Physicians' biggest frustration is that the Fitness and Weight-loss Industry's main function is to SELL empty promises and false hope to the average consumer. The magic words, "Fast, Easy, and Effortless," often makes otherwise intelligent people act totally stupid. Making matters worse, many of today's personal trainers and gyms are more focused on gimmicks - things they think you'll buy - than on sound exercise and weight-loss principles. In the USA, a Registered Dietitian is the gold standard for nutritional expertise. They are essentially "Diet Doctors." Their consensus is that Weight Loss is, and always will be, an energy equation: Calories-in vs. Calories-out. Any reasonably healthy diet that causes a daily calorie deficit will cause you to lose weight - it's that simple. People should stop overthinking Carbs, Protein, Fat, and Macro-Nutrient Ratios. Supplement companies and diet-book authors use them to over-complicate eating, to create an unrealistic benefit of each. Just about every TV infomercial promoting weight loss, six-pack abs, or a beautiful body, will ALWAYS have a disclaimer - so tiny you cannot read it - at the bottom of the TV screen: "These Results Are Not Typical," or, "When Combined with Healthy Eating and Exercise." The translation is that the product being advertised does not work as advertised. This informative book not only exposes the frauds, it is filled with mostly one-page, easy-to-understand explanations of the things people ask about, or, get wrong most often. Arthur Apolinario, MD, MPH, FAAFP has gone through the research for you to offer the simplest explanations of what you need to do to get healthy.
About the Author: Arthur E. Apolinario, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.F.P. is a Board-Certified Family Physician in North Carolina and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. In 2007 he suddenly found himself divorced, single, lonely, and fat. He looked around and saw so many of his colleagues in medicine also in the same boat. He thought, "How can I be a good patient instructor if I can't even walk the walk?" With that he began on a massive self improvement journey that not only led to weight loss, but improvements in his style and communication and social skills. He has been trained not only in medicine and public health, but enhances his practice with hypnosis, neurolinguistic programming, and emotional freedom technique. He is well known for effectively treating obesity, smoking, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety, Depression, and many other common yet "difficult to treat" conditions with this new knowledge. He got his BA in English Literature at Gannon University in Erie, PA, trained at Tulane University School of Medicine to get his MD, and at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine to get his Masters in Public Health in New Orleans, Louisiana. "Dr. Art" was voted "Best Doctor" by the citizens of Sampson County, North Carolina through the Sampson Independent reader's poll in 2008. He actively teaches medical students as well as physician assistants in training. He was previously in charge of the NC Office of Rural Health Rural Practitioner training program, training Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in Rural-Based Care, and was recruited by the North Carolina Medical Society's Community Practitioner program to provide rural care. Dr. Art is active in the community, served several terms on the Board of Directors of the U Care Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention program, including 2 terms as Board President and served the NC Governor's Crime Commission, Council on Domestic Violence under Governor Easley. In 2001 he was the recipient of the AMA Young Physician's Section Community Service Award for his work in domestic violence prevention. He has successfully passed policy relating to healthcare and childhood obesity as well as domestic violence. He was recently the final TED speaker at TEDxRaleigh 2012, and was voted one of the top dating coaches in the nation in January 2013 by Casanova Crew in Hollywood California. And he especially enjoys his time with his 2 children.