The new book from Bonni London, MS, RDN, LDN
Healthy Rebels
90 minutes. Your whole story. A clear plan forward.
This is not another diet book. This is a rebellion. Of your mind, your body and your spirit, against every reason you have ever been handed for settling for less than what you are capable of.
Coming February 2027.
Available in paperback and digital editions.
Includes the Healthy Rebels Tool Kit and a bonus peptides chapter
93%
of U.S. adults fall short of optimal metabolic health
56.3%
of U.S. food spending goes to food made outside the home
9 in 10
daily behaviors run on autopilot
15–17
years for new evidence to reach everyday clinical practice
The gap this book closes
You did everything they told you. It’s not your fault.
Count your calories, write your food down, start exercising a little bit every day, drink more water, reduce portion sizes, measure foods, and the list goes on. Here is what nobody told you.
“Just count your calories.”
We are not the equivalent of a Bunsen burner. We are a very complex organism, and hormones, not calories, determine whether we store or burn what we eat.
“Follow the dietary guidelines.”
Those guidelines were written for a “healthy population,” and by the latest numbers most Americans are not metabolically healthy. Who are these recommendations really for?
“Everything in moderation.”
Not all things are good in moderation. The food industry has found the perfect combination of sugar, salt and fat to hit a “bliss point” that makes restraint close to impossible.
“Well, I am ___ years old, so…”
That sentence is a narrative you have been sold. It is not a fact about your body.
This book is
A Rebellion.
From all the knowledge I have learned, my experiences on professional and personal levels, the stories, horrors and successes of my clients, and my many years of expertise, I am sharing it with you in black and white.
You have earned the right to stop settling.
The London Wellness Method
Reveal. Rewire. Reinforce.
The same three phases I take every client through in my practice, now in a book you can keep on your nightstand.
Phase 1
Reveal
Find what is really going on. Most practitioners stop at what they can see. I look underneath the symptoms, using bloodwork, body composition and genetics rather than guesswork.
Phase 2
Rewire
Build the new road. We do not fight the old habits. We strengthen the new ones, and the old ones wither away on their own.
Phase 3
Reinforce
Make it a diamond. Once a new habit becomes part of who you are, it holds. No plan to follow, no willpower to spend, and you are not going back.
This book is for you if…
You want to be in control of your outcome.
You would rather take proactive measures now than wait to react to an illness later.
You have done everything “right” and still feel off.
You ate what you were led to believe was a healthy diet, and the fatigue, the joint pain and the extra pounds showed up anyway.
You know exactly what to do. You are just not doing it.
This book goes after the part most programs skip, which is who you believe you are. Once a habit becomes part of your identity, you protect it.
You are skeptical of the latest health trend.
Good. You want the research behind the advice, and a registered dietitian who shows her work.
You have been told it is just your age.
Common is not the same as normal. One of the clients in this book lost 30 pounds she had carried for decades, the year she turned 80.
Someone else makes most of your meals.
Restaurants, takeout and delivery now take more than half of the family food dollar. There is a whole chapter on eating well anyway, without giving up the social life that comes with it.
You are thinking about the next twenty years.
You want energy, strength and a clear head for decades, which takes far more than losing a few pounds.
This book is not for you if you want a pill for every ill.
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From the author
In the end, it was never about the calories.
From my journal · January 28, 1989 · London, study abroad semester
“I decided to torture myself tonight by wearing high heels. I could barely function… I feel fat and really bad about myself right now… I wish I had a good body.”
Today, much wiser, I wish I could speak to my younger self and let her know she is a worthwhile human being no matter what the scale says.
I did not start out in nutrition. I started in fashion in New York City, until a layoff and a summer course at NYU to become a certified personal trainer. I sat in on the first anatomy and physiology class and was hooked on the science immediately.
That led to my Master’s in Clinical Nutrition from New York University, and I have been a registered and licensed dietitian since 1999.
Feed yourself like you love yourself.
Bonni London, MS, RDN, LDN
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist · Sarasota, FL
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Master’s in Clinical Nutrition, NYU
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Registered and licensed since 1999
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Seventeen years in physician concierge medicine
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Past President, Manasota Dietetic Association
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Creator of the London Wellness Method
Read my full story
Inside the book
18 chapters. Five themes.One new identity.
From what is on your plate, to what is going on in your head, to the habits that make it stick. Plus a bonus chapter for readers who buy the book.
1
Why it got this hard
3 chapters
Stop blaming yourself for advice that was never going to work.
Up, Down & All Around · It’s Not Your Fault · The Definitive Guide to Outsmarting the World That Is Making Us Fat
2
What to eat, and when
5 chapters
Eat real food without counting, fearing or punishing yourself.
What to Eat? A Twisted Tale · Protein, the Unsung Hero · Fat, Health and Weight, a Surprising Alliance · Carbohydrates, a Love-Hate Relationship · When to Eat
3
Building your plan
4 chapters
Build a plan that fits your body, your schedule and your life.
The London Plan · How to Create Your Personal Plan · How to Move · How and Why to Sleep · Navigating the Grocery Store and the Kitchen
4
What is going on in your head
4 chapters
Trade punishment for self-acceptance, and watch the cravings and the stress lose their grip.
Unleash Your Success · Embrace Self-Acceptance · Goal Setting and Visualization · Stress · Mindset, Dopamine & Mindfulness
5
Becoming a Healthy Rebel
2 chapters
Become the person who does this without thinking about it.
Habits, a Systems Approach · Your Roadmap to Assuming the Identity of the Healthy Rebel
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Reader tool kit
Every chapter
Handouts and tools, just for readers.
Each chapter links by QR code to handouts and tools on a private page, just for readers.
Bonus chapter · for book buyers only
Peptides
What the Hype Leaves Out and the Skeptics Get Wrong
Your body already makes peptides. Insulin is one, and so is the GLP-1 behind today’s most talked-about weight-loss medications. So why do the same peptides change one person’s life and do nothing at all for another? In the bonus peptide chapter of Healthy Rebels, two experts and two real people share what made the difference, including a man who, after more than 70 years with Crohn’s, finally knows what normal feels like. Before you spend another dollar on the peptide everyone is talking about, read this.
Healthy Rebels arrives February 2027.
A page from the book
Chapter 13
When to Eat!
What if you had a key to help unlock the aging process? Improve mental clarity! Increase energy levels! Improve fat burning! Lower inflammation? The answer is sooo simple and has been utilized since the beginning of time!
“Food is the cheapest thing you can eat.”
Helen Grossman, my great-grandmother
She was born in Poland in the late 1800s and came through Ellis Island at fifteen, hiding bread in her dress to survive. She raised two daughters by herself during the Depression, and she lived to be 99.
She shared stories of picking out a good-looking chicken that the butcher would then slaughter for her to take home. Fast forward a century, and we can buy chicken nuggets made into dinosaur shapes.
Real clients, real turning points
The stories inside Healthy Rebels
Chapter 1
Janet
In her sixties, she ate what she was led to believe was a healthy diet and still gained more than 40 pounds over fifteen years. Headaches made her weeks miserable, and joint pain kept her from moving.
She finally understood why she felt awful all the time, and her hope was reignited.
Chapter 7
Barbara
She came looking for relief from joint pain, and was not sure losing weight was even possible at her age after all the diets she had tried.
She lost 30 pounds from her small 5-foot frame the year she turned 80. Then she asked me, “Why did I wait 79 years?”
Chapter 12
Mary
She plopped down on my couch after a week of fever, a night stuck at the airport on the way to see her daughter, and a fight with a sibling over her parents’ estate.
Before deciding what to put in your mouth, you need to first address what is going on in your head.
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Reveal · Rewire · Reinforce
Feed yourself like you love yourself.
Every time you choose to bring your lunch instead of ordering takeout, you are a healthy rebel.
When you choose to go to sleep instead of binge-watching, you are a healthy rebel.
Ask questions about your food at a restaurant instead of just consuming whatever is served, and you are a healthy rebel.