For someone who  battled fat and won, long-term, I learned there are many misconceptions about how excess weight is lost.  Unfortunately, what we don’t know can cause great harm, with long-term effects.

Naturally, we want quick results and, with no shortage of diets in the world, it’s very tempting to grab onto a diet for weight loss.  Unfortunately, that leads to the condition we now see in our culture:  DIETING FATTER every year.

But the human body is resourceful and intelligent, and it perceives a diet as an assault.  Let me explain why.

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