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Expert: Tanya Zilberter, PhD - 1/25/2006


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What kind of results are coming from people on The Sonoma Diet?  Is there any nutritional deficiencies in this diet?  Are any of our main food groups/vitamins/minerals being left out? Are there any side effects?

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Dear Kursula,

I don't know of too many results on Sonoma diet, but what I know sounds encouraging. People reporting losing up to 10 pounds in three weeks while not feeling deprived.

It's a diet with a strong scientific backup so unlike Atkins, it hasn't to wait until clinical trials come up with pro or contra results. It's all about healthy eating habits, healthy cooking, and healthy foods, emphasizing fresh produce and wine. As far as I'm concerned, only "bad" food groups are left out. Never heard of any side effects.

If you enroll online, you have more detailed support and 500 recipes. People find them delicious and not so hard to cook.

Please read more about it here:

http://bestofweightloss.com/Sonoma_Diet.html
http://dietandbody.com/updates/nfblog/?p=198

Hope it helps,

Tanya Zilberter, PhD

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I am in neurophysiology since 1972, my research started with studies of neuronal interactions in the hypothalamic centers of hunger and satiety. I worked for 20 years in interdisciplinary teams, with physicists and mathematicians, as an expert in neuroscience preparing conceptual models of brain regulatory systems for their further implications in larger-scale mathematical and computer modeling. Since 2007, I focus on the metabolic aspects of neuroprotection.

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I am a freelance research consultant for the Infotonic Consultancy. I participate in a research project concerning neuroprotectors including energy substrates. The website related to this project is Brain Fuels where I'm trying to popularly write about brain metabolism and neuroprotection.



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    PhD in Physiology

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    Currently, I affiliate with Infotonic Consultancy as a freelance research consultant. In 1972-1991, I wrote for/collaborated with: Informatics Div., Moscow State University, Institute for Continuing Education for Physicians (Russia), Glushkov's Institute of Cybernetics (Ukraine), State Institute of Scientific and Technical Information (Russia). In 1995-2007, I used to write for the online publishers such as about.com, lifetips.com, dietandbody.com, infozine.com, atkinszone.com, bantadiet.com, reflexo-therapy.com. In 2005-2007 and in 2009, I worked for the Mediterranean Institute of Neurobiology, Marseille, France.

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