If there’s one thing that celebrity nutritionist Haylie Pomroy wants you to know, it’s that “good” metabolism isn’t about winning some kind of genetic lottery. Her philosophy—one that she’s imparted to clients such as Jennifer Lopez and Reese Witherspoon—is that everyone can optimize the way their body uses food for fuel. All it takes is a few sneaky hacks, most of which run counter to the conventional “eat less, exercise more” wisdom that we’ve all been fed over the years.

Pomroy’s new book, Metabolism Revolution, dives into her method for kick-starting stalled metabolism, while pinpointing  reasons your body stores fat so you can use food strategically to release it. And she promises that weight loss isn’t the only result you’ll see if you follow her rules. “A plan that feeds you—rather than depriving you of food and nutrients—can keep you from losing energy, experiencing extreme hunger, cannibalizing muscle, and sapping strength,” she says. “When you eat more, but choose the right foods at the right times, you can actually raise your metabolic rate, build strength, improve your skin tone, and get more energy.”

Read the extremely well written article by Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal here.