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The Overweight Mind

Author : Jay Nixon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781386983491
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book The Overweight Mind written by Jay Nixon and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’re About to “Strike it Rich” In the Most Important Lottery on Earth…What does it feel like to strike it rich in the world of health and wellness? Does it mean improved sleep? What about being able to walk longer, enjoy a day out at the lake, or just keep up with the family on a lazy weekend? Health is wealth, no way around it. Striking it rich in health is always on your terms. What would better health mean to you, right now? Hold on to that answer, because this book will help you get to that destination. So, let’s get to the point: are you getting rich…or finding yourself struggling to keep your head above water? What does your health profit and loss statement really look like at the moment? If things aren’t as rosy as you would like them to be, you’re not alone. For decades, the health and fitness industry has been promising you riches, but giving you pocket change. You’ve probably run into things like, “Lose 20 pounds in 20 days,” “Guaranteed 6-pack in 6 weeks,” and “Drop three dress sizes in 4 weeks!” These are just some of the sneaky slogans that are siphoning away valuable health dollars, sometimes right before your very eyes! It’s old. It’s tiresome. It changes now. A Missing Piece, Now RevealedMainstream fitness programs have one major flaw: they only address one part of the greater health equation. It’s all physical, with little variation: just move a little more, eat a little less, and you’ll be on your way to a huge health jackpot. But what about the mind? The biggest mistake made in the pursuit of better health is not using your mind to the fullest. The human mind has far more to do with weight loss and developing a healthier lifestyle than it may seem at first glance. That’s exactly what this book will help you understand. When you pick up, The Overweight Mind: The Undeniable Truth Behind Why You're Not Losing Weight, you’ll learn how: *The very people you share your daily life with are keeping you fat (even when they “sound happy for you”)*Your own closely-held beliefs are stretching your belt (and the rest of your wardrobe)*The very thoughts that buzz noisily around your mind are slowly devouring your chances at being thin*The everyday words you say are adding pounds and inches*Habits you don’t even think twice about are affecting your health *The mindset you build – or disassemble – affects your physical health (for better or worse!)Beyond the BasicsThere’s more to it than just moving more. All the crunches in the world can’t move you towards the real gems of better health. Crash diets are only short-term, if they even work at all. Every single chapter in The Overweight Mind is designed to showcase your mind’s true potential and its role in your weight loss. Above all? No get thin quick schemes. No gimmicks. Health is wealth. Get ready to get rich.

The Overweight Mind and Body

Author : Kathy Leach
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000541746
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Overweight Mind and Body written by Kathy Leach and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-02-17 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Overweight Mind and Body is a self-help guide to understanding the psychological issues that lead to overeating and weight gain. The book enables the reader to discover the psychological drives that lead to unwanted weight and to find ways of meeting those drives other than with food. It introduces a simple, user-friendly theory of Transactional Analysis to promote weight-related self-awareness. The author includes exercises that empower readers to uncover their own stories. She understands that, for many, carrying extra weight is emotionally and physically painful and so gently encourages readers to explore at their own level. She uses case studies to demonstrate the many unconscious influences on one’s eating and how, when people discover and resolve these influences, they no longer need extra food. Reading them shows that "you are not alone". This book will also be of interest to, and a useful guide for, practitioners in the caring professions who work with clients struggling with eating and overweight.

Mind over Weight

Author : Ian K. Smith, M.D.
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250244811
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Mind over Weight written by Ian K. Smith, M.D. and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A motivational guide to losing weight and maintaining success by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Clean & Lean Every day of every year, thousands of people start some type of weight loss/transformation journey. Mind over Weight is an important weapon to add to their arsenals. While eating the right food and exercising is critical to weight loss success, Mind over Weight helps readers win the battle by getting everything in order above the neck. It will guide readers to find their motivation, stick to a plan, and set the right goals. There are a million diet plans out there, but few address issues equally critical to weight loss success: they're all in the six inches between your ears! Written by Ian K. Smith, MD, bestselling author of SHRED and The Clean 20, Mind over Weight is an easy read with concrete steps dieters will be able to follow. Each chapter ends with a takeaway action item for readers to complete to help create an overall strategy for body and life transformation.

The Overweight Brain

Author : Lois Holzman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781983785733
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book The Overweight Brain written by Lois Holzman and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live at a time when knowledge of the world is all right there on our smart phones. Yet we persist in going through life trying to get as much knowledge, as many facts and arguments and opinions and predictions, into our heads-and being tested and evaluated and judged by how much we know. Being in the world as a knower keeps us stuck, Holzman says. It constrains creativity and risk taking, keeps us and our dreams small, stops us from learning new things, and stifles our capacity to create new possibilities for ourselves, families, communities and the entire world. For that, she says, we need a new form of life - something she calls "non-knowing growing." That's the invitation of The Overweight Brain - offering a simple but radical departure - an approach to using all we are (and all we know) to make a better world.

The Overweight Patient

Author : Kathy Leach
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1843103664
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book The Overweight Patient written by Kathy Leach and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book explores the underlying beliefs and behaviours that may contribute to obesity, including psychological needs, addiction, fear of deprivation, parental influences and sexual fears. The author draws a useful distinction between the need to eat and the need to maintain a large body size, and addresses both LT obesity and ST weight gain.

The Hungry Brain

Author : Stephan J. Guyenet, Ph.D.
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 1250081238
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Hungry Brain written by Stephan J. Guyenet, Ph.D. and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year From an obesity and neuroscience researcher with a knack for engaging, humorous storytelling, The Hungry Brain uses cutting-edge science to answer the questions: why do we overeat, and what can we do about it? No one wants to overeat. And certainly no one wants to overeat for years, become overweight, and end up with a high risk of diabetes or heart disease--yet two thirds of Americans do precisely that. Even though we know better, we often eat too much. Why does our behavior betray our own intentions to be lean and healthy? The problem, argues obesity and neuroscience researcher Stephan J. Guyenet, is not necessarily a lack of willpower or an incorrect understanding of what to eat. Rather, our appetites and food choices are led astray by ancient, instinctive brain circuits that play by the rules of a survival game that no longer exists. And these circuits don’t care about how you look in a bathing suit next summer. To make the case, The Hungry Brain takes readers on an eye-opening journey through cutting-edge neuroscience that has never before been available to a general audience. The Hungry Brain delivers profound insights into why the brain undermines our weight goals and transforms these insights into practical guidelines for eating well and staying slim. Along the way, it explores how the human brain works, revealing how this mysterious organ makes us who we are.

Fat Planet

Author : David Lewis
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473505224
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Fat Planet written by David Lewis and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-04-09 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our planet is in the grip of an obesity pandemic. More than a billion people worldwide are overweight and over 600 million are obese. We live in an obesogenic environment in which it is much easier to get fat than to stay fit. How has this come to be? Who is to blame? What can we do? In Fat Planet, Dr David Lewis and Dr Margaret Leitch examine the social and psychological causes of the obesity pandemic in order to answer these questions. They use ground-breaking research to highlight the behaviour of corporations that relentlessly promote foods high in sugar, fat and salt, and show that these ‘junk’ foods have shockingly similar neurological effects to hard drugs. They consider the prevalence of food cues which unconsciously stimulate our desire to consume. And they debunk the myths of fad diets and slimming pills, suggesting practical, easily implemented strategies for sustainable weight loss. The evidence is clear: our problem with obesity must be addressed or we will face catastrophic consequences. It is not too late to change.

Coach Yourself Thin

Author : Greg Hottinger
Publisher : Rodale Books
ISBN 13 : 1609613325
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Coach Yourself Thin written by Greg Hottinger and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today dieters are more frustrated than ever before: Neither restrictive dieting nor a moderate middle-of-the-road approach has curtailed the obesity epidemic. As professional weight loss coaches, Greg Hottinger and Michael Scholtz have developed a new weight loss paradigm that has produced impressive results for the Biggest Loser Club online members. Hottinger and Scholtz's unique strategy helps readers identify the obstacles that are sabotaging their weight loss and gives them Five Stepping-Stones to Change: a series of physical, emotional, and social guidelines to help them break through their barriers. Coach Yourself Thin will help you lose weight by: - giving you a sustainable, nutritionally balanced eating plan - laying out the basics of fitness and helping you create personalized workout strategies that fit your lifestyle - providing tools, techniques, and hands-on exercises for changing your habits Packed with success stories and solid instruction and inspiration, Coach Yourself Thin is a guide to becoming self-aware, breaking the frustrating dieting cycle, and designing a personal plan for lasting weight loss success.

Eat It Up! the Complete Mind/Body/Spirit Guide to a Full Life After Weight Loss Surgery

Author : Connie Stapleton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692500637
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Eat It Up! the Complete Mind/Body/Spirit Guide to a Full Life After Weight Loss Surgery written by Connie Stapleton and published by . This book was released on 2009-09-09 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EAT IT UP! is the first book incorporating a whole person, mind/body/spirit approach to prevent weight regain in the months and years following weight loss surgery. Each chapter is devoted to a "Center of Balance," explaining obesity's negative impact on every aspect of a person's life. Eat It Up offers skills and strategies to overcome difficulties following weight loss surgery, resulting in the reward of lifelong happiness and healthy living, free from weight regain. Written with humor, compassion and a "firm and fair" approach, Eat It Up! is a must-have for the millions who are obese or overweight. Regaining weight in the months and years following bariatric surgery is a devastating reality - one that can be prevented.

Fat, Crazy, and Tired

Author : Van Lathan Jr.
Publisher : Legacy Lit
ISBN 13 : 0306923742
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Fat, Crazy, and Tired written by Van Lathan Jr. and published by Legacy Lit. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Podcaster and former TMZ host Van Lathan Jr. writes a sharp, funny, and brutally honest, cultural critique of the unspoken obstacles and extreme anxiety that keep us from maintaining good health in America’s “wellness waistland,” explored through vignettes about his mental health and weight loss journey as a Black man. A formerly chubby kid who self‑identified for much of his life as “the fat friend,” media personality and podcast host Van Lathan Jr. has struggled with physical and mental health his entire life. He was used to being his besties' wing man on the dating scene, the slack bench‑dweller at the gym, and his mother's biggest fan at every meal, especially whenever she served up her infamous mac and cheese with five different kinds of cheese. At 365 lbs, Van hated being fat so much, he found it harder than being Black! After dedicating years to improving his physical and mental health, with many ups and downs, in 2020 Van found himself in a shared slump with other Americans when the Covid-19 pandemic hit and the George Floyd video was released—suddenly he was surrounded by carbs galore, binge-ing everything, feeling non‑stop exhaustion, and crippling waves of anxiety and depression. Fat, Crazy, and Tired isn't just about Van's ultimately unsuccessful journey to an Instagram‑able body and zen; it's about the unspoken personal battlefield of attaining and maintaining what Americans deem as good health. He explores the real reasons behind our unending physical and mental health battles—culture, family, and the baggage of life—and demonstrates how we can better understand our bodies by better understanding ourselves. He takes it back to his southern upbringing in Baton Rouge, opens up about how being “the Black guy” at work at TMZ overshadowed his identity, and shares how he holds up to survive the madness. “Detox” cleanses? Weight loss pills? Celery juice? No, thank you. Unlike the self‑help gurus that push you to go “all or nothing” and “keep it 100,” Van wants you to be happier and healthier at 50% without totally admonishing yourself to get there. Packed with double doses of humor Fat, Crazy, and Tired shares abrutally honest cultural critique of mental health and our weight loss obsession in what he dubs America’s “wellness waistland.”

Change Your Mind, Change Your Body

Author : Wendy Higdon
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781535112222
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Change Your Mind, Change Your Body written by Wendy Higdon and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-04 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese, and it is harder than ever to keep weight off. If you struggle with your weight, you are not alone. * Do you have patterns of undisciplined eating because the food tastes so good? * When you are stressed, do you resort to food for comfort and relief? * Have you lost weight, but sadly gained it back and then some? While the market is full of books on dieting and weight loss, Change Your Mind, Change Your Body helps you navigate your weight loss efforts to create a new healthy lifestyle. This book identifies the basic patterns and belief systems that hold you back from living a more energized and happier life. It gives you insights to manage your relationship with food in a more productive way. Although this book doesn't have any food recipes, it is full of "psychological" recipes. If you're tired of repeating the same bad eating patterns that wreak havoc on your emotions and you're ready for a change, this book is the practical guide for you! In Change Your Mind, Change Your Body, you will: * Address excuses and take responsibility to change your lifestyle choices. * Learn about your pain points that cause you to be mired in comfort eating * Change your mindset about losing weight and keeping it off. * Learn to deal with triggers and sabotaging behaviors by yourself and others. * Create new habits, including dealing with stress, getting enough sleep, and exercising. Follow the instructions in this book, and you will see benefits in no time that will last a lifetime! Scroll up and purchase Change Your Mind, Change Your Body now!

Weight Loss Surgery For Dummies

Author : Marina S. Kurian
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118054547
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Weight Loss Surgery For Dummies written by Marina S. Kurian and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-04-27 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the scoop on weight loss surgery Your authoritative guide to weight loss surgery -- before, during, and after Considering weight loss surgery? This compassionate guide helps you determine whether you qualify and gives you the scoop on selecting the best center and surgical team, understanding today's different procedures, and achieving the best results. You also get tips on eating properly post-op and preparing appetizing meals, as well as easing back into your day-to-day life. Discover how to * Evaluate your surgical options * Understand the risks * Prepare for surgery * Handle post-op challenges * Find sources of support

The Little Book of Dirty Diet Tricks

Author : Carole Bodger
Publisher : Three Rivers Press (CA)
ISBN 13 : 9780609809259
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Little Book of Dirty Diet Tricks written by Carole Bodger and published by Three Rivers Press (CA). This book was released on 2002 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A witty and practical guide to losing weight, or just looking like you did, with 365 tips for a healthier, slimmer appearance every day of the year -- the perfect impulse buy. The first and most important secret in Carole Bodger's The Little Book of Dirty Diet Tricks is that looking good while you're getting thin is just as important as losing the pounds, and in this down-to-earth, often hilarious guide, she shows you exactly how to achieve your weight-loss goals and keep your spirit up by looking fabulous and feeling thin until the real thing kicks in. Whether you are overweight and struggling with never-ending diets, or just trying to shed the five pounds you gained on vacation, this book offers a year's worth of the sanest, healthiest, most tried-and-true weight-loss tips around, plus straightforward strategies for looking slimmer throughout the process, from clothing and makeup techniques to posture improvements. Learn to modify your habits (substitute a Fig Newton for an Oreo); discover new ways to get a little exercise (powerwalk to the mailbox); and have some fun along the way (eat everything with chopsticks.) The 50 million Americans who diet each year know that losing weight can seem like an endless journey; the hundreds of specific, easy-to-use suggestions found here will shorten the trip.

Health At Every Size

Author : Linda Bacon
Publisher : BenBella Books
ISBN 13 : 1935618253
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Health At Every Size written by Linda Bacon and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2010-05-04 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fat isn't the problem. Dieting is the problem. A society that rejects anyone whose body shape or size doesn't match an impossible ideal is the problem. A medical establishment that equates "thin" with "healthy" is the problem. The solution? Health at Every Size. Tune in to your body's expert guidance. Find the joy in movement. Eat what you want, when you want, choosing pleasurable foods that help you to feel good. You too can feel great in your body right now—and Health at Every Size will show you how. Health at Every Size has been scientifically proven to boost health and self-esteem. The program was evaluated in a government-funded academic study, its data published in well-respected scientific journals. Updated with the latest scientific research and even more powerful messages, Health at Every Size is not a diet book, and after reading it, you will be convinced the best way to win the war against fat is to give up the fight.

Lightness of Body and Mind

Author : Sarah Hays Coomer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442255099
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Lightness of Body and Mind written by Sarah Hays Coomer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-05-12 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget every tactic you’ve ever tried to lose weight and feel better. Put down your weapons once and for all, and step out of the field of battle. Despite how it may seem, your brain and body are not unsupportive beasts bent on undermining your fitness goals. They just want some chips and dip, that’s all. They aren’t the problem. The way you’re trying to manipulate them is. In Lightness of Body and Mind: A Radical Approach to Weight and Wellness, personal trainer Sarah Hays Coomer offers a different approach. She proposes that you will never be able to achieve a body you love by doing things that you hate, that deprivation and limitation will never set you free, and that punishing workouts and strict diets are dead end roads. The way to a body that works is by doing more of what you authentically love. Through memoir and intimate client stories, this book encourages you to dance with your demons, to choose and cherish the ones you have no intention of giving up, and to build a solid infrastructure, dedicated to good health, in which wellness and indulgence spring from the same source. You don’t need more control. You just need functional knowledge of how habits are formed; a reverent, dizzy appreciation for falling apart when necessary; and laser focus on what brings you to life.

Mini Habits for Weight Loss

Author : Stephen Guise
Publisher : Selective Entertainment LLC
ISBN 13 : 0996435433
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (964 download)

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Download or read book Mini Habits for Weight Loss written by Stephen Guise and published by Selective Entertainment LLC. This book was released on 2016-11-27 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brain resists dramatic behavioral shifts. Recognizing this and developing a strategy around it made the original Mini Habits the #1 selling self-help book in a number of countries. In Mini Habits for Weight Loss, you’ll discover that we also biologically resist such changes, which explains why most dieters and smoothie-cleanse aficionados lose weight in the short term, only to gain it all back (and more). Mini Habits for Weight Loss will show you how to make dietary changes in a sustainable, permanent way that doesn’t trigger biological or neurological resistance. It’s an advanced version of the method that made the original book a hit in 14 languages. The mini habits remain easy to implement, but the reasoning and supporting strategies are more sophisticated. This is by necessity, as weight loss factors are many and varied. All the suggestions in the book are rooted in extensive biological and neuroscience research.

The Cancer Code

Author : Dr. Jason Fung
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062894021
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book The Cancer Code written by Dr. Jason Fung and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author of the international bestsellers The Diabetes Code and The Obesity Code Dr. Jason Fung returns with an eye-opening biography of cancer in which he offers a radical new paradigm for understanding cancer—and issues a call to action for reducing risk moving forward. Our understanding of cancer is slowly undergoing a revolution, allowing for the development of more effective treatments. For the first time ever, the death rate from cancer is showing a steady decline . . . but the “War on Cancer” has hardly been won. In The Cancer Code, Dr. Jason Fung offers a revolutionary new understanding of this invasive, often fatal disease—what it is, how it manifests, and why it is so challenging to treat. In this rousing narrative, Dr. Fung identifies the medical community’s many missteps in cancer research—in particular, its focus on genetics, or what he terms the “seed” of cancer, at the expense of examining the “soil,” or the conditions under which cancer flourishes. Dr. Fung—whose groundbreaking work in the treatment of obesity and diabetes has won him international acclaim—suggests that the primary disease pathway of cancer is caused by the dysregulation of insulin. In fact, obesity and type 2 diabetes significantly increase an individual’s risk of cancer. In this accessible read, Dr. Fung provides a new paradigm for dealing with cancer, with recommendations for what we can do to create a hostile soil for this dangerous seed. One such strategy is intermittent fasting, which reduces blood glucose, lowering insulin levels. Another, eliminating intake of insulin-stimulating foods, such as sugar and refined carbohydrates. For hundreds of years, cancer has been portrayed as a foreign invader we’ve been powerless to stop. By reshaping our view of cancer as an internal uprising of our own healthy cells, we can begin to take back control. The seed of cancer may exist in all of us, but the power to change the soil is in our hands.