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# Understanding Metabolism: The Truth About Counting Calories, Sustainable Weight Loss, and Metabolic Damage

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Review: You don't need cardio (cardio happens when you do fun things like hiking - I needed this book. I've completely lost balance in my nutrition/health, and this book says exactly why it's happened to me and so many other modern dieters.... Scott Abel also does offer his own diet advice. I will summarize it as 1) 6 out of 7 days a week, he eliminates processed snacks, alcohol, sweets/cakes, sugars, and second helpings. He eats a diet consisting of whole foods (as unprocessed as possible), mainly meat, vegetables, fruits, starches, grains (bread), and whole dairy. On the 7th day, usually Sunday, he eats whatever he wants however much he wants. This is his refeed day which helps to keep his metabolism high. His dietary advice seems to revolve around the idea that added sugar is one of the leading causes of obesity and hormone problems in people today, so he tries to cut it out as often as possible. He does not count calories because if you cut out snacks, alcohol, sweets, sugars, and seconds for most of the week, you should be in a small, barely noticeable deficit anyway. 2) Eat food, not too much, mostly plants. (your plate should be 1/3 meat, 2/3s plants starchy or non starchy) 3) Unless you are in a physique competition, you really shouldn't need to be counting calories or macros or doing anything extreme. You don't even need that much protein, (1g protein per 1 kg bodyweight is enough). 4) the only real deliberate exercise you need is strength training. You don't need cardio (cardio happens when you do fun things like hiking, etc) 5) sleep a lot, reduce stress, etc.
Review: Great helpful book - get his other one on same subject! - Very good and helpful book on metabolism. (I ordered this and Scott Abel’s other book titled about the same subject - “Beyond Metabolism”. I can’t say enough about his books. Well I have a dozen of them this in the top five. You get common sense advice, based on his decades of experience, research, and personal knowledge. You read his books thinking you’re going to get information on just food or just exercise etc. and instead you’re getting such amazing mind, body and spirit encouragement and advice. These books have made a complete difference in my life, of course by me applying information I read. I don’t do this with all books, but with all of Scott’s I always have a marker in hand to highlight items I will refer back to again and again, or want to share with others and find it easily. Scott has not only been in the fitness industry for 40+ years, but has also worked that long with physique competitors, bodybuilders, seriously overweight clients , those with food and body issues etc. He also has a degree in sociology and has done so much counseling, that I have gleaned emotional & mental information that I never expected to get out of a book about metabolism . If you paid 100 bucks for this book, it would still be a bargain. Enjoy!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,763,289 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #4,041 in Healing |
| Customer Reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (219) |
| Dimensions  | 5.25 x 0.46 x 8 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 1514759160 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1514759165 |
| Item Weight  | 7.5 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 200 pages |
| Publication date  | June 25, 2015 |
| Publisher  | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ You don't need cardio (cardio happens when you do fun things like hiking
*by A***U on July 8, 2015*

I needed this book. I've completely lost balance in my nutrition/health, and this book says exactly why it's happened to me and so many other modern dieters.... Scott Abel also does offer his own diet advice. I will summarize it as 1) 6 out of 7 days a week, he eliminates processed snacks, alcohol, sweets/cakes, sugars, and second helpings. He eats a diet consisting of whole foods (as unprocessed as possible), mainly meat, vegetables, fruits, starches, grains (bread), and whole dairy. On the 7th day, usually Sunday, he eats whatever he wants however much he wants. This is his refeed day which helps to keep his metabolism high. His dietary advice seems to revolve around the idea that added sugar is one of the leading causes of obesity and hormone problems in people today, so he tries to cut it out as often as possible. He does not count calories because if you cut out snacks, alcohol, sweets, sugars, and seconds for most of the week, you should be in a small, barely noticeable deficit anyway. 2) Eat food, not too much, mostly plants. (your plate should be 1/3 meat, 2/3s plants starchy or non starchy) 3) Unless you are in a physique competition, you really shouldn't need to be counting calories or macros or doing anything extreme. You don't even need that much protein, (1g protein per 1 kg bodyweight is enough). 4) the only real deliberate exercise you need is strength training. You don't need cardio (cardio happens when you do fun things like hiking, etc) 5) sleep a lot, reduce stress, etc.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great helpful book - get his other one on same subject!
*by T***S on February 8, 2018*

Very good and helpful book on metabolism. (I ordered this and Scott Abel’s other book titled about the same subject - “Beyond Metabolism”. I can’t say enough about his books. Well I have a dozen of them this in the top five. You get common sense advice, based on his decades of experience, research, and personal knowledge. You read his books thinking you’re going to get information on just food or just exercise etc. and instead you’re getting such amazing mind, body and spirit encouragement and advice. These books have made a complete difference in my life, of course by me applying information I read. I don’t do this with all books, but with all of Scott’s I always have a marker in hand to highlight items I will refer back to again and again, or want to share with others and find it easily. Scott has not only been in the fitness industry for 40+ years, but has also worked that long with physique competitors, bodybuilders, seriously overweight clients , those with food and body issues etc. He also has a degree in sociology and has done so much counseling, that I have gleaned emotional & mental information that I never expected to get out of a book about metabolism . If you paid 100 bucks for this book, it would still be a bargain. Enjoy!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I'm a great fan Scott's work
*by M***A on July 20, 2015*

Firstly, I'm a great fan Scott's work. His works are among the very best fitness books I have read, and I have read tons of them since I am a student of exercise science. What he writes is based on scientific research as well as his own experience from working with clients for several decades, providing very valuable source of information. Things like human psychology, neurology and endocrine system are all taken into account (not just nutrition and exercise science) to explain why diets don't work and giving sound advice on eating habits that will. The only reason, I didn't give this book 5 stars is this - very large part of this book is made of articles previously published on Scott's blog. As a dedicated follower of his work, I would have wished the book contained something more than I had already read. However, if you are new to Scott's approach and if you struggle with weight, dieting and body image, this book is a must.

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