Review Of Joel Marion's The Cheat To Lose Diet
By Mike Mahler
I've known fitness expert Joel Marion for many years and enjoyed reading his articles in magazines (Muscle Media, Testosterone) and on his website. His work is always well thought-out and based on science rather than conjecture. I've consulted with Joel many times about nutrition and supplements and always found the talks informative.
Recently I had the pleasure of reading a review copy of Joel’s exceptional new book, The Cheat to Lose Diet. As a fitness professional, I've read tons of diet and nutrition books and most of them are painfully boring and, in some cases, patronizing. Most are loaded with diet tips no one will stick with and very few cover the importance of optimizing hormone levels to maximize fat loss. Well, without addressing hormone levels, you can forget about feeling great, building muscle, or burning fat.
Fortunately, Marion understands the connection between effective fat loss and optimal hormone levels--especially the hormone leptin. A hormone produced by, and released from, fat cells, leptin is the most important hormone for successful fat loss. When leptin levels are high, the thyroid and metabolism function optimally, but when leptin levels are low, thyroid function plummets and the metabolism becomes inefficient--and when you dramatically reduce calories, leptin levels plummet. In fact, Marion writes that studies show leptin levels can drop by 50% with just one week of dieting. In addition to poor thyroid function and slow metabolism, the level of the stress hormone, cortisol, goes through the roof. High cortisol levels produce high levels of abdominal fat storage and muscle wasting. Thus the end result of long-term diet restriction is a dramatic reduction in fat loss efficiency: the dieter ends up in a vicious cycle of having to continue to reduce calories more and more to keep the fat loss going and keep it that way for the rest of his or her life. This is impossible for most, and even if you could pull it off, you can forget about enjoying life. Fortunately, there's a better way.
Marion writes that the real key to effective fat loss is keeping leptin levels high. While reducing calories can drop leptin levels by 50% in one week, just one day of overeating can ramp the levels back up, so you can follow a strict diet during the week and have a blast every Saturday gorging on all of your favorite foods. You can even take pleasure in the experience, knowing it will enhance your fat loss goals: the overeating day is one of the most important elements of the program. It's not something you should do if you feel up it, but something you have to do! I don't think it'll be a tough sale.
With the ramped-up levels of leptin from the cheat day, you start every week with optimal leptin levels to kick fat loss into high gear. Just when the levels start going down again, you ramp it up again at the end of the week with each cheat day. Knowing you can take a vacation from your strict diet week with the once weekly--mandatory--cheat day is a strong incentive to stay committed and motivated--you know every week has a happy ending.
In addition to his innovative, effective approach to fat loss (backed-up by hundreds of clients) Marion discusses the pitfalls of low-carb diets; low-fat diets; the importance of choosing the right fats; right carbs; and getting in optimal levels of protein. Marion also includes an effective high-intensity cardio program, in the form of interval-training, to accelerate fat-loss goals. Finally, the book is loaded with menu options, courtesy of nutrition-expert John Berardi.
Joel Marion has to put together a very comprehensive book on effective fat-loss, which people who've been discouraged on other diets will find refreshing. Check it out at: The Cheater's Diet You can also contact Joel at: www.joelmarion.net.
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