I suppose you'd call it a diet book, but its more about how the body works with foods. Heard yer man on Tom Dunne, thats why I bought it, first (& probably last) 'diet' book I ever bought.
First off - the negatives - a lot of it written in cringey tabloid/chicky magazine lingo & a few statements thrown in just to be controversial.
The good stuff - and overall I'm was impressed by it:
- doesnt tell you to check your brain at the door and follow some cult like plan. No recipies, just a few commonsense guidelines.
- apart from the initial 6 week period, the long term maintenance doesnt require anything weird or onerous (some of the 6 week stuff is a bit radical, but again I think may be courting controversy)
- the majority of suggestions tally with accepted wisdom e.g. boosting metabolism is good, do some weights to boost metabolism & avoid muscle loss, keep carb intake reasonable, good sleep is important, movement of muscles burns fats.
- it points out stuff that makes sense if we ever took the time the think about it, like gulping down smoothies overloads nutrients in a short space of time so unless you're going to use them they have to go somewhere.
- it gives decent advice on a 'holistic' level, e.g. if something is stressing you long term then get help to deal with it.
So, no vested interest or anything, but for the health conscious it might be worth a look, there's even some so-bad-its-good toe curling entertainment in there!!
First off - the negatives - a lot of it written in cringey tabloid/chicky magazine lingo & a few statements thrown in just to be controversial.
The good stuff - and overall I'm was impressed by it:
- doesnt tell you to check your brain at the door and follow some cult like plan. No recipies, just a few commonsense guidelines.
- apart from the initial 6 week period, the long term maintenance doesnt require anything weird or onerous (some of the 6 week stuff is a bit radical, but again I think may be courting controversy)
- the majority of suggestions tally with accepted wisdom e.g. boosting metabolism is good, do some weights to boost metabolism & avoid muscle loss, keep carb intake reasonable, good sleep is important, movement of muscles burns fats.
- it points out stuff that makes sense if we ever took the time the think about it, like gulping down smoothies overloads nutrients in a short space of time so unless you're going to use them they have to go somewhere.
- it gives decent advice on a 'holistic' level, e.g. if something is stressing you long term then get help to deal with it.
So, no vested interest or anything, but for the health conscious it might be worth a look, there's even some so-bad-its-good toe curling entertainment in there!!