The Core Balance Diet: 4 Weeks to Boost Your Metabolism and Lose Weight for Good

Marcelle Pick

Apr 2009 · Hay House, Inc

About this ebook

From the co-founder of Women to Women, one of the first clinics in the country devoted to providing health care for women by women, comes a whole new way to look at weight loss: The Core Balance Diet. Marcelle Pick draws upon decades of patient and personal experience to solve the mystery of stubborn, frustrating weight gain in women, whether youOCOve just gained it or have been struggling with it for years. This breakthrough program, which has benefited many of the thousands of women who visit the clinic each year, is rooted in cutting-edge nutritional science that explores the weblike relationship between womenOCOs hormones, metabolism, and weight gain. In clear terms, Pick connects the dots between self-knowledge, self-care, and the ability to lose weight, extending the concept of body-mind-spirit to demonstrate why and how a womanOCOs biography becomes her biology. At its most basic level, The Core Balance Diet shows you how to self-diagnose one of six major biochemical imbalances that may be preventing you from losing weight. These include digestive, hormonal, adrenal, neurotransmitter, inflammatory, and detoxification imbalances. From there, Pick guides you through easy lifestyle and diet changes customized to heal your specific imbalance. Throughout, you will learn how to begin living in a manner that encourages optimal healthOCowithout a lot of deprivation and stringent dieting rulesOCo by achieving core balance from the inside out, and, of course, weight loss for life."

Ratings and reviews

This book offers inspiration - and great solid advice - on how to restore your body's balance and lose weight! This is not some crash diet where you lose a lot of weight only to gain it back soon after. Instead, this is more a "road map" for how to live healthier and address underlying issues that may be hindering your weight loss attempts. Marcelle does a great job defining the different ways your body may be out of balance. She provides concrete steps to take toward increased health. Best of all are the yummy recipes and meal ideas!