You Are What You Eat
The Plan That Will Change Your Life Gillian McKeith - Author

Book: Hardcover | 7.51 x 9.01in | 224 pages | ISBN 0525948910 | APR 2005 | Dutton Adult

In her number-one bestselling book You Are What You Eat , Dr. Gillian McKeith has turned Britain's worst eaters around with incredible results.  Now this internationally renowned nutritionist is bringing her groundbreaking plan to America, and not a minute too soon.  You Are What You Eat brings together practical advice and real–life stories to create a diet makeover designed for everyone.  Dr. Gillian's is a "Diet of Abundance," which stresses variety and quality over quantity.  Here dieters will find ten easy steps to follow, including "Get to Know Your Own Body" and the "Top 20 Crisis Tips," plus a fourteen–day start–up plan, which will transform the way readers approach diet and health.  It's a plan with proven results delivered in Dr. Gillian's inimitable, no–nonsense, and inspirational style.  With her hit TV show now being developed for American television and a roster of celebrity clients, Dr. Gillian's diet plan will soon be what everyone on this side of the Atlantic is talking about.

Many elements of Dr. Gillian's Plan have their origins in macrobiotics.

Dr. Gillian McKeith is the internationally acclaimed clinical nutritionist and director of the renowned McKeith Clinic in London, where her extensive clientele includes professional and Olympic athletes, members of the royal family, and Hollywood actors.  She is the author of Living Food for Health , and for several years was the healthy living expert for The Joan Rivers Show .  Gillian is currently the host of the television series You Are What you Eat on Channel 4 in the UK.

Gillian grew up in the Scottish Highlands, and at the time her diet included plenty of stodgy and pre-packaged foods. In her twenties she moved to America and became the presenter of a health interest radio show. Ironically, at the time, she felt in poor health, lacking energy and suffering from headaches and aches and pains. Since discovering how to change her health and well being through diet and nutrition Gillian has never looked back, and she is now passionate about good food and what it can do to for all of us.

Gillian began studying and researching in the fields of nutrition and diet in 1985. Prior to that she attained a Bachelors in Language and Linguistics from the University of Edinburgh in 1981 and a Masters in International Relations specializing in International Business from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984.

After graduating from University of Pennsylvania, Gillian began to attend seminars in food and nutrition and study whilst also working in the business world lecturing in management studies and international business.

In 1992 Gillian's interest in nutrition and diet had grown to the extent that she enrolled at the American Holistic College of Nutrition to undertake a Masters of Science in Holistic Nutrition, completing a series of studies including the fundamentals of nutrition, biology, nutrition and disease prevention and nutritional therapies.

After achieving her Masters in 1994, Gillian continued her studies at the American Holistic College of Nutrition and began a Doctorate of Philosophy in Holistic Nutrition. Her doctorate studies included courses in nutritional healing, nutrition and longevity, the nutrition of mental health, nutritional immunity, and dietary fats and oils. Gillian completed her PhD in 1997.