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Summary: A feast for the faster
Review: This book is really for people who fast already. Very detailed discussions of the physiological affect of fasting. If you are looking for inspiration, this is not your book.
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Summary: Good, but no how to....
Review: This book was an excellent arguement for living a healthy lifestyle and eating properly, and I will certainly be trying to clean up my eating act even further... However by the end, it felt like a extra long brochure to spend a bunch of money to go to your nearest fasting clinic. There seemed to be alot of, what I call, Pompons for a healthier lifestyle but no practical description on how to begin or of what to eat. Overall, interesting reading but fairly redundant by page 20. Though I will say that I now have the incentive to go looking for other books on total fasting.
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Summary: A must read...
Review: This is an excellent book, and the only real problem that I have found with it, is to get people to read it! AAGH. Such and excellent book, and too many stuborn people. Dr. Furhman is one of the few M.D.s that actually care about us... Ever wonder why your doctor doesnt want you to read this book? He continues to make money, as long as you are sick...
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Summary: Piqued my interest...
Review: While I found the information regarding fasting to be intriguing and am excited to start fasting, I wish there had been a chapter devoted solely to preparing for and starting a fast. Most of the book is devoted to different heath conditions and diseases with little bits of information about how to fast scattered everywhere.Additionally, I found some of the information contradictory. In the beginning Dr. Fuhrman explains that while fasting your body uses its stored energy (fat) which produces ketones that your brain then uses to function (a state called ketosis). Later in the book he talks about how low-carb, high-protein diets are bad because a person on the diet will go into ketosis and their body will produce ketones which are detrimental to the kidneys. Which is it - are ketones bad or good? Lastly, Dr. Fuhrman's anti-fat propaganda has little research to back it up, and he never differentiates between the vastly different qualities/types of fats. He claims that naturally thin people are thin because they consume less fat, not less calories. However the French & Mediterranean people consume a higher percentage of fat in their diet (as much as 50%) and are overall thinner, and have less heart disease than Americans. (They do however eat less overall, and way less processed foods.) Dr. Fuhrman neglects to point out that fat is essential for your body function and that the majority of Americans, though they consume vast quantities of bad fats (saturated, etc.) are chronically deficient in Essential Fatty Acids (Omega 3 & 6). Overall this book is great introduction to the idea of fasting, however I will still be looking for a more thorough and up-to-date guide to fasting. I'd recommend the book, but not as a comprehensive "how-to" guide, but rather an thought-provoking introduction to an age-old practice.
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