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When Your Body Just Does What It Feels Like
Find out what's driving you to eat
Original Title
Quand le corps n'en fait qu'à sa tête Découvrez ce uqi vous pousse à manger
A book that shakes up preconceived ideas about nutrition and overweight, by a specialist in brain function!
Why is it so hard, even impossible, to lose weight and especially to stay slim? What's going on in the body and brain of a person who loses weight and a person who gains it? Why do excess weight and obesity win out, even though we are literally overwhelmed by food guides, Internet nutrition sites, “diet” cookbooks, weight-loss diets, nutrition information, and TV and radio programs?
In this entertaining, incisive and scrupulously documented book, Louise Thibault points us toward answers that upset preconceived ideas on nutrition and the body. She explains why it's normal to have irresistible cravings, to give up on a weight-loss diet, and to go back to the weight we were when we started, plus a few kilos, even when we know how to feed ourselvesproperly.
The author lifts the veil on our conscious and unconscious relationships with food. But far from being fatalist or pessimist, she offers practical advice and encourages us to find personal solutions to improve our health with the help of a notebook of thoughts that accompanies us step by step. Equipped with a better understanding of our body and brain mechanisms, we can then come up with effective ways to avoid diet traps and once again find harmony between our head and our stomach.
The book's strong points
• A researcher in the field of nutrition, Louise Thibault takes a scientific look at the issue of overweight. She also explores the connections between brain function and weight. Her explanations are based on rigorous studies. The scientific content is written for everyone.
• Each chapter ends with a notebook of thoughts that reviews the elements to remember.
• Style often amusing and entertaining.
• The author looks at today's societyand offersa critical perspective on our way of life.
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- Price :
- 20.00 $ CAD
- ISBN :
- 9782761933070
- Publication date :
- May 2013
- Category :
- Health
- Pages :
- 160 pages
Author
Louise Thibault
Louise Thibault is a nutritionist, researcher and Associate Professor of Nutrition at McGill University in Montreal. She has been studying food behaviour for more than 25 years. She has published the results of her work on controlling food intake and regulating body weight in respected professional journals and as book chapters.
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