Ten ReasonsPeople Can’t Lose Weight by Steven Rosenblatt, M.D., Ph.D. (NAPSA)—Although humans are programmedto fight hunger and enjoy food (the reason most diets fail), there’s a new generation of starch blockers, containing an extract of the white kidney bean, called Phase 2, that may enable you to enjoy some of your favorite, starch-rich foods without addingall the calories. 1. If I lose weight, Pll respect myself. It’s the other way around. When you respect yourself, you take care of yourself and stop doing thingslike overeating. 2. Losing weight will change my life. Reality: If you change yourlife, you'll lose weight. A major reason people gain weight after a diet is they thought weight loss would change their lives. When it didn’t, they quit trying. 3. If I could just lose weight, Pll look almost perfect. There’s no such thing as perfection. Once you understand that, you can have as perfect a life as possible. 4. I can’t lose weight without being hungry. You can’t lose weight without being full. Satiety is the keyto fat loss, not hunger. 5. Food is love. That ended when your mother stopped feeding you. If you're still eating fattening comfort foods, stop. Food is not your mother. If you need to get in touch with her, use the telephone. 6. Eating relieves stress. Eating will relieve stress by providing pleasure, but there are dozens of forms of pleasure that won’t make youfat. Starch blockers will make you less dependent on food by providing morestability in your levels of serotonin, endorphins,and blood sugar. 7. It’s not right to waste food. It’s even worse to waste your health. If you feel guilty about not cleaning yourplate, save yourleft- THE STARCH BLOCKER Thesafe, new wayto eat the foods you love - and lose the weight you hate D | ET sedCAMEIONSTAUTH +The medically approved breakthrough that instantly neutralizes up to 3 of the calories youeat, so you can enjoy pancakes, muffins, bagels, pasta, and more. +Includes menu plans, gourmet recipes, and starch calorie charts—everything you need to succeed. overs, even if it’s just two bites. Two bites might be enough to sat- isfy you later. Whether your hungeris biological or psychological, it must be satisfied. Starch blockerswill help. 8. Fattening foods taste best. Only if you’re driven by biochemical forces, such as low serotonin. Once you correct your carbohydrate metabolism, you'll learn to appreci- ate the exquisite subtleties and complexities of wholesomefoods. 9. I just don’t have the willpowerto be thin. You shouldn’t need willpower to be thin. If you do, youre probably living on the edge of carbohydrate addiction. 10. I inherited my fat. There’s nothing I can do. Until recently, that might have been true. There is a distinct heritability to impaired carbohydrate metabolism. But science has come to your aid. You have the same chance to be thin as everyoneelse. e Dr. Rosenblatt is author of The Starch BlockerDiet.
