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Summary: A diet you can actually function on
Review: After going on AD NAUSEAUM for the better part of the first 4 chapters (at which point I stopped reading) on the perils and pitfalls of low-calorie diets, low-fat diets, and particularly high-protein diets, what does this book recommend? A low-calorie, low-fat, AND high-protein diet! The author writes " . . . nutrition relies on the interplay of many compounds in foods; scientists CANNOT yet re-create the complexity in a capsule or drink. Functional foods CANNOT supplant the nutritional completeness of whole, natural foods." Yet,after having said this, the author recommends that you replace animal proteins with these new functional foods! Although he states that low-fat diets fail because human have an innate desire for fats, he recommends a low-fat(25%) diet. Tally up the calories in any of his three sample menus and you will quickly see that this is a low-calorie diet as well. He also claims that 25-50-25 is the Ultimate Ratio for weight-loss and muscle building, but 15-60-25 is the Ultimate Ratio for weight maintenance and athletic performance. Shouldn't there really be just one ULTIMATE ratio? Also he suggests that you burn just 200 additional calories a day in physical activity. Hmmm, wouldn't that alone lead to a calorie deficit and weight-loss? What's "revolutionary" about this diet? It's all been said before. But how does raking competitive diet plans over the coals, so to speak, in any way prove the validity of this program? Frankly, why not just state what the program is and be done with it!
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Summary: Changing the way to think about eating.
Review: Dieting is a huge business where everyone touting something has "the answer." So does anyone have it? Yes and no. Some diets work for some people, for a while, and some don't. Often it's not easy to follow through with any diet plan, so we keep searching. Or we just give up and accept our unhealthy situation.If you want to change your thinking and focus on how you perform rather that how you look, Haas has a great plan to follow. This book, along with his previous book (Eat To Win)(although less up to date), offers an invaluable guide on why our minds and bodies behave the way they do given our exercise habits and the food we eat. Haas focuses on objective research in the field of peak performance and has a strong track record of working with champion athletes. With his research, it's easy to debunk most other "trendy" diets. The beauty of "eating to perform" is that you'll automatically get all the other health benefits of moderate exercise and intelligent eating.
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Summary: Changing the way to think about eating.
Review: Dieting is a huge business where everyone touting something has "the answer." So does anyone have it? Yes and no. Some diets work for some people, for a while, and some don't. Often it's not easy to follow through with any diet plan, so we keep searching. Or we just give up and accept our unhealthy situation. If you want to change your thinking and focus on how you perform rather that how you look, Haas has a great plan to follow. This book, along with his previous book (Eat To Win)(although less up to date), offers an invaluable guide on why our minds and bodies behave the way they do given our exercise habits and the food we eat. Haas focuses on objective research in the field of peak performance and has a strong track record of working with champion athletes. With his research, it's easy to debunk most other "trendy" diets. The beauty of "eating to perform" is that you'll automatically get all the other health benefits of moderate exercise and intelligent eating.
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Summary: Eat to win for Permanent Weight loss
Review: I cannot begin to tell you how much this book has helped me. I have been on a ton of "diets", this one works it really does. The food is really good, and I didn't feel hungry or deprived. I have lost almost 40 lbs. since January 6, and I feel so much better. The unlimited salad and veggies is also a help. If you feel sluggish overweight and tired of being that way, please get this book and try it for the 28 days. It is wonderful.
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Summary: You can't find the products !!!
Review: I found the book very interesting and very detailed. But he refuses to be a fan of the glycemic index, but uses a lot of their arguments to verify his own diet. I read the Glucose Revolution at the same time and find very similar statements in both books. But the greatest fault in this book lies in the problem that you can't find the products he uses for his drinks anywhere, at least not with Twinlab, as he mentiones. The products are discontinued for the most part. So I don't know how all the other readers can sing the highest praises when it is so hard to accomplish one of the most important parts of the diet. A interesting book, but hard to follow. The Glucose Revolution is as scientifically proven, but easier to follow in every day life.
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Summary: Reasonable & Flexible
Review: I was a big fan of 'Eat to Win' back in the 80's. In the 90's I tried 'The Zone' and Dr. Atkins' diets. I won't bash any because I know each works for different types of individuals. The author, however, does bash other diets, either because his publishing company's marketing department makes him, or because it's election year and it's just in the air. I found it interesting that he also bashed high carb, 10% fat diets. The original 'Eat to Win' would have fallen into this category. Like other reviewers have stated, his 'ultimate ratio' is actually 2 different ratios. One for fat loss, and one for maintenance. The fat loss ratio is very close to 'The Zone' but isn't as strict with food combining and doesn't vilify starch. Many will find it more 'doable' than 'The Zone', and athletic types may feel better on it as 'The Zone' can make you feel a bit flat if you train hard. The maintenance ratio is close to what Dr Andrew Weil prescribes in his latest book. The author makes some very good points about carbohydrate metabolish that counteract the carbo-phobia that is so prevalent in recent diet books. This discussion is almost worth the price of the book. Overall, his plan is very reasonable, flexible, and easier to follow than most. It will probably work better than 'The Zone' for athletic people, and it will be a breath of fresh air for people who like pasta, potatoes, and bananas. I gave it 4 out of five stars because I found the hype and bashing of competitors tiresome, but I thought 'the meat' of the book was excellent.
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Summary: It works, and it's so easy to follow
Review: The "Ultimate Ratio" of protein, carbohydrates and fat advocated in this book makes weight and fat loss almost effortless. Planning the right ratio of what to eat is as easy as selecting an item from each food group (listed in a handy chart) for each meal (and snacks). This plan even allows for cheating and eating at fast food restaurants! There are recipes in the back of the book for quick nutritious meals that are tasty and don't leave me feeling hungry or deprived. Not only is this an easy fat/weight loss plan, I am also eating my way to good health and high energy. I can really see results with this plan and I don't feel like I am on a diet!
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