Balancing Health and Weight Management

Most diet programmes are built around counting the calories in each meal. Specialist schools differ on how many calories a meal should contain, yet most agree that the fewer the calories, the more effective the slimming programme, and that weight is lost by reducing fats and starches.

The body usually responds to a shortage of food by burning its stored calories. It can keep drawing on these reserves for a short time, but when this continues for long it puts pressure on the psychological system: the mind fears losing its strength and resists changes to its shape and identity. This book looks at weight management through that balance between body, mind and habits.