Stop counting calories!: John Briff

It is proved: diets do not work. Ninety percent of those who sit on a diet are returning their weight within a year. Many even add. British specialist Dr. John Briffu offers an alternative to stop counting calories, starving and sitting on diets. It is generally accepted that the best way to reduce weight is the limitation of calories – “less food, more physical exercises.” It is wrong, ”says Dr. Briffa. Experience and scientific research show that the principle of calculating calories is not at all suitable for weight loss. And the usual explanation is “to those who are not coping, there is simply not enough willpower” is not true. This book proves that the tactics based on the calculation of calories are suitable only for units, and explains how restrictions on food and increase physical activity cause the body’s resistance and lead to the appearance of extra pounds. She tells what processes in the body trigger the weight gain, what hormones are involved in them, and what needs to be done to reduce active …

Author
Briff John
Editor
Rozhnova Maria
Translator
Litvinova Irina
Publisher
Sinbad, 2014

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