The Calorie Myth: How to Eat More, Exercise Less, Lose Weight, and Live Better

A must read book for all health conscious people

When you get to the end of the book there is a link to the Sane website where you are invited to watch (supposedly take part in) a webinar (???) 3 and a half hours of repetition and sales pitch to guide you to sign up for $350 a month or $2,100 or 'for today only... the first 15 people....' (you know how that goes) $1,497. A snip at half the price. So then you can access all the secret recipes and get a few phone calls. Of course if you don't take him up on the kind offer you can still use the web site to buy OTT priced sweeteners and cocoa powder at what are probably three times the price of generic versions of the same thing that don't carry the SANE brand. The book basically says eat lots of protein and non starchy veg... The biggest message is to forget starvation and let adequate amounts of healthy food heal your metabolism.

This book goes much further than just busting the myths about the "eat less, exercise more" treadmill that fails us over and over.... It also opens up the way to a new reality of lasting natural health and fitness, based on the scientific facts about how our bodies actually work. Jonathon Bailor deserves a Nobel Prize for the decade and more he has devoted to sifting through the deep science to bring us the truth, presented here in a clear way that is a joy to read. And it is all distilled into a Five Week Plan that anyone can implement. A true labour of love ... and I love it! Thank you, Jonathon.

This was the longest awaited missing part of a puzzle that just was not making sense. Industries and diet 'gurus ' were the only people benefiting from the ' low fat,high exercise ' diets being thrown at everyone.The physiology and biochemistry is all sound, with eminent professors to support the research findings.If we just stood back to think for a moment, of course a calorie is not just a calorie, it depends upon the 'quality'of the calorie. The whole calorie counting myth created was a waste of time and energy.We were never meant to eat all this processed sugary stuff the companies call 'food'.Let's show them how to eat SANEly, and as it used to be until the 'low fat ' diets and all this sugar was introduced.We cannot wait for the government to wake up.....it's up to us to make the healthy choices.Thank you Jonathan for a reminder of what we had forgotten: basic science and common sense.

Like just about every other book on nutrition, the calorie myth encourages people to eat more natural foods and to stop eating crap. This book goes a step further though and explains the importance of lowering the metabolic set point for long term weight loss and I think that this is where this book shines.By taking an approach based on hormones, weight loss is achieved in a way that is healthy and sustainable.There is enough science to give the advice credibility but not so much that you get bogged down by it.My only criticism of the calorie myth, is that the exercise portion of the book, for me, was overly simplistic. And whilst we are encouraged to eat in a way that is natural, the weights program is far from natural. 'Negative' reps have their place but I have yet to see anyone produce anything close to a decent physique using this protocol for only 10 mins a week. (And I've worked in a gym that had negative machines exclusively)!That aside, I would highly recommend this book

A must read if you are a calorie counting prisoner or if you just want to understand how the body works. Some important myths are being explained and debunked, information that will blow your mind.I high recommend reading this book!

I've gained a lot from this book. It's starts to go into a fixed diet idea which I don't think is helpful as it's the wrong mindset for long term healthy eating. The information about hormones and how to balance for health eating for health is very useful.

A great read and introduction in to the biology of our body and how we process food, the only downside is that I feel that it repeats itself a lot and goes on for quite some time when I really just want to jump in and find out what I should be eating and how much. Also the recipes seem quite complex. Would rather just a list of all foods on one page where I can easily just pick what to eat.

I read the book with great interest as an ex yo-yo dieter. I have recently embarked on a a low carb high fat diet and this is proving to be successful, the information in this book really helped me to understand why, and what I could to sustain this for life.Brilliantly informative using science not myth.Thank you!

The must read book if you are looking some answer about diet and how our body process food!I love every bit of it because is based in plain common sense and it is not a extreme diet book.It is a healthy and intellingent way of leaving!

So clear! Explains why diets do not work and how to help yourself. I bought this publication on Kindle and am sorry about that. Will be buying the book as the tables and research were too tiny on my kindle screen. I now have a way forward that I feel confident will work for me.

Read it, read it again and then read it once more. It all makes sense and living and eating this way becomes so simple. Take feeling so much better on top of it all and you're on to a winner. I don't have a weight problem per se, but I don't want one. Neither do I want to suffer from so many of the so called age-related diseases of this modern age. Bring on a long and healthy old age, (although not the old age bit just yet, thank you very much)

Essential reading for anyone who ever wondered if the current 'calorie counting' system really works. Also great, scientifically backed advice on what you should be eating and why the government recommendations are so wrong.

Really good read. I liked the fact it was based on literature review of years worth of randomised controlled research papers and how that was then linked to how we ate before mass food production and now. I highly recommend a read of this book as it truly does blow myth out of the water.

Clear, easy to read and accurate information. Inspires you to achieve your goals. Definitely works. Scientifically sound, much better than other “weight loss” books. Highlights that improving food quality improves health.

The book is written well and its content is solidly supported by scientific research. Some may find its conclusions surprising but I feel sure that by following this eting and exercise plan you will lose weight and keep it off for ever.