No consigo adelgazar

by Pierre Dukan

¿ Ha intentado muchas veces perder peso sin lograrlo? Con este régimen usted lo logrará de forma eficaz, sin pasar hambre y con unos resultados sorprendentes. Más de 1 millón de lectores en Francia ya han adelgazado siguiendo los cuatro pasos de esta dieta, basada en el consumo de proteínas naturales y su combinación con el resto de los alimentos. Gracias a los consejos del doctor Dukan ya puede adelgazar sin pasar hambre, sin restringir las cantidades y sin necesidad de modificar sus hábitos. Este libro contiene las claves para lograrlo, así como recetas y menús donde no se deja de lado el placer de comer. Con el Método Dukan usted logrará adelgazar de forma inmediata y mantener su peso estable durante el resto de su vida Dr. Pierre Dukan Médico especializado en el comportamiento alimentario y la reeducación nutricional. Sus libros son best-seller en Francia y se han traducido a las principales lenguas de todo el mundo, convirtiéndose en un éxito mundial.

Genres: Nonfiction, Health, Diets, Nutrition, Food, Self Help, Cooking

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Pierre Dukan is a French medical doctor and nutritionist, and the creator of the famous Dukan Diet.

In 1975, Pierre Dukan is a general practitioner in Paris when he was first confronted with a case of obesity. At the time, being overweight or obese was thought to be best treated by low calorie and small sized meals. Dukan thought of an alternative way to prevent patients from regaining their lost weight after dieting. He designed a new approach in four phases, including stabilisation and consolidation. After 20 odd years of research Pierre Dukan published his findings in 2000 in his book Je ne sais pas maigrir (I don't know how to get slimmer) which became a bestseller in France.

The book became a bestseller in the UK after Carole Middleton introduced her daughter Catherine, now The Duchess of Cambridge, to the diet before her wedding to Prince William. Catherine lost two dress sizes.

Dukan has published 19 books which have sold more than 11 million copies in 25 langages.

Source: Wikipedia

Reviews

[Izzy · Rating 1 out of 5]

The Dukan Diet got me pregnant. I am wholly convinced of this “fact,” for a variety of reasons, both scientific and personal, albeit liberally spiked with a tumbler full of magical realism.

Of course, it’s important to take into consideration the cold, hard facts of the situation. The backstory involved is nothing too tawdry, just a regular girl planning a major overseas trip to visit friends and family she hadn’t seen in twenty years. Most of the time I was okay with my body, but I faced two weeks and a majorly hyped family wedding in hot, rocky Greece, where the womenfolk force-feed you delicious food until you are so stuffed and bloated that wandering out into the heat is akin to crossing the desert on a religious mission (in terms of effort). Beautiful, dusty brown and blue Greece, where the beaches blind, no one is fat, and I was planning on wearing a swimsuit for approximately 87% of my trip. Also, I was literally flying out on my 30th birthday. Needless to say, there was a lot of planning and wanting to be perfect and whatnot.

This was last August. Let’s rewind a couple of months to the previous June. In a catch-up email with a friend, she informed me that she was starting the Dukan Diet and to wish her luck. My ears (eyes?) perked up and after several black holes of Googling later, I decided to try it out, too. If you don’t know anything about Dukan, it’s a low-carb diet similar to Atkins, but more intense and arguably more efficient in that it’s also low fat. The diet, created by the Svengali-ish Dr. Pierre Dukan, is hugely popular in France and has been creeping its way over here (after stopping in the UK and other European nations, much like the Bubonic Plague) due to the excellent PR of being Kate Middleton’s way of getting ready for THE wedding. And, you know, she looked pretty skinny.

I had tried Atkins like ten years ago, for maybe three days and gorged myself on bacon and thought about suicide. However, in this post-collegiate era of my life, I reasoned that I wouldn’t take the alcohol detox so roughly and besides, I would have a buddy to compare notes with and complain to. Someone that would understand. It turns out I would have two buddies! After some more careful thought, I deduced that this situation would require a lot of cooking and preparation and moral support and money to buy meat. My live-in man is wonderful in many ways, yet cook he is not. So I was SURELY not going to be cooking two different meals every day. After a little bit of pleading, I convinced him to do it with me and set a time limit to make it more palatable – we would diet together for one month. After that, we could gorge on fresh baked bread and lamb and gyros (and did you know pretty much all French fries in Greece are not frozen? They are, like, hand cut potatoes) on our well-needed and well-earned vacation.

Now that I have detailed my food and vacation history, let me divulge a very personal fact. I was completely convinced that I was not going to have babies. Not that I didn’t want any, in some neglected corner of my mind routinely ignored because you know, television, books, and fun - I totally did, but I thought it was physically impossible.

(In fact, at my first appointment with the scary-like-a-Catholic-Filipina-nun Dr. McCarthy, the good doctor looked at the chart sent over from my regular OBGYN and deadpanned “It says here that you were worried you couldn’t have babies! You were wrong! Ha Ha Ha!” Then she gave me the once-over and told me that, you know, I didn’t have to gain too much weight. This from a tiny woman who had somehow sourced orthopedic platforms.)

Because of this belief, we were really, really lax about the old birth control. We had talked about it, like if anything happens, we would just have the baby. But I don’t think we really thought anything would happen.

DUKAN: The details of the diet run the range from mild to rather grisly. We plugged away at it for three weeks, scarfing down meatloaf made from beef, from ground turkey. We tossed back meatballs made from beef, or ground turkey, or from a MIXTURE OF BOTH when I was feeling crazy. We ate chicken, and eggs, and crock-potted beef butt. You’re allowed low-fat dairy on Dukan and I still haven’t been able to eat non-flavored Greek yogurt since that dark time. Tip: you can mix in sugar-free packs of Crystal Light or whatever chemical-laden water flavor-er you like. It turns the yogurt neon and it still tastes gross, but not as gross. Yeah, at this point I was starting to think that this wasn’t too healthy. Dukan is split into phases. The first is the Attack phase, where you can only eat lean protein and nonfat dairy. This lasts from 3-11 days; depending on how long you can take it and how much weight you want to lose. Then you switch to the Cruise phase, which allows more of the same plus some allowed veggies (that first salad was like God in my mouth). You Cruise until you have met your goals. Then, you Maintain.

One day, after I had been on the Cruise phase f or about three weeks, one of my best friends visited before moving to NOLA. A cheat day was planned. We went out; much vodka was consumed. MUCH. You get way drunk when there are no existing carbs in your system. The next morning I puked up bits and pieces of these gross meat muffins I had made the night before and seriously, it was like waves of crazy illness plus restless leg syndrome plus wanting to die – it was CRAZY. It was the DT’s. So I fucking went to Dunkin and bought two bagels and ate them in 30 seconds and it was like the minute the MDMA starts to work. That was the end of Dukan. That was June. Fast forward through July.

One week before the big trip I found myself standing around at a friend’s wedding, fighting off irrational abject misery. I sniffed the vodka soda in my hand and couldn’t bring myself to take a sip. I was suffering from some severe bloating that I attributed to post-low carb bread binges. I was so tired I couldn’t see straight. I did not feel right. (I had missed my period. But, I mean, I was infertile.) The test was POSITIVE. Positive. I was going to Greece in a week. I was turning 30. All I wanted to do was lay my weary head down and have someone sing that chariot song to me.

(Fast forward to now. I love being a mom. Yeah, I wanted to drink cocktails on a boat in the Mediterranean, but whatever. The fried zucchini fritters made up for it. Turns out, there are tons of Harry Potter themed onesies on the Internet.)

No, this is a story about how Pierre Dukan got me pregnant. My idea of naming her Agatha (first name) Christie (middle) (since this was such a MYSTERY) was roundly vetoed. It’s not a whodunit. Wedunit, obviously. But still.

FACTS: The consumption of meat, especially the non-organic kind, alters your hormones. Evidence of this abounds online and I’m sure in legitimate paper articles, too; animal flesh contains hormones because they produce them, and in some cases are fed them (or injected them, or what-have-you; gross). Altering your hormones therefore changes your chances of pregnancy, which is fundamentally a hormonal process. Much of my crazed research indicates that women trying to become pregnant, or wishing to maintain a healthy pregnancy, should steer clear of hormone-laden foodstuffs for this reason. I, however, believe that since I may have had issues getting pregnant pre-Dukan, the massive amounts of meat I was consuming created a perfect hormonal storm that allowed the demon seed to finally nail it down. Those little fuckers won that day. They are still winning now.

I in no way intend this to be super-scientific. You know how just sometimes you have feelings about what’s going on in your own body? It’s like that, with maybe a little bit too much Garcia Marquez going on. I don’t endorse vegans that are having difficulty conceiving to go ahead and make carnage happen. I really just think that the hand of God, or Pierre’s even, maybe, reached down (or around) that one fateful night and guided the process – I kind of consider it a kind of spiritual (or European) threesome.

(The kicker? I never read the book. Also, any and all weight loss was negated because pregnancy.)

[Buqet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hayatımda ilk defa diyete başladım.
Kitabı okuduktan sonra bir gıdacı olarak inanılmaz mantıklı buldum.Bazı arkadaşlar kilo kaybının kaslardan olduğunu yazmış yorumlarında , protein indeksli bir diyette kas kaybı olması mantık olarak imkansızdır. Kasların yapı taşları protein olduğunu düşünürsek , nasıl kas kaybı oluşabilir ki.

2. olarak bir aydır düzenli spor + bu diyet sayesinde 7 kilo verdim. Hala seyir dönemindeyim. Ne halsizlik ne de sağlık sorunu. Hatta kilo kaybı ile sınırda olan şekerim bile düştü. Kısacası benim gibi hayatında diyet yapmamış olan , fit bir görünüm isteyenlere öneririm :)

[Natalie Tyler · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've been shopping around for a diet. I read the book "The Dukan Diet" by Dr. Pierre Dukan. I was utterly enchanted by his writing style. His somewhat stilted Gallicisms are adorable and I love being addressed as "Dear Reader".

Some of the things I like about his plan are its specificity, the smattering of recipes included seem good, and the book is well-indexed. Dukan does not make grandiose promises and exercise is a must with his program.

But I wonder about the validity of his claims. Would one stalk of celery really interfere with and sabotage a pure protein day? His first phase, "Attack" is nothing but protein. Unlike Atkins, no cheeses or butters are permitted. Only the most dedicated meatarian could succeed on this diet.

I decided to give it a try. Following the plan for almost the entire day, I had eaten very few calories and was feeling a bit anxious and irritable. I broke down in the evening and ate a few celery stalks and much enjoyed the sinfulness.

I am going to keep this diet in mind. The ATTACK phase typically lasts from 1-8 days and then one moves into a "Cruise" phase wherein some non-starchy vegetables are permitted every other day.

I worry that the diet is simply too low-cal for me. I worry that there is a lack of nutrients. I worry about any diet in which a radish is "verboten". Fiber is virtually non-existent. I think that if a person was younger than I am and in better fundamental health, this diet could work. Once you get to your desired weight you can move to the Consolidation Phase, which last 5 days for every pound you have lost. It includes some (finally) fruit and cheese and bread.

Once you have "consolidated" you then follow the ATTACK all-protein phase one day a week (he recommends Thursdays). You also get to have two "celebration"meals a week--but only in a "reasonable quantity".

I suspect that if you loyally follow this plan you will lose weight more quickly. You will also be terminally constipated! My one day flirtation with Dr. Dukan did not work out but it made me realize that I could greet celery sticks as manna from heaven. I had a low-cal day and I had a really low-carb day but I don't think I can follow such a strict plan.

In the long run I do not think that deprivation diets work for all people. Dukan might be good if you, like the Duchess of Cambridge, have only a small amount of weight to lose and have the steely determination to deny yourself a piece of lettuce. But if you are not aiming for a tiara, it's very difficult and possibly unhealthy.

I give Dukan two stars--one because he's French and the second because he believes that exercise is essential.

[Shirley Revill · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just wasn't for me.

[Jyri · Rating 4 out of 5]

One thing to understand about Dukan Diet: it is not a two week project to quickly lose some weight that you will eventually just gain back. It is in for the long haul.

I picked up the book, because my wife read about the diet. My weight has been going up for past 15 years, and as it was creeping closer to 90kg, I decided that I was not happy with the situation. I've tried these other types of diets and managed to drop a few kilos, but the general trend was always there. Problem being that I like good food and I had no means to control my weight.

The things that I picked up from Dukan were:
- fat and sugar is bad, eat less of them
- protein is good, eat more of it
- for snacks, eat what is good rather than what is bad
- weight yourself every day

Not exactly rocket science, right?

Well, what really made Dukan diet work for me is that the first three stages (you should know all about them from other sources, so I'll just not explain them again) last about half a year. During this time you are eased into the new way of thinking about food and eating and controlling your weight. Grabbing some quark instead of an oily tuna fish cheese sandwich becomes a second nature. You'll learn to be more conscious of the sugars and fat that you eat. You'll pick up tools to get rid of that extra weight that you put on during a longer vacation in an all-inclusive resort. And you'll be more aware of the weight fluctuations.

Dukan diet is not for everyone. Once you decide to go for it, you really have to follow the instructions to the point. Any deviating causes you to not learn the important lessons. Give yourself too much leeway, you'll only make the weight loss part more difficult, but you also increase the risk of getting it all back. (My doctor told me that regaining the lost weight is very typical for all these protein based diets, so there's even more reason to seriously understand what's going on with your body.)

Also, these extreme diets can be hazardous. Except for my slight overweight, I'm in pretty good shape with no heart diseases etc, so I could afford to start this diet. If you have any health problems, please see a doctor before starting Dukan diet (or anything similar).

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a few kilos to lose after my latest trip abroad.

[Swhe641200 · Rating 4 out of 5]

6/2011 Seen this on Dr. OZ show. Three doctors reviewed it. One loved it, one hated it, the other was right in the middle. I lost only 4 in the attack phase I really stayed on it good. I was a little disappointed I did not lose more. I have been on the cruize phase and will have to be until the fall to get to goal weight. I am losing slowly. I am realy missing the fruit. If I go off I immediatley put weight on. I had pizze with Jill and kids put on 1.8. But if I do it I have lost between 1.5 to 2 a week. That is better than weight watchers for me.

7/2011 Read this again and wrote some of the receipes down. I do not lose as much as they say but I do lose on this when on Weight Watcher etc. I do to.

[Cyril Kesten · Rating 1 out of 5]

Dr. Dukan leaves me cold. Partly because he suggests that being cold is good for dieting. On Page 118 he says "Eat Cold Food as Often as Possible. He also suggests we suck on ice cubes and take cold showers. All this in an effort to make the body work harder to keep us warm which takes more calories. Give me a break!

He repeatedly points out that to lose weight on his diet you must follow his instructions to the letter with no exceptions. He then goes on to ask you to do weird things - eat this, don't eat that, eat this on one day and don't eat that another day.

He may have convinced me that Weight Watchers isn't that bad.

[Larissa · Rating 2 out of 5]

I did lose weight on this, but is such an unhealthy way of eating that I gave it up. The lack of fruits and vegetables, the advocation of sweeteners and the high red meat consumption were all things I now disagree with completely. I much prefer to eat natural, unprocessed foods as much as possible and feel much healthier now.

[Cherie Palmer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting perspective of high protein and vegetable diet. I will incorporate the thinking into the rest of the healthy eating books I am reading.

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've done a lot of diets in the past 5 years trying to get off the extra weight I've put on since high school/college. I am not one to jump at the chance to take diet pills or look for the easy way out (well...the easiest way out), but I really do try to find diet plans/information that will be relevant and applicable to longterm/healthy living. This diet plan has some hints at a South Beach diet, Atkins diet, low car/high protein lifestyle; however, it's organized in a very clear and prescribed manner. The physician who developed the lifestyle plan did so through using his patients as guinea pigs and listening to their feedback, and he states that he learned that if he "prescribed" or "ordered" aspects such as 20-minutes of walking per day/etc. that patients were more likely to abide by the order. As such, this book is written as a prescription/order for the person who needs to lose as little as 10-lbs to the extremely overweight person. Not sure if it's a diet plan that I'm gonna try out myself, but I'm glad I read the book.

[Valerie Zink · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was right up my alley because I am trying to diet with heavy protein and low carb, so it is very helpful. I have some new good ideas and recipes and it is pretty simple. What I really like is the plan (which you really almost never see) about transitioning back to "normal" eating when you have lost the weight. As a person who has gained, lost and regained plus extra more than once, this is the most invaluable part! I am truly trying to change my lifestyle, so this is a long process, and this book actually supports more of a lifestyle change.

The only reason it got a 4 rather than a 5 is that I really truly do not understand why any doctor would say that artificial sugars have no bearing on a diet, are perfectly safe, and please consume a bunch of it.....Hmmmm not gonna happen. I took a long time to kick that habit and lost 10 pounds from ditching those alone, so I think he is WAY off. He also says to drink a quart and a half of water as if that is even remotely close to enough. Not sure why.

Other than that, it is worth it!

[Nikki · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too hard, too much meat

[Inna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just for protein-based diets lovers, but makes a lot of sense. I'll be on it from... hopefully tomorrow, but can't be sure since I love vegies too much

[Ebaa · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's perfect diet but I prefer healthy nutrition and exercises than it.

[S. · Rating 3 out of 5]

bitirdim olarak işaretledim ama hala okumaktayım. diyeti denediğim sürece rehber olarak kullanacağım. hadi bakalım.

[Isa Millot · Rating 1 out of 5]

The Dukan diet... if there is a diet book to ban, it is this one!
Why? You'll know it right away!
The Dukan diet was a best seller in the 2000's, a time when body positivity had not yet contributed to changing mentalities. It appeared on the media scene to praise the merits of this program that works miracles...

The book itself is well designed, clear and easy to read... but the content is a time bomb!
It contains what I call "the old-fashioned diet": frustrating, unbalanced, routine, guilt-ridden and even dangerous!

The secret of the method? It's simple: stuff yourself with protein-based foods at first, then gradually reintroduce vegetables and so on. All of this is framed by a list of permitted foods that will eventually make the most motivated person fall into depression!

And that's not all, because once the machine is started the good doctor advises to follow these recommendations for life with the added requirement of one day in the week when you must eat only proteins, the D-day as he calls it... The good joke... I hope the rope is supplied with the book because at this stage, you might as well go and get yourself caught rather than inflict this on yourself for a lifetime!

What I'm describing is only a glimpse of the program, just to go down a bit more into the circles of hell let's talk about the author's tone...
Don't expect any kindness because there isn't any. In the French version I read, the reader is simply called "le gros". It is a rare elegance and not at all discriminatory (I am being ironic of course)
According to this good doctor "the fat person" is fat because he doesn't pay attention to his diet... Thanks for the reductive judgment!
So automatically if a fat person wants to lose weight he has to deprive himself... Bravo Sherlock for this brilliant analysis!
I don't understand how you can generalize, put people in boxes and be so contemptuous... A person who wants to lose weight already suffers enough from complexes and lack of self-esteem, it's not necessary to add another layer!

This book is so full of nonsense and dangerous nutritional advice that it is not worth giving it any credit!
Read it, but forget it, for your mental and physical well-being!

[Rory · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was not for me.

I am planted based and this book is all about meat. I listened to it (audiobook) as I thought there might be mention of plant based protein for the diet. But there isn't, so this book was not designed for someone like me.

It is 10 years old now and does seem a little dated. It seems more doable than The Atkins Diet. He does talk about fruit and veg and dairy and fish etc.

He does consider anyone with over 40 pounds to lose to be seriously obese. The diet appears to be ideal for people with around 20 pounds to lose, which the author claims can be done over 2 months. I think nowadays there are a lot of other programmes who claim that too with a more balanced diet approach e.g.: the 800 diet.

The author also encourages consuming diet sodas etc - I've never heard anyone encourage us to drink loads of those before. I personally find them really helpful to not eat, but I am under no illusion that they are bad for me.

There is a lot of repetition in the book. The basic foods are listed again each chapter. It would probably be better to actually read a hard copy so you could skip this; and read any recipes at the end.

[Julio César Hernández · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un libro sobre nutrición con una aproximación muy interesante de parte del autor: involucrarse en la psicología de la persona obesa.

Es una metodología pragmática y clara para el que no le sirve el típico consejo de "comer con moderación" o "contar las calorías", porque en palabras del autor el que llega a ser obeso es porque no tiene autocontrol. Así que basa su plan en unas cuantas cosignas rigurosas que en su experiencia son fáciles de seguir y de adoptar y que dan resultados permanentes, con la bondad de que luego de perder los kilos y llegar al peso objetivo sólo se requieren 3 compromisos sencillos y un día a la semana de régimen para mantener el resultado en el tiempo.

Algunas de las prácticas que se sugieren en el libro contrastan con descubrimientos de la nutrición moderna y serían hasta criticables, pero si se tiene en cuenta que el público objetivo de este método son personas obesas sin autocontrol, sigue siendo una mejor alternativa que el libre albedrío alimenticio.

Sin duda, un recomendado para el que quiera profundizar en nutrición para al menos conocer una metodología pragmática con resultados probados.

[Seyhan Odacı · Rating 5 out of 5]

Benim favori diyetim🙈en kolay uygulayabildiğim diyet diyebilirim.kitabı okumadan bu diyeti yapmayın ve yaparsanız da mümkünse tüm evrelerini gerçekleştirin.şayet ben diyet sonrası 2 doğum yapmamış olsam ve yaşam tarzı haline getirebilsem kilo almama garantisi var.(bünyem hemen kilo almaya müsait,sürdürebilmem önemli) ayrıca protein fazlası böbrek yorar mı ile ilgili de açıklama yapmış kitabında.tek böbrek ile yapan hastalar var ki bol su içilmeli…diyetisyene gitmek de doğru tercih,doktora danışmak.hangi diyeti yaparsanız yapın,sağlıklı beslenme şeklini bırakınca yine kilo alınıyor…

[Ricardo Tannus · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can’t comment on the diet per se since I have not tried it yet. Though the writting is fluid and quite objective, there is definitely room for improvement regarding the chapter division- though it may be relevant to repeat some of the instructions, I still thought a lot of the information gets repeated pointlessly.

[Maryn]

Not the book for me. I only want to lose about 10 pounds and, while I'm not picky about food, I really try not to eat things like diet soda, or fat free/sugar free substances. This sounded quite a bit like the keto diet so many people were on five or six years ago and no one I know lost or kept off any significant weight with that.

[Nikko · Rating 2 out of 5]

found this lying around at home, apparently a recommended read by mu auntie to my sister —- neowww first off im a male whos only started workinh out relatively recent —- i didnt pore over the bits about female experiences on weight loss, but i got some real good insights on how food and exercise works :)

[Viktor Malyshev · Rating 1 out of 5]

Я пробовал как это прочитать такого рода книгу. Пьер Дюкан - известный диетолог, но сама книга показалась мне излишне наполнена рекламой и прочей водой. Отсюда и такая низкая оценка. Сродни потерянному времени

[pemondelo · Rating 1 out of 5]

Se trata de un enfoque cancerígeno de cómo enfrentar una dieta. A menudo me pregunté, a medida que iba leyendo, si esta persona estaba pagada por laboratorios farmacéuticos para recomendar lo recomienda en este libro.

[Kristin · Rating 2 out of 5]

A book based on high protein, low fat, and low carb.

[Jekabs Saulitis · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best thing is that it works. My girlfriend did it, everything point by point. No cheating and it did work.

[Paulina · Rating 1 out of 5]

It has been well written but apart from everything, it's a very unhealthy diet and shouldn't be recommended to anyone

[Viktoria Kalinovska · Rating 3 out of 5]

В основі книги дієта Дюкана.
Гарна структурована, легко написана, надихає)
Єдиний мінус - обсяг. Необхідну інформацію можна було вмістити у 50 сторінок.

[Junona Jay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not a book and not a diet for lazy people.As

[David]

Saggio