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The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat Well, Enjoy Life, Lose Weight
Price:$17.15 |
| ISBN |
1561486760 |
| Publication Date |
2010-01-01 |
| Number Of Pages |
254 |
| Publisher |
Good Books |
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Customers Reviews  2010-08-28 Mayo Clinic Diet This book is an excellent guide for a lifestyle change. I would go ahead and buy the diet handbook along with it. |  2010-08-14 5-star and 1-star reviews are both right Some reviewers give this book 5 stars, others give it 3. So how do you know whom to believe? I think I can help you.
This book is NOT for you if:
- You are looking for a magic weight loss plan, or a new theory of weight control
- You are looking for a lot of recipes
This book MIGHT be for you if:
- You subscribe to the old, tried-and-true formula for weight loss (eat fewer calories, exercise more), but need to know the details and need some help in getting, and staying, motivated.
The book is based on a version of the familiar food pyramid, and the diet can be summarized as: Eat a lot -- in fact as much as you want -- of fruits and vegetables (most of your favorites will be allowed, and you can eat them raw or cooked, and use fresh or frozen, and in some cases canned). Eat limited, though reasonable, amounts of carbs, protein and dairy, and fats. Exercise 30 minutes a day.
If you try it, good luck to you. I'm trying it, too; good luck to me as well. |  2010-07-23 Sound plan, but hard to find information at times I like the concepts, and have been following the plan for almost a week. Three pounds down. I have a local fresh vegetable/fruit market and this way of eating is very economical for me.
My only problem with the book is a lack of proper indexing. I'll admit that I didn't sit down and read the book cover-to-cover on the first day. As I got into the areas of food and preparation, I had questions about what types of spices and sauces are o.k. to use while cooking, but the index and table of contents were not very helpful. The words "seasonings," "spices" and "preparation" were not indexed.
A cookbook developed by a leading health institution should be a tad more user-friendly. I would happily give the book/eating plan five stars if I had not had these difficulties. |  2010-07-13 Common Sense Information I purchased the book and the journal, I'm not sure if it was worth the price. It containes good common sense information that we all forget along the way. The food pyramid was the best thing I came away from the book with. This is one thing we never think of. We think of skipping meals to loose weight first, this does work, I'm the Queen of that, but you always gain most of it back. Since reading the book I have lost 11 pounds, only because all the info was put back in the front of my head where it should be. I rated the book a 3 but probably would realistically give it a 4. |  2010-07-07 Food & exercise are both habits - add the good, ditch the bad We all know how we get stuck in food habits, whether its Sunday morning Starbucks coffee or Saturday afternoon Costco pizza. The Mayo Clinic Diet is short and simple - you lose weight by changing your habits and shouldn't start their two-week LOSE IT! plan until you're ready to commit to Adding 5 habits and Breaking 5 habits. In our hearts, we all know the only way to lose weight & keep it off is to change how we feel about healthy food and exercise, and this book keeps it simple. It also allows UNLIMITED fruits & veggies, and dieters love any program with the word UNLIMITED that doesn't refer to cabbage soup!!! Remember, it only takes 100 extra calories a day to gain ten pounds in a year, so changing even a few food/exercise habits can stop the weight gain or chip off a few pounds. |
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Find Out About The Dangers Associated With Dieting Dieting should have sensible basis otherwise it may do nothing but undermine and ruin your health. There are some dangers associated with dieting.
Danger 1 - on my own
The habit always to rely upon oneself is not the appropriate tactics in dieting. Fattiness like any other diseases should be treated under the strict doctor’s control. Every one is unique and needs certain and specific approach. Someone may be stout but have a good health someone may have few “extra kilos” which will intermix with serious diseases. So you should be completely aware of your current state. Work, life style, surroundings, living conditions and even climate should be taken in account when choosing a diet.
Danger 2 - on the buckwheat
There are several dieting myths: you should eat meat, you should eat once or twice a day, it’s useful to eat only buckwheat or apple pines for example. Each product is wholesome for sure but only in the combination with other useful products. And if you decided to keep to a “one-side” diet you merely deprive yourself of necessary and vital elements.
The greatest problems may cause incredible protein decrease, especially animal protein which can not be substituted by soy or legumes protein. Animal protein is the base for ferments and hormones production. In case you reduce protein consumption the reproductive function gets worse and the blood formula changes.
Another danger is the lack of calcium which we usually get of the diary products. This element is absolutely necessary especially for the young organism which bones are still in the process of formation.
The variety of food is the main point of the right diet. Remember you may eat everything but with the sense of measure. Fish, vegetables and fruits are irreplaceable products and should “find place” in your diet however.
Danger 3 – only diet
If you really want to loose weight and not to regain it you’d better thing about dieting and physical loading as separate things but work out the plan of healthy life style. It may include the food we eat, the way we spend our free time, sleep and whatever. The main tendency today is square meals and minimum of physical exercise. The quantity of energy we receive should not exceed the quantity we consume.
The simplest recommendations are to eat divisionally – every 3 or 4 hours in little quantities, not to eat before going to bed.
Danger 4- food is my best friend
The other stumbling block is to compensate stress depression by eating sweets and chocolates. Some times in such situations a person may eat even when he is not hungry.
Remember everything is in your own hands. |
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