- Hardcover: 354 pages
- Publisher: Broadway Books (27 Dec 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 076792052X
- ISBN-13: 978-0767920520
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 881,621 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, Author of The Better Brain Book
The Fat Resistance Diet™ brings leading edge science to the problem of obesity and revolutionizes our understanding of weight loss.
Mehmet Oz, M.D., author of You: The Owner's Manual
"The Fat Resistance Diet teaches us how to alter our biological hardwiring to lose weight and keep it off."
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There are so many diets and conflicting advice out there that it is very confusing to know what to try. This book gives a lot of the science behind the eating programme. You don't need to read it all to figure out what the author is trying to impart. His conclusion are that many of us overweight people are suffering from a form of 'body inflammation' that can manifest itself in various ways. This can also be linked to insulin resistance. Following his advice I have managed to take my fasting glucose level out of the diabetic range.
The dietary advice is easy to understand and relatively easy to follow. Some of the ingredients have names we aren't used to - arugula for example is rocket and scallions are spring onions. After 2 weeks I have dropped 7lbs effortlessly and swelling in my feet and ankles (due to overweight and surgery) has started to slowly go down. Its is not a diet but a healthier way of eating for life. The author analyses other diets and lists the positive and negative advice contained within them (eg the Atkins and South Beach Diets).
It isn't a glossy, coloured visually attractive book but for me the advice and information it contains make perfect sense.
The dietary advice is easy to understand and relatively easy to follow. Some of the ingredients have names we aren't used to - arugula for example is rocket and scallions are spring onions. After 2 weeks I have dropped 7lbs effortlessly and swelling in my feet and ankles (due to overweight and surgery) has started to slowly go down. Its is not a diet but a healthier way of eating for life. The author analyses other diets and lists the positive and negative advice contained within them (eg the Atkins and South Beach Diets).
It isn't a glossy, coloured visually attractive book but for me the advice and information it contains make perfect sense.
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403 of 409 people found the following review helpful
Not the latest fad diet - this stuff really works!
17 Feb 2006
Format:Hardcover
I have been overweight my entire adult life (I just turned 50); I suppose I'm Dr. Galland's poster child for "the weight goes on and never comes off, no matter what you do." I have steadfastly refused to "go on a diet" - I don't want some temporary program that I do for a while and quit, I need a way to change my lifestyle, and this book is showing me the way to do exactly that. I lost 30 lbs. in the first month alone (and 45 in two months); I'm looking for a total loss of over 100 lbs., and for the first time in my life, I actually have hope that it will happen.
Without getting too deep into technical detail, the diet amounts to a kind of biochemical healing from the effects of years of bad eating habits. I have more energy, my general mood is better, even my fingernails are healthier. My doctor is getting ready to take me off blood-pressure and cholesterol medications.
The beauty of it is that I'm not walking around hungry all the time. In fact, I had to ask my wife to make some of the salads a little smaller because they left me feeling stuffed. The recipes are, for the most part, delicious, and we're already finding some creative ways to adapt the principles in ways we prefer.
The three-stage approach is helpful - a brief, fairly radical Stage 1 to "flush out the system" and retrain the taste buds, as well as get some quick early results to boost morale. Stage 2 is geared to more moderate, sustainable weight loss (adding in more grains and more variety than Stage 1), and Stage 3 is for long-term lifestyle maintenance. We were so encouraged that we did Stage 1 twice through before moving into Stage 2.
The thing I like best is that this shows me a way that I can live the rest of my life - true principles that really work, that I can simply live by and not worry about.
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A brief postscript (October 2006) - I have now been eating this way for eight+ months, and I am down 90 lb. from when I began. I am off all my blood-pressure and cholesterol medications; my BP is 110/60 (was 140/90), my cholesterol is 150 (was 230), my rest pulse is 54 (was 78). This stuff really works!
I should add to what I said above, by way of full disclosure, that the fridge-fuls of fresh produce we are now buying are considerably more expensive than the processed junk-food we were buying before, and food preparation is taking up quite a bit more of our time. But I would state unequivocally that those costs are easily worth the benefits of health and energy.
Without getting too deep into technical detail, the diet amounts to a kind of biochemical healing from the effects of years of bad eating habits. I have more energy, my general mood is better, even my fingernails are healthier. My doctor is getting ready to take me off blood-pressure and cholesterol medications.
The beauty of it is that I'm not walking around hungry all the time. In fact, I had to ask my wife to make some of the salads a little smaller because they left me feeling stuffed. The recipes are, for the most part, delicious, and we're already finding some creative ways to adapt the principles in ways we prefer.
The three-stage approach is helpful - a brief, fairly radical Stage 1 to "flush out the system" and retrain the taste buds, as well as get some quick early results to boost morale. Stage 2 is geared to more moderate, sustainable weight loss (adding in more grains and more variety than Stage 1), and Stage 3 is for long-term lifestyle maintenance. We were so encouraged that we did Stage 1 twice through before moving into Stage 2.
The thing I like best is that this shows me a way that I can live the rest of my life - true principles that really work, that I can simply live by and not worry about.
-----
A brief postscript (October 2006) - I have now been eating this way for eight+ months, and I am down 90 lb. from when I began. I am off all my blood-pressure and cholesterol medications; my BP is 110/60 (was 140/90), my cholesterol is 150 (was 230), my rest pulse is 54 (was 78). This stuff really works!
I should add to what I said above, by way of full disclosure, that the fridge-fuls of fresh produce we are now buying are considerably more expensive than the processed junk-food we were buying before, and food preparation is taking up quite a bit more of our time. But I would state unequivocally that those costs are easily worth the benefits of health and energy.
149 of 153 people found the following review helpful
The recipes are satisfying and the diet works
27 Dec 2005
Format:Hardcover
This diet makes so much sense and the recipes are great. I decided to start it right away. The recipes are delicious, I didn't feel hungry and I actually lost 5 pounds in the first few days. The food is the best part of this diet. It's so easy to prepare and has such great flavor, I don't feel deprived. It's like following a cook book of great meals from different parts of the world, not like dieting. Like Rachel Ray but designed by a doctor. My favorites so far: chicken parmigiano, green-tea crusted salmon, black forest banana split, tuscan frittata. I'm actually looking forward to seeing what I get to eat next.
81 of 84 people found the following review helpful
Science aside, this book just makes sense
15 Mar 2006
Format:Hardcover
I've done all the different fad diets that are floating around. The Zone, Protein Power, South Beach, Body for Life... All are either too carb restrictive or too time intensive (BFL). It seems like I've kept looking for that secret diet that is easy and quick. This book gets to the heart of what we all know to be true: Eat lots of veggies, Eat lean meats - specifically fish and some chx, don't over eat, don't eat after dinner, get your exercise. Hasn't your mom been telling you the same stuff forever? Yet we keep ignoring it and keep wanting bread instead of brocolli. This book explains WHY the veggies and fish help you lose the weight, but the most helpful thing for me was the menus. On all the other diets, at some point or another I stand in the kitchen with nothing to eat that's on the diet, and turn to the frozen chimichanga. This book has shopping lists, menus, recipes... it couldn't be easier. I've been on it for two weeks. I've lost nearly a pound a day. I've never been hungry. I feel healthy, less tired. It's a snap. Forget about the Leptin mumbojumbo... this is just plain healthy eating -- hopefully for life.
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