Eat to Win

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Summary: Eat to Get Fat
Review: Haas needs to get with the 21st century. I hope he does not quit his day job! Eating processed foods to lose weight is not the way to go. With his plan, your insulin levels will sky rocket and your system will be a mess.

Pass this book by, please!!

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Summary: Seems a bit dated
Review: I am an athlete, I have read this book and I found it very important,full of big advises and I advise every one who want to have a great informations about nutrition, to read this book.

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Summary: This diet lowers cholesterol !!
Review: I read this book, tried the diet, and lowered my cholesterol level from 280 to 170. I experiment with food and dietary regimes just for fun and this is the only one i found that seriously affected my blood chemistry. I've tried other diets and my cholesterol is back up, so it's time to pick up a new copy of the book and get back on the plan!

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Summary: Eat to Win is tough, but worth it
Review: I've "done" this diet three or four times over the years to get back on track nutritionally and physically. Following its four-week menu, the results are amazing. If a user begins by getting the blood chemistry profile Haas recommends at the beginning of the book and a follow-up profile at the end of the four-week period, the improvements are undeniable. My doctor was impressed.

I'm not sure what some of the other commenters below are talking about when they complain about processed foods or insulin levels. The only problem with the diet is that most of the food isn't very tasty. It lacks the fat, salt, and processed sugary foods that so many Americans are addicted to, so some folks may experience something like withdrawal during the first weeks of the diet. There's only one way to look at this though: getting out of the habit of eating these unhealthy foods is probably exactly what your body needs (as more and more Americans do all the time witness the epidemic of overweight, sluggish people in this country).

Bottom line: this is a rigorous diet. If you're tough and determined, and follow the instructions properly, you will look and feel years younger. You will discover you have more energy. Perhaps more energy than you will know what to do with. I'm not a jock either. I'm a computer programmer, but I've done this diet. I know it works.

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Summary: Eat to Win is tough, but worth it
Review: I've "done" this diet three or four times over the years to get back on track nutritionally and physically. Following its four-week menu, the results are amazing. If a user begins by getting the blood chemistry profile Haas recommends at the beginning of the book and a follow-up profile at the end of the four-week period, the improvements are undeniable. My doctor was impressed.

I'm not sure what some of the other commenters below are talking about when they complain about processed foods or insulin levels. The only problem with the diet is that most of the food isn't very tasty. It lacks the fat, salt, and processed sugary foods that so many Americans are addicted to, so some folks may experience something like withdrawal during the first weeks of the diet. There's only one way to look at this though: getting out of the habit of eating these unhealthy foods is probably exactly what your body needs (as more and more Americans do all the time witness the epidemic of overweight, sluggish people in this country).

Bottom line: this is a rigorous diet. If you're tough and determined, and follow the instructions properly, you will look and feel years younger. You will discover you have more energy. Perhaps more energy than you will know what to do with. I'm not a jock either. I'm a computer programmer, but I've done this diet. I know it works.

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Summary: Great book!
Review: I've used the information in this book for a very long time, and it is the most effective diet i've found of maintaining correct body weight, and increasing physical and mental performance. Although the book is old, the advice is solid and I don't beleive it will ever become outdated. I only have one small complaint, and that is at times Dr. Haas comes across as too strict on sticking to the eating plan. Ocassional deviation from it, I think is necessary to stay balanced! No need to worry _too_ much about fat consumption. Nonetheless, it deserves 5 stars

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Summary: Great book!
Review: I've used the information in this book for a very long time, and it is the most effective diet i've found of maintaining correct body weight, and increasing physical and mental performance. Although the book is old, the advice is solid and I don't beleive it will ever become outdated. I only have one small complaint, and that is at times Dr. Haas comes across as too strict on sticking to the eating plan. Ocassional deviation from it, I think is necessary to stay balanced! No need to worry _too_ much about fat consumption. Nonetheless, it deserves 5 stars

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Summary: Read lots of todays books before you go on this diet.
Review: Robert Haas is living in the 1950's. In those times we didn't know about insulin levels and how they make our bodies age. And I wouldn't mind that so much if Haas didn't come down so hard on the authors who are in the low carb high/protein diets. Many comments could be made about his diet as well. And the difference is that most of the authors who recomend the low carb diets are Doctors whereas the author of this book merely has a master of science. So there is a difference.

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Summary: A Poor Choice
Review: This is certainly better than the more modern low-carb fad diets, but it's similar to them in that it's based on pseudoscience, annecdotal evidence, and general misunderstandings of how the body works. Haas has basically repackaged the Pritikin diet from the 70s and added some of his own mumbo jumbo. Unless you're an endurance athlete eating a huge volume of calories to keep up with your expenditures, you probably won't get enough protein from this diet.
Do some real research, and follow the simple (and un-magical) recommendations of researchers who have done real peer-reviewed studies.
As far as my own annecdotal evidence, my performance in cycling and alpine climbing improved immensely when I ditched the Haas plan and embraced a more traditional 60-25-15 diet designed for athletes.