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The Rosedale Diet t h e

Rosedale


d i e t
RON ROSEDALE, M.D.,

and
CAROL COLMAN

An e-book excerpt from
To my parents, my sisters, and my son
for their love and support
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Contents
part one

Everything You Need to

Know About the Rosedale Diet
1

Chapter 1
Get Slim, Live Longer, Be Healthier
3

Chapter 2
Are You Leptin Resistant? Take This Quiz
25

Chapter 3
The Vicious Cycle: From Fat to Fatter
32

Chapter 4
How the Rosedale Diet Can Keep You Young
42


part two

Making the Rosedale Diet Work for You
59

Chapter 5
Why Good Fat Does a Body Good
61

Chapter 6
The Rosedale Diet Guide to Healthy Eating
74

Chapter 7
Getting Started: Weeks One to Three
102

Chapter 8
A Guide to the Rosedale Diet Supplement

Program
134

The Rosedale Diet Supplement Plan
156

The Rosedale Diet Supplement Plan Plus
157
v i i i

C o n t e n t s
Chapter 9

Rosedale Diet Exercise Strategies
161

Chapter 10

Chapter 11
Getting Healthy with the Rosedale Diet
184

Afterword

199
The Leptin Test and Other Medical Tests

That Can Save Your Life
165

rosedale resources
201

Your 21-Day Food Diary
203

How Much Protein Should You Eat Every Day?
205

For Women Only: Protein Requirement Worksheet
207

For Men Only: Protein Requirement Worksheet
209

Rosedale Diet Recipes

211
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Product Information

References


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Get Slim,
Live Longer,
Be Healthier
W
ant a slim, sculpted body and a longer life? Theres a tried and
true way to achieve both. Eating less . . . a lot less. Decades
ago, researchers discovered that if you put laboratory animals
on a very low calorie dietabout one-third fewer calories
than normalthey can live up to two times longer than well-
fed animals. Not surprisingly, food-restricted animals retain
their sleek, youthful gures. What is truly amazing, however,
is that their bodies not only appear younger, but by every ob-
jective laboratory measure, they are younger. Levels of key
hormones that normally uctuate with age, and other impor-
tant markers of aging remain remarkably stable. Nor do food-
restricted animals suffer as often from the chronic diseases
associated with normal aging, such as diabetes, heart dis-
ease, and cancer.
Slim for life. Healthy for life. A longer life in a younger
body. Despite these wonderful results, no one is seriously sug-
gesting that humans should follow such a punishing diet. Who
wants to starve? Who willingly can?
The fact is, you dont have to starve to be in great shape or
to enjoy the prospect of a longer, disease-free life. Thanks to
the Rosedale Diet, you can have all the benets of a strict, low 4

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calorie dieta great body, great health, and the promise of longevity
without ever having to feel a hunger pang.
The even better news is that you can lose weight and get healthy
while still eating delicious meals and snacks such as chicken tortillas,
wraps, guacamole, nuts (even so-called fattening nuts like macadamia
nuts), lobster salad, raspberry cheesecake, and eggs Benedict. No starv-
ing. No hunger. The best part of all is that you will be back in control of
your hunger, your weight, and your life.
My program has worked for thousands of my patients, and it can
work for you. By following the Rosedale Diet, my patients have not only
successfully lost weight, but have rejuvenated their bodies and reclaimed
their health. The once obese are now trim and t, in an amazingly short
period of time. Remarkably, the same biomarkers of longevity seen in
calorie-restricted animals are seen in my patients. In fact, by every objec-
tive laboratory measure, my patients have de-aged their bodies:

High blood sugar levels, a hallmark of aging, fall to normal,
healthy levels.

Body temperature stays lower in my patients, a sign that their
bodies are running more efciently.

Key hormones are restored to more youthful levels.

High blood lipid levels (triglycerides) plummet to a healthy
range.
The so-called diseases of aging, such as type 2 diabetes, a veritable
epidemic among people over forty, and heart disease, the number one
killer of both men and women, are vastly improved. In fact, after fol-
lowing my program for a few weeks, my patients are able to throw out
most of their prescription medicines.
My patients not only look great, but they tell me that they feel great
too, and have a huge amount of energy. The best news is, unlike calorie-
restricted animals who are kept in cages and starved to enjoy these ben-
ets, my patients feel full and satised. Its too early to say whether my
patients will live longerwe need to wait another thirty or forty years for
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that the quality of their lives is signicantly better. (My patients can
speak for themselves, and they do. They tell their own stories in their
own words, throughout this book.)
Within this book, you will nd the tools that you need to take back
control of your weight, and ultimately, your life. You will be empowered
with the latest scientic information on how to lose weight safely,
quickly, and permanently. Once you start the Rosedale Diet, you, too,
can experience the same spectacular success in terms of both weight
loss and better health enjoyed by my patients.

GETTING TO THE HEART OF OBESITY
The Rosedale Diet works because it corrects the underlying metabolic
aberration at the root cause of both obesity and premature aging: hor-
monal dysfunction. Hormones are chemical messengers that direct all
body activities, including how much you eat, and ultimately, whether
you are fat or t. Your hormones can work for you or against you. The
wrong diet creates hormonal imbalances that trigger hunger and food
cravings, the main problems that prevent people from losing weight and
keeping it off. The right dietthe Rosedale Dietalmost magically con-
trols hunger and eliminates food cravings. That is why it works so well.
Hunger is a powerful force. As I tell my patients, following a diet
while trying to ght hunger is like trying to hold on to the edge of a cliff
and hoping that gravity will go away. Eventually, youre going to let go. If
youre hungry, eventually youre going to eat and chances are, youll
overeat to make up for lost time.
How does my diet curb hunger? The Rosedale Diet is specially de-
signed to control the key hormone that regulates both appetite and
weight loss. That hormone is leptin. Leptin is produced by your fat
cells. It tells your brain when to eat, how much to eat and most impor-
tant, when to stop eating. Leptin is also critical for many of the bodys
most important functions, including the regulation of blood circulation,
the prevention of blood clots, making new bone, regulation of body
temperature, and reproduction. In fact, if a woman produces too little 6

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leptin, she will stop menstruating, and therefore will be unable to con-
ceive. Very recently, leptin amazed the scientic community when it
was found to be able to rewire critical and central portions of the brain
to better do its bidding. The more scientists research leptin, the more
they learn about how vital it is to life.
As hormones go, leptin is the new kid on the block. In fact, its so
new, most of your doctors may not have heard of it, or are unsure what
it does. Yet, I consider leptin to be so important for the health and well-
being of my patients that I always measure their leptin levels, and if I
have any say in the matter, doing so will become standard medical prac-
tice within a few years. Measuring leptin is easyits a simple blood
testbut it tells me volumes about my patients potential for gaining
weight and the ease with which they will be able to shed excess pounds.
Blood leptin levels indicate how well leptin is functioning in your body.
High fasting levels of leptin (from blood taken after waking and before
eating breakfast) mean that leptin is not functioning well, and there-
fore, unless leptin is brought down to a healthy level, losing weight and
keeping it off will be an insurmountable challenge. Low fasting leptin
levels mean that leptin is able to do its job and that your body wont sab-
otage your weight-loss efforts by making you constantly hungry.
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