Humasn are hardwired with five basic food instincts: hunger (we need to feel full and satisfied); variety (we are driven to seek a varied diet); calorie density (in other words, we are drawn to foods high in calories); familiarity (we eat "by rote"); and availability (if food is around, we will eat it). By satisfying these instincts in a healthy way, we can reach and maintian a desired body weight. Full of tips and strategies, success stories, day-by-day menus, and easy-to-follow recipes, THE INSTINCT DIET can help anyone break the vicious cycle of eating more food and enjoying it less.Satisfying our hardwired instincts has been critical to our survival for as long as we have been human. That's why we eat when food is available, choose the most calorie-dense foods, and hate the feeling of hunger. Today, these same drives are leading millions down the path of obesity. But Dr. Susan B. Roberts, an internationally recognized nutrition researcher at Tufts University, shows how to turn our food instincts into an engine for permanent, healthy weight loss.THE INSTINCT DIET--the "I" Diet--is a pleasure to follow: a diet based on impecable research, a diet where the dieter never goes hungry, a diet that's unequivocally healthy, thoroughly grounded in the metabolic, genetic, and psychological workings, of the human body. Essentially, it shows how you can control the controls. Through its focus on delicious, deeply satifying dishes like Orange Crumbed French Toast, Pork and Lemongrass Soup, Watercress and Citrus Salad with Parmesan Toast,and Chocolate Bread Pudding, plus proven behavioral modifications (Dr. Roberts is a professor of nutrition and psychiatry), the diet is a fat-burning marvel. At Tufts, 85 percent of the participants lost 10 to 50 punds in the first six months, and 90 percent of them kept the weight off for at least a year. THE INSTINCT DIET shares everything learned at Tufts, and more: the three-stage diet plan; over 100 recipes; eight weeks of menus (with vegetarian and "non-cook" options throughout); and dozens of ideas and strategies for how to retrain our bodies--how to combat the "Gulping Syndrome", use the "Sandwich Technique", why tapping your forehead is an emergency measure to reduce food cravings, and more.