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• Specific focus foods for each phenotype
• Optimum caloric consumption and fat/protein/carbohydrate balance specific to each phenotype
• Phenotype specific menu plans--for when you have a lot of time and for when you don't!
• Recipes for each phenotype
• When to eat and in what combinations to eat
• How to increase satiety and prevent portion distortion
• How to avoid pitfalls and how to handle relapses
• How to manage environmental triggers
• What supplements to take for the best results
• The best ways to exercise for your type
• Stories of how people with each gene-based type have lost weight and kept it off

Having put this diet to work with scores of clients, Dr. Mitchell and Dr. Christie have refined a scientifically based plan that really works. The six diets in this book are new and specific, involving the right combination of foods in the right quantities at the right times. These diets will not only get (and keep) the weight off, but because it targets your genetic risks, it will also improve your health, lower your disease risk and help you feel great. Fat Is Not Your Fate is the last diet book you will ever need!

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BOOK REVIEWS


Arizona Republic :

Fat Is Not Your Fate: Outsmart Your Genes & Lose the Weight Forever; by Susan Mitchell and Catherine Christie (Fireside, 2006,$15.00 paperback) Knowing your phenotype, or genetic makeup, can help you find the right diet.

Take the author's questionnaire to determine which of six phenotypes describes you: Is your weight gain linked to an addiction, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, emotional eating or hormones? Then follow the weight-loss program for your phenotype.

Something to try: If you're Phenotype B (high blood pressure), add fresh fruits andvegatables with a mild diuretic effect to your diet. These include bananas, Brussels sprouts, cantaloupe, greenbeans and peppers. (See Article Clip)


Bradenton Herald :

The hardcover version of "Fat is Not Your Fate" was release Jan. 1, 2005, and it came out in paperback Jan. 1 of this year. Self-help and diet books tend to be released around the end-of-year holiday, when many people start thinking of the upcoming year, says Susan Mitchell, who live in Orlando .

She and co-author Catherine Christie researched and wrote the book, their third, in a year and a half after deciding to apply what they've learned in more than 15 years of practice.

"Fat is Not Your Fate" is the first book to base a personalized diet on your genetics and family history, Mitchell says.

"What we've found is that the past really predicts the future," she says. "Your genes define you; they really should define your diet."

The book doesn't only focus on weight loss; it also aims to help you improve your health. Mitchell says it shows you how to lose weight and keep potential health problems from becoming reality while you improve your metabolic fitness.

Simple and straightforward, "Fat is Not Your Fate" gives its readers a clear-cut evaluation after they take two quizzes: a phenotype assessment that asks about your family's history and your own risk factors, and a weight trigger quiz that points out the negative factors in you life... (Read Full Article)


Mercurynews.com :

"FAT IS NOT YOUR FATE: Outsmart Your Genes and Lose the Weight Forever". By Susan Mitchell and Catherine Christie. (Fireside/Simon &Schuster, 336p., $15)

"It's not my fault that I'm fat. My metabolism is just slow." Well, Mitchell and Christie are going to agree and then try to provide you with a diet customized to outwit your metabolism. How? The book starts with a series of tests that provides you with a profile. That profile directs you to one of six diets that the authors claim will lead you to weight loss. If is nice that someone finally says that one diets does not fit all. (See Article Clip)

Library Journal Review:

MITCHELL, SUSAN & CHRISTIE, CATHERINE. Fat Is Not Your Fate: Outsmart Your Genes & Lose the Weight Forever. Fireside: S. & S. Jan. 2005. c.336p. bibliog. index. ISBN 0-7432-5039-7. $24.95. HEALTH If obesity is a genetic disease (researchers found an "obesity gene" in 1994), then the external factors that trigger those genes are crucial to keeping weight at healthy levels. This means that those with the obesity gene can keep them from being activated by eating right and exercising well. Drawing on research from the Human Genome Project, the nutritionist authors
help readers identify their own particular genetic programming, or phenotype (addictive, blood pressure, cardiovascular, diabetic, emotional, or hormonal) and provides eating plans tailored to each one. Although the book is heavy on scientific explanations, its recipes and healthy food lists are good, and it includes an outstanding portion-control system. (from the Diet/Fitness roundup by Susan Hagloch)

Advanced Praise for Fat Is Not Your Fate

"Dr. Mitchell and Dr. Christie have done it again. They've taken a new and complex nutrition and diet related topic, thoroughly researched it, and interpreted it so that readers can understand it and easily take action to improve their health."
--Ellen T. Carroll, M.S., R.D., Senior Editor/Food Development Director, Cooking Light magazine

"Popular and respected nutritionists, Drs. Christie and Mitchell have brought the cutting-edge topic of genetics and weight control to readers in their new book, Fat is Not your Fate. I am delighted to see them provide this thoroughly researched and badly needed weight loss advice."
--Sandra Woodruff, MS, RD, LD/N, President-elect, Florida Dietetic Association, and author of the Good Carb Cookbook: Secrets of Eating Low on the Glycemic Index

"Two of Florida's most respected members are the first to address this progressive approach to weight loss. Christie and Mitchell offer successful eating plans based on the latest genetic research in a fascinating book that details why Fat is Not Your Fate."
--Christine Stapell, MS, RD, LD/N, Executive Director, Florida Dietetic Association.

"If anyone can help you outsmart your genes and lose weight forever it would be Dr. Susan Mitchell." --Jim Turner, Host of Central Florida's Morning News, WDBO-AM

"For nearly 10 years, Dr. Mitchell has been the voice of nutrition and healthy habits in Florida. I / we can't get enough of her wisdom. She is a gem!" --Kirk Healy, Executive producer, WDBO Cox Radio / Orlando

Our society has been bombarded with the constant news of the human and economic consequences of the obesity epidemic. The clinical and public health implications of this epidemic are far-reaching as obesity increases the person’s risk for diabetes, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and other serious health conditions. The economic impact for overweight and obesity in adults is estimated at approximately 100 billion annually!

Dr. Jan Meires, FNP, BC - Amelia Island, Florida

Risk factors for obesity comprise a complex interplay among genetic disorders, hereditary factors, dietary practices, and growth into adolescence through adulthood. The association between multiple genes and the home environment has been reported in the literature with startling statistics. Americans are becoming fat at an increasingly alarming rate.

“Fat is Not Your Fate” is a straightforward, no nonsense book that will help millions of Americans lose or maintain an appropriate weight. The book describes weight and health management strategies based on one’s phenotype and lifestyle. It only took me a few minutes to take the test to determine my predilection and to identify ways to enhance my health. Satisfied personally, I recommended the book to my patients who were also pleased.

Thank you, Drs. Mitchell and Christie for writing a book that is not only useful to the lay public but to clinicians as well!