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5-Factor Diet: Get the Body You Want in Just Five Weeks! [Hardcover]

Harley Pasternak (Author), Myatt Murphy (Author)
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Publication Date: 3 Feb 2007
From the bestselling author of The Body Reset Diet

Having helped shaped some of today’s hottest bodies, one of America’s most sought-after diet and fitness experts, Harley Pasternak, here shares his revolutionary five-week program that will help you lose weight and get fit without feeling hungry or deprived. One of the easiest programs to follow, the 5-Factor Diet incorporates

• 5 meals a day with 5 core ingredients in each recipe
• 5-minute meal prep for more than 100 recipes
• 5 short workouts a week

Complete with delicious and quick meal ideas, easy-to-follow shopping lists, and detailed workout photos and instructions, The 5-Factor Diet is the key to your health and happiness!
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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Meredith Books (3 Feb 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0696232243
  • ISBN-13: 978-0696232244
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.7 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 244,202 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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54 of 54 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars The Hollywood Bible 23 July 2007
By April Stuart
Format:Hardcover
This programme must be the most hyped diet and fitness programme of the moment with testimonies from Jessica Simpson (as per the much hailed front cover of US magazine), Halle Berry, Kanye West et al, there is plenty of evidence that it works. I have done Pasternak's programme for 3 weeks now and have lost half a stone with relatively little difficulty. I have to say that I have cheated more than his 1 day cheat allowance (which is great) because alcohol is not allowed and I have had the odd glass of wine here and there.

The diet programme looks really complicated (and the ingredient list is overwhelming) but I simplified it dramatically by creating a table and just ticking off when I have a portion of protein, starch, fruit etc. He does tell you how many of each to have a day. A sample day might be: Breakfast: Egg white omlette with smoked salmon on wholegrain toast and a piece of fruit. Mid-morning snack - berry protein shake. Lunch: Tofu and sweet potato curry. Mid afternoon - Cottage cheese on crackers and fruit. Dinner: Fish, veg, rice. So this is definitely no Atkins - he does believe in balance and in eating 5 times a day.

At first I stuck to his recipes and it was all-consuming shopping and planning-wise but you do learn how to adapt and simplify and just do a recipe every now and then (freezing extra portions). Everything is in 5's - so eat 5 times a day, work out 5 times a week for 25 minutes at a time etc. You only do 5 minutes cardio warm-up, 3 x 5 minute exercises (you need dumbbells and a bench/ball) and 5 minutes cardio again. That sounds like nothing but he relies on supersetting i.e. you do your cardio and then do exercise 1 and 2 back to back, 3 sets before moving on to the core exercise.... Read more ›
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Misleading promise of 5-minute meal prep times, weird exercise regime 24 Feb 2008
By Lofta
Format:Hardcover
Bought this on the promise of getting simple, nutritionally balanced meal plans and overall am left very disappointed.

The 5-factor concept is OK as a framework, except for two huge problems. 1. This diet is meant to last 5 weeks. At that time, you should be able to notice a nicer physique and a reduction in body fat. That's reasonable, but living/being fit is a LONG-TERM effort. It's not like you're going to just drop 1 jeans size then call it quits, is it?

2. He claims these meals take 5 minutes to prepare. This is total rubbish. At best, nearly all the recipes here would take at least double/triple that; frankly quadruple or more. When he tells you to eat 5 times a day, this kind of prep time (unless you're a hollywood celeb with a personal slave/cook) is just hugely unrealistic and is my biggest let down.

He spends one whole chapter debunking fad diets like starvation diets, Atkins, et al, which can only be useful if you're clueless about basic nutrition. On the plus side, his basic principles are fine - eat smaller portions more frequently, eat a balanced diet of protein, carbs, (good) fats, fibre, a drink, do a combination of regular cardio and weights.

He doesn't like using pasta or rice much because of his adherence to restricting high GI foods, preferring tortillas (very American) and beans. I don't know about you, but personally I love pasta and rice and couldn't eat healthily without them. Tortillas and wraps are problematic because he also tends to favour lots of (cheese-free/lo-fat/etc) cheese, yoghurts, salsas, etc, and I prefer to just avoid such things rather than use substitutes to make up for taste! Put it this way, think of how much rice the Japanese eat and theirs is the best diet / lowest obesity nation on the planet.... Read more ›
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Not UK Friendly 20 April 2008
By Bronte
Format:Hardcover
I can certainly see how this book would work, and some of the advice seems sound enough.

It is, however, geared towards an American audience and UK based dieters may find some of the recipes and ingredients hard to find.

I would advise people to stick to a more simple system. This would work if, like the A Listers, we had someone to prepare the meals and oversee our workouts. But that can be said of most diets!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A diet as a diet should be 12 Aug 2012
By K Z
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This diet is created by a guy who knows the human body well. He is saying nothing new. It's what doctors and nutritionists have been preaching all along. This is an ideal diet. It is the way we should eat to maintain a healthy lifestyle. There are no gimmicks or magic recipes. Just a healthy balanced diet with carbs, meat and fat, a diet as a diet should be. That's all. So all those who are looking for something exceptional to get a leaner body in a few weeks look elsewhere. I have tried many fad diets and none of them work long term. You lose weight as soon as you start, crave the food you can't eat badly, stop after a few weeks as soon as you see the weight dropping off and start eating to food you have been deprived again, gaining not just what you have lost but even more. With this diet it is different - you end up craving the diet on cheat day, the day on which you can eat what you want. I always looked around for a balanced diet, a diet for life where you can eat varied things including carbs, that is I wanted a diet which was based around the food pyramid and here is the answer I have been looking for. The only downside is that is doesn't take just 5 weeks to lose the weight it takes much more and to maintain the ideal weight you have to keep on the diet. But you would be so satisfied and informed that you would start to look forward to keeping on it. The recipes are very helpful and easy to make and take just around half an hour and less for a meal (dinner) to be on the table which for me is very ideal. Some snacks take even less time, even less than five minutes. Ingredients are not hard to find and I do not live in the UK, but on a very small island in Europe where the market is much more limited than the UK. Apart from that they are really tasty.... Read more ›
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