Product Description

If you are one of the many women who are 'apple shaped' or fat around the middle then you have probably tried everything from fad diets to 'bums and tums' classes to combat the problem. Tummy fat is hard to shift, unless you understand why your body decides to store fat on your waist. This ground-breaking book reveals - for the very first time - the secret of why fat builds up around your middle and gives you a practical action plan showing how you can get rid of it once and for all. Inside you will discover: why you are fat around the middle (and no it's not just about what you are eating); how to stop the stress hormones, adrenalin and cortisol, from storing fat around your waist; vitamins and minerals you can take to change your body shape faster; foods to eat - and foods to avoid - for a trim tummy; specific exercises to get rid of that spare tyre; breakthrough genetic tests that can tell you which foods and supplements work best for you; and how changing your body shape can lower your risk of heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Dr Marilyn Glenville gives you all the tools you need to lose that fat around the middle - for good.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18635 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

The Sun, 10 March 06
This book is well worth a read if you want to change your body shape permanently.

Cosmopolitan, April issue 06
Follow these hormone-balancing food rules and lose weight effortlessly.

New! Magazine, March 06
Her diet can also improve your energy levels and your general health

Customer Reviews

Worth a try
Try this book, it's a bit different from the usual diet books but it won't help eveyone. Be prepared to change what you eat for it to work, as the author says "try it for three months", then see what a difference it has made.I would have prefered it to have more meal suggestions/recipes. One word of warning though, Don't buy Mastering Cortisol as well as it is exactly the same book with a different title.

I feel so much better!
I found this book really suited me personally. If you suffer from signs of stress such as severe bloating, muscle pain, chest pain, hair loss and other signs of stress then this diet will probably help you. It just made sense to me. There was a lot of nutritional facts that I already knew however I did not find the author patronising and it was helpful to be reminded of these facts. Its one thing knowing them and another thing doing them! She has managed to convince me not to grab a coffee first thing in the morning - and thats some achievement!

Great book!
What I liked so much with Marilyn Glenville's approach to Fat around the Middle, was that it was not ALL blamed on our diet, but also on the stressful life we lead. The logic of controlling our stress hormones to keep our blood sugar in balance and so stop the body storing fat around the middle was a new logic to me and very motivating. That, together with positive exercise has helped me trim up and feel that I am again in control of my body and that my extra kilo or two, was not just an 'inevitable' menopausal symptom! This is the third book I have bought by Marilyn and I have learned a lot from them all.