The Mediterranean zone : unleash the power of the world's healthiest diet for superior weight loss, health, and longevity

309 Pages·2014·1.73 MB·English

by  Sears

BY DR. BARRY SEARS
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Unleash the Power of the World’s
Healthiest Diet for Superior Weight
Loss, Health, and Longevity

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Sears, Barry.
The Mediterranean zone : unleash the power of the world’s healthiest diet for
superior weight loss, health, and longevity / Barry Sears, Ph.D.
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Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-8041-7917-1
eBook ISBN 978-0-80417919-5
1. Reducing diets. 2. Diet—Mediterranean Region. 3. Diet therapy—
Mediterranean Region. 4. Inflammation—Diet therapy. 5. Weight loss. 6.
Longevity. 7. Nutrition. 8. Health. I. Title.
RM222.2.S3893 2014
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To Hippocrates, who was right when he said,
“Let food be your medicine, and let medicine be
your food.”
Contents Cover
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Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Preface
Introduction: The Zone at 20
The Zone at a Glance
PART I: MASTERING THE
MEDITERRANEAN ZONE
1:
The Coming Reckoning
2:
Inflammation: The Real Reason We
Gain Weight, Get Sick, and Age at
a Faster Rate
3:
Mastering the Zone Diet for a
Lifetime
4:
The Mediterranean Diet: Facts and
Fiction
5:
The Mediterranean Zone: The
Evolution of the Mediterranean
Diet
6:
Anti-inflammatory Supplements
for the Mediterranean Zone
PART II: THE SCIENCE OF
POLYPHENOLS
7:
Polyphenols: The Next Essential
Nutrients
8:
Polyphenols and Gut Health
9:
Polyphenols and Oxidative Stress
10:
Polyphenols and Longevity
PART III: THE
INDUSTRIALIZATION OF
FOOD
11:
The Industrialization of Food and
the Rise of Diet-Induced
Inflammation
12:
Chasing the Wrong Food Villains
PART IV: THE FUTURE OF
MEDICINE
13:
Epigenetics: Opening Pandora’s
Genetic Box