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Dieting as we know it does not work. In fact, 97% of people who diet do not end up losing weight and keeping it off, according to Dr. Pam Popper, founder and Executive Director of The Wellness Forum. Dr. Popper, who published the diet-altering guide Food Over Medicine earlier in 2013, lays it out simply: Calorie counting and portion control really have no effect if you are eating the wrong foods. “Get the word ‘diet’ out of your vocabulary,” Dr. Popper says. “This isn’t some temporary thing where you use willpower to eat the right things until you lose the weight. We’re going back to the diet that you were engineered to eat: a plant-centered diet. It’s not necessarily vegan, but most of your calories are going to come from fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes.” Food Over Medicine guides readers to carefully select and prepare the foods that ward off disease and obesity and promote a healthful, energetic lifestyle. “When you do that, you can eat with careless abandon, and while you do that you’re going to lose 2 or 3 pounds a week until you hit your target weight without ever counting a portion again,” Dr. Popper explains. “You’re going to be lean for the rest of your life.”Episodes
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December 2, 2013
Eat Right and Lose Weight with The Wellness Forum’s Dr. Pam Popper
"Dieting" as we know it does not work — it's all about eating the right foods, not calorie counting and portion control, says Dr. Pam Popper.
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September 13, 2013
Investigating Plant-Based Nutrition with The Wellness Forum’s Dr. Pam Popper
Eating an optimal diet allows Dr. Popper to eat whenever she is hungry with virtually no fluctuation in her weight day to day.