Book description
How Australia s leading weight-loss scientist, Dr Amanda
Sainsbury-Salis of the Garvan Institute, put her theories to the test
and lost nearly 30 kilos. The scentifically based way to lose weight and
keep it off forever. Whether you've tried all the diets but find you
just keep putting the weight back on - plus extra - or simply want to
lose weight and keep it off forever, this is the book for you. Like many
women, Dr Amanda Sainsbury-Salis began dieting in her teens despite
being a normal weight. Over the next few years she tried all kinds of
diets, and six years on her weight had ballooned; she was now obese. 'I
dieted myself fat,' Dr Sainsbury-Salis says. 'I'd lose a kilo or two
then just gain it all back, plus more.' She also fell prey to binge
eating, pigging out on pastries in between her dieting attempts. When in
despair she finally gave up dieting, she decided to start a career in
medical research so that she could find an effective way to lose weight.
Today she is a world leader in the field of weight loss. Through her
research, she discovered that the key to successful dieting is to
understand how your brain regulates your weight and work with it, rather
than against it, by never going hungry. Staying satisfied is the key to
beating the 'famine reaction', your body's way of protecting itself when
you diet from what it perceives as a life-threatening food shortage.
Once in tune with your body, it's easy to lose weight and keep it off.
Amanda tested out her theories on herself, losing nearly 30 kilograms
and keeping it off for more than nine years (and counting), then helped
her husband to lose 20 kilograms. Now, in The Don't Go Hungry Diet, Dr
Sainsbury-Salis explains the science behind her discoveries simply and
effectively, then tells how you, too, can lose weight more effectively
and with less effort than ever before. With chapters on how to recognise
and deal with a famine reaction and other scientific breakthroughs, as
well as on nutrition and exercise, plus 50 delicious recipes, this is a
scientifically based plan that is simple for anyone to follow - and that
works. One of the world's leading scientists in the field of weight
regulation, Dr Amanda Sainsbury-Salis is a Research Fellow at the Garvan
Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, where her work is funded by such
health organisations as the NHMRC and Diabetes Australia. Dr
Sainsbury-Salis is also a senior lecturer at the University of NSW. Her
many awards include the Peter Doherty Post-Doctoral Fellowship. She
lives in Sydney with her husband and two young children.
