Always Hungry?

Conquer Cravings, Retrain Your Fat Cells, and Lose Weight Permanently

By: David Ludwig MD PhD

Narrated by: David Ludwig

Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

Leading Harvard Medical School expert and "obesity warrior" (Time magazine) rewrites the rules on weight loss, diet, and health.

Forget everything you've been taught about dieting. In Always Hungry?, renowned endocrinologist Dr. David Ludwig explains why traditional diets don't work and presents a radical new plan to help you lose weight without hunger, improve your health, and feel great.

For over two decades, Dr. Ludwig has been at the forefront of research into weight control. His groundbreaking studies show that overeating doesn't make you fat; the process of getting fat makes you overeat. That's because fat cells play a key role in determining how much weight you gain or lose. Low-fat diets work against you by triggering fat cells to hoard more calories for themselves, leaving too few for the rest of the body. This "hungry fat" sets off a dangerous chain reaction that leaves you feeling ravenous as your metabolism slows down. Cutting calories only makes the situation worse - creating a battle between mind and metabolism that we're destined to lose. You gain more weight even as you struggle to eat less food.

Always Hungry? turns dieting on its head with a three-phase program that ignores calories and targets fat cells directly. The recipes and meal plan include luscious high-fat foods (like nuts and nut butters, full-fat dairy, avocados, and dark chocolate), savory proteins, and natural carbohydrates. The result? Fat cells release their excess calories, and you lose weight - and inches - without battling cravings and constant hunger. This is dieting without deprivation.

Forget calories. Forget cravings. Forget dieting. Always hungry? reveals a liberating new way to tame hunger and lose weight...for good.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2016 David Ludwig (P)2016 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

"David Ludwig is one of the very few voices of true authority in the world of obesity. This book goes to the heart of the underlying cause of our obesity crisis based on the emerging science of satiety and how it controls our hunger. More importantly, this book offers a practical, lifetime approach to return to a state of improved wellness regardless of your weight." (Barry Sears)

"Dr. David Ludwig is the leading researcher and voice in our food and nutrition revolution. His focused, incisive, impeccable and irrefutable research has broken the code on why we are facing an overwhelming epidemic of obesity and chronic disease. His voice needs to be heard by all, and heeded by all." (Mark Hyman)

Great guide to a healthy life!

The science behind the diet makes sense and was an eye opener. Great listen and a definite life changer.

I enjoyed the explanations and the science

Would you listen to Always Hungry? again? Why?

I liked the books and the tone of the narrator. The science and studies that were cited were interesting.

Very good explanation of the obesity epidemic.

This book was inspirational. It explained replaceable reason as to why I bulking diet as cool as the art obesity epidemic. I plan on trying the program and recipes.

Difficult to follow w/out viewing PDF

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

No, it was difficult to follow without having the pdf file open.

If you’ve listened to books by David Ludwig before, how does this one compare?

NA

What aspect of David Ludwig’s performance would you have changed?

I would change the amount of personal stories told before the new topics were discussed.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No

I'm a dietitian and Council people daily

I will alter my counseling techniques from this point on. I love this book!! I will recommend this as a read to all of my colleagues and patience

Do not buy audio version buy hardback

Would you try another book from David Ludwig and/or David Ludwig?

Yes

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

There were too many moments that say ' refer to the pdf'

How could the performance have been better?

The doctor's reading his own book. you must speed him up to get through.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

N/a

Any additional comments?

Just not a great book for audio since much of the material is not read and you are to refer to PDFs. I'm not even sure I got the right ones. So the real how to is missing from the audio version. Disappointing.

Rational Approach to Diet

Finally a scientific and nutritional way to gain at losing. Thank you to Dr. Ludwig for caring.

Knowledge is Only Power When You Act on It

Would you listen to Always Hungry? again? Why?

The book does a good job of really explaining how past diets didn't work, They provide A LOT of science (if you love stats and reports). Then it came down to here is what you can eat and why. They do a good job of saying how the information is in the pdf (wich is there if you go to your library, look under the title of the book you will see "PDF"). So this is helpful, but not when I'm in the woods, in the car, or wherever you listen. Then by the time I get back to the PDF, I forget what he was talking about. It is the nature of the beast.So keep the pdf handy as you will want to refer to it (or in my case just re-read the whole thing).

What does David Ludwig bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Lots and lots of experience. Lots of real life stories.

What did you learn from Always Hungry? that you would use in your daily life?

Low fat diets were a bad idea.

Any additional comments?

Toward the end, I could've done without yet another "My always hungry story" I'm 75% of the way through the book, I get it, it works, enough with trying to sell me on the program. Just give me the data.

Excellent Science

I am diabetic and I need to know the truth. The truth is I can heal myself. Thank you for the excellent science. Information in power.

A Practicing Neurologist's perspective is Valuable

If you could sum up Always Hungry? in three words, what would they be?

Diets Missing Fat

What did you like best about this story?

I learned that fat in my diet is healthy and important. It's really carbohydrates that signal insulin to fat cells, to" store," instead of "use" its fat reserves. Also, be conscious when choosing to include highly processed carbohydrates. Some people are sensitive to them. Can cause inflammation all over the body from the brain fog to the swollen joints, autoimmune issues, and more. They can interfere with sleep, energy, or trigger cravings. Some people are hyper sensitive to Carbs and and should not add them back to their diet. I like Dr Ludwig's personal approach.

What does David Ludwig bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Doctor Ludwig brings his own calm voice with practical guidance in practical steps.There is an add'l woman narrator reading written testimonials from Dr Ludwig's patients interspersed in the book that are reassuring.

What did you learn from Always Hungry? that you would use in your daily life?

I now know the proper proportion of Fat, Protein and Carbohydrates in my meals for good health. Also to pay attention to not just the scale, but sleep, energy level, hunger level. Guidelines for training wheels, then transitioning to putting together my own healthy meals with the foods we enjoy. I love some of the recipes I've tried, and haven't even tried them all yet. Great ideas for make ahead sauces, dips and dressings to get the needed fat in a meal, and what delicious flavor boosts they give. Great tips for quick to put together meals. He comments that he used a dietician and a culinary chef to put together his meal combinations. I can believe that. Delicious.

Any additional comments?

The information is Important, refreshing, and feels balanced. I am free from counting calories.