by Mackie Shilstone ~

"One of the most comprehensive nutritional and exercise programs I¿ve ever encountered. . . . Groundbreaking."
¿from the Foreword by Kathy Smith

Mackie Shilstone is famous for helping world-class athletes and business titans take their bodies to the next level, look great, and achieve peak performance. Now, drawing on his program, which has helped thousands of ordinary women and men lose excess body fat and shed inches and pounds, Shilstone has written the definitive guide to metabolic weight loss¿the first book to offer gender-specific strategies for eating and exercising effectively. He starts by showing readers how to assess how over-fat they are and to identify their specific health problems. Then, drawing on leading-edge research, he gives them the lowdown on how hormones control metabolism¿and how his prescription of nutritional recommendations, seven highly targeted fat-burning supplements, and customized exercises can boost metabolic efficiency to the max. The book includes six levels of meal plans and 75 recipes featuring low-glycemic, high-flavor foods; Mackie¿s all-new gender-specific fat-burning, cardio, circuit, interval, and core body-training routines; and 64 step-by-step photographs illustrating Mackie¿s exercises. For any woman or man who wants to lose excess body fat and inches, balance hormones, and have a dramatically improved health profile in as little as four weeks, this book is truly a godsend.

Mackie Shilstone (New Orleans, LA) is Director of Health and Fitness for the Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, the Performance Enhancement Expert for Ochsner Clinic Foundation, a special advisor to the United States Olympic Committee on Sports Nutrition, and a consultant to Major League Baseball. He has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, 20/20, 48 Hours, CNN, ESPN, and HBO and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, USA Today, and Sports Illustrated. Mackie¿s Health Minute is heard by listeners in many states twice a day on WWL, the second largest radio station in the country. His spot is televised weekly on the Morning Show in New Orleans. Mackie¿s other books include Maximum Energy for Life (0-471-47882-2) and Lose Your Love Handles.