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The Information below is excerpted from The Hamptons Diet book with permission from the publisher, John Wiley & Sons.
The Hamptons Diet can be summed up in one key sentence: Eat more vegetables, fish, and omega-3 fatty acids and consume most of your fats in the form of monounsaturates. Of course the devil is in the details, and the Hamptons Diet will show you how to actually incorporate these principles into your life so that you get thin and healthy and most important have fun. Embrace the Hamptons Lifestyle: Rich, Indulgent, and Thin
The Hamptons are a forty-mile stretch of land on the southern shore of Long Island in New York State. First settled in the mid-1600s, the area boasts 300-year-old trees, hundreds of acres of farmland, gorgeous dunes, sea cliffs, and stunning beaches. The Hamptons didn’t really “arrive” until the late 1800s, when the railroad was built from New York City. From that era up to the present, the eastern end of Long Island has been synonymous with the good life: sun, fun, glamour, and lots of money. The Hamptons Diet was formulated with the belief that millions of people want to be thin, rich, and famous—like many of my clientele. Since most of us will never be any of those things, this book will show you how to accomplish two out of these three goals: You can be rich in the one area that counts— monounsaturated-rich (I’ll explain later)—and thin, by following this well-tested diet, used by many of my Hamptons clients.
The Hamptons Diet will help you lose weight and achieve a healthier lifestyle. Ooooh, how rich and sinful! That’s the most common expression heard when newcomers are explained the basis of the Hamptons Diet. They can’t believe that they will lose weight while being so indulgent. Well, that is the basis of the Hamptons themselves—indulge yourself and be fabulous because of it. If you have ever been to the Hamptons, the first thing you will notice is that the place is not about depriving yourself, but rather is about indulgence. In Thin For Good, Dr. Pescatore brought the Atkins philosophy to a new level by teaching people that they could eat healthy complex carbohydrates while maintaining a low-carbohydrate lifestyle. The Hamptons Diet goes even further, by showing the dramatic changes that you can make in your life by simply eating healthful oils. Fat Is Not a Bad Word In 1994, Dr. Pescatore joined the practice of Robert Atkins, the late famous diet doctor. Dr. Atkins touted the message of “Eat all the fat you want. Fat will set you free. Fat doesn’t give you cholesterol, sugar does. Eat fat and get thin”—what a perfect message for an overweight person. For now, the evidence clearly points to the proper fats one should eat.With up to 40 percent of all Americans choosing to watch their intake of carbohydrates, their diets will subsequently be higher in fats. People need to receive a clear message about which fats to eat and which to avoid. That message has been very understated until now.
Since we all agree that there are healthful fats, which ones are they? After years of research and experiece with Bob Atkins patients, Dr. Pescatore reached the conclusion that the “all-fat-is-good-for-you” message was incorrect. The Hamptons Diet from Dr. Pescatore focuses much more attention on the health benefits of some fats and the need to avoid certain other fats. Hamptons, Mediterranean, and Monosaturates The one diet that has been significantly studied—and which is modified in The Hamptons Diet—is the Mediterranean diet.This diet, in particular, has been vindicated in many recent studies as the healthiest way to eat. By eating this way, you can lower your risk of heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis and live longer in the process.
The basic premise of the Hamptons Diet is to eat more vegetables, fish, and omega-3 fatty acids and to consume most of your fats in the form of monounsaturates, a premise shared by the Mediterranean diet. The primary monounsaturated fat that is used in the Mediterranean diet is olive oil. Modern science now knows of an oil that has even more monounsaturated fat than olive oil, up to 30 percent more monounsaturates: macadamia nut oil. The Hamptons Diet updates this important dietary concept of Mediterranean eating by enhancing the most significant part of the program, making it more monounsaturated- rich by using macadamia nut oil.The Hamptons Diet contains some of the most up-to-date science available.A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in February 2004 by Dr. Christine Pelkman reported that moderate-fat diets rich in monounsaturated fats were better at reducing weight and lowering risk for cardiovascular disease, and they were easier to follow.
The Hamptons Diet reveals the wonders of macadamia nut oil, one of the highest food sources of monounsaturated fats in the world. You’ll learn why it is sanctioned by the Australian Heart Association and given to cardiac patients for its health benefits. Macadamia nut oil is one of the best features of this diet program. If macadamia nut oil is not available in your area, check the resource section of this book. In my opinion, the finest macadamia nut oil is imported from Australia. If you don’t like macadamia nut oil—not that I’ve ever known anyone who doesn’t—or if you’re allergic to nuts, then an estate-bottled extra virgin olive oil is the second-best oil to use on this diet program. So, let fat back into your life and into your kitchen. Let’s try to make this word have a really good meaning: fat = thin = happy = healthy = longer life. Enjoy the book. Eat good fats. Get thin and healthy in the process—you can lose up to fourteen pounds in just two weeks! Most important, have fun.
