Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-315) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
pt. 1. How the diet works to reverse weight gain and aging -- You need a younger brain for a younger (thinner) you -- The younger (thinner) you diet quiz -- Get thin faster with dopamine -- Increase your weight loss with acetylcholine -- Break the cycle of emotional eating with GABA -- Control cravings and find happiness with serotonin -- pt. 2. How to make the diet work for you -- The basics of the younger (thinner) you diet -- The younger (thinner) you exercise strategies -- The younger (thinner) you daily meal plans -- The younger (thinner) you diet recipes -- Keep track of your success -- pt. 3. How to personalize the diet to meet your health needs -- Becoming younger, thinner, and healthier -- Your health controls your metabolic fire -- Protect your bones and maintain muscle mass -- Stay sexy and flatten your stomach -- Becoming younger (and thinner) every year -- Appendix A: Spices and brain chemistry -- Appendix B: The nutrients from color foods -- Appendix C: Index of recipes -- Appendix D: Core age markers of each of the body systems -- Appendix E: Important blood work to discuss with your doctor.
Summary, etc.:
Dr. Braverman expands upon concepts introduced in "Younger You" to present a new approach to lifelong weight management arguing that obesity results from a brain chemical imbalance and explaining how certain foods and spices can reverse this imbalance.