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Power Eating

Power Eating

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: 5 Stars not enough
Review: Excellent, excellent book. Very comprehensive, with no nonsense mumble jumble. Everything is explained scientifically but at the same time in a very easy way for those of us neophites.

Everyone who is serious about building a hot body for the summer should own this book!!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: More "School Solution" BS
Review: For all that has been learned over the last couple of years as regards the MYTH of the high calorie - high carb diet, it seems that there are still "experts" who just don't get it.

This book pushes the old nonsense that you can loose weight by eating more - hint: You will NEVER excrete usable calories. If you eat more then you need you will store it as fat. Doh!

Then this fool pushes some really bad bio chem, you need carbo to build muscle. More fantasy. If you want to gain muscle mass, you must eat amino acids aka protein. Of course you also need to exercise - and for that you need an adequate blood sugar level. If you are metabolising stored fat you will have it. Be a hunter.

Save your money, this book says nothing you have not heard.

If you want to loose weight and or gain muscle buy The Ketogenic Diet.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great Information!
Review: For the seasoned nutrition professional or the everyday exerciser, this book provides sound information which can help you realize your goals. The information in this book is not drastic, new, or difficult to comprehend, but generally overlooked for more cool and hip fad diets. There's a reason why information such as this has always been there and always will, simply because it works.

Even if you aren't trying to manage weight for a sport but rather just for health, general fitness, or anything, this book gives you a good template to work with to realize your goal.

However, this book can be a bit of a drag if you're not really into nutrition and fitness. Despite this, the diet templates alone are really worth the price of the book. I still say get the book and read it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Don't try a new "diet"; understand your body & go from there
Review: I discovered this wonderful book at a fitness exposition, and have been preaching it's usefulness ever since. I am a personal trainer and experienced weight lifter. After reading this book, I understand my body so much more. Do you know someone who skips meals to lose weight, but never reaches their goal? This book will easily explain why and teach them the proper way to lose weight without skipping meals. It's easy to watch the "perfect" people at the gym and copy their moves to improve your workout. The essential component you can't see is the person's eating habits. The science of proper nutrition is key to obtaining a healthy body AND a healthy mind. It's truly amazing how you can manipulate your body and mind just by changing your eating habits -- this does NOT mean dieting! This book is clearly and simply written to help anyone understand the impact of food, supplements and exercise on your body's metabolism. The key word here being "anyone". Whether you're a body-builder, vegetarian, person trying to lose or gain weight, or just the average Joe, Power Eating will give you the basics of what you need to reach your goals. I recommend this book to anyone frustrated with the way they feel. Don't try a new "diet". Read this book, understand how your body works, then go from there.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Don't try a new "diet"; understand your body & go from there
Review: I discovered this wonderful book at a fitness exposition, and have been preaching it's usefulness ever since. I am a personal trainer and experienced weight lifter. After reading this book, I understand my body so much more. Do you know someone who skips meals to lose weight, but never reaches their goal? This book will easily explain why and teach them the proper way to lose weight without skipping meals. It's easy to watch the "perfect" people at the gym and copy their moves to improve your workout. The essential component you can't see is the person's eating habits. The science of proper nutrition is key to obtaining a healthy body AND a healthy mind. It's truly amazing how you can manipulate your body and mind just by changing your eating habits -- this does NOT mean dieting! This book is clearly and simply written to help anyone understand the impact of food, supplements and exercise on your body's metabolism. The key word here being "anyone". Whether you're a body-builder, vegetarian, person trying to lose or gain weight, or just the average Joe, Power Eating will give you the basics of what you need to reach your goals. I recommend this book to anyone frustrated with the way they feel. Don't try a new "diet". Read this book, understand how your body works, then go from there.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: An excellent book, that has some minor problems.
Review: I found this book to be an extremely valuable resource. I agree with other reviewers, that it contains basic information, however, it is put together so well, that it surpasses any other material on the subject I have read. And following her guidelines has made a dramatic and fast improvement in my life and ability to exercise. I had very poor energy levels, and that has changed since I have begun following the guidelines in her book.

The book begins as a fast read, but then kind of gets bogged down in formulas and text boxes interspersed among the main body of the book. It could have been formatted better in this regard, and in other ways, for example, by simply adding the chapter number to each page along with the chapter name. The index is worthless, and she cites many references to support her, however, none of them are identified by a footnote, they are simply listed in the back of the book.

She is conservative in some respects with respect to supplements and herbs, which is a positive thing, pointing out that we don't need to take tons of the many supplements on the market to do well, and can get most of what we need from food. However, she goes astray and overboard in her criticisms of certain herbs, yet recommends other supplements that have raised controversy as to their health implications, such as caffiene.

Lastly, while she includes various charts, the book lacks a chart early on of the very basic and most important formulas that she relies upon, that forms the underpinngs of her work. The information is there, but only shows up in chart form toward the very end of the book.

Notwithstanding these shortcomings, which can be taken with a grain of salt, (pun intended) if you follow the basics of her guidelines, and understand the theory of exercise nutrition as she relates it, the book will form a strong and valuable foundation that will benefit you for the rest of your life.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Waste of Money
Review: I had high expectations for this book but I was let down after reading the book. Power eating throws a lot of information at you in a very unorganized manner for the first 200 pages. There are many times when the author contradicts herself especially in regards to how much protein should be eaten. And in the end there is a diet plan that is very confusing and unclear. This is not a very usefull book at all and I would not reccomend it.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great Information!
Review: I purchased this book because I was no growing. I was watching what I was eating but slowly losing weight instead of growing.

The book explains the prinicples of changing your eating habits using common sense that challenges all the Atkin's hype.

I have gained 6 kilos in 5 months without gaining much around the waist. It is ONLY suggested for active people looking to gain mass because a 180 lb man is suggested to eat 4000 calories/day.

The greatest compliment I can offer is several people have asked me if I have started to take steroids.

nope, just eating following this book.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Book
Review: I purchased this book because I was no growing. I was watching what I was eating but slowly losing weight instead of growing.

The book explains the prinicples of changing your eating habits using common sense that challenges all the Atkin's hype.

I have gained 6 kilos in 5 months without gaining much around the waist. It is ONLY suggested for active people looking to gain mass because a 180 lb man is suggested to eat 4000 calories/day.

The greatest compliment I can offer is several people have asked me if I have started to take steroids.

nope, just eating following this book.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Only for beginners!
Review: If you are a beginner to the field of nutrition, this book will give you a good start. But for any one that may have some basic knowledge of nutrition and wants to further expand his/her understanding of the field, SAVE YOUR MONEY. I expected a lot more from the book but found it to be a repeat of many similar books (but with a different cover and advertisement). If you are a strength trainer, athlete, or involved in any serious workout/sports, I recommend Dr. Michael Colgan's "Optimum Sports Nutrition" which is by far a better book (maybe even the best book) in giving comprehensive and scientifically proved ways to enhance yourself. Dr. Colgan's book covers nutrition, fat loss methods, supplements, and even workout plans!! Good Luck!


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