Forget dieting! That's one premise of Flip the Switch: Proven Strategies to Fuel Your Metabolism and Burn Fat 24 Hours a Day by Robert K. Cooper, PhD.
It's a one of a kind approach to turning up your body's thermostat or what he calls Meta-Stat, meta as in metabolic and stat as in thermostat, which he believes is the answer to burning fat.
Cooper's interactive book is based on a wide range of research -- nutrition, exercise science, physiology, psychology, chronobiology (the study of daily biological rhythms in the body and brain), neuroscience stress dynamics. It also includes easy-to-do exercises and tasty recipes to increase your metabolism.
What you will learn:
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- How sipping ice water can elevate metabolism by 30 percent for an hour and a half
- How deep breathing can short-circuit stress
- How light instantly revs up fat-burning
- How momentary pauses ramp up energy levels
- How a few easy moves can jump-start metabolism and build muscle
- How to eat a diet of small but frequent meals to burn fat
- How to perform frequent bouts of physical activity every 15 minutes to burn fat
- How light elevates metabolism
- How lack of sleep increases fat storage
- How skipping meals can lower your metabolism
- How sugar is a fat maker
- How getting some activity 15 to 30 minutes after a meal burns fat
- How green tea, iced or hot, can rev up metabolism and fat burning by 35 percent
- How to get rid of muscular trigger points
- How to stop the stress response
- How hormones play a significant role in fat burning
- How eating high glycemic carbs, like fat-free yogurt, can boost your serotonin -- your mood
You know you have a credible book when the bibliography section reads like a scientific Who's Who in Science and Nutrition. Flip the Switch is a good resource for anyone that wants to lose weight, fuel your metabolism, and burn fat in a healthy manner.
Stay moving.
