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Stop Your Cravings

Name: Stop Your Cravings
Author: Jennifer Workman
ISBN: 9780743217057

by Jennifer Workman

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Overview

Jennifer Workman is one of the first Western nutritionists to combine cutting edge sports nutrition, complementary medicine, and the basic nutritional principles of Ayurveda — the 5,000-year-old Eastern medical system — into a satisfying food and fitness program that helps Americans manage their stress. As founder of The Balanced Approach, a national nutrition and weight-management program that helps people develop a positive relationship with food, Workman has taught countless individuals how to work with their natural cravings (instead of against them) to attain and maintain their ideal weight. Now you can learn the basics of Workman's regimen with:

Delicious, easy-to-prepare snack ideas and recipes emphasizing organic/sustainable products by top chefs including Alice Waters and Rick Bayless to help satisfy your taste, keep blood sugar balanced, maximize digestion and fat loss

A metabolic profile to determine your individual needs for organic proteins, non-gluten carbs, and good fats

Advice on food allergies and sensitivities to wheat gluten, soy, and dairy

Essential information about the vitamins, minerals, supplements, and herbs that work best for your specific body type

Fitness recommendations to burn fat, increase lean muscle, and relieve stress, with a special emphasis on the balancing and strengthening powers of yoga

Filled with great-tasting low-calorie/low-carb food suggestions, helpful self-tests, and a complete holistic resource guide, Stop Your Cravings is "an excellent guide for your perfect health" (Dr. Vasant Lad, director of The Ayurvedic Institute).

About the Author, Jennifer Workman

Jennifer Workman, M.S., R.D., has written for many health and fitness publications, including Mademoiselle, American Spa, and Harper's Bazaar, by whom she was rated "one of the top ten experts to help you revamp your diet." She practices in Colorado and New York City.

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Publishers Weekly

With more than 50% of Americans overweight, our $50-billion weight-loss industry clearly isn't working, insists Workman. A dietician and founder of Balanced Approach, a nutritional consulting company, Workman advocates Ayurveda, an ancient Indian health system that offers a holistic approach to eating and health maintenance. Central to this system is good digestion (largely ignored in the U.S., where "taking a Tums is the appropriate conclusion to every meal," Workman laments). The trick to good digestion is understanding one's constitutional type (there are three, characterized by certain eating, sleeping and exercise habits) and eating accordingly. Foods are divided into six tastes and six qualities, and Workman shows how one can find a constitutionally appropriate food to satisfy any craving. "Broccoli isn't necessarily good for everyone and chocolate isn't necessarily bad," as long as balance and moderation prevail. Workman also recommends stress-relieving techniques to break the binge cycle, advocates Yoga over more punishing exercise, exhorts readers to listen to their "natural intuitions," and calls for support of organic and cruelty-free farmers through controlled, conscientious spending. To this end, she includes healthy recipes and a resource guide. While some readers may find living by their intuition harder than Workman makes it sound, for the most part this is a simple, accessible guide to better nutrition and overall health. (Jan.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

For those desiring a holistic approach to eating, nutritional and diet consultant Workman incorporates Ayurvedic principles into a healthy weight-management plan. She addresses not only diet but also strength training, achieving emotional balance, and supplements. This could be heavy sledding for neophytes, but those already in tune with holistic health practices will find this useful. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.