Psychiatrist Says To Alleviate the Overweight Pandemic, Americans Must Change the Way They Think
Characterizing the increasing size of the country's waistline as a pandemic, Psychiatrist Dr. Anthony J. Burlay stresses the importance of changing the American attitude toward food in his new book, "The Foundation Diet: Your Body Was Designed to Eat."
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) March 22, 2005 -– Characterizing the increasing size
of the country's waistline as a pandemic, Psychiatrist Dr. Anthony J. Burlay
stresses the importance of changing the American attitude toward food in his
book, The Foundation Diet: Your Body Was Designed to Eat (Zen-fusion Publishing,
$22.95).
"Losing weight is easy," he says "but you must understand how
your body works and change your behavior if you want results, and want to keep
your results– that's the difficult part."
In his book Dr. Burlay
explains that to lose weight and keep it off, you must:
* Understand how your
body was designed to eat;
* Set reasonable goals and stay the course;
and
* Change more complex patterns of thought and behaviors.
"Our
bodies evolved to eat a certain type of diet," he says. "By altering attitudes,
educating yourself about how humans should eat, and making some strategic
changes, you can lose weight- permanently."
The Foundation Diet
integrates a way of eating designed by evolution– what Dr. Burlay refers to as
“evolutionary guidelines”– with sound medical and archeological evidence, as
well as psychological support. Recipes included in the book are far from what
you may think our ancestors ate, but Dr. Burlay points out that a diet rich in
variety and imagination is essential to keep us on track. He emphasizes that it
is entirely possible to dine on gourmet-type foods, while still eating the way
nature intended humans to eat, and lose weight.
"Today we eat an
incorrect balance of foods for how our bodies are designed," Dr. Burlay says. We
make things more difficult for ourselves because "we associate foods with
emotional events, feel addicted to foods, and even attach a moral component to
eating."
Coupled with the motivation and therapeutic support The
Foundation Diet provides, Dr. Burlay hopes to revolutionize the way people think
about food, their bodies, and their future. "Evolutionarily our bodies adapted
and learned to be efficient in order to survive," says Dr. Burlay. "The
Foundation Diet is the closest match to the long lost instruction manual for our
metabolism."
The Foundation Diet is available at Amazon.com and major
booksellers. For more information visit: www.foundationdiet.com.
About Anthony J. Burlay
M.D.:
Dr. Burlay is currently the Medical Director for a substance abuse
residential rehabilitation treatment program in Maryland. He earned his M.D. and
completed his Psychiatric Residency at the University of Maryland, and became
Board Certified in General Psychiatry and Addictions Psychiatry. He earned his
B.A. from the University of Maryland, graduating Cum Laude. He has lost and kept
off over 50 pounds following The Foundation Diet.
Media: To schedule an
interview, request a press kit, or to receive a review copy of The Foundation
Diet, please contact Candice Pascal. A press kit and high resolution, print
quality graphic of The Foundation Diet dust jacket (file size 3433286) is
available for download at http://www.foundationdiet.com/media.htm.
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