The Setpoint Diet

The 21-Day Program to Permanently Change What Your Body "Wants" to Weigh

By: Jonathan Bailor

Narrated by: Jonathan Bailor

Join the 27,000 people who have achieved dramatic and long-term weight loss with The Setpoint Diet, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Calorie Myth.

Your body fights to keep you within a range of about 15 pounds -- also known as your "setpoint weight." New research reveals that you can lower your setpoint and end that battle for good by focusing on the quality of calories you eat, not the quantity. With The Setpoint Diet, you will reprogram your body with a 21-day plan to rev up your metabolism, eliminate inflammation, heal your hormones, repair your gut, and get your body working like that of a naturally thin person -- permanently.

The Setpoint Diet is a lower-carb menu that focuses on specific anti-inflammatory whole foods, including tons of produce, nutritious proteins, and therapeutic fats. Its creator, Jonathan Bailor, founded SANESolution, a weight loss company that has reached millions of people. Proven to help you lose weight naturally and maintain it, The SetpointDiet is your new blueprint for healthy living.

Critic reviews

"Exposes the fundamental myths about obesity and weight loss that are keeping Americans sick. By explaining the link between our hormones and our metabolism, Jonathan Bailor offers readers a powerful set of tools for creating lifelong health."
—Mark Hyman, MD, eleven-time New York Times bestselling author of Food: What the Heck Should I Eat?

"I am often asked when there will be a proven prescription for weight loss. This is that prescription."
—Dr. Theodoros Kelesidis, MD, Harvard and UCLA Medical Schools

"Brilliant! An easily understood and applied framework that will change the way you live, look, and feel. Bailor will end your confusion once and for all."—Dr. William Davis, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wheat Belly

"Jonathan Bailor cuts through the noise around diet and weight loss and tells it to us straight: The food we eat impacts our biology in the most fundamental yet fixable ways. Our hormones regulate weight loss, and what we eat impacts how they function. Calories? Not the issue."
—Dr. Sara Gottfried, MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Hormone Cure

"A most fascinating and scientifically accurate look at the science of weight loss. The bottom line is this: Conventional 'calories in, calories out' approaches to weight loss are grossly inaccurate and tend to blame the victim. But there is another way. And it works. And it's right here in this book, which I highly recommend."—Christiane Northrup, MD, New York Times best-selling author of Goddesses Never Age, The Wisdom of Menopause, and Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom

Jonathan changed my life forever.

After struggling with my weight for decades, Jonathan gave me the knowledge needed to get and stay strong and lean. This is his best work yet. If this were mandatory school curriculum, there would be no metabolic syndrome epidemic.

ok

not much different than his other book, literally word for word the same in some parts. but still good info and a much better approach than most diets

Loving Myself

Heaven Sent. This book teaches you how to love thyself. Stay consistent and your changes will come.

not what I expected

I listened to the book and have to tell you I wasn't impressed. The biggest issue I had was the author repeated himself over and over again talking about the same thing and taking forever to get to the meat of the subject. this book could have been half the size of he were to simple get to the facts. Also I get the feeling that this is a big advertisement for his products and his workouts. Yes he does explain about the body's set point and how to lower it. You could get the same info by watching YouTube or by doing a Google search.

Not Rigorously Researched

I was very open to loving The Setpoint Diet. The author is very enthusiastic. However I had serious issues with the content.

The tone of the book has a lot more in common with a cult than science. There are many points in the book where I thought "this guy is just taking correlations and making them into a book". For example, he cites MSG as a cause of brain inflammation that causes weight gain, and cites a study on mice as the reason.

There really was a mice study on the effects of MSG. However they were given huge, unnatural levels of MSG that a human would never ingest, and it caused them to gain weight.

But in the book he goes out of his way to say that this is a study that should be taken at face value, which is extremely disappointing and borderline unethical.

If this book was better researched or more honest about its portrayal, I would give it a higher score.

Let's be clear though: his basic claim that non-starchy veggies and healthy proteins eaten as the majority of one's diet, along with interval training and eating to satiety, will reduce a human's set point, seems to be fairly true based on what we know.

So I'm not going to say that his premise is categorically wrong, but he is academically dishonest at several points in the book. Which makes sense because he's just some guy writing a book, he is NOT a medical professional. Just keep that in mind.