Rating: 
Summary: What a difference!!
Review: A co-worker loaned me the book to look at. It seemed interesting so I tried the elimination diet for a week. Within 3 days the swelling in my hands and feet was gone and with in 10 days I was off Alegra D. All this in the middle of alergy season! In 6 weeks I dropped 30 pounds, blood presure is 110/70 and for the first time in years I am sleeping thought the night! My doc is happy with my health and so am I.
Rating:
Summary: This food plan really works!
Review: After another nasty six week bout with colitis and inflammatory bowel problems, I was sick, nauseous,crampy, bloated and depressed. Sounds awful, doesn't it? Believe me,it was! After my gastroenterologist performed a colonoscopy and declared my system clear, I was still so bloated in my stomach and abdomen that I couldn't sleep or wear any of my clothes. I cried from the pain. My husband saw an article in a magazine about Dr.Haas' False Fat diet and suggested I try it. I was skeptical, yet desperate for relief. For the first time in months,I feel good! After one week, I lost 7 lbs. and 6 1/2 inches of bloat around my midsection. I plan to continue the diet and add foods back that I had eliminated, but I expect to learn so much more about my digestion, nutrition and food sensitivites by following Dr. Haas' suggestions. The plan is FOR REAL and I am so happy I tried it!
Rating:
Summary: I've tried every diet - this one works!!!
Review: As a nutritionist, I have recommended this truly insightful book to many of my clients. Some are just trying to get off a plateau or just get rid of those last 10 or so stubborn pounds. Any of my clients just can't reduce their weight without a lot of hard work; a lot harder than they should have to do. When we work at eliminating the 7 items Dr. Haas suggests, BINGO! we so often find that they were allergic to at least one of these items. Now their body can release the extra fluid their cells are holding and they can begin to see the results of their new, healthy lifestyle. Definitely one of the nutritional books I recommend. Any of Dr. Haas' books are well worth the investment to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Rating:
Summary: An excellent resource for changing your life...
Review: I am using this book, in conjunction with "Eat Right For Your Type" by Dr. Peter D'Adamo, and seeing wonderful results! The premise is simple: certain foods make certain people's bodies react in ways which cause them to gain and retain weight. Some of these reactions are food allergies, some are food sensitivities. If you determine which foods cause reactions for your particular body, and stop eating them, you'll be amazed at what happens!I am following these two programs (they go together very well) under the supervision of my doctor. I have stopped eating wheat/gluten products and dairy, and having done so am quite pleased with the results. In only two weeks I have lost six pounds and 2% of my body fat (I have a scale which measures both). My clothes are much looser (I should have measured myself before starting), a long term health issue is clearing up and going away, and I feel terrific! I will note that I did not do the juice fast part of the elimination diet suggested in this book as one of the ways to determine food sensitivites. As someone with hypoglycemia, and having tried juice fasts before and had problems, I knew that was not the right route for me. But I did use the "Sensitive Seven Elimination Diet", and have had great results! If you're willing to make some real changes in your eating habits, in exchange for real and measurable changes in your life, don't hesitate, buy this book. It's full of great information which can help you lose the weight you're hoping to.
Rating:
Summary: False Fat Diet
Review: I didn't lose a whole lot of pounds, but many inches. My husband did actually lose a fair amount of weight. That is incidental, however to how much better we feel and what we learned about foods that "don't agree with" us. We now do Haas' program once or twice a year and are so happy we found this book.
Rating:
Summary: I lost 15 lbs!
Review: I have a slow thyroid and NOTHING could help me lose the 15lbs I gained because of it. I always looked 'puffy' in the face, and legs. My blood pressure was high as was my cholesterol. I exercised everyday and still no change. I didn't overeat either.
This book helped me find a resource to do the proper lab testing (ELISA/ACT) test to see what foods I was reacting to. I also had a fantastic doctor who agreed to draw my blood for this test and he was curious to see what they would find.
Lo and behold when I got my results back I was shocked! Everything that I showed a sensitivity to (from mild to severe) were all the things I LOVED and CRAVED to eat on a daily/weekly basis. In order for me to lose weight, I had to cut these foods from my diet. They were causing inflammation which is linked to the host of health problems I was having, including my slow thyroid.
I elimated the 'NO' foods and the weight came off so easily. Not overnight, but steadly. I didn't have to weigh food, count calories or do anything complicated - I just had to stay away from the foods I had sensitivity to. THAT was the hard part, to give up things I was used to eating all the time. But since I knew what I couldn't have, I realized there was still a bunch of stuff I "COULD" have!
You can very well do the diet without the lab testing, but it takes some willpower and journaling and I just didn't have the resolve to do that. I wanted to know NOW.
When I went back to my doctor he was amazed. The puffy look in my face and legs was gone. Blood pressure and cholesterol was great! Best of all my food cravings was gone. He was glad that he didn't have to put me on meds.
Best thing for me was all the compliments. I also felt much more calm instead of anxious all the time.
I think for those on the fence about this book, do an internet search on 'inflammation' symptoms. If you have the diseases/health problems associated with inflammation AND you are overweight and nothing works...this just might be your answer. It was mine!
Rating:
Summary: GREAT book!
Review: I have been touting this book to EVERY one I know...but especially the women. Dr. Haas explains SO much with regard to some of the difficulties we all deal with and have assumed were "just the way things are". It's NOT just the way things are! You CAN get rid of those "extra pounds"...you CAN have more energy again...you CAN minimize the aches and pains, pangs and twinges that seem to have accumulated over the years. It's all in the FOOD! My husband had been eating antacids like candy for over a year and refused to go to a doctor. I was terrified that he had stomach cancer or something of the sort. I read 'The False Fat Diet', put us both on the limited ellimination diet for a week and discovered that sugar was his "culprit" food. We BOTH lost 10 pounds, he has not had to take an antacid since AND we both have our energy back! I recommend this book to ANY one suffering from lack of energy, physical discomforts, difficulty with focusing, etc.
THANK YOU, Dr. Haas for putting it all so simply! You're AWESOME!
Rating:
Summary: False Fat Diet
Review: I tried this diet out about 2 years ago. I thought that it might be good for people to see a review that has some experience behind it. One of my comments about diets was always, how long will it work. I have lost 60 pounds by following the guidelines of this plan. It works amazingly well. There are different ways to get started according to the book--you can do a fast or an elimination. I elected to do a 3 day fast and detox that way. After that I went into the elimination phase and then introduced new foods after that. I figured out what was causing me the most trouble and tried to eliminate those foods. I have not been religious about following this forever, but stick close to what works from me. That's also how Dr. Haas presents things as well. No plan is going to work all the time if you don't allow some flexibility. I would also recommend combining this with an exercise plan. Walking is easy and putting together a plan isn't too hard. This plan will work and you will see immediate results. I took measurements week after week and was surprised. The results are the reinforcement and you won't miss the chocolate after that. The only drawback is if you like to go out to eat. It can be hard to find things that are good and fit in the plan. Best bets were ethnic foods and, of course, vegetarian entrees.
Rating:
Summary: This Does Work
Review: I tried this diet out about 2 years ago. I thought that it might be good for people to see a review that has some experience behind it. One of my comments about diets was always, how long will it work. I have lost 60 pounds by following the guidelines of this plan. It works amazingly well. There are different ways to get started according to the book--you can do a fast or an elimination. I elected to do a 3 day fast and detox that way. After that I went into the elimination phase and then introduced new foods after that. I figured out what was causing me the most trouble and tried to eliminate those foods. I have not been religious about following this forever, but stick close to what works from me. That's also how Dr. Haas presents things as well. No plan is going to work all the time if you don't allow some flexibility. I would also recommend combining this with an exercise plan. Walking is easy and putting together a plan isn't too hard. This plan will work and you will see immediate results. I took measurements week after week and was surprised. The results are the reinforcement and you won't miss the chocolate after that. The only drawback is if you like to go out to eat. It can be hard to find things that are good and fit in the plan. Best bets were ethnic foods and, of course, vegetarian entrees.
Rating: 
Summary: False Fat Diet
Review: This book is ok for a neophyte. I found the information to be old hat and nothing new. I also believe that this diet is very difficult to follow, check this book out at the library before you buy it. It is a good reference for food allergies and if one is more disciplined than I, it could be a lifesaver.
| 
