Turn Up the Heat: Unlock the Fat-Burning Power of Your Metabolism
Philip L. Goglia | 2003-05-27 00:00:00 | Plume | 384 | Diets
Discover the program that has worked for hundreds of thousands of people, including countless celebrities and athletes, helping them to achieve permanent weight loss and healthier lives.
Turn Up the Heat provides a thoroughly documented food management system personalized to each individual's metabolic type-fat-and-protein efficient, carbohydrate efficient, or dually efficient. The system is comprised of three components: eating the right kinds and amounts of foods in the correct sequence; following a specific exercise program based on the individual's metabolic type; and drinking the appropriate amount of water daily. Including easy-to-use questionnaires to determine your metabolic type, weekly food plans, and a 2-week Quickstart plan, Turn Up the Heat will forever break the apathy and frustration of dieters who just never seem to get to their ideal weight.
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Whenever you see a new diet program - especially one that promises to be tailored just for you - you get all excited. However, after perusing this book, I can tell this is the "same old, same old" - basically eat more protein and cut out carbs.
Dr. Goglia tries to convince the reader that there are "3 TYPES OF METABOLISM" in the population. It's very confusing according to his criteria to determine which type you are. However, he says that 74% of the population are the "Fat-and-Protein-Efficient Types." All this means is that, for most people, we eat too many carbs and not enough protein. So, you need to add more protein in the form of fish, chicken, eggs and nuts to your diet and cut down on sugars, even fruit, but especially yeast breads. This is no great surprise. I think most Americans know we eat too many carbs and that we're actually addicted to them.
This is the basic plan for most people:
Meal 1: Grain (like oatmeal) & Fruit & Meat
Meal 2: Fruit & Nuts
Meal 3: Grain & Meat & Veggie
Meal 4: Fruit & Nuts
Meal 5: Grain & Meat & Veggie
Meal 6: Grain & Fruit (You eventually eliminate this fruit/meal.)
Plus, you are suppose to drink an oz. of water for every pound you weigh. If you weigh 160, that would be 160 oz. or 20 glasses of 8 oz. a day. Even when I purposefully try to drink more water, I can't hit this level (I'd be in the ladies' room all the time if I did).
I'll save you the cost of the book: eat more protein (easy on fatty cuts of beef), cut down on carbs (even fruit) as much as possible, and drink more water. It's a cardinal sin to eat breads that have yeast in them.
Here's the easy version of this diet: Try to eat some protein with each meal (6 times a day) in the form of nuts, cheese, eggs, etc. This will slow down the metabolism of carbs and be more satiating, and you won't crave sugar as much. Eat a limited amount of fruit for your sugar (but not cakes and other refined carbs).
On a side note, the quality of this book is poor. There were a lot of typos.
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Love this, makes sense and I am seeing changes in my body in only a week and a half!
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As a weightlifter/powerlifter, I've been preaching all of the same things Phil says for several years. The book is spot-on and a fairly easy read. Follow the diet and exercise plan, weight/inches come off and muscles grow.
For the begginer that wants to "get in shape" - lose weight and build some muscle - this book is a great guide.
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This book was an interesting read.Not only are there ways to change
eatiing habits but also excersize options. The reader has to determine whether or not they are willing to invest the time and
energy to see this diet thru till it starts to work.
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The book wasn't easy to locate, but I had no trouble at Amazon. I had seen an interview with the author, and wanted more information. The book contains lots of information, some more helpful that others, but I am disappointed that the bulk of the book is meal plans and charts.
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