The Alternate Day Diet

Contents

Back to the Future: Validating the Alternate-Day Diet

Part One: How I Arrived at This Plan and Why I Know It Works

1. Calorie Restriction: What It Means and Why You Probably Won’t Do It

2. The Truths About Dieting

3. The Alternate-Day Advantage

4. The Asthma Study

5. SIRT1, the “Rescue” Gene

Part Two: The Alternate-Day Diet Program

6. Starting the Alternate-Day Diet

7. Nutrition: It’s About Quantity and Quality

8. Step 1: The Induction Phase

9. Step 2: The Alternate-Day Diet for Life

10. Give Yourself a Break: An Alternative to Dieting Every Other Day

11. Delicious Down-Day Menus and Recipes

12. Frequently Asked Questions

Acknowledgments

About the Authors