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Summary: Not if you dislike fish!
Review: I got this book and was pretty enthusiastic about complying until realizing that most of the meals are fish! I hate fish! There's also some whacky reasoning as far as digestion goes. I think it would work not b/c of the diet but from the conviction required by the dieter.
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Summary: Feel the difference!
Review: I wasn't expecting much when I started this eating plan, but was pleasantly surprised. I DID feel much better. However, the food combining theory can be a little confusing, and the book needed to be a little clearer on substitutions. The recipes are tasty, but although none of the recipes call for adding salt, there is a prominent use of Tamari/soy sauce which is in itself high in sodium. If you are watching sodium, you might want to use another type of seasoning. Some of the recipes for example called for Sea Bass and/or Red Snapper and Ahi Tuna (the Sushi grade kind). At my supermarket, the sea bass was $20.00 lb.,I can only imagine what the Ahi tuna costs! I just substituted plain old tuna, and either cod or tilapia for the sea bass. Also, the menus needed to be planned better to utilize your leftovers. For example, I baked the "Mary Ann's Corn Muffins" recipe, which made 12 muffins. We were supposed to have them for breakfast for that one day, and nowhere on the plan did they appear again! So the next day, there was another different breakfast, with no usage for the leftover muffins, and no information on what to do in these cases. Some of the recipes that did allow you to use leftovers the next day, happened to be the recipes that made very small portions to begin with, so there WERE no leftovers! UGHHH! Also, you need to have a restaurant size icebox for all the veggies and ingredients. I found myself going shopping more frequently, running all over town to different stores to get some of the ingredients. Luckily, I live in an area that it's easy to find the different ingredients. If you are a working person, you will need to cook things the day before you need them to have it all ready on some occasions. I had to make my hubby's lunch the night before for some of the days, otherwise I'd be up all night cooking. It seemed I was in the kitchen way too frequently though. I was a little disappointed to find out that Marilu has a nanny employed! :) I wonder if that's who cuts up all the veggies in her home and prepares all of these meals. Because some are a little time consuming. Don't get me wrong, I like Marilu, and although there's a few downsides to the book, it is still worth doing. Sometimes celebrities forget about what it's like to be the "average" person. See Bass is ok for celebs, but there are other types of fish that are cheaper and also healthy. But the diet can become a little pricey if you get every single ingredient on the shopping lists - but in the end, you'll feel better.
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Summary: Marilu helps you everyday with EVERYTHING!
Review: My eating habits have changed for the better due to reading this book. I look healthier and feel healthier. I purchased the "Total Health Makeover" book after reading this one, and didn't like it as much. This one was enough info. for me.
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Summary: A New Approach to Health
Review: Sorry, Marilu. Your book is a pile of the poop you seem to be so proud of. Although there is some great advice in the 30-Day Total Health Makeover (exercise aerobically for 20 minutes per day, eliminate caffeine and other harmful substances, eat foods that are whole and natural), most of the book is a load of -- well, you know. Marilu makes the mistake of buying into elements from various fad diets that long since died a well-deserved death. For instance, she gives mumbo-jumbo, pseudo-scientific reasons for the bizarre "food combining" taught initially in the 80s by those now-divorced kooks Marilyn and Harvey Diamond. She cites "scientific" reasons for following her strange suggestions and discusses how each one "flushes out toxins." Marilu, have you EVER bounced these theories off an actual medical doctor or scientist? In summary, this book is a waste of money. (I hate to say it, since I'm a Marilu fan.) You can get the great health benefits she promises by following a scientifically-based program such as Michael Thurmond's six-week body makeover or the program described in Oprah Winfrey's book Make the Connection. Of course, if you get excited about inspecting bowel movements that float, by all means buy the Total Health Makeover.
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Summary: Marilu helps you everyday with EVERYTHING!
Review: This book is amazing- She gives you a menu for everyday- a beauty tip, an organizing tip and so much more. She is personable, funny and she really cares about the health of her readers. In addition her online community is a great assest to The Total Health Makeover program. This is a Way of Life- and it's changed my life! Thank you Marilu!
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Summary: 30 days of great menus and tips!
Review: This book is awesome! I love that there are healthy and delicious menus every day, for thirty days - and there are also vegetarian and on-the-go options so you can switch out menus any time you like. And while you're following the menus, you can follow Marilu's wonderful tips on anything from organizing your home - to your life! Marilu has fun beauty secrets that she shares each day, motivational tips, and lots of great exercise information. She even helps us "fake it 'til we make it." There's a great online support website at Marilu.com, and I found this to be most helpful in finding others who wanted a healthier lifestyle. There are online support classes every month, as well. Thanks Marilu for a great book that truly changed my life!
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Summary: 30 days of great menus and tips!
Review: This book is awesome! I love that there are healthy and delicious menus every day, for thirty days - and there are also vegetarian and on-the-go options so you can switch out menus any time you like. And while you're following the menus, you can follow Marilu's wonderful tips on anything from organizing your home - to your life! Marilu has fun beauty secrets that she shares each day, motivational tips, and lots of great exercise information. She even helps us "fake it 'til we make it." There's a great online support website at Marilu.com, and I found this to be most helpful in finding others who wanted a healthier lifestyle. There are online support classes every month, as well. Thanks Marilu for a great book that truly changed my life!
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Summary: Too Rigid
Review: While this book contains numerous testimonials from satisfied customers, I found it far too rigid. By the time I reached Day 1 on page 83 and was confronted with no caffeine, no dairy, no sugar, no meat -- I felt defeated before I had even begun. No doubt there are numerous people willing to relinquish such mainstays in their diet and happily live on fish, tofu and soybeans -- it simply isn't for me.
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