The Golden Gate Diet

Lose Weight and Maintain Your Health

"As a physician with an interest in and experience in nutrition, my patients want to know two things from me: one, what foods will cause them to lose weight; and two, what foods are healthy to eat. I developed THE GOLDEN GATE DIET (Midsummer Press; January 2006; $29.99; Hardcover/240 pages; ISBN: 097706090X) to help my patients lose weight and eat healthy. By eating healthy I mean eating to avoid heart disease, cancer, and diabetes."

How can I lose weight? What is the best diet plan for me? What foods can I eat? Every year, millions of people ask these questions, and many then begin a diet. Unfortunately, most will not succeed. Why? It is in part because they follow fad diets. These diets not only do not work in the long-run, they are very unhealthy. By unhealthy, Dr. Brook means that the fad diets dramatically increase your risk of heart disease.

Dr. Adam Brook, Fellow in Cardiac Surgery at Yale University, has developed a diet that is medically sound and based upon the successes and experiences of his patients. THE GOLDEN GATE DIET is an easy-to-follow system of caloric density that allows readers to make real food choices and learn what foods will help them lose weight, while simultaneously eating healthy. People who follow THE GOLDEN GATE DIET will dramatically reduce their risk of heart disease and cancer.

Losing weight does not have to be difficult. By following the caloric density system in THE GOLDEN GATE DIET, readers are able to lose weight. Dr. Brook defines caloric density as the number of calories contained in a particular food divided by its weight. For example, chocolate pudding has a caloric density of 1.3. One-half cup contains 150 calories and weighs 113 grams, so the caloric density of chocolate pudding is 1.3 (150 calories divided by 113 grams equals 1.3). If you eat foods with low caloric density you will lose weight. The lower the caloric density, the more a food will help you lose weight. If you eat high caloric density foods, you'll gain weight. Dr. Brook has provided caloric density charts in the book for practically every food in the American diet.

"Caloric density is the essential property that determines whether a food will help you gain or lose weight. This principle is applicable not only to this diet, but to any diet. THE GOLDEN GATE DIET is a healthy diet and will help those who follow it avoid heart disease and cancer, and ultimately live longer and healthier." Rather than following general guidelines provided by the Department of Agriculture's "Food Pyramid," Dr. Brook outlines specifically what foods to eat to lose weight and what foods to eat to lower the risks of heart disease and cancer.

THE GOLDEN GATE DIET provides a delicious meal plan based upon an intake of 1,200 calories a day, which, for most people, results in a constant and safe weight loss of 1-2 pounds per week. The plan, developed by Chef Alise Arato, an exciting young chef from Los Angeles, lays out which foods to eat for several weeks and contains a variety of food choices. There is also a 2,000 calorie plan that helps maintain weight loss. Some of the foods recommended in THE GOLDEN GATE DIET include:

 French Toast
 Scrambled Egg Whites with Cream Cheese
 Turkey Burgers
 Chicken Soft Tacos with Low-Fat Sour Cream
 Moroccan Sliced Chicken Breast Salad with Olives, Figs and Orange Slices
 Grilled Sirloin Steak with Horseradish Sauce
 Boston Cream Pie

When following THE GOLDEN GATE DIET, readers are encouraged to eat three meals a day, as well as healthy snacks two or three times a day. Exercise is also strongly encouraged, and the book provides guidelines on how to exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle.

Dr. Adam Brook developed THE GOLDEN GATE DIET after a comprehensive review of the medical