This plethora of tips of supposedly simple living contains some interesting pointers on simplifying your life, but the majority of advice is simply about how to be a hood housewife. Plus some of the advice (like flushing expired medicine down the toilet, keeping a mini-fridge next to the sofa for easy snacks and airing the living room after another round of heavy smoking) is terribly dated and hopelessly stuck in the 90s. Additionally, some advice is just plain wrong, like the recommendation to eat with a companion to cut down on eating - supposedly because as you converse, you have less time to eat. Studies have shown though that each additional person at the table adds 10% to the total caloric intake of each person involved, so the more people at the table, the more everyone eats. So the real recommendation is to eat alone if you want to stay lean. You'll have complete control over your portions and will stop once your plate is empty and stomach is full (or half full, if you really want to control you weight). At a table with other people though it is hard to stop or leave when others are still eating and just sitting there is not a good option either, so what do you done once you're done? You'll help yourself to a second serving, just to blend in and to be social. All in all, I found myself cringing more often than I would have liked when I read the book.