14 days to a flatter stomach and a younger you
The VIVA Mayr DIET
DR HARALD STOSSIER &
Helena Frith Powell
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Contents
Introduction Eating your way to a healthier, thinner you
Day One The first day of the rest of your life
Day Five Breakfast like a king
Day Seven Stop when you’re full
Day Twelve Hello alkaline, goodbye bloating
Day Thirteen Looking and feeling younger
Day Fourteen The Viva Mayr way and you
Introduction EATING Your Way to a HEALTHIER, Thinner YOU
Congratulations. This is the first step to a healthier, thinner, younger-looking and gorgeous you. I know what you’re thinking: All diet books say that. Some of them even tell you that you’ll get healthier and thinner just by picking up the book and paying for it. ‘Buy this book, it will change your life,’ they boast.
We all know they can’t be telling the truth, but just as when we buy extortionately expensive face creams that claim to take years off our appearance, we want to believe them. We are desperate to believe that our lives can be changed – or, at least, that our hips can be slimmer – by reading a book, smearing on some cream or buying some new knickers.
The bad news is that most of the time it simply isn’t that simple. There is no magic wand to make most of the changes that we want to see. But the good news is that the Viva Mayr Diet is as close as you can get to a miracle cure-all. It is, quite simply, the best diet there is – and the easiest one to follow. There is no calorie-counting, no weighing your food, and no living off cabbage soup for weeks on end. It is simply an approach to eating that will totally transform you. I guarantee that if you follow the Viva Mayr Diet, you will not only lose weight but you will also feel and look better than you have done in years.
This is because the Viva Mayr Diet is not only about what