The New Beverly Hills Diet

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Summary: I've found the way with food combining!
Review: I am a student of Holistic Medicine specializing in Nutrition. I am researching the concepts of food combining and tried The New Beverly Hills Diet. As a professional dieter and with obesity in my background, I am most impressed with the conscious food- combining program that Judy Mazel teaches. I lost 30 pounds in two months, feel healthy, look great and know that I found the way to remain thin for a lifetime. I have been recommending this program to clients, friends and family. Thank you my friend Judy Mazel. Amy Person-Pullen

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Summary: WOW! Works fast, not hard, (but needs more recipes...)
Review: I bought this book after seeing the amazing results that my best friend was getting. I am on day 10 and have already lost 6.5 pounds despite the fact that for two days I only followed the diet for breakfast and ate whatever I wanted the rest of the day. There must be something to Judy's plan, because losing weight on it is faster what it would be if I ate nothing at all. It's very easy for me because food preparation is simple.(and I'm pretty busy). I'm excited about it because I can eat a variety of things. I have not had any gas, bloating, or felt lightheaded. Another friend of ours with ALOT of weight to lose (more than 100 1bs) is following the original diet and has already dropped 13lbs in 10 days!(She hasn't felt weak or lightheaded either!) The only thing I don't like is that I'd like 1 or 2 recipes for chicken preparation, there isn't much guidance there unless you buy the recipe book. Temptation to "cheat" isn't too great because you can have your favorites here and there, AND because the rapid reduction is so motivating! ALL in ALL, I say TRY IT! You'll lose the weight FAST and keep it off! How's that for the best of both worlds!

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Summary: Could be a lot better
Review: I have been on the Beverly Hills Diet twice. I am pretty good about staying within the strict guidelines of diets like this. The first time was quite effective and I lost seventeen pounds over three weeks. I tried this again a few years later and while I stuck with it and lost about thirteen pounds again, I have to say I cannot recommend this diet. I believe the initial three week program is too difficult for most people and too stressful on the body. I happened to be taking my first trip to Hawaii when I was into my second week. I was only thirty at the time and not in bad shape. I was jogging a couple nights and felt an inordinate amount of stress on my heart so I decided to stop running on both days. The diet is too fruit centered for too long. Some days are difficult because you may dislike foods like papaya so you can get into trouble. As for living the Beverly Hills diet lifestyle, it will be unrealistic expensive and difficult for most people. As most doctors would probably tell you, you can eat an aweful large amount of fruit without taking in many calories. That is likely why the diet works. Because of the kind of nutrition the diet provides over an extended period of time, my opinion is this diet is dangerous. That is the reason it was modified. If your personality is such that you must lose weight quickly, far easier, more nutritious and less dangerous is the cabbage soup diet. The insanity lasts only a week, you can lose 7 to ten pounds and by the third day you are already incorporating starches and protiens making it a breeze. Its simple and one page long that can be downloaded from the internet. It doesn't pretend to be a lifestyle. After that find a diet you can LIVE with every day of your life.

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Summary: Discipiline
Review: I started this alternative way of eating on January 27,03 and I have lost 55 pounds I enjoy all of the fruit and even the dried apricots, It is total discipline. This alternative way of eating can change your life for health reason.. Go for it now i'm just on a maintance plan. I could hardly put this book down. Just like my new morning brew made from soy beans. Taste like coffee, sans the caffeine, and contains no tannic acids. I have no more heartburn and that is something to write about. Google it online under "s oyfee".


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Summary: Be careful if you go on this diet
Review: I started this diet yesterday and I've lost 2 pounds already, but I'm debating whether I should switch to another diet.

Didn't your mom ever tell you to go easy on fruits? My mom did -- and she's right. She used to warn me that eating too much of certain fruits (pineapple, cherries, etc.) would give me a tummy ache. I'm remembering her words of wisdom as I sit here with stomach cramps after eating prunes and strawberries all day today.

I envy the success stories I've read of those who've completed this diet, but I'm not sure it's worth the health risk. I was looking up diet book reviews on the web and found a Good Housekeeping review of the book (see http://homearts.com/gh/health/67dietf1.htm). The GH review warns against this diet for the very reason that fruit binges aren't healthy and this diet is low on protein.

Just be careful!! Your body is a precious commodity, no matter how much you think you need to lose.

Oh, and in answer to the dieter's question about what to drink on this diet, Mazel recommends water, tea and coffee. If you drink alcohol, she limits the types you can have. (I'd say water is your best bet.)

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Summary: This is a really good book.
Review: I think that this book really helped me to make the right choies about what i eat. Thank You Judy M.
In french it is, Je adores Judy!!!

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Summary: THIS BOOK IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS
Review: If anyone has ever told you to look to your,'roots' to find who you are and what works best for you? I remember this diet as a teenager, my mother still has the book she bought in 1981. This was the year I graduated from high school and it was a time when I too was watching my, 'girly' figure. It helped me alot to just get off the extra 5 pounds or so from eating too many sweets. I was so happy to hear that she had revised the book, because I knew how succussful my mother and I had both been while on it. I am very happy to say that after only being on the diet 6 days, I have already lost 6 pounds and am on my way to the ,'New Skinny Me'. Tonight I get to have steak and believe me, it is going to taste wonderful. I plan on savouring every single bite. For all of you who are contemplating using Judy Mazels wonderful book, I do encourage you to do just that. I took a biology class in college and even did a paper on how enzymes work, I do believe this diet is a synergistic one with your body's way of metabolizing food. Just the fact that she tells you in the book to stop eating fruit the rest of the day once you are finished because fruit does digest much faster than other foods and when they are combined inproperly, this produces a sort of fermentation effect in your stomach. This is where good old indigestion occurs. I have had no stomach pains except for prune day, and that was only because the old pipes needed cleaning if you know what I mean. Please, I exhort all of you to buy this book. It is a great summer diet too because the fruit is so refreshing on a hot day. I wish you all the best.

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Summary: The New Beverly Hills Diet worked for me but...
Review: The New Beverly Hills Diet worked for me but there were times such as all fruit days that I craved something more substantial and filling. During the 35 Day plan I lost 15 pounds (5 pounds a week during the first three weeks) but once the 35 days was up, I was not able to continue eating the way I did during the diet. I do believe that there is something to food combining, but Judy Mazel's program was too strict for me to follow. One book that is easy to follow is "The Hay Diet Made Easy" by Jackie Habgood, which gives straightforward information about food combining!

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Summary: Garbage
Review: You are better off just buying a cook and telling her to give you exactly X amount of calories a day. This diet is ridiculous and mostly inconvient.