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Summary: Jury is still out for me...I still feel deprived!
Review: I am in day 3 of this "diet". There definately things I appreaciate like the reward meal and the time limit because I think I would eat for hours if I had the chance and this makes me think about that. However, I just feel it is too strict. I am sitting here about 4 hours from my reward meal and I am already hungry, that salad and broiled chicken from lunch one hour ago was not enough. I keep thinking there has got to be some way to eat low carboyhydrate meal and lose weight. I keep wondering if this is really healthy. I am sick of eggs on day 3...I am trying to stay on this for 2 months and give it a chance. I wonder if I can make it one month. I think I will love weight but I will starve myself doing it...If this changes I will update this review later.
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Summary: An Unhealthy Food Plan
Review: I'm really surprised that Oprah is promoting this food plan. Not only does it not allow fruits but milk as well(which all women need).In this food plan milk is considered a carbohydrate. You basically consume protein and veggies at 2 out of your 3 meals per day. Your "reward" meal is once again protein, veggies and one high carb food. This can be anything from candy , fruit or milk,etc. However if you want a fruit and milk you need to eat another serving of protein and veggies! Oprah, women need more than one serving of milk per day and it shouldn't all be consumed in cheese which is allowed on this food plan. I'm really disappointed. If you're interested in this book save it for the library. If you feel like a carb addict try Kay Sheppard's "Food Addiction: The Body Knows". This allows fruit, milk and natural grains but cuts out refined sugars. A much healthier choice.
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Summary: Good
Review: I had tried to use the diet several times over the past year but I was so addicted to sugar that I never made it over 2 days. Recently I did something I had known I must. I went to a hypnotist [one on one for two 1 hr. sessions] concentrating only on sugar craves. It worked and now I am having success with dieting. I hope no one else has to resort to this extreme. But it worked for me.
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Summary: Carbohydrate-Conscious Eating Transforms Lives
Review: Thanks to Oprah, the Hellers are making a powerful contribution to the current national diet debate. As the author of the first insulin-conscious gourmet cookbook (The Gourmet Prescription: High Flavor Recipes for Lower Carbohydrate Diets), I support their lower carbohydrate message. The only weakness of their book lies in their recipes which do not appeal to hard core food lovers like myself. Insulin-conscious cooking can be long on flavor and short on carbs at the same time! Anyone on this diet will be thrilled by the low-carb flavor-enhancing techniques in The Gourmet Prescription.
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Summary: Don't waste your money.
Review: I don't see how these people can advertise this eating plan as non-depriving. Who has Tofu and Soy Flour in their pantry? It is no different than any other, if you don't mind living on "odd" vegetables, and concocting strange recipes, and eating salad until it runs out your ears, you'll do fine. Don't forget the gallons of water per day so you can spend your time in the restroom. I am a true addict and I don't like vegetables. The few I like are on the "don't" eat list. Can't have chewing gum, no flavored soda (even diet), and eating salad before breakfast. Who wants eggs, bacon wrapped in lettuce first thing in the morning? The reward recipes are nothing special. Just like any other recipe book. They have sugar in them and quite a bit. You might as well just go on the unhealthy Atkins. It is probably easier to just eat protein and nothing else. Lot less to remember. Too bad I can't give it less than a "star" rating.
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Summary: This program really works!!!
Review: I have only been on this progam for four days and have already lost three pounds and the cravings for extra foods has stopped. Thanks to the two Drs. Heller. This book is going to be my next Bible. Must close and get to a new recipe to try for breakfast..
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Summary: This program really works.
Review: I have been following this new way of life for 2 weeks now, and I have lost 8 pounds. More importantly, my blood sugar levels are down to normal for the first time since I was diagnosed ten years ago with Diabetes Type 2! This is a way of eating I can live with for the rest of my life.
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Summary: Wow! This book is great!
Review: I think this diet is awesome!! I used to be a weak willedmindless pig who had no self-control! Now, using the Heller's diet, Ican lose weight just by cutting carbs, the main source of the body's energy, out of my diet. I won't even have to exercise, which is a good thing, because I wouldn't have any energy anyway!! Hey people, it ain't that hard to get in shape. Resistance train 30 minutes a day 3 days a week, run 30 minutes a day 3 days a week, and don't be a pig. I should be a millionaire!
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Summary: Save your money
Review: I found this book to be useless. Let's start with the are you addicted to carbo quiz which is so highly touted. "I get sluggish or tired after a large meal" and "As I get older, I seem to gain weight more easily". Boy are we entering emerging science on this. Besides alot of confusing info combined with the usual personal stories this book is about 50% recipes that appear to be as bland and the rest of the book. I could find nothing new or insightful about this book - suggestion to everyone - quit your jobs and write a diet book - this one is apparently a bestseller!
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Summary: Dangerous long-term effects
Review: For everyone on this diet - please reconsider! A few of my friends have already been "burned". In this society of immediate gratification we fail to research and consider the long-term effects of something that "really works". Restriction of carbs affects even the proper functioning of our brains!. Researchers claim carb deficiency may disturb mental function. So, before you try it, please research the biochemical response of the human body to this type of diet. Also, there is an older book that could be helpful in researching the matter - the name is NUTRITION AND YOUR MIND,( the psychochemical response) by George Watson,. The author is a former Professor of Psychology at UCLA, and reasearch director for the Lancaster Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. Please accept these thoughts as a suggestion onlly.Iit is your body, and your health, and I believe they are worth the trouble of research and independent thinking before we jump on the currently hyped diet . The decision is yours! I wish you all the best in your search for health and better life!
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