The very foods and lifestyle choices that are supposed to promote weight loss and optimal health, such as salads, brown rice and limiting calorie intake, have the opposite effect. So says diet expert Jason Bussell, who dispels these and many other myths about weight and health management. A champion of traditional Chinese medicine and the Asian approach to diet, Bussell claims Americans can learn a lot from Asians about proper diet, weight loss and health maintenance. After years of research, he has found that if we eat like Asians, we are thin and healthy. Best of all, his plan is simple, effective and painless! This highly knowledgeable, lively guest will fascinate audiences by revealing why:
• Adults should eliminate dairy products from their diets.
• Vegetarian diets are not healthy.
• Calorie counting is a waste of time.
• Supplements are unnecessary.
• Attitude is just as important to weight and health maintenance as diet.
• So-called “detox” diets and “juicing” aren’t good.
CREDENTIALS: Jason Bussell is the author of THE ASIAN DIET: Simple Secrets for Eating Right, Losing Weight, and Being Well. He holds a master of science degree in oriental medicine and is nationally certified in oriental medicine and acupuncture, which he studied in China. He is also the president emeritus of the Illinois Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and serves on the curriculum advisory committee for the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine.
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