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  • Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss
  • Written by: Dr. Jason Fung
  • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
  • Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (611 ratings)

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Narrated by: Brian Nishii
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Publisher's Summary

Everything you believe about how to lose weight is wrong. Weight gain and obesity are driven by hormones - in everyone - and only by understanding the effects of insulin and insulin resistance can we achieve lasting weight loss.

In this highly listenable and provocative book, Dr. Jason Fung sets out an original, robust theory of obesity that provides startling insights into proper nutrition. In addition to his five basic steps - a set of lifelong habits that will improve your health and control your insulin levels - Dr. Fung explains how to use intermittent fasting to break the cycle of insulin resistance and reach a healthy weight - for good.

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©2016 Jason Fung (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

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long but well worth the investment of time.

traces the science and concludes that fasting is best way to loose weight and keep it off.

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This book changed my life - really!

I wish I had come across this book years ago. It has literally changed my life. I have lost 40 lbs this past year and totally look at food in a new way. Everything is very well explained, and although sometimes repetitive, it gets the message through.

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Great Book!

Great information in this book. Helped open my mind on diets and why they don't work.

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Very enlightening

This book peels back the layers of weight gain and exposes the myths, legends and misinformation around weight loss. It is filled with useful information. Where to start?

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If you listen to any author listen to Jason Fung!

Amazing book with great information. Amazing read to start your journey to a healthy lifestyle!

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Life changing

This book is a MUST READ for anyone caught in the diet loop. It will change how you look at food and diet recommendations forever!

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Excellent!

I Loved it! the best book about obesity! the Narrator was great! I recommend it 100%

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Excellent book, would recommend to everyone!

Excellent book, I would recommend this to everyone, especially those looking to lose weight, or simply interested in health and nutrition.

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fascinating

Dr. Fung challenges conventional wisdom about weight gain and loss, and develops a robust theory of obesity that is data-driven. I found myself engaging in an internal dialogue as I listened, because of the many "facts" that I've cemented in my brain, which are simply not so. Even accepting the new knowledge, it is difficult to stop mentally defending dieting rhetoric that I've known for so long. There are many interesting facets to this theory. Naturally, each reader will tend to be particularly interested in those which have some personal connection. For me, the information pertaining to abdominal fat, stress/ cortisol, fatty liver, and fasting were the real gems. But overall, there was very little that I found uninteresting. I highly recommend this book, and will be interested to read what others have thought.

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Inspiring.

I used the book to coach me through my fast which was extremely helpful. I am going to 3 meals a day with no snacks. Thanks Dr. Jason Fung for your common sense approach to eating properly and insulin education.

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