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From the New York Instances bestselling creator of The Finish of Overeating comes an illuminating understanding of physique weight, together with the promise―and peril ―of the most recent weight reduction medication.
The wrestle is common: we work exhausting to shed some pounds, solely to seek out that it slowly creeps again. In America, physique weight has turn out to be a ache level shrouded in self-recrimination and disgrace, to not point out bias from the medical group. For a lot of, this battle not solely takes a psychological toll but additionally turns into a bodily risk: three-quarters of American adults wrestle with weight-related well being situations, together with hypertension, coronary heart illness, and diabetes. We all know that diets don’t work, and but we additionally know that extra weight starves us of years and high quality of life. The place will we go from right here?
In Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine, former FDA Commissioner Dr. David A. Kessler unpacks the thriller of weight in essentially the most complete work so far on this subject, giving readers the facility to dramatically enhance their well being. Kessler, who has himself struggled with weight, suggests the brand new class of GLP-1 weight reduction medication have offered a breakthrough: they’ve radically altered our understanding of weight reduction. They make lasting change attainable, however additionally they have actual disadvantages and have to be thought-about as a part of a complete method along with diet, habits, and bodily exercise.
Essential to this new perspective is the perception that weight-loss medication act on the a part of the mind that’s answerable for cravings. In essence, the medication tamp down the addictive circuits that overwhelm rational decision-making and quiet the “meals noise” that distracts us. Figuring out these mechanisms permits us to develop a method for efficient long-term weight reduction, and that begins with naming the elephant within the room: ultraformulated meals are addictive. Shedding weight is a technique of treating dependancy.
On this landmark e-book, one of many nation’s main public well being officers breaks taboos round this fraught dialog, giving readers the instruments to unplug the mind’s addictive wiring and alter their relationship with meals. Dr. Kessler cautions that medication, on their very own, pose severe dangers and aren’t a common resolution. However with this new understanding of the brain-body suggestions loop comes new potentialities for our well being and freedom from a lifelong wrestle.
Eye-opening, provocative, and rigorous, this e-book is a must-read for anybody who has ever struggled to take care of their weight―which is to say, everybody.
From the Writer
Writer : Flatiron Books
Publication date : Could 13, 2025
Language : English
Print size : 400 pages
ISBN-10 : 1250381274
ISBN-13 : 978-1250381279
Merchandise Weight : 1.3 kilos
Dimensions : 6.5 x 1.2 x 9.5 inches
