The Foundation Diet

Library Bookwatch, Dec, 2004

The Foundation Diet

Anthony J. Burlay, M.D.

Zen-Fusion Publishing

PO Box 69154, W. Hollywood, CA 90069

The Foundation Diet is a diet book that emphasizes tips, tricks, and techniques that promote one to lose weight in a manner that puts the body's and brain's natural mechanisms to use for one. Author and psychiatrist Anthony J. Burlay, M.D. draws upon some of the core philosophy behind the Atkins diet to show the reader the importance of how and when to remove carbohydrates from the diet in order to nudge the body into burning its stores of fat for energy. At the same time, carbohydrates cannot be completely eliminated--vegetable carbs and plenty of fiber are particularly important to healthy nutrition and digestion, although The Foundation Diet does guide the reader toward eating meats and proteins much as the Atkins diet does. Above all, a critical key is not to simply skip meals or deprive oneself too much; such an action merely triggers the body to shift into fasting mode and conserve energy, rather than lose weight. A scientific-conscious dietary guideline and a welcome supplement to non-vegetarian diet and weight loss shelves.