The 17 Day Diet [Paperback]

`Give yourself a full body MOT with these new turbocharged diets, workouts, treatments and products - all guaranteed to get your body in top gear...Currently storming The New York Times best-seller list, The 17 Day Diet by Dr Mike Moreno claims to wake up your `skinny gene' in just two weeks. Based on new research showing that losing weight quickly helps you keep off the bulge long term, the US doctor has come up with a nutrient-packed diet plan designed to melt away the pounds pronto...Moreno claims an average person can lose half a stone in the first 17 days alone. Bikini, here we come!'
--Annabel Jones, Grazia 13/6

`17 Days to a Bikini Body - I can sum up this diet in two words: fast results' --Daily Express, 13 June 2011

Dr Mike Moreno's 17 Day Diet is a revolutionary new weight-loss programme that activates your skinny gene so that you burn fat day in and day out. The diet is structured around four 17-day cycles: Accelerate - the rapid weight loss portion that helps flush sugar and fat storage from your system; Activate-the metabolic restart portion with alternating low and high calorie days to help shed body fat; Achieve - this phase is about learning to control portions and introducing new fitness routines; Arrive - A combination of the first three cycles to keep good habits up for good. Each cycle changes your calorie count and the food that you're eating. The variation that Dr. Mike calls 'body confusion' is designed to keep your metabolism guessing. This is not a diet that relies on a tiny list of approved foods, gruelling exercise routines, or unrealistic calorie counts that leave you hungry and unfulfilled. Each phase comes with extensive lists of what dieters can and can't eat while on the phase, but also offers acceptable cheats. He advises readers not to drink while on the diet, but concedes that if they absolutely have to then they should at least drink red wine. Dr Mike knows that a diet can only work if it's compatible with the real world, and so he's designed the programme with usability as a top priority.

Dr Michael Rafael Moreno, better known as 'Dr Mike', is a graduate of the University of California. Dr Mike practices family medicine in San Diego and sits on the board of the American Academy of Family Physicians. In 2008, he launched 'Walk with Your Doc' - an exercise initiative that began when he offered to walk with a patient to motivate her to exercise and has since grown into a thriving community. Dr Mike takes pride in being viewed not only as a doctor, but also as a friend and confidant.