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From Belly Fat to Belly Flat: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waist and Subtracting Years from Your Life -- the Medically Proven Way to Reset Your Metabolism and Reshape Your Body
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Product Description
Discover the hidden culprit behind the 'middle-age spread'--and the simple plan that's helped hundreds of women over 30 break the fat cycle!
It's an all-too-common problem once you hit thirty: Despite your best efforts, you just can't seem to lose the extra weight around your middle, and you look in the mirror wondering what month and year you lost your waistline. Medical research proves you're not alone--that the average American gains one to two pounds a year after age thirty--usually around the stomach. Not only does this excess belly fat make you look and feel bad, it's the most damaging kind of fat; a precursor to heart attacks and certain types of cancer.
To the contrary of other diet books, C.W. Randolph, M.D., a champion for women's health, explains that the real reason behind this problem has less to do with calories, carbs, or crunches and everything to do with a little-known but very real medical problem called 'estrogen dominance.' By treating thousands of women safely and effectively for over two decades, Dr. Randolph has discovered why we are in the midst of an estrogen epidemic and how you can save your waistline . . . and your health . . . using his 3-step plan comprised of an anti-estrogenic diet, natural progesterone supplementation, and exercise. You'll learn:
-How to self-diagnose estrogen dominance
-The top ten belly-blasting foods that jump-start weight loss and maintain hormone balance
-How your sleep patterns, exercise habits, and stress levels impact your hormone levels
-Which vitamins and supplements support, not sabotage, your overall hormone balance
The result? Well within four weeks you'll lose pounds and inches… and reveal the flat belly--and the health and vitality that go along with it. |
Customers Reviews
2008-09-26
Bogus claims and a sales pitch
Buy this book and do the EXACT OPPOSITE of what it says! I bought the book, and although I was skeptical, ordered the progesterone cream that the author sells (that should be your first clue!). Luckily, it took several days to arrive, and I did some further research into his claims.
Dr. Randolph paints himself as a rebel who has gone against the establishment to tell the truth. He has gone against the establishment--because there is not a reputable doctor who agrees with him. He says that women gain wait around their middles if they've been on the pill or are starting menopause or are on HRT because of an estrogen imbalance. He does not advise any blood work to verify this. He just says that you need more progesterone and (surprise!) he can sell it to you.
The truth is that progesterone is the pregnancy hormone. Pro-gestation. It causes all the changes that occur during pregnancy, including weight gain in the belly, a slowed metabolism and craving of sugar to acquire calories for the baby, and all sorts of other things. I had all these symptoms. When I reviewed my history with birth control pills, I found that the higher the level of progesterone in the pill, the more weight I gained--despite eating healthy and exercising like a crazy person.
I returned his cream unopened (despite a hefty restocking fee) and switched to a lower progesterone pill. I have slightly worse PMS--because my body no longer believes I'm pregnant--but the extra weight is finally coming off after four years.
As for the women who have reviewed this book and claimed to have lost weight, they are probably right. He lays out a very standard low fat diet that on its own could probably cause weight loss. It's the progesterone claims that are the problem.
My advice is that if you are a young-ish woman on the pill (I can't verify the experience of menopausal women), you should RUN AWAY from this book as fast as you can. You may be absolutely correct that your hormones are causing your weight gain, but I guarantee that the advice in this book will only make it worse.
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2008-09-21
Belly Fat to Belly Flat
This book has great information on foods and how to feed your body what it needs to help yourself burn fat. Very interesting resource and knowledgable on the hidden weight-gain epidemic of Americans. Lots of great recipes, sample food menus, and suggested products for every day use.
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2008-08-25
Straightfoward Practical Book
Info makes sense and have tried a similar nutrition/eating regime, works well, great that someone has study the affects of hormones and how to harness that in a healthy no chemical way.
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2008-08-11
Worth reading
This book is a quick read and easy to understand. The Doctor gives you a way to help yourself via saliva tests and non-pharmaceutical remedies. I recommend this book.
I have been using the cream for almost a week -- the first few days, I felt some uncomfortable side effects of nausea and migraines but I reduced the amount of cream I use (1/2 tsp) and by the end of 5 days the side effects were much reduced and I feel my body is adjusting well. you can google the side effects of progesterone creams so you can be informed. In just 2-3 days I noticed the intensity of my hot flashes was cut in half which is such a relief!!!
This book has also inspired me to seek out a holistic minded ob/gyn in my area and it has made me realize that my treatment can be gentle and custom tailored to me. For that, I thank the good Doctor Randolph.
The cost of the saliva test is $150, projesterone cream $40 and the phone consult is $100. I have had the phone consultation and I would say you can skip that (very superficial) and spend your money visiting your doctor instead. The nurse on the phone consultation only recommended 2 supplements for me, contrary to what other reviewers have suggested.
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2008-08-08
Don't waste your money!
This is just another diet book that encourages you to spend more money on additonal products. If you are a South Beacher don't bother wasting your money. Any sensible diet will help you lose weight AND diminish your belly (along with many other areas). All the creams and lotions and "potions" suggested to go along with this diet will certainly help you lose. Lose your money!
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What Everybody Should Know About Low Carb Dieting For BeginnersThe variety of dieting programs today may impress and puzzled any person. Still - which to choose - remains a debatable question.
First of all you should decide whether you merely want to loose weight or your main purpose is to be slim and feel healthier and happier. Pay your attention to the low carb diet.
How Low Carb Dieting Works
To keep carbon-hydrates on the proper level is the base for weight loss. Carbon-hydrates are the main energy source. A person’s body is supposed to keep 1600 calories at a time and when this figure is exceeded the calories begin to turn into fat. Consuming reasonable amount of calories at dinner you may get as much energy as is necessary for the nearest time.
Which Products Are to Be Avoided
Your body may need extra fat but not sugar. Reducing the amount of sugar consumed you’ll automatically lower the number of calories. If your diet contains many complex carbon-hydrates check portions, take up more physical activities and you’ll see that it’s possible to do several days without sugar. Natural sugar is contained in many products (milk, fruits and vegetables, starch).
To Snatch or not to Snatch
One should not eat between the main meals. This is a strict rule to be observed. Fat is the source of energy. Every time when energy deficit arouse this source began working and consuming fat stores. You may eat anything you want during the meal – help yourself to an ice-cream or a chocolate bar, but avoid but get rid of the habit to gnaw something between meals.
It’s Important to Know
All carbon-hydrates may be divided into 2 groups:
Complex carbs- increase sugar level in blood lowly. The y may be used as the base for mane dishes and the energy you get would be enough for several hours:
 • Bread, flour
 • Spaghetti
 • Rice
 • Vegetables
 • Peas, beans and etc.
Simple carbs – increase sugar level fast but energy consumes quickly as well;
 • Fruits, vegetables
 • Milk
 • Honey
 • Barley                                                                                                                                                          Â
Consume Proteins
Proteins are completely vital. There are such proteins which are not produced by the organism itself and can be got only with food. The best sources of such proteins are – fish, meat, eggs, milk and dairy products. Any meal should contain at least one item from this list.
Main Rules
 • No ready-to-cool food
 • No more than 1 or 2 little wine glasses a day
 • As less additional sugar as possible
 • No dieting coca-cola
 • Choose a rest-day from the diet once a week
 • No snatches between meals |
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