The Metabolism-Boost Cleanse: A 3-Day Detox to Reset Your System for Maximum Health, Energy and Fat Burning

By Robin Westen

SUPERCHARGE YOUR METABOLISM IN RECORD TIME

What’s the secret to healthy weight loss? A fast and efficient metabolism. Why kill yourself in the gym or deprive yourself on a super-strict diet when you can start shedding pounds in just three days with the step-by-step program in The Metabolism-Boost Cleanse that includes:

• Easy-to-follow daily meal plans

• Helpful tips for positive dietary changes

• Go-to ingredient lists for simple shopping

• Healthy and delicious recipes

Designed to make this quick-start to a new you as smooth as possible, The Metabolism-Boost Cleanse also details how exercise, meditation, yoga and massage work in harmony with the body to reset your metabolism rate, cleanse your organs and improve your health.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ulysses Press
• Release date: Aug 12, 2014
• ISBN: 9781612433868

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NOTE TO READERS: This book has been written and published strictly for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended to serve as medical advice or to be any form of medical treatment. You should always consult your physician before altering or changing any aspect of your medical treatment and/or undertaking a diet regimen, including the guidelines as described in this book. Do not stop or change any prescription medications without the guidance and advice of your physician. Any use of the information in this book is made on the reader’s good judgment after consulting with his or her physician and is the reader’s sole responsibility. This book is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition and is not a substitute for a physician.

To Dr. Bebop

Contents

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE: What’s Your Hurry?

CHAPTER TWO: Hop on the Fast Track

CHAPTER THREE: Magic Metabolism Foods

CHAPTER FOUR: Prepare to Accelerate

CHAPTER FIVE: The Metabolism-Boost Cleanse: Three Days to Amazing Grace and Change

CHAPTER SIX: Metabolism-Boost Recipes

CHAPTER SEVEN: Eleven Power Tips for Staying Healthy in the Fast Lane

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Introduction

I’m a big fan of cleansing. I’ve followed dozens of cleansing diets and fasts and written several books about them. Despite the amazing benefits of these cleanses, a few weeks after completing them I noticed that I felt sluggish again. My body was no longer running at the peak performance I had felt while cleansing. What was amiss? Well, after plenty of trial and error, speaking with nutritional experts, and reviewing research, I learned the culprit was my metabolism. It had gone into starvation mode and actually slowed down thanks to my drastic cutback on calories during those cleanses.

I discovered that in order to burn calories my body actually needed calories. It turns out that metabolism, or how fast the body burns calories, plays a key role in helping us to lose weight and keep our bodies in tip-top shape. The good news? Boosting your metabolism doesn’t have to mean intense workouts or a superstrict diet. It does mean, however, making adjustments in your daily life—and it’s so worth it.

A quicker metabolism increases your energy throughout the day. You’ll feel better, look better, lose weight, and maintain the ability to keep that weight off. And here’s a benefit most people don’t think about: By simply increasing your metabolism, you’ll even burn calories while you’re sleeping. With a slow but steady increase in metabolism, it’s possible to hit the recommended one to two pounds of weight loss per week. This is the standard safe amount of weight loss recommended by experts, including the Mayo Clinic. Couple this with a cleanse and you’re detoxing your body in the process. This win-win combination is what the Metabolism-Boost Cleanse is all about.

In Chapter One you’ll learn how your metabolism works. I'll reference several studies proving the importance of accelerating digestion and the downside of a pokey metabolism. Take the quiz, Measure the Speed of Your Metabolism at the end of the chapter. Your results will include tips on how you can avoid obstacles along the way as you do the cleanse.

In Chapter Two you’ll find seventeen ways to rev up your metabolism, including exercise, sleep, de-stressing and relaxation techniques, massage, sauna sessions, and lots more. Chapter Three follows with a listing of foods that are proven to electrify your metabolism while at the same time cleansing your system. You’ll learn that when you eat these recommended foods and combine them with the techniques described in the previous chapter, you’ll not only meet your weight loss goal but also look and feel fantastic.

Chapter Four has everything you need to prepare for the Metabolism-Boost Cleanse. This includes a shopping list, scheduling suggestions, and pre-week dietary preparation. At the end of the chapter, go over the checklist: How Ready Are You for the Metabolism-Boost Cleanse? You’ll find targeted tips depending on your results.

By Chapter Five, you'll be ready to actually do the Metabolism-Boost Cleanse! This section of the book includes three days of breakfast, lunch, snack, and dinner menus, along with a daily schedule that takes you from your waking hours to a deep and renewing sleep.

But that’s certainly not the end of the story. Your metabolism can keep on truckin’ with the 20 recipes offered in Chapter Six. It’s recommended to prepare at least one of these dishes, whether it’s a juice, snack, entrée, or dessert, every day.

Of course, food isn’t all there is to it. In the final chapter, you’ll be given eleven simple steps that will enable you to stay in the metabolic fast lane while limiting toxins, reducing stress, and maintaining your overall well-being. Plus, two additional quizzes zero in on your particular personality type, with tips on how to use your innate tendencies to support your new healthier lifestyle.

If you want to improve your health, feel calmer, look better, and enjoy life to the max, your willpower isn’t enough. Wanting it really badly isn’t enough. Brute force and sweeping declarations of how positive you are that this time will be different aren’t enough. What is?

Combine all your positive energy with the steps in The Metabolism-Boost Cleanse and you’ll be able to take your health and lifestyle to a whole new level.

CHAPTER ONE

What’s Your Hurry?

You know the old saying slow and steady wins the race? Well, that’s good advice if you’re a tortoise competing with a hare. But you’re not. You’re an awesome human being with a desire to be slender, healthy, energetic, gorgeous, and happy. To achieve all these attributes, you need to kick slow and steady to the side of the road. Studies show one of the best, and perhaps, only, ways to make it to your goal of losing weight and keeping it off is by putting the proverbial pedal to the metal and boosting your metabolism into super-high gear.

This is especially true if you’re one of the 45 million Americans who tried dieting this year and threw away tons of money (according to the Boston Medical Center, in one year we’ve spent up to $33 billion on weight-loss products in our pursuit of trimmer, fitter bodies) and your results, if any, have been fleeting.

Or let’s look at it another way. How come your best friend can stuff her face with sugary cookies, creamy lattes, massive martinis, and greasy pizza and still look like a blade of grass, while you’re counting calories and turning down anything remotely delicious, only to find that the scale isn’t budging or worse, it’s inching up? The answer again: metabolism. Your trim pal was probably born lucky and her metabolism is naturally hyper, while yours is set on sluggish. But don’t worry. With this cleanse, you needn’t accept a genetic fate of fat. The Metabolism-Boost Cleanse will get you going and in a hurry.

Here’s a simple biology lesson to explain how it all works.

Metabolism Basics

Metabolism isn’t just about your digestive system. It’s actually a pretty complex arrangement of chemicals that break down the food you eat; whether it’s protein, like a juicy steak; fat, like a pat of butter; or carbohydrates, such as a plate of pasta. In other words, whatever