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If you study about Buddha and read his life accounts deeply, you will find out he was always lean. He was born into a royal family and renounced everything in search of something profound and ultimately attained enlightenment.<br />
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During his journey of finding true meaning of life and quest for enlightenment, Buddha experienced many things. One of them was <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=dieting&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">dieting</a>.<br />
<br /> As per the book “Buddha's Diet: The Ancient Art of Losing Weight Without Losing Your Mind” by <keyword id="4289062" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="tara-cottrell">Tara Cottrell</keyword> and <keyword id="4289063" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="dan-zigmond">Dan Zigmond</keyword>, Buddha tried dieting too and it worked.<br />
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The authors have combined the Buddha’s teachings that have a good mix of science of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=eating&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">eating</a> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=obesity&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">obesity</a>. The book reads Buddha’s teachings were all about moderation and rejected the idea of starving yourself to some crazy diet.<br />
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In the book, it is said Buddha did not believe in eating everything one month and then starving for the next. This makes us overweight, unhappy and wasting time fighting with<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=food&amp;sortorder=effectivedate"> food</a>.<br />
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The book has compiled Buddha’s diet so that you lose weight, without losing your mind. In the book, it is outlined how Buddha believed meditation was good for the body and spirit and how change in eating timings can make a vast difference.<br />
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Here are 5 key takeaways from the book that will help you in losing weight

5 ways how Buddha’s diet will help you lose weight

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Hollis Johnson</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>When Dan Zigmond, director of analytics at Facebook, rolls into his office at 1 Hacker Way, he grabs a bowl of oatmeal topped with Greek yogurt and dried cranberries.</p><p>Later, he gets lunch from the company's <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-cafeteria-food-is-amazing-2015-2?op=1">drool-worthy cafeteria</a>. He also eats dinner there. His coworkers might never suspect Zigmond subscribes to a trending diet called <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valley-biohacking-wefast-2016-8">intermittent fasting</a>, which involves going without food for anywhere from 14 hours to several days.</p><p>"Lots of us are eating at work or on the run. It's kind of hard to control what you eat these days," Zigmond tells Business Insider, rattling off the extreme diets his friends have tried and abandoned. "But one thing that basically everyone can control is time."</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Courtesy of Dan Zigmond</span></p><p class="caption">Dan Zigmond, author of "Buddha's Diet."</p></div><p></p></div></div>In 2014, Zigmond began a brief stint working at food startup Hampton Creek, where he was surrounded by food scientists, plant biologists, and chefs. They talked about their food choices constantly and shared research around healthy living.</p><p>A paper from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies eventually crossed his desk. It suggested that <em>when</em> you eat might matter as much as <em>what</em> you eat. Mice whose eating was restricted to certain hours of the day became thinner than mice who fed whenever, <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/researchers-say-when-you-eat-each-day-may-be-crucial-to-weight-loss-1422901628">according to the study</a>.</p><p>Zigmond - who counts Microsoft, Google, and YouTube among his past employers - was immediately reminded of his time living in a Buddhist temple in Thailand years ago. The monks followed a similar routine. So, he <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Buddhas-Diet-Ancient-Losing-Without/dp/0762460466">decided to give it a go</a>.</p><p>"It took me a couple of weeks. I remember at the end of each day, I would text a friend and say how many hours I'd eaten that day," Zigmond says. "But I got pretty quickly to this nine-hour diet. I just loved it. I almost immediately felt better. And I started losing weight."</p><p>He dropped more than 20 pounds in less than a year.</p><p>Zigmond, a father and a practicing Buddhist, says he wakes up feeling refreshed and never goes to bed hungry. He can't remember the last time he felt a "food coma" coming on.</p><p>"I roughly eat from nine to six. For some people, that wouldn't be the right schedule," Zigmond says. "The worst thing you can do for your body is eating at all hours."</p><p>The science behind intermittent fasting is spotty. Most studies use rodents and fruit flies as test subjects, rather than primates and people, <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-intermittent-fasting-might-help-you-live-longer-healthier-life/">Scientific American reports</a>.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Melia Robinson/Business Insider</span></p><p class="caption">A member of the WeFast group slurps up egg yolks at a recent group breakfast.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Still, intermittent fasting is catching on among certain Silicon Valley tech workers who give up food in order to increase focus and productivity and promote longevity. A <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valley-biohacking-wefast-2016-8">club of San Francisco-based biohackers</a> called WeFast meets for breakfast every Wednesday to commiserate with one another, share hacks, and - importantly - break the fast.</p><p>Most of Zigmond's coworkers at Facebook didn't know about his fasting until he announced his book, "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0762460466">Buddha's Diet: The Ancient Art of Losing Weight Without Losing Your Mind</a>," now available for pre-order. It's co-written with Tara Cottrell, a friend and one of his only converts so far.</p><p>He doesn't catch flak from his colleagues or think there's anything weird about the way he eats. Because that's exactly what he does - eat.</p><p>Zigmond recalls when he was hired and received his welcome-email from Facebook.</p><p>"They have this email that goes [on] about where to show up and what to wear, and it says that they want you to be your authentic self. I think that they really believe that," he says.</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-jimmy-kimmel-lost-weight-2016-5">Jimmy Kimmel lost a ton of weight on this radical diet</a></h3>        <div>            <div>        <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="xpbXUyMDE6U_ruv0qCaR1oHc44ny8Rez" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>        </div>        </div>            </div>

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