#1 WEIGHT LOSS SHORTCUT Dr. Michael Greger reveals the unlimited pantry-foods secret so powerful, it can burn off 24 lbs in 7 days!
Rondi lost 213 lbs!
For most of her life, Rondi Neuven flirted with diets but could never rein in her appetite.
At 363 pounds, “I decided to start listening to my body,” recalls the Alberta executive assistant, 49.
She began trading processed junk for smoothies and salads, hoping to find options that would kill her hunger.
Down a quick 12 pounds, she kept at it.
“I made tiny changes, instinctively eating whole plant foods 80% of the time.”
Eventually, Rondi discovered Dr. Greger, “and it was like, ‘Wow! Now I see why it worked so well,’” she says. “My desire for large quantities hasn’t changed, but it’s okay to eat serving after serving of salad or fruit. I feel so satisfied!”
Rondi once needed half a dozen OTC meds a day to control chronic heartburn, joint pain, insomnia and more.
“I got off all of that—and I lost 213 pounds!”
Find Rondi at @harness_the_hangry
What Dr. Michael Greger says about this Weight Loss Plan
“Just start building meals around whole plant foods already in your pantry,” suggests Michael Greger, M.D., author of mega-sellers How Not to Die and How Not to Diet.
“You can also eat as much as you want—no portion control!”
Says Dr. Greger, “The best diet for weight loss happens to be easy-peasy and the best diet for the longest, happiest, healthiest life.”
WHOLE-FOOD PLANT-based
DIET PLAN
Raid the pantry—and get slim!
These meals are delicious and make-ahead easy.
Dr. Greger encourages you to simply make your meals and snacks from whole plant foods.
“The closer foods look to when they’re harvested, the better,” he says.
For best results, avoid oil, all versions of which are processed.
At each sitting, eat until you feel satisfied.
Drink plenty of water. Dr. Greger says unsweetened tea and coffee are also good choices.
As always, get a doctor’s okay to try any new plan.
BREAKFAST
Cook a big pot of steel-cut oats and enjoy reheated through the week topped with your choices of fruit (fresh or frozen), nuts, cocoa nibs and/or coconut milk.
LUNCH
Blitz 2 cups soaked cashews with 1 cup broth and seasoning to taste. Use as sauce over spiralized
veggies or whole-grain pasta. Enjoy with a side salad.
SNACK
Toss a rinsed/drained can of chickpeas with 1 Tbs. lemon juice and your favorite seasonings. Bake on lined sheet at 400ºF for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
DINNER
Cook a big pot of baby potatoes and enjoy reheated and topped with roasted veggies, vinegar, herbs/spices, avocado cubes and nuts/seeds.
Dr. Greger’s Baked Apples
You won’t believe how luscious this healthy treat is!
INGREDIENTS -
3 dates, soaked in warm water
3 Tbs. dried goji berries, soaked and drained
1⁄3 cup chopped nuts
11 ⁄2 tsp. ground cinnamon
4 large, firm baking apples, washed and cored
1 Tbs. fresh lemon juice
RECIPE -
In food processor, blitz dates to make syrup. Add berries, nuts, and cinnamon; pulse lightly. Peel the top third of each apple; rub with lemon juice. Fill apples with nut mixture and arrange in baking dish. Pour 1⁄2 cup of water around apples. Cover and bake at 350º F until tender, about 1 hour. Serves 4
Apple recipe is from The How Not to Diet Cookbook.
100+ Recipes for Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss by Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM.
Reason Why Dr. Greger Meal Plan Works
Turns out, when your menus are made with whole plants, “you can take in roughly double your normal volume of food while only consuming about half your usual calories,” he explains.
Plus, Yale scientists recently confirmed that as your body works to break down all the fiber in plants, it causes metabolism to shoot up by 14%.
Then there’s the matter of supernutrients.
Plant foods are not only better for you than processed junk, “they have, on average, 64 times more antioxidant power than meat, poultry, fish, dairy and eggs,” says Dr. Greger. That means 64 times more power to block oxidative stress, a cell-damaging reaction inside us “thought to be why we get wrinkles, why we lose memory and why our organ systems break down as we get older.”
A flood of antioxidants from plants works fast too.
When volunteers tested a plant based approach similar to Dr. Greger’s, it took them just one week to slash blood pressure by up to 49 points, bad cholesterol by up to 50 points and even reverse prediabetes.
Your mood gets an instant lift too:
“Studies show that the more fruit and vegetables we eat, the happier calmer and more energetic we feel that day and the next!”
Save time, get slim.
Dr. Greger says going plant based is the ultimate diet shortcut since you don’t have to learn complicated rules or slave over a food log.
Want to make it easier still?
Real-world wow
Despite decades of diets, stress eater Hazel Dixon-Cooper ended up at 277 pounds.“I could barely walk a flight of stairs, my blood pressure and cholesterol were going up,” recalls the California writer, 73. “Then my cardiologist found two blocked arteries.”A worried friend started making plant-based dishes for Hazel to try. “I loved the food,” she recalls. “So I started eating more plants.”Soon a Dr. Greger fan, she kept it simple, pairing pantry items like pasta and beans with veggies.“You can make delicious ‘tuna salad’ using chickpeas,” she says.“Soup is also easy and satisfying.”Slowly transitioning to an unprocessed, plant-based diet over two years, her food bill came down hundreds of dollars and her health turned around.“I lost 122 pounds, my heart is great, my joint pain is gone and I have more energy than I did years ago,” she says.“I did this in my 70s. Plants work no matter your age!”
https://hazeldixoncooper.com/
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