The O2 Diet

Trans fats. White sugar. Aspartame. Sodium. Isn't it strange that we spend so much time talking about the many ways "bad" foods hurt us? We know how red meat raises our cholesterol and the ways pastries make us fat. But few people-even my most savvy clients-can explain how healthy foods truly help us.

Sure, you've read a lot about how eating well leads to greater health- everybody knows you are what you eat, right? But to you, isn't that some vague, abstract idea? In your mind, aren't you just saying, "Blueberries help my blah-blah"? Don't you think if you actually knew what those blueberries did for you, you'd be more motivated to order them for dessert? Once I get my clients eating delicious foods packed with nutrients, they still seem shocked at how these foods have the power to change them right now. Stunned, they'll say, "I have lost 12 pounds, but I can't believe how great my energy is, and everyone is commenting on my gorgeous skin!"

It's as if any benefit to eating well-beyond weight loss, that is-is a total mystery. But it shouldn't be that way. Of course, one of the righthere, right-now payoffs for eating great foods is shedding excess pounds, and these days, many people are right to be focused on that. But the other perks of eating good-for-you foods-glowing skin, more energy, a sharper mental focus-are just as predictable, just as immediate, and every bit as important. You deserve them in your life, too! That's why I came up with the O2 Diet. It's a satisfying 32-day plan that will help people get over that disconnect. If you can feel good and focus on enjoying healthy foods instead of focusing on the scale, your energy will be off the charts. Your skin will look great. You'll sleep soundly. Then you will want to continue to eat well, which means you'll continue to lose weight, keep it off for good, and enjoy your life along the way. I want to teach you that yes, you really are what you eat, and I'll show you how learning to love the right foods-not just avoiding the wrong ones-can reshape your health from the inside out. As you learn to use these foods to their full advantage, you'll be amazed at how powerful you will feel. With so much nutrition at your fingertips, you'll wonder why it took you so long to fall head over heels in love with healthy eating.

Eating nutrient-rich foods will perform minor miracles inside your body, from reducing the plaque in your arteries to preventing your brain from slowing down-you'll always remember to shave both legs! (Oops, am I giving too much away about my own multitasking overload?) And there will be big exterior changes, too. Yes, you'll lose weight, and your love handles will disappear. But your skin will get softer and glow. The tiny lines in your face will be less noticeable. Your hair will shine, and your nails will be stronger than ever. Your partner will love the way your libido has perked up. You'll sleep better, relax more, and stress less.

In short, you'll be able to wake up every morning and love how you feel and like how you look. And the best part? It is simple! If you focus on the fact that you need to eat more of the right foods, you will be healthier. You will feel better. And you will look great. The O2 Diet includes a groundbreaking 32-day plan. Each day, you'll consume foods so jam-packed with nutrition that you'll get about 30,000 points of what experts call ORAC value. ORAC stands for oxygen radical absorbance capacity (yes, it's a mouthful!). It's a scale that measures how well the components of a food mop up the free radicals in the bloodstream. Eating about 30,000 ORAC points will boost the antioxidant power of your blood at least 10 to 25 percent.1 This is one of those rare nutritional areas where more is better: For the first 4 days, you'll consume 50,000 ORAC points daily, then you'll take in 30,000 units daily for the remainder of the plan-almost all of them from some of the healthiest fruits and vegetables available.

With the O2 Diet, you won't have to count calories, grams of fat, or fiber-I'll just ask you to keep track of ORAC points of certain healthy foods. Why? Because while researchers are still learning precisely how these foods work, they do know that foods high on the ORAC scale can help you lose weight, improve memory and cognition, prevent cancer, reverse heart disease, lower stress, and protect joints. They minimize your skin's lines and intensify its glow. What's more, just by learning to navigate among these very healthy foods-and feeling empowered by doing so-you'll end up at your healthy body weight. You'll be your smartest, most energetic, healthiest, and most beautiful you-inside and out! Before you can dive into the O2 Diet, eating the healthiest, most scrumptious foods on the planet, you need to understand exactly what these foods do. That way, you'll appreciate their power and grasp why it's to your best advantage to put as many of these healthy, natural compounds into your body as possible, every single day.