The New Mediterranean Diet - by Harry Papas

About the Book

Papas, a certified dietician in Greece, shed more than 100 pounds by creating a simple yet revolutionary nutrition plan: a delicious, low-fat Mediterranean diet coupled with the self-awareness he needed to combat the triggers that contributed to his weight gain.

Book Synopsis

THE BESTSELLING MEDITERRANEAN DIET BOOK IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

Join the hundreds of thousands who are eating well and getting slimmer with the new Mediterranean diet book. Featuring delicious, fat-burning, easy-to-make Mediterranean diet recipes, a simple plan, and the psychological tools to stay slimmer, this international bestselling diet sensation takes the incredible flavors of the Mediterranean and adds new fat-burning ingredients that get amazing results.

Harry Papas, a certified dietitian in Greece, lost over 100 pounds by creating a revolutionary nutrition plan: a delicious, fat-burning Mediterranean diet coupled with the self-awareness he needed to combat the triggers that contributed to his weight gain.

Unlike other diets, The New Mediterranean Diet's delicious meal plan is designed to help you stay slim while actually enjoying what you eat. This easy-to-follow Mediterranean diet plan will allow you to get rid of those unwanted pounds with incredibly flavorful and satisfying meals, full of sustaining, wholesome foods--such as fresh fruits and vegetables, olive oil, and Greek yogurt--that have been enjoyed for centuries by those in the Mediterranean as well as celebrities visiting Papas' family restaurant in Greece.

Packed with recipes and practical nutritional advice, The New Mediterranean Diet also helps you understand why you gained weight and provides the psychological support and encouragement you need to successfully lose weight and permanently retain the loss.

The New Mediterranean Diet features a winning combination of:

• Fat-burning ingredients from the Mediterranean
• 9-week meal-plan cycles featuring incredibly delicious, easy, and satisfying recipes, including several made with Greek yogurt
• Simple lifestyle changes practiced in the Mediterranean to help you eat, relax, and live well
• Testimonials and success stories from Harry's Health and Diet Centre in Athens
• The psychology behind your weight-gain--how to understand your weight-gain triggers so that you can change your habits, eating and otherwise

Introduction: The Slimmer Story

PART I: THE SLIMMER NUTRITIONAL PROGRAM

Chapter 1: Slimmer and the Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle
The Mediterranean Diet
The Mediterranean Lifestyle

Chapter 2: The Slimmer Program
Love at First Taste
The Slimmer Cycles
Cycle A Menu Plan
Cycle B Menu Plan
Cycle C Menu Plan
The Recipes
Cycle A
Cycle B
Cycle C
Frequently Asked Questions

Chapter 3: Maintaining Your Success

PART II: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SLIMMER

Activating Your Goal: How to Get to and Maintain Your Ideal Weight

Conclusion

Review Quotes

"The New Mediterranean Diet offers an exquisitely fresh and flavorful approach to the Mediterranean diet plan--the one program that seems to work for everybody and makes deliciously perfect sense." --Ann Louise Gittleman, New York Times bestselling author of The Fat Flush Plan

"A fabulous book! The New Mediterranean Diet is the hot new way to be slimmer for Summer!" --
Victoria Keelan, "Victoria's Favorite Finds," NY Radio 101.9

"As a personal trainer, I've seen it all. The New Mediterranean Diet amazed me. Delicious food, easy recipes, quick results. You won't believe how well you can eat and still lose weight." --Veda Radanovich, Health Science Personal Trainer

"Ada's Rule #6 is identify and learn from iconic diet books. Ada would buy and love The New Mediterranean Diet. It's an improved twist on an iconic diet . . . a perfect companion to someone trying to Ada-size." --Alice Randall, New York Times bestselling author of Ada's Rules

"The New Mediterranean Diet is a well-researched, very well-written book that we have no reservations recommending. Papas' new version of the Mediterranean diet is not only a delicious way to eat, but also heart-healthy, fairly inexpensive and entirely sustainable. The more than 80 recipes included look delicious, creative and surprisingly healthy. And the clearly-outlined diet plan divided up into cycles makes the nine-week process of weight loss seem more attainable and easy to follow.
"We also love that Papas is not only a registered dietitian who has followed the diet to lose more than 100 pounds himself, but is also the founder of a health and diet center and Greece where he has successfully prescribed the diet to thousands if not millions of people who have achieved weight loss and a better quality of life with the Slimmer approach.
"In summary, we highly recommend this book to anyone looking to slim down the healthy and happy way."
--Diets In Review

"Papas grew up in Athens, Greece a slim and popular young man. But during his first year in college, stress and depression drove him "to reach for junk food for comfort and chocolate for fulfillment;" in one year, he gained 110 pounds. Desperate to find a solution, he switched his major from economics to nutrition, lost the added weight, and began developing this delicious program, a 'southern Greek diet...revised along the lines of modern science and nutrition.' The diet is based on meals that emphasize vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and protein, and Papas dutifully includes recipes for dishes like turkey phyllo pot pie, Mediterranean chicken fricassée, and garlic aioli shrimp. If readers follow the 'Slimmer' plan, which is organized into three 21-day cycles, Papas claims most dieters will drop 10% of their body weight in the first month, and 5% each month after. Built into the program are 'Free Days' and 'Happy Moments' (things like ice cream, wine, and coffee), elements that anyone used to strict diet regimens will surely appreciate. Even those unwilling to follow Papas's plan to the letter will find plenty of cogent advice and delicious dishes here."
--Publishers Weekly (June)

"The recipe section is fantastic." --The Suburban Jungle

"This easy-to-follow plan will allow you to get rid of those unwanted pounds with incredibly flavorful and satisfying meals, full of sustaining, wholesome foods." --Chic Galleria

"Papas' own success and his easy-to-follow menu plan should inspire anyone who wants to eat healthier and lose weight. The recipes are simple and full of fresh flavor, and the book is written in a easy-to-read style."
--Bookchickdi

About the Author

Harry Papas is a registered dietitian and founder of the internationally acclaimed Health and Diet Centre in Athens, Greece. He is the author of "Slimmer, " the international bestselling diet and health book.
At the age of 19, and at 280 pounds, Papas decided it was crucial to find a solution to his weight problem. His studies and personal experience with health and diet issues led him to create Slimmer, his own Mediterranean diet plan--and the success was remarkable. This unique program helped him regain his health, lose weight, and remain slim. He incorporated his successful nutrition program into his book and established his health and diet center, where thousands have found a permanent solution to their weight problems by following and adopting the The New Mediterranean Diet program at theslimmerbook.com.
Papas studied at the Department of Dietetics of the Harokopio University of Athens and received his certification from the Greek Ministry of Health.