Wow. This book is definitely not for dieting sissies. The Makers Diet for Weight Loss offers readers an "extreme makeover" from the inside and out. Rubin begins his book by making the case for eating only organic, non-processed, whole foods--and then goes on to spell out a well-planned, easily-understandable 16 week strategy for losing weight and cleansing the toxins from your body. The Makers Diet is over 300 pages long, and bursting with information about everything from good and bad foods, to overall health facts, to a quiz on "What's Your Nutritional Type?" (I'm a "meat type" in case you're interested). I will say that I found some of Rubin's ideas extreme, but for the person interested in a radical change in the way they think about, shop for, prepare, and eat food--this is the book for you.