In The Mayo Clinic Diet: The Healthy Approach to Weight Loss, Donald D. Hensrud, M.D., M.P.H., shares a straightforward weight-loss plan with endless food possibilities. You'll learn about setting your caloric goals, food prep short-cuts, and developing a physical activity plan, as well as how your thoughts and emotions affect your weight loss. This diet was developed with only one goal in mind-to help you feel better and become healthier by following a program that fits comfortably into your real life.
The Mayo Clinic Diet: The Healthy Approach to Weight Loss.
A Mayo Clinic expert shares a science-based, practical, and realistic weight-loss plan.
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Anne5 from
Common sense.
Common sense, and logical. What I needed to hear. Has lost 8 pounds in the first week. Hoping to develop lifelong habits recommended by this approach.
Date published: 2023-07-16
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Joyt from
I did learn something from it, but it's mostly seeming to be old information. At any rate there are many reports that are different than his. For all the activity many of us have all those meals that are primarily carbohydrates I believe are unhealthy. We just don't agree.
Date published: 2022-11-17
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Lady and the Cats from
Lady and the Cats
Great and useful information for helping improve my personal lifestyle.
Date published: 2022-08-17
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Maz61 from
It works!
I bought this course a few weeks ago and I have steadily lost weight every week. Safe and realistic way to loose the pounds!! Healthy and direct way to explain how to approach nutrition and cooking. I am so glad I bought it !
Date published: 2022-07-27
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Boomerbabe from
Just What I Need
I bought this course because I was tired, confused, and frustrated with all the approaches that are available. The science-based, researched eating and lifestyle program is sensible and sane. It's nice to have more than one instructor, but rather a team-teaching course.
Date published: 2022-07-21
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Hippy Granny from
Most excellent!
A terrific course by a very knowledgeable teacher, from a well trusted organization. What more could you want? It was very helpful and informative.
Date published: 2021-12-29
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Reza K from
Very informative course
I liked it as it was realistic and connected weight loss with healthy lifestyle and the lecturer was well-dressed & his clothes fitted him (unlike some other lecturers!). And smile frequently.
Date published: 2021-12-22
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susan76 from
Mayo Clinic Diet
Very mechanical lecturer. Looking for something less like nutritional propaganda.
Date published: 2021-11-25
Overview
About
Donald D. Hensrud, M.D., M.P.H., has been a member of the Mayo Clinic staff for 25 years and currently serves as Associate Professor of Nutrition and Preventive Medicine at Mayo Clinic and Director of the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program. Dr. Hensrud holds four academic degrees: a B.S., an M.D., and Master's Degrees in public health and nutrition sciences. He is board certified in the fields of Internal Medicine, Nutrition, and Preventive Medicine, and is a fellow of both the American College of Physicians and The Obesity Society.
Dr. Hensrud has authored numerous scientific articles and book chapters and has contributed to lay education as editor of the books Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight for EveryBody, The New Mayo Clinic Cookbook, The Mayo Clinic Plan: 10 Essential Steps to a Better Body and Healthier Life, and the New York Times bestseller The Mayo Clinic Diet. He was coeditor of the medical text Clinical Preventive Medicine and wrote a monthly health column for Fortune magazine for several years.
Dr. Hensrud has received the Charles E. Kupchella Preventive Medicine and Wellness Award from the University of North Dakota and the Distinguished Alumni Award from The University of Alabama at Birmingham. He consistently appears on the Best Doctors in America List.
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01: The Science of Weight and Weight Loss
With more than two-thirds of U.S. adults either overweight or obese, weight is clearly a national health concern. But how important is it for you to lose weight? Learn how your body-mass index, waist circumference, and medical history each impact your health. You’ll be surprised to learn which factors are most important and why.
34 min
02: Getting Ready for The Mayo Clinic Diet
Learn how to prepare your kitchen and what other tools you’ll need to begin Lose It!—the two-week jump-start phase of The Mayo Clinic Diet. But first, take this quiz to answer a fundamental question: Is this the right time for you to start a weight-loss program? Or are there other underlying issues to be addressed first?
29 min
03: Starting Your Diet: The Lose It! Phase
Learn the five specific habits to add to your daily routine for the first two weeks of the program, the five habits to remove, and the bonus habits that will give your weight-loss journey the best possible jump-start. These changes are designed to bump you out of your comfort zone and head you in a different, healthier direction—but in ways that are both doable and nutritionally sound.
27 min
04: Assessing Your Weight-Loss Progress
If you couldn’t follow every detail of the Lose It! program for the full two weeks, don’t worry. Chances are you did change some habits, and that is the beginning of success. Going forward, you can give yourself a bit of leeway on some habits—but others are too fundamental to your weight-loss success to be negotiable.
33 min
05: Maintaining Your Program: The Live It! Phase
As you move into the long-term Live It! portion of the Mayo Clinic Diet, you’ll learn how to realistically set your personal outcome and performance goals, as well as your daily caloric intake. With The Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid as your guide, you’ll see that no foods are completely off limits as long as you understand the crucial difference between serving size and portion size.
33 min
06: Tracking Your Weight-Loss Progress
While you can use any method that’s convenient for you to track your daily food intake and activity—from pencil and paper to smartphone apps—the tracking itself is crucial for success as you begin the long-term portion of The Mayo Clinic Diet. Learn exactly what and when to track for maximum efficacy. But tracking your weight? That’s a more personal matter.
32 min
07: Adapting The Mayo Clinic Diet
The Mayo Clinic Diet is an adaptable plan that can work whether you’re in your home kitchen or out on the road. If you usually follow a vegetarian, vegan, Mediterranean, or DASH diet (for hypertension), no problem. These and other eating plans fit well within the framework of The Mayo Clinic Diet. With these five healthy cooking techniques and the five criteria for any food, you’ll be on your way.
37 min
08: Exercise, Activity, and Health
Physical exercise provides a variety of health benefits with respect to heart disease, blood pressure, cognitive function, mood, diabetes, and some cancers—as well as helping the body lose weight and maintain that loss. In addition to structured exercise, learn how to incorporate more Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT) into your day.
34 min
09: Behavioral Strategies for Weight Loss
Many people believe they don’t have enough willpower to lose weight and keep it off. But the real issue is having the amount of willpower you need exactly when you need it—and you can plan for that. Learn how to give yourself every opportunity to be successful in changing your behavior long-term, and about the significant interplay between guilt and forgiveness.
32 min
10: Cooking The Mayo Clinic Diet Way
How to plan healthier meals? Chef Jen makes it easy! With her simple suggestions for grocery shopping and easy-to-follow cooking demonstrations, you’ll learn to cross-utilize your ingredients to maximize efficiency in the kitchen. From barbeque pita pizza to pesto shrimp pasta, these delicious meals will help you meet your weight-loss goals.
41 min
11: Overcoming Obstacles to Weight Loss
Everyone who undertakes a long-term plan to improve health will face obstacles. Learn to anticipate specific challenges and plan your work-arounds in advance. Whether it’s grocery shopping, cooking, eating out, getting your family on board with food changes, or prioritizing exercise, you can identify and overcome potential obstacles to your optimum health. You can be successful.
29 min
12: Handling Lapses and Keeping Weight Off
Some days you will eat too much, and some days you won’t exercise, not even for five minutes. It happens to everyone. And eventually, you may even hit a plateau in your weight loss. Learn the best ways to keep negative self-talk at bay and continue to move forward toward better health, instead of expecting unattainable perfection and relapsing into old habits.
37 min
