Arnold Kuntz Ph D

Hormone Reset Diet Cookbook Arnold Kuntz Ph D

The hormone diet focus is on hormone fluctuations that supposedly negatively affect a person's weight. It also focuses on other factors that can contribute to weight gain and other adverse health effects. The hormone diet is a six-week, three-step process designed to sync hormones and promote an overall healthier body through diet, exercise, nutritional supplements, and detoxification. The diet regulates what you eat and also tells you the right time to eat to ensure maximum benefit to your hormones. Phase 1This part of the diet involves a two-week "detoxification" process. You avoid eating gluten-containing grains, dairy products made from cow's milk, many oils, alcohol, caffeine, peanuts, sugar, artificial sweeteners, red meat, and citrus fruits. Acceptable foods during this phase include naturally gluten-free grains and starches, most vegetables, most fruits, beans, nuts and seeds, poultry, fish, soy, eggs, plant milks, dairy from sheep or goat, and certain oils. This phase also involves taking nutritional supplements. These include probiotics and anti-inflammatory products like turmeric and fish oil. Phase 2This phase incorporates some of those foods back into your diet while paying attention to how your body responds to them. However, the diet recommends an ongoing avoidance of "hormone-hindering" foods. These include high fructose corn syrup, fish with high mercury levels, non-organic meats, non-organic coffee, raisins, dates, and peanuts. The second phase also involves ridding your diet of manmade foods, which include: Processed foodsArtificial sweetenersRefined grainsFoods that contain nitrates, such as cured meats, peanut butter, and chocolatePhase 3The third phase focuses on entire physical and mental wellness through cardiovascular exercise and strength training. The diet plan of the second phase continues on into the third phase.