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a book by John Robbins, onetime heir to the Baskin-Robbins ice cream fortune who renounced his inheritance when he discovered the harmful effects of animal product consumption at every level. In his epic The Food Revolution (an update to his earlier, groundbreaking Diet for a New America), Robbins lays out as clearly and forcefully as possible the

The Bulletproof approach is all about using a precise understanding of food chemistry so that we can prepare food that delivers maximum nutrition and minimum inflammation, and tastes great too.

When we engage in bouts of fasting or very-low-carb diets, our leptin levels are reduced—but this has the benefit of increasing the amount of leptin receptors in the hypothalamus. Thus, by fasting, we can regain leptin sensitivity, and by incorporating periodic high-carb, low-fat “refeeds,” we can keep our metabolism revving like a sixties muscle c

wheat, fructose (the natural sugar found in fruit), and certain fats, proving that an extremely low-carbohydrate but high-fat diet is ideal (we’re talking no more than 60 grams of carbs a day—the amount in a serving of fruit).

Eat in the 100-150 gram Maintenance Zone and you won’t gain fat (unless you have an extremely severe overeating problem…but even then it will be hard!). Eat in the 50-100 gram Sweet Spot and you will lose body fat, no matter who you are and how hard it’s been to drop weight in the past. Really, it’s all about the Carbohydrate Curve!