Leptin Books

Have you tried every diet and still can’t lose weight? Do you lose weight and gain it right back? Learn how your hormones govern weight loss and what you can do to once and for all take control of your weight, increase energy, and improve overall health! Byron J. Richards is the leading health expert on the fat hormone leptin. He was the first to write a book for the public explaining leptin and its immense importance to weight loss and overall health, called Mastering Leptin (2002). He also wrote a shorter version of this book, called The Leptin Diet (2006).  Both are excellent  guides for health—whether you are looking to lose weight, maintain a healthy weight, or improve overall wellness. Mastering Leptin is a great choice for those looking for more technical information about the hormone leptin and its relationship between other hormones and disease. Learn how easy it can be to lose weight and change your life for the better!

Mastering Leptin by Byron J. Richards, CCN
Mastering Leptin (Third Edition)

Byron J. Richards, CCN
with Mary Guignon Richards

First published in 2002, Mastering Leptin is the first and most in-depth book explaining the hormone leptin and its relationship to obesity and difficult weight loss, yo-yo dieting, low energy, heart disease, low thyroid, stress eating, food cravings, and hormonal imbalance. Mastering Leptin cuts through the confusion of countless ways to eat and provides individuals with a workable lifestyle for permanent weight loss. Renowned leptin expert Byron Richards, CCN analyzes over 15,000 leptin-related scientific studies and brings amazing findings to the public in an easy-to-understand format.

Readers love the first and second editions of Mastering Leptin due to the fascinating connections made between leptin, weight loss, energy, hormone balance, and disease. We hear again and again that “This is the easiest lifestyle to follow, the healthiest way to lose weight, and The Five Rules just make so much sense!” The third edition is newly edited and updated. Take charge of your health now and read this essential information!  Book Details


Mastering Leptin by Byron J. Richards, CCN
The Leptin Diet: How Fit Is Your Fat?

by Byron J. Richards, CCN

The Leptin Diet contains easy lifestyle guidelines to get the hormone leptin into balance for permanent weight loss, increased energy, and optimum health.

What is Leptin?  Fat cells produce the powerful hormone leptin, a primary force instructing thyroid, adrenals, and hunger, metabolism. Leptin communicates directly to your brain, telling the brain how much fat is in storage. Leptin controls appetite, energy, and metabolic rate. Leptin problems are the primary reason for food cravings, overeating, faulty metabolism, the obsession with food, and heart disease. Learn how to eat in harmony with leptin and take charge of your weight and your health -- once and for all!

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Mastering Leptin is the "Rosetta Stone" of the body. It explains very simply and in an easy to understand fashion, how the body works." ~ Diane P.


Thanks to the authors for producing the first-ever truly no-diet diet book. Mastering Leptin has revolutionized my understanding of food and the function of the body." ~ Reader, CA


I love this book! After reading Mastering Leptin cover to cover I thought, finally a health and diet book that not only makes sense, but isn't a typical unrealistic "diet"!" ~ Leighton R


Hallelujah! Finally the feelings I have about my relationship with food is validated. Having never heard of the hormone leptin, The Leptin Diet book is an easy read containing a basic road map to health. Discovering The Leptin Diet is like discovering a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. I now understand how to manage leptin and my reward will be a healthy life and growing old to enjoy it." ~ Sandi S.


One thing that I think you will love about Byron Richards is that he doesn't tell you to count calories, he doesn't tell you to avoid the foods you love, he doesn't tell you to change your life dramatically. He simply shows you how to understand what your brain is thinking behind the scenes. The Leptin Diet won't limit your current lifestyle; you won't feel like you are on a "diet"." ~ C. Loya


The Leptin Diet is a short book and simple. It covers 5 simple eating habits that will change the way the body deals with leptin." ~ Michael M.