In this busy world, we want to lose weight sooner and faster. The Hormone Diet taught readers the ins and outs of how and why their hormones play the biggest part in their weight-loss woes. Now, in The Supercharged Hormone Diet, Dr. Natasha Turner gives readers the information they need to get their hormones back on track-in 30 days flat.
This highly praised plan addresses readers' most popular concerns in a fabulous, easy-to-follow program that includes:
- The Best Body Assessment for setting your goals - The Hormonal Health Profile to identify fat-packing hormonal imbalances - Recommended blood tests to take to your doctor - Suggested supplements to aid fat burning and restore optimal health - Hormone Diet-friendly food lists, weekly meal plans, and a handy grocery guideNatasha Turner, ND, is a leading naturopathic doctor and the founder of Clear Medicine, a Canadian-based wellness boutique that provides integrated health care. She is also the author of the bestselling books The Hormone Diet and The CarbSensitivity Plan. She lives in Toronto with her husband.CHAPTER 1
OUR BIG FAT HORMONAL IMBALANCES
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
ALBERT EINSTEIN
Imagine exercising daily, counting calories and excluding food groups only to have your belly fat or love handles grow bigger and bigger. The more you strive to meet your goal, the further you are from achieving it. It's the always shocking, incredibly frustrating, unsuccessful dieting phenomenon. And it happened to me.
At the time, I was a student and I assumed that the diet and exercise program I was following wasn't strict enough, long enough, or strenuous enough. Naturally I decided that I simply needed to l%