Apples & Pears : The Body Shape Solution for Weight Loss and Wellness

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Summary: Learn to Love Your Body
Review: "Apples and Pears" has helped me to learn how to love my body and its pear shape. The book is written in a way that it seems as if Dr. Savard is talking with the reader personally about her body. Clear information is provided on the connection between shape, health, and eating. I especially like the advice on food and exercise; this is so much more than a diet book - it is a life plan for how to take care of the body we have each been given. Thank you, Dr. Savard and Carol Svec!

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Summary: Elegantly written powerful common sense
Review: A must read for anyone concerned about their health, fitness, and yes, their apperance. You know; what looks back at you when you stand in front of a mirror. Dr Savard's vast knowlege, unique perspective and sound logic are a delight to explore and comprehend. The book also reeks of genuine understanding and good will. I especially enjoyed the apple/pear metaphor as it pertains to my shape, my unending dead end weight loss schemes and my great need (quest) for a sense of permanent well being. By the way, I'm a pear and having that basic understanding, knowing that simple fact, has permitted me to recognize why I am what I am and where I can go from there. Now, that's empowerment. But much, much more importantly, the book has given me a better personal understanding of myself, and perhaps, a better sense of foregiveness and understanding of things I can and can't change. Read the book.

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Summary: Wake-up call
Review: A true wake-up call for all women to take control of their health. Reading the book, and following the recommendations and guidelines given by Dr. Savard, truly empowers women through knowledge.

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Summary: A guide to healthy living
Review: As a 22-year old college student, I am often influenced by the latest fad diets, which always fail. Apples & Pears is a guide to healthy living that anyone woman can easily introduce successfully into her life. Apples & Pears not only helped me adopt a healthier diet, but it also raised my awareness of potential health issues I could face now and in the future. Both my mother and I found the book extremely practical and insightful toward both our different health and fitness goals. I highly recommend Dr. Savard's book to women of all ages.

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Summary: Finally, a Health Book I am interested in Reading
Review: As a sportif healthy female, I have always pooh-poohed diet trends and health guidelines. I couldn't be bothered having someone dictate a cookie-cutter approach to women's health. Honestly, Dr.Savard's book is user-friendly and easy and fascinating to read. I bought copies for my two teenage daughters. We are having fun deciding if we are apples or pears. Moreover, it is advice that really makes sense to me and discusses not only physical health but mental health. Easy steps to follow which food groups are encouraged or discouraged according to your body type and which diseases one is prone to as an apple or pear. Thank you. I have finally joined the ranks of women who want to control their health by following these sage and easy guidelines.

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Summary: A Woman's Best Friend
Review: Dr. Savard has written a wonderfully comprehensive book for woman that answers questions I have had for a long time. Her warmth and caring shines through and I enjoyed it and learned so much from it that I bought four copies and are giving them to my closest friends. I highly recommend it.

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Summary: great information, easy to follow suggestions
Review: I just finished Dr.Savard's book and I couldn't wait to get to the grocery store and stock up on healthy foods that will fit into a busy lifestlye with ease. I had some concept of how to eat right and exercise, but with all the fad diets out there I was not certain how to "put it all together." Dr. Savard's book was a lightbulb moment--everything fell into place, and I feel confident I can lose inches, and feel great while enjoying old foods and new ideas on eating. When she suggested to put the scale our of sight and mind--I was intrigued. Buy this book--it will simplify your life and make you feel confident as you navigate the "diet jungle" out there.

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Summary: An apple a day...
Review: I picked up this book when I was frustrated over hitting a plateau and couldn't understand why things weren't working. Afterall, I was exercising five days, sometimes six, a week. I was eating low-carb and not getting to my goal. I've always known I was an apple girl, but I didn't know what to do with that information. Dr. Savard's book really put me at ease and opened my eyes! I now have real, honest advice that is not another gimmick. And it's about so much more than your diet...it's about your overall health as a woman. I've lost half an inch around my waist and I feel less cranky and tired. I'm relieved to know that apples can have healthy bread and eat fruit! So, it's an apple a day for me. :-)

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Summary: Great book, no matter your "fruit"
Review: My "pear-shaped" wife (and the apple of my eye) read this book cover-to-cover one Saturday afternoon, which should say something about its content and writing style. Then I read it, and understood why: This book is packed with credible scientific fact, written in an easy-to-understand style, that fully explains how and why body type can affect health...and more importantly, what to do about it. The book's opening sentence sets the stage: "Body shape is the closest thing we have to a medical crystal ball." And those that follow offer a great look into the future of your health. Fantastic book!



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Summary: Helped me be healthier!
Review: This book was a real wake up call for me to improve my health!! I was able to switch over to a much better diet-foods that are made with wheat instead of white flour, and I am staying away from processed sugar (which is like poison to your body). After a few weeks I a getting better at shopping for the right things, and I Know (as the book says) it's ok to go out to eat and 'cheat' a bit on the weekends. I am no longer preoccupied with weight-just getting healthy. easy to follow and easy to read, I recommend this book to all woman who need to get healthy!