The Aztec Diet: Chia Power: The Superfood that Gets You Skinny and Keeps You Healthy – A Doctor's Ancient Grain Solution for Modern Obesity and Wellness

by Bob Arnot

Lose weight fast, boost energy levels, and improve overall well-being by eating the healthy, delicious foods that once nourished the ancient Aztecs with this high protein, low-fat diet that features the miraculous chia seed as its cornerstone While poor nutrition and disease abounded in medieval Europe, a civilization across the Atlantic built a vast empire throughout Central America, sustaining themselves on ancient grains during long journeys and frequent battles. Crucial to their high-protein, low-fat diet was a superfood called chia. These remarkable little seeds are packed with a 8 times the omega-3’s of salmon, 6 times more calcium than milk, 3 times more iron than spinach, 15 times more magnesium than broccoli, 4 times more selenium than flax, and 5 grams of fiber in just 70 calories, making them nutritive dynamite. In this highly readable, easy-to-follow diet book, Dr. Bob Arnot shows readers how to lose weight, boost their energy levels, and improve their sense of well-being by eating the healthy, delicious foods that nourished the ancient Aztecs. With chia at its center, this diet features foods with few fats and oils, no refined sugars, no wheat, and foods that are high in protein. Readers will not only reset their metabolism and drop pounds, but they will also feel more energized and clear-headed. The three phase plan allows readers to jump-start their weight loss with a two-week chia smoothie quick-start. The second phase, with a mix of chia smoothies and solid meals, will leave readers feeling revitalized and still shedding pounds. The final phase shows readers how to flexibly sustain a new, healthy lifestyle. We’ve all heard the dangers of the modern Western diet-obesity, heart disease, diabetes. But Dr. Bob Arnot points out that it leads to so much more, such as raging internal inflammation and wild fluctuations in our blood sugar that affect our mood, energy levels, and sense of wellbeing on a daily basis. Arnot presents an easy, delicious, and flexible set of healthy swaps, meal plans, and superfood additions to combat this dangerous cycle of poor diet, health problems, and low energy that will make you look and feel like an entirely new person.

Genres: Health, Nonfiction, Food, Cookbooks

288 pages, Hardcover

First published February 12, 2013

About the author

Dr. Robert Burns Arnot M.D. internal medicine, known worldwide as Bob Arnot, is a journalist, author, and previously a medical and foreign correspondent for NBC and CBS.

Reviews

[Ramona · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the premise of this diet, the only draw back is the love of solid foods! It's a lot of smoothie like drinks that incorporate Chia, I would have liked a more robust set of recipes on cooking real food with Chia seeds. I do appreciate that this can be catered to your life, unlike the crazier diets where you much deprive yourself of all manner of sinful foods. This is great for dropping that pesky few pounds or a small baby elephant while keeping your energy level high. The smoothie combo's have variety, from fruit sweet to savoury, if you don't like fruity smoothie drinks (to much sugar more than once a day) Good luck to anyone on a diet... it can be hell.

[Merry · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am using the basic ideas of this diet. For me, I like it because I have finally found a way to eat green vegetables. And it is supposed to reduce inflammation. Other benefits it is supposed to confer are steady energy without ups and downs and weight loss.

The part that I am following is chia smoothies with lots of vegetables, plus fruit and other protein and liquid.

[Kristi Newcomb · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really good information. I learned quite a bit.
The Blueberry-Kale-Chia smoothy is really good; fills you up and gives you energy!

[Tina]

I read this book because I wanted to learn more about the chia seeds in my pantry. I'm not going to go on the Aztec Diet, but there are a few recipes in the book that I'll try.

[Barbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book about the wonderful qualities and health benefits of the chia seed and how to incorporate it into your diet. Chock full of great recipes and diet plan.

[Bridget · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good book.

[Kathleen Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full of great infomation.

[Joni · Rating 3 out of 5]

chia seeds. Cool. and yummy

[Jenniffer Davies · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked the information about chia and some of the recipes. But a diet plan that says that Gatorade, Coke, and Special K cereal are fine but warns you not to put too much good wholesome healthy fruit in your smoothies is definitely not for me!