The New ABS Diet Cookbook

by David Zinczenko

The New! Abs Diet Cookbook <> Hardcover <> DavidZinczenko <> RodalePress

Genres: Cookbooks, Food, Health, Cooking, Nonfiction

304 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

David Zinczenko is an American publisher, author, and businessman. Previously, he was the executive vice president and general manager of Men's Health, Women's Health, Prevention and Rodale Books, the editorial director of Men's Fitness and the nutrition and wellness editor at ABC News.

Reviews

[Lisa Hickman · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read The New Abs Diet: The 6-Week Plan to Flatten Your Belly and Firm Up Your Body for Life, which outlined the diet and also contained recipes; but I had to have the entire cookbook with color photos of some of their dishes to get me motivated. It also simplified the diet step-by-step. I tried one of the smoothies tonight and it was delicious! I've already picked out several of the recipes I want to start with, and I've shopped for most of the ingredients. I think I can do this!

[Bonnie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good companion to the Abs Diet book. It's always helpful to have simple, delicious recipes that use the foods that a diet recommends. These are arranged by breakfast, snack, drinks, dinners, and desserts. I copied several that I'm going to try out.

[Jodee Clark · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book wasn't quite what I was expecting. Most of the recipes had a lot of ingredients I don't normally use and or foods I don't really like or can afford to eat anyway.

A lot of the recipes were high in calories also which is what I am trying to reduce.

Overall I don't think it was that helpful to me. I didn't get much out of it.

[Mark Gunning · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great way to lose that extra fat off your mid-section. Make sure to follow the food plan!

[Maria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Firstly, this is a seriously comprehensive book, there's so much information in here, it gave me a headache. I didn't like the introduction, it was too wordy and didn't really contribute much to the book overall I think, if I had read that as a sample before buying the book, I wouldn't have bought the book.
The best part are the recipes, very no nonsense, stripped down with not a lot of ingredients or fussy prep work. Liked this a lot, especially the smoothie section. I also liked the meal plans, although I don't see how you can lose 20 pounds in 4 weeks if you're eating 1700 calories a day- it just seems improbable although I guess I can understand how eating the superfoods help. It seems like a lot of food to eat every day, only one way to find out I guess.
I'll let you know how it goes :-)

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting read gonna try some of these recipes

[Megan Yaek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick, easy recipes- but the original was better.

[Stella Pollard · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the best "diets" I have ever encountered. I am excited to see the Abs Diet pay off.