Shangri-La Diet

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The Shangri-La Diet: The No Hunger Eat Anything Weight Loss Plan is the first book by Seth Roberts, a professor emeritus of psychology at UC Berkeley. The book outlines a method of natural appetite suppression which can lead to substantial weight loss. As a graduate student, Roberts studied animal learning, specifically "rat psychology". As a psychology professor, Roberts read a report by Israel Ramirez that studied the stimulation and growth in rats due to saccharine. Based on this research, he developed a new theory of weight control – eating foods with a low glycemic index and eating sushi – on which he lost twenty pounds. In 2000, Roberts traveled to Paris. He noticed a loss of appetite, and connected this with drinking sugar-sweetened soda, a food he did not consume at home. He saw a relationship between unfamiliar tastes and loss of appetite, and expanded his weight-loss theory, which led to the Shangri-La Diet.