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The author of this book is a nurse, a health and fitness expert, and a well-known speaker on diet questions, but her interest in the relationship between food and the body began as a very personal matter. Afflicted throughout her life with chronic medical problems and digestive issues, she searched for ways to improve her eating and fitness regimens. But none of the standard solutions worked. Not content to continue living a half-life, she researched and experimented with nutrition models to find one that really works with real bodies. The Omni Diet is the result of her probes.
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By the time she had reached her mid-30s, Tana Amen had nearly given up on good health. Through a lifetime of chronic medical ailments, including severe digestive issues, recurrent infections and, most devastatingly, a battle with thyroid cancer, there was never a point when Tana felt consistently healthy. Doctors ascribed her poor health to genetics, bad luck, and a family history of obesity and heart disease. But even when Tana committed to a standard fitness and eating regimen, her health failed to ...