The Diet Selector: Get Skinny on the Most Popular and Successful Diets (and Some You Haven't Heard About!) by Judith C. Rodriguez

by Judith C. Rodriguez

The only diet book you'll ever need! Atkins, Master Cleanse, Jenny Craig, South Beach, The Zone. So many diets to choose from and so many different books to buy. But, at last, a path has opened in the enormous, overgrown thicket of diet information. This revolutionary book takes information from these weight loss and health management plans and organizes them into a sensible, easy to use reference.There is no other book even remotely like this one--as complete or as useful. The Diet Selector gives readers the skinny on more than 50 ways to lose weight through low- calorie, lowcarbohydrate, or low-fat diets with a thorough discussion on the merits of each approach. It gives the lowdown on popular fasting diets, liquid regimens, surgical solutions, jaw wiring, patches, and pills--every conceivable tactic used today to slim down.The Diet Selector ranks all of the best-known diets with at-aglance icons how punishing they are, cost of food, whether they're for quick weight loss or the long haul, popularity, and suitability for people of different ages. Although the information is serious and valuable, the presentation is full of colorful charts, indicating such things as caloric values of key foods and the effectiveness of different exercise regimes. Also in there for diet trivia that includes the first known diet, crazy celebrity trends, and fab or forbidden foods. There are also sample weekly eating plans presented diary-style on a grid with links to relevant websites.Beyond the quest for thin, this volume also addresses how to use nutrition to effectively combat health conditions like allergies, gastrointestinal disorders, thyroid problems, migraines, low metabolism, and heart disease. It truly is the most comprehensive diet book you can buy.

Paperback

First published December 3, 2007

About the author

AKA Džūdita K. Rodrigesa

Reviews

[jane · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has helped me understand why I don't like diets but has also helped me figure out some healthy eating principles. It reviews 50 different diets in the areas of how well it fits: 1. long-term plan 2. flexibility 3. family friendly 4. cost and 5. strength of science. One of my favorites was the French Woman's Diet. "This non-diet focuses on a balanced relationship between eating and the pleasure derived from it, and advocates a lifelong strategy of quality over quantity, so you eat with your head, not your stomach." On-line resources winclude www.mirelleguilliano.com/frenchwomen.htm and diets.aol.com/a-z/french_women_diet_main.