Naperville, IL -- Feb 2008 -- James D Baird, PhD, an inventor-engineer for over 40 years, reengineers conventional diets with a mind/body plan to develop new healthy eating habits.
                               
THE MINDFUL MEALS DIET

The Mindful Meals Diet uncovers the reasons why diets don’t work-ancient genetic food drives and unhealthy eating habits.  The genes that permitted our ancestors to survive, when calories were scarce, motivated them to prefer high calorie fats, sweets, overeating and lower activity. Unhealthy eating habits stimulated by: the US Government pushing animal products before World War II, the food industry reengineering natural food, and labor saving technology, intensified the problem of world wide overweight and obesity.

Since the problem is basically genetic, conventional diets that require will power are doomed to failure. The Mindful Meals Diet acknowledges our urges and satisfies our genes with healthy types of fat, sweets, calories and activity.  The diet adopts the diet of the world’s longest living and healthiest peoples by blending the best and tastiest foods from the Mediterranean, Asian and Okinawa diets.  However, it is unrealistic to think that this mainly plant food diet and activity level can be adopted by will power, working sporadically and genes working 24/7

Because we are creatures of habit and food preference is learned, the only realistic way to a long term weight control is to develop healthy eating habits. To meet this requirement, Mindful Meals provides a step by step program of mind/body interventions to change unconscious eating habits.  The customized interventions include; mindful eating, relaxation response, self-hypnosis and self guided imagery.  

The author, James D Baird is a successful retired inventor and has a PhD in natural health in addition to his engineering degree. With his inventor’s curiosity and as an avid health enthusiast, he was intrigued by the total lack of success of conventional and trendy diets.  The results of substantial research to uncover the cause of the pandemic obesity problem and provide a practical solution, are presented in ‘The Mindful Meals Diet’  
         
The Mindful Meals Diet. A trade paperback, Pub. Date Dec-2007 List price is $16.95.  ISBN 0-595-47536-1.  is available online from Barnes & Noble for $15.25 and $13.72 for members, Amazon, Borders and iUniverse, Wholesale from Ingram Book Group and Baker & Taylor.             

Media Contact: James D Baird.  934 Cherry Hills Lane  Naperville IL 60563
Tel 630 234 3720 [cell] or 630 420 2311, email  This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it   Web site www.mindfulmealsdiet.com

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