Everybody wants to lose weight (excess fat).  In fact, almost everyone has BUT almost no one maintains fat loss (weight creeps back more than 80% of the time).  People want to look better, feel better and younger and just be healthier and reduce the likelihood of heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, arthritis and some forms of cancer.  For all of these reasons (for fighting the weight loss battle), 15 Minutes to Fitness addresses these issues and provides safe, successful solutions.   If the advice we’ve been given for the last 50 years was legitimate, why then do we have 200 million Americans that are obese or overweight? Why are more than 100 million people diabetic or pre-diabetic?  Obviously, the PLAN isn’t working. With people spending billions annually to wage this war, why are we losing so badly? The ANSWER: We are using the wrong methods based on bad science perpetrated by Big Medicine, Big Pharma (drug companies) and government agencies that are supported and unduly influenced by both. NOTE: If we could return obesity and diabetes numbers back to 1970 levels we would save one BILLION dollars a DAY in health care costs!!  It’s time we paid attention!!  It’s time you become your own expert, become informed and follow some simple science.   Dr. Ben’s  15 Minutes to Fitness  exposes the flaws in the methods dictated by these entities and explains, in simple terms, how the human body developed genetically. This understanding leads the reader to a powerful system and guides them to successfully combat the fat related problems we face and maintain good health for a lifetime. The irony in the situation is that so much time, money and effort have literally been wasted on weight loss when the evidence has been available for decades.  For almost 50 years, Dr. Ben Bocchicchio has produced unparalleled success in all populations applying his SMaRT System.  Dr. Ben suggests that everyone wants to get the biggest bang for their exercise and dieting time and effort and that is exactly what this book provides. The SMaRT System is based on a fifteen minute, twice a week resistance exercise program and a carbohydrate controlled plan of eating.  Each aspect of the plan (meals and exercise) is detailed on a day by day, exercise by exercise basis.  The history of success that has accompanied the SMaRT plan includes a 10 pound fat loss and an 8 pound increase in muscle and bone tissue in just 5 weeks.  Dr. Ben calls this method a “A Five Week Metabolic Makeover”.  “That is really what all dieters and exercisers are really seeking: “Changing Metabolism” says Dr. Ben. “From fat “storer” to fat “burner” in 5 weeks” is the motto of  15 Minutes to Fitness . Dr. Vincent “Ben” Bocchicchio has worked professionally in the fields of fitness and health for nearly 40 years. An acknowledged leader in the field, he has built his success by combining science with effective body conditioning and technology to produce optimum health, fitness, rehabilitation, and weight loss for every body type. In the 1970s, Dr. Ben developed slow resistance training, a fitness technique that changed the way people exercise. Dr. Ben grew up in New York, where he became an award-winning athlete in high school and college. His involvement in athletics inspired him to pursue a career in exercise science. He graduated in 1971 from Ithaca College with a bachelor’s degree in physical education, health, and science. Dr. Ben went on to earn a master’s degree in exercise sciences from Florida Atlantic University, a doctorate in exercise physiology from North American University, and a doctorate in health services, with a specialization in physical exercise, from Walden University. He also completed a post-doctoral program at Columbia University in body composition analysis and weight management. In 1973, Dr. Ben founded Sports Conditioning in Staten Island to condition professional and world-class athletes. Soon thereafter, he was approached by a wider scope of clientele seeking fitness and conditioning advice and program development. Dr. Ben applied the principles he developed for the athletic population, Slow MAximum Response Training or SMART ™, to develop programs for weight reduction, cosmetic enhancement, general fitness, and health and rehabilitation for the general population. In 1978, Dr. Ben was lauded by the N.Y. Press as “The Guru of Fitness.” He has served as an expert consultant to professional and college teams, including The U.S. Olympic Committee, The National Football League, Major League Baseball, World Team Tennis, numerous major college athletic programs, and he served as the training program developer for Total Gym.™ In the early 1980s, Dr. Ben founded Cardio Management Systems and used resistance training as an integral part of Phase 2 Cardiac Rehabilitation. This was the first formally documented use of such exercise in the industry, and it is now commonplace protocol. Following that experience, Dr. Ben became the exercise phy