The Computer Diet - Metric Edition

Researchers agree that weight change in humans depends on age, gender, height, weight, activity, caloric intake and time on a diet, but an equation that predicted weight change in humans had never been developed. As a result, the public was subjected to outrageous claims like: "Lose 8 kg in 3 weeks!" And this supposedly applied to everyone. Really - what nonsense!

Most scientists also concurred that weight loss was governed by the first law of thermodynamics. Then fitness enthusiast Dr. Vincent Antonetti, an engineer and thermodynamics and computer science expert, reasoned that by applying the first law of thermodynamics to humans it should be possible to analyze weight change in human beings. Professor Antonetti's goal was to develop an equation that predicted weight change in humans.

The first part of this book traces, in easy-to-understand language, his fascinating journey toward that goal. He was managing an engineering group at IBM. So he worked early mornings and evenings on the new equation. It took him two years to develop and verify the first and only weight change predictive equation. His results were published as, "The Equations Governing Weight Change in Human Beings," and appeared in the prestigious American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

But Dr. Antonetti went a step further. He used a computer to produce easy-to-use metric tables which provide diet options for a personalized weight loss or maintenance program. The tables, coupled with sound diet information, were the basis for the original Computer Diet. At the urging of NoPaperPress editors he wrote an updated metric version: The Computer Diet - Metric Edition.

The Computer Diet - Metric Edition is a serious book. It's a sensible, flexible, well-balanced plan your physician will approve of. It will be as valid years from now as it is today. Because The Computer Diet is a
classic and timeless.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION
   - How It All Started
   - Research
   - Developing a Predictive Equation
   - Verifying the Equations
   - A Scientific Paper
   - A Significant Update
   - The Metric Weight Control Tables
   - What Is In This Book

2. WEIGHT & ENERGETICS
   - Conservation of Energy
   - When Weight Change Occurs
   - Human Energy Constituents
   - Activity Levels

3. NUTRITION BASICS
   - Complete & Incomplete Proteins
   - You Need Healthy Carbs
   - Fat Facts
   - You Need Fiber
   - Vitamins and Minerals
   - Eat Slowly

4. EXERCISE BASICS
   - Select the Right Exercise
   - Aerobic Exercise: How Hard?
   - Get a Pedometer - Count Steps
   - Strength-Building Programs
   - Risks and Possible Problems
   - Avoiding Injury

5. ABOUT YOUR WEIGHT
   - Control Your Weight & Stay Healthy
   - What You Should Weigh - Metric version
   - Body Fat Percentage

6. WEIGHT LOSS
   - Diet Options
   - Suppose Your Weight Isn't In Table?
   - The Physiology of Weight Loss
   - Weight Loss Principles
   - Selecting a Weight Loss Diet

7. WEIGHT MAINTENANCE
   - Why You Gain Weight With Age
   - Why You Gain Weight After a Diet
   - People Who Regained Lost Weight
   - People Who Maintained Lost Weight
   - Select Correct Weight Maintenance Table
   - Weight Maintenance is a Life-Long Struggle

8. Sample Weight Loss & Maintenance Diets

Appendix A Metric Weight Loss Prediction Tables - Men
Appendix B Metric Weight Loss Prediction Tables - Women
Appendix C Metric Weight Maintenance Tables - Men
Appendix D Metric Weight Maintenance Tables - Women
Appendix E Bibliography