next and the book outlines lifestyle suggestions to support the diet’s effectiveness including proper hydration and exercise, which are also key components to maximizing weight-loss.

Throughout, you will be inspired by the anecdotes and testimonials from real people who have used the diet successfully to lose weight, and to find relief from a range of health issues including heart disease, Type II diabetes, autoimmune diseases, and even menopause-related hot flashes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780399167034
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/31/2013
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

After more than twenty years in private practice, Dr. James Johnson, a former assistant professor of otolaryngology and instructor in plastic surgery at Louisiana State University School of Medicine, retired to pursue his long-time interest and do further research in calorie restriction in collaboration with scientists at the Gerontology Research Center of the National Institute on Aging. He has conducted studies on the effect of alternate-day calorie restriction on weight loss and general wellness. He has published articles in peer reviewed journals, including Medical Hypotheses and Free Radical Biology and Medicine. He has been interviewed and/or quoted in the popular press, including the Independent (London) and Woman’s World.

Dr. Donald Laub is the former chief of plastic surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Table of Contents

Why This Diet? ix

Back to the Future: Validating the Alternate-Day Diet xv

Part 1 How I Arrived at This Plan and Why I Know It Works

1 Calorie Restriction: What It Means and Why You Probably Won't Do It 3

2 The Truths About Dieting 14

3 The Alternate-Day Advantage 25

4 The Asthma Study 43

5 SIRT1, the "Rescue" Gene 58

Part 2 The Alternate-Day Diet Program

6 Starting the Alternate-Day Diet 73

7 Nutrition: It's About Quantity and Quality 97

8 Step 1: The Induction Phase 121

9 Step 2: The Alternate-Day Diet for Life 130

10 Give Yourself a Break: An Alternative to Dieting Every Other Day 146

11 Delicious Down-Day Menus and Recipes 152

12 Frequently Asked Questions 229

Acknowledgments 247

Sources 249

Index 255