Dr. Poon's Metabolic Diet is as easy as 1 - 2 - 3. His diet is design in 3 phases and each phase the book is full of cooking receipes and diet instructions. Readers of Dr. Poon's book will learn why their past and current diets has not worked for them, how to eat and diet right. The book is composed of 21 short and easy reading chapters as outline below:

PREFACE

1: OBJECTIVES

2: WHAT IS OBESITY?

3: COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH OBESITY

• Type 2 Diabetes
• Hypertension, Dyslipidemia and Coronary Heart Disease
• Obesity and Cancer
• Autoimmune Disease
• Acne and Other Skin Disorders
• Water Retention
• Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
• Fatty Liver and Gallstones
• Osteoarthritis
• Sleep Apnea and Respiratory Problems
• Hyperuricemia
• Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

4: CHILDHOOD OBESITY

5: METABOLIC SYNDROME

6: WHY DID THE LOW FAT, LOW PROTEIN, AND HIGH CARBOHYDRATE DIET FAIL?

7: INSULIN IS YOUR ENEMY AND GLUCAGON IS YOUR FRIEND

8: KETOSIS

9: EAT LOW FAT AND NOT NO FAT

10: MEDICATIONS THAT CAN CAUSE WEIGHT GAIN

11: GLYCEMIC INDEX AND GLYCEMIC LOAD

12: READING FOOD LABELS

13: EXERCISES

14: VITAMINS AND NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS

15: PROS AND CONS OF DIFFERENT DIETS

16: VITAL STATISTICS

17: PHASE ONE - INDUCTION PHASE

18: PHASE TWO - CONTINUED WEIGHT LOSING PHASE

19: PHASE THREE - MAINTENANCE PHASE

20: FACTS AND MYTHS

21: “I AM A STRESS EATER”

22: INVASIVE AND NON-INVASIVE BARIATRIC PROCEDURES

23: PHILOSOPHY OF DR. POON’S DIET

24: SUMMARY

25: ABOUT THE AUTHOR

APPENDIX

INDEX

NOTES