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Summary: This book ROCKS!!!!!!!
Review: I am amazed by the fact that this book isn't more popular than it is. I'd never seen it in regular bookstores like Borders, and only stumbled upon it a few months ago in a health food store. Roe Gallo focuses on weight loss/health "techniques" the human species has used to stay lean and healthy for thousands of years, and she knows how to say things in a way that is encouraging and motivating. What she teaches is totally natural and makes complete sense. I lost weight 7 years ago, and have kept it off, by eating very much in the way she recommends (by eating more fruit and raw foods). I bought this book to learn more about fasting. I am actually writing my own weight loss book and plan to recommend this book in my own book. She is a fantastic teacher, very inspiring, and I hope this book will become more popular in the future, as her methods are not only good for the body, but they are good for the environment. She's helped people cure a multitude of diseases from Acne to Cancer. I'd highly recommend this book to anyone.
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Summary: Self-Publishing Disguised As Fact
Review: I bought this, the second edition of Roe Gallo's self-published "Perfect Body" because it came highly recommended as an entry into a raw food lifestyle.
Well, no. The book is actually a mishmash of many different disciplines and many different schools of thought. It's a machine gun effect, scattering ideas as bullets all over the place without satisfactorily scoring a bullseye or even hitting the target on any one. As far as using your brain, goal setting, psychology and keeping a positive attitude, Tony Robbins, Norman Vincent Peale and Zig Ziglar have done it much better. As far as exercise, physiology and anatomy, pick up any exercise magazine on the shelf. Or perhaps Bill Phillips "Body For Life". For nutrition, get the classic "Fit For Life" by Harvey and Marily Diamond, also proponents of the Natural Hygene lifestyle.
As far as I can tell Gallo has no medical credentials whatsoever, yet tells stories of people who, by following her advice in eating only organic fruits, uncooked vegetables and drinking only distilled water have cured themselves of Multiple Sclerosis, colitis, asthma, AIDS etc. Does it work? Possibly. But she backs up none of her statements with proof. With claims like that, I'd expect the back of the book to have footnotes galore, citing medical journals, etc. She spends at least 75 pages of the book listing testimonial after testimonial of these cures. Dangerous stuff, indeed. What Gallo proposes makes perfect sense, of course. Eat healthy food, drink plenty of water, cleanse your body and lose weight and feel great, but this book is unfocused, undocumented and insufficient in exploring the raw food lifestyle. Pass.
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Summary: Self-Publishing Disguised As Fact
Review: I bought this, the second edition of Roe Gallo's self-published "Perfect Body" because it came highly recommended as an entry into a raw food lifestyle.
Well, no. The book is actually a mishmash of many different disciplines and many different schools of thought. It's a machine gun effect, scattering ideas as bullets all over the place without satisfactorily scoring a bullseye or even hitting the target on any one. As far as using your brain, goal setting, psychology and keeping a positive attitude, Tony Robbins, Norman Vincent Peale and Zig Ziglar have done it much better. As far as exercise, physiology and anatomy, pick up any exercise magazine on the shelf. Or perhaps Bill Phillips "Body For Life". For nutrition, get the classic "Fit For Life" by Harvey and Marily Diamond, also proponents of the Natural Hygene lifestyle.
As far as I can tell Gallo has no medical credentials whatsoever, yet tells stories of people who, by following her advice in eating only organic fruits, uncooked vegetables and drinking only distilled water have cured themselves of Multiple Sclerosis, colitis, asthma, AIDS etc. Does it work? Possibly. But she backs up none of her statements with proof. With claims like that, I'd expect the back of the book to have footnotes galore, citing medical journals, etc. She spends at least 75 pages of the book listing testimonial after testimonial of these cures. Dangerous stuff, indeed. What Gallo proposes makes perfect sense, of course. Eat healthy food, drink plenty of water, cleanse your body and lose weight and feel great, but this book is unfocused, undocumented and insufficient in exploring the raw food lifestyle. Pass.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: What a cool book! Not only does it give you the scientific underpinnings to change your perspective on your body's health & biological age, it gives you practical things to do that really make a difference in how you feel. Some of the recommendations were extremely helpful. Others will take me a bit longer to incorporate into my life, but I am working on it! I really love Roe Gallo's attitude and looks. What a great role model.If you're looking to make a healthier change for the better in your life, I definitely recommend checking this book out.
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Summary: This book ROCKS!!!!!!!
Review: What a cool book! Not only does it give you the scientific underpinnings to change your perspective on your body's health & biological age, it gives you practical things to do that really make a difference in how you feel. Some of the recommendations were extremely helpful. Others will take me a bit longer to incorporate into my life, but I am working on it! I really love Roe Gallo's attitude and looks. What a great role model. If you're looking to make a healthier change for the better in your life, I definitely recommend checking this book out.
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