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Summary: diet works!
Review: This book is very informative. I didn't get the impression that he was pushing steroids, just giving information. He has the best explanation that I've ever heard as to why the ketogenic diet is not harmful. He uses the Eskimos' eating habits as an example of a people whose staple food source is all fat and protein and yet they're all okay. This is because they burn ketones because they keep moving. That's the secret to preventing negative health effects of ketosis. I actually didn't bother to eat normally on the weekends because I didn't like the ups & downs so I maintained the ketogenic diet and took fiber pills (a must!). I'm female, average build, and I lost 12lbs in 4 weeks AND increased my strength, so I'm assuming that I gained muscle and lost fat at the same time. I dropped 2 sizes. I weightlifted 3days a week, cardio twice/week. There were also 2 intense mountain biking outings during the 4 weeks that I'm sure helped. I never felt fatigued. But that's just my experience. Everyone seems to be affected differently by the ketogenic diet. If nothing else, this book is very interesting reading.
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Summary: Body Opus is a real-results diet book
Review: To steal a phrase from Dan Duchaine, this book details how an average person can transform their diet and become extraordinary. The results are really amazing. And this book will become your diet bible for the rest of your life. No book has ever captured by attention and changed my way of thinking about dieting. Both men and women will benefit from Body Opus. A definite must for all people who want to go beyond "normal".
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Summary: UNNECESSARY, unless maybe U have insulin problems
Review: UNNECESSARY & possibly counterproductive.
The BODYOPUS diet may be needed for those with insulin complications whom also have normal to minimal amounts of muscle, but not for anyone else, especially those drug-free bodybuilders who follow the most basic concepts to maintain maximum muscle and lose fat. I will mention JUST A FEW of its MANY flaws.
The Author is correct in saying to "avoid [too much] microtrama," but that's right after he tells you to weekly train the ENTIRE body after half of it has only had 2 days of rest (only from resistance training, not aerobics (not REAL rest)). AND after that session, he says to interrupt your sleep (most important time period for muscle repair) every 2 hours. This throws out the most important stages of sleep where recuperation and HGH is released (naturally).
Forget about adding muscle, the nutrition is less than adequate for effective training and recuperation. This is made worse by the recommended 2 days to train the entire body (and one full body workout WEEKLY!). The logic for his training is half right (i.e. training the most muscles possible while some glycogen is still left to train them), but the logic is still greatly flawed (you can only train so much effectively in one day).
IN SUMMARY, effective training and recuperation cannot be achieved with the BODYOPUS (especially to add muscle to anyone with already existing/demanding muscle). Those drug free dieters that have enough muscle to require 100% effective training and recuperation would still sacrifice muscle with BODYOPUS (like any other diet). At least pick one that allows you to train effectively and recuperate enough to minimize the muscle loss.
P.S. I agree with the full body workout if its at the VERY end of a low carb diet and just before the carb up, BUT only as a means for carb up preparation. Get "anabolic expansion" the old fashion/best way ------------> from the REPAIR of microtears caused by EFFECTIVE training (endless training options are available for plateaus). And loose fat/minimal muscle by -----> low, but enough carbs, increased protein, continued weight training, and the most muscle sparing aerobic training.
P.P.S. The best bodybuilders may have special supplements ;) but even with those, they still do just as I mentioned (things proven to me through trial and error, experience, and reinforced by the teachings of Chris Aceto). However, as the author of BODYOPUS mentions, bodybuilders have avoided the BODYOPUS diet despite a similar variation existing since 1982 (that's 23 years for a fat losing/muscle gaining diet to catch on).
P.P.P.S. Don't forget that the LEAST of the side effects (appearance wise) of steroids are hair loss, man boobs, face/body acne, and roid gut.
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Summary: To the "Reader from Los Angeles"
Review: Your review was totally biased and full of unsubstantiated misinformation. You said "Dan died at the age of 47 from so-called 'natural causes.'" Dan had a lifetime problem with his kidneys that was NOT related to drug use. "Can we inject some sanity into the steroid discussion? There are long-term effects of these chemicals that are significantly risky. Just ask Mike Mentzer and Lyle Alzado." Mike Menster was legally psychotic and Alzado did not die from steroid-related issues. If you look at his death, nearly every one of his symptoms remarkably resembles an AIDS-related death. Do some actual research before simply repeating the drivel that is passed along as "information" in the mass media.
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