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The Cortisol Connection Diet: The Breakthrough Program to Control Stress and Lose Weight
More than 60 percent of American adults are overweight. On any given day, millions of people are using one of dozens of popular weight loss programs. They all promise miraculous results with little effort. They’re all guaranteed to work for you. So, why do we need another diet book?
One word: cortisol. The recently discovered connection between cortisol and weight gain is not a consideration in other diets. Elevated cortisol levels increase appetite, enhance fat storage, and disrupt blood sugar control. Cortisol control, explained by Talbott in his previous book, The Cortisol Connection, is the missing link to effective weight loss.
The Cortisol Connection Diet is a safe, practical, proven approach that harnesses the 3 key aspects of metabolism that are at the heart of our epidemic of obesity. With this diet, you’ll eat all of the foods that you love, but you’ll learn how to use your food to control the effects of cortisol and glucose in your body, and ultimately how many calories you burn off or store on your body as fat.
One word: cortisol. The recently discovered connection between cortisol and weight gain is not a consideration in other diets. Elevated cortisol levels increase appetite, enhance fat storage, and disrupt blood sugar control. Cortisol control, explained by Talbott in his previous book, The Cortisol Connection, is the missing link to effective weight loss.
The Cortisol Connection Diet is a safe, practical, proven approach that harnesses the 3 key aspects of metabolism that are at the heart of our epidemic of obesity. With this diet, you’ll eat all of the foods that you love, but you’ll learn how to use your food to control the effects of cortisol and glucose in your body, and ultimately how many calories you burn off or store on your body as fat.
160 pages, Paperback
First published September 20, 2004
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January 22, 2025
This makes sense and matches most of what I’ve heard in other places, with one big exception: this guy has you eating all the freakin time (3 meals plus 3 snacks) whereas the fasting people say that’s the opposite of what you should do. This guy (and others) say fasting, or even just stressful dieting, produces more cortisol, and that ruins everything, causes insulin resistance, and makes it impossible to lose weight.
I had many adventures with fasting last year, and it worked great while I was doing it. And it wasn’t as unpleasant as I expected. But it seems like it left me with some bad habits and then I gained back all but 4 pounds.
This diet’s eating all day and bunches of supplements seems like a pain in the ass, but on the other hand, I sure do like eating. If I could get the same weight loss while eating lots of meals and snacks as I got while eating nothing, that sounds like a pretty great deal. And if this really helps me keep it off, too? That’s what I want.
I think I’m going to try it.
I like that all the people said they didn’t even feel like they were on a diet, and I like that this guy did a study with the toughest weight loss cases he could find before publishing the book.
I had many adventures with fasting last year, and it worked great while I was doing it. And it wasn’t as unpleasant as I expected. But it seems like it left me with some bad habits and then I gained back all but 4 pounds.
This diet’s eating all day and bunches of supplements seems like a pain in the ass, but on the other hand, I sure do like eating. If I could get the same weight loss while eating lots of meals and snacks as I got while eating nothing, that sounds like a pretty great deal. And if this really helps me keep it off, too? That’s what I want.
I think I’m going to try it.
I like that all the people said they didn’t even feel like they were on a diet, and I like that this guy did a study with the toughest weight loss cases he could find before publishing the book.
July 6, 2024
A quick read. Not a lot of new information if you have read anything about cortisol and hormones. I did enjoy his approach to how we should eat. Using your hand as a guide.
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