A: The book 40-30-30 Fat Burning Nutrition, by Gene and Joyce Daoust, offers the reader a simple way to understand the dietary connection between weight loss and better health. Gene and Joyce Daoust, pioneers in weight loss and sports nutrition, teach you to combine carbohydrates, proteins and fats to maximize your body's fat-burning potential. In this book, you’ll discover the easy way to balanced nutrition that will have you burning fat 24 hours a day while eating foods you enjoy.

The basic idea behind 40-30-30 is this: When you eat a diet in which 40% of calories come from carbohydrates, 30% of calories come from protein and 30% of calories come from fats, you’re eating what's referred to as a “balanced” diet. For most people, this balance helps them achieve optimum health.

You’ll also learn about different types of carbohydrates and their glycemic index. Carbohydrates with a lower glycemic index release glucose gradually, which helps
control blood sugar levels. Stable blood sugar levels help control hunger and thereby help facilitate weight loss and, later, weight stability.

Using experience gained while helping over 50,000 people, the authors do a great job explaining why it’s so important to balance the right amounts of carbohydrate, protein and fat — and how to choose foods wisely.

Even if this is the first health book you’ve ever read, you won’t feel overwhelmed. The data is complete, but you don't need to be a biochemist to understand it. The authors present the information in a way that can be easily understood without any previous experience or background in the field of nutrition.

This book also contains over 100 meals and recipes, shopping lists, guides for eating out and even vegetarian meals and recipes—all of these will help you to perform better, look good, and feel great.

For more information on how to purchase this book, contact your local Positive Changes™ center at 1-800-CHANGES.

The basic idea behind 40-30-30 is this: When you eat a diet in which 40% of calories come from carbohydrates, 30% of calories come from protein and 30% of calories come from fats, you’re eating what's referred to as a “balanced” diet. For most people, this balance helps them achieve optimum health.

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