The book’s co-author Dan Zigmond is the director of analytics at Facebook and a practicing Buddhist who was drawn to the data about the health benefits of restricted eating. And there’s no deprivation.” Combining Buddhism with science to lose weight But with the Buddha’s diet, I just have to pay attention to when I eat. “With my schedule, I could never follow special eating plans like paleo or juice fasts. Tara Cotrell Wright, Palo Alto resident and co-author of Buddha’s Diet “What appealed to me was the mindfulness aspect and the scientific evidence that it works,” explained Tara Cotrell Wright, a Palo Alto resident who has three kids and a full time job at the Stanford School of Business. Dropping lbs without deprivation? Sign us up Sometimes called intermittent fasting, this approach is tied not just to how the Buddha lived, but also to a study done by the Salk Institute about the positive impacts on mice whose food was restricted for part of the day. That sounds easy, right? But when you think about the stretch from the first moment you start consuming food in the morning (coffee with milk at 7am?) to when you have your last snack before bed (ice cream during TV at 9?), even 10 hours can sound like a lifestyle change. The premise of Buddha’s Diet is that the secret to healthy weight is to restrict eating to a certain number of hours a day, starting with 12 hours and working downwards to nine. Buddha’s Diet is simple…it’s all about when you eat Keeping food to 12, 10 or 9 hours a day?
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