Escape the Diet Trap is now out!
My latest book was officially published in the UK yesterday (5th January). The book starts by taking a long hard look at why 'eating less and exercising more' rarely works for sustained weight loss, as well as what works better. I explore the hormonal control of fat storage with particular reference to insulin and leptin, and also provide practical information and advice about what to eat, when to eat, exercise and psychology. I've encompassed relatively new strategies such as intermittent fasting and high intensity intermittent exercise too. The book is supported with over 300 scientific references.
To mark the occasion of
Escape the Diet Trap's publication, I recorded a brief podcast about the book with my good friend and colleague Carl Munson which you can find
here.
The book is only published in the UK at this time. Some of you will be willing to swallow amazon's shipping charges, but I appreciate that will be a stretch for many. As soon as I have news about US publication I will let you know.
We have quite a lot of coverage in the press planned over the coming week (starting on Saturday in The Times) and dearly hope this book gets into the hands of people who could benefit from reading it. I've noticed already a general interest in and support for Escape the Diet Trap on-line and with individuals I've contacted about it for which I an truly grateful.
Some of you may already have copies and are in the process of reading the book. If you have any feedback about it I'd be glad to hear it. You can email me at
john@drbriffa.com Recent protein and body weight study is interesting, but let's get to the nub of this issue...
One concepts that I explore in
Escape the Diet Trap is the idea that 'a calorie is a calorie' - the concept that all calories have an identical impact on body weight, whether they come from carbohydrate, protein or fat. Actually, there is evidence that this is not the case, and for good biochemical reasons too that I explain in the book. Just a few days ago, a new study was published that appears to provide further evidence that different types of calorie impact weight (and body composition) differently. However, as I explain in my blog post today, this study has limited relevance to the real world. For what is truly important,
click this link.
The nonsense of calorie counting
In one of my blog posts this week I take issue with the concept of judging a food based on the calories it contains. Not only have reduced calorie approaches been shown to be fantastically ineffective for weight loss, the impact that a food has on weight and health goes way beyond the mere calories it contains. For more on this,
click this link.
