Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
An Important Note xiii
Introduction: Why Diets Don't Work xv
Part 1 The Ten Keys to Unlocking Your Perfect Metabolism
1 Break Up with Sugar: Stop Burning Sugar, Start Burning Fat 3
2 Fix Your Fats! Healthy Fats Are Critical to a Perfect Metabolism 23
3 Heal the Gut: Balance Digestion and the Inner Ecosystem 41
4 Identify Food Intolerances: Are Some Foods Making You Foggy, Fatigued, and Fat? 55
5 Lose the Toxic Weight: Toxins Tell Our Bodies to Store Fat and Promote Disease 77
6 Put Out the Fire of Inflammation: "The Silent Killer" 93
7 Stop the Madness: Lower Stress, the "Switch that Slows the Metabolism and Turns on Disease." 101
8 Ditch the Convenience Foods: Your Bodies Need Nutrients! 117
9 Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate: Dehydration May Be Slowing Your Metabolism and Making You Sick 133
10 Exercise Smarter (Not Harder) 141
11 Metabolism Hacks: Timing Might Be Everything 145
Part 2 Take Action! The Perfect Metabolism Cleanse
12 Phase One: ReSet 153
13 Phase Two: Immersion/Cleanse ReBoot 171
14 Phase Three: Reintroduce 185
15 Phase Four: ReNew-Merge/Move On 193
16 The Perfect Metabolism Recipes 199
Appendix 241
Resources 243
References 245