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| The Food Doctor Diet | 
 enlarge | Author: Ian Marber
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
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Pages: 144
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 1405301422
Dewey Decimal Number: 613
EAN: 9781405301428
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Publication Date: January 8, 2004
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 Sound, straight forward advice but it might clash with your lifestyle September 2, 2008
From many points the food doctor's diet is the perfect plan. It is healthy, the food is varied and it tastes nice and it does deliver results. Also it is a sane, common sense plan that can improve your relationship with food. If you tended to eat enormous quantities of food you will find it a bit hard in the beginning but if you found yourself pilling up the pounds due to careless eating habit it is great.
So why I did not gave it more than 3 stars? Because it takes effort and is not suitable for all. If you work at home or have the luxury to take snack breaks at your work every three hours it is wonderful. But for me it was impossible to sustain it, firstly because I travel a lot, I do not have a very standard schedule and somedays I do not have access to a kitchen. In this plan you have to cook your food carry it at work and store it in the fridge until there is time to take it out and reheat it. But what about some people who do not have fridges and microwaves at their workplaces and can not stop their work every 3 hours to eat? Yes, you might take on board the principles and I have copied some of the recipes that seemed nice but doing the whole plan is just impossible for me and most people that do not have a simple work routine.
Also it does involve buying a very large variety of things; if you are living with a family you can always serve them to them as well but if you are living alone you will find yourself with cupboards full with all types of food [from quinoa to bulgur wheat and red rice and corn etc] that will never finish because you are on a diet that allows you to eat quite small portions.
For the few days I found time to be at home and I followed the diet, I was throwing away food all the time. You cannot buy 2 spoonfuls of yogurt and 50 gr of spinach and 1 strip of pepper and 2 slices of cucumber. Plus, oatcakes and rice cakes do not store well once you open the package [following the food doctor's variety advice you need a month to go through a package of oatcakes]. So people who live alone [or have families that are not interested in oatcake and quinoa eating] have to throw out even as much as 75% of the expensive good quality food they buy or having an extra equipped kitchen with a massive freezer when you can put things until next month when you will need them again. Maybe a plan that is a bit less varied but addresses this problem as well is needed.
 The 7 day diet is amazing! June 19, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I did my 7th day of the diet yesterday & got on the scales this morning to find I had lost 8lbs! I knew I had lost some, but was expecting 4-5lbs at most. The first 2 days were awful, the first night I was soooo hungry, but didn't cave in, & the 2nd day just felt really weak & tired. From then on my energy levels increased, I actually started going for walks just for the walk & not because I needed to get anywhere. I have spent years doing Weight Watchers, Slimming World, Cabbage Soup etc etc, but have never had results as good as this. I'm now looking forward to the plan for life & adapting the 10 principles to my lifestyle. A must for anyone who is fed up of low calorie, low fat eating. I must admit, I threw the clear soup away on day 2 as it made me feel sick, & I did swap some of the meals to different days, but stuck as closely to what was recommended as possible. Buy it, if you stick to it you won't be disappointed.
 Nearly fainted! February 28, 2007
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
I have tried many diets, but I'm a foodie and I invariably get bored and fall off the wagon. However, I almost fainted on this diet which made me stop it. In the 7 day diet it suggests one breakfast as being a cup of hot water with lemon, followed by 1 (yes, one!) scrambled egg with 1 (yes, one!!) oatcake. It just simply isn't enough food for even a small child and I felt weak and almost fainted whilst in Tesco's. I feel that this diet made me obsess about food even more (which is usually the case when you're on a diet) and when it came round to eating, the food wasn't very nice and there just simply wasn't enough. I'm pleased other people found success but it just wasn't for me.
Well the 7 day diet works! April 9, 2006
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
Ian recommends that you start with a 7 Day Diet, which has pretty small portions but I have to say that I didn't get hungry because you do eat every few hours. I found the food on the 7 Day Diet very tasty, mainly because you are encouraged to use full-fat products and I am so used to bland low fat alternatives. I was only able to follow the 7 Day Diet for 6 days because of a social engagement, but was chuffed to lose 7lb over these 6 days. I am now starting the 10 Principles and am enjoying them so far and am pleased to say that my 7lb's hasn't come back on so it can't all be water! One little criticism is that this book hasn't got many recipes so I have bought two of his other books to get some ideas about what to eat under the 10 Principles as I'm not quite ready to go it alone yet. I notice other readers have said that you have to spend lots of time in the kitchen cooking, but I can honestly say that on the 7 Day Diet I could prepare all the meals for the next day in 30 minutes in the evening, 30 minutes well spent if you can lose 7lbs in less than a week! When on the principles you spend about 20-30 mins cooking your dinner, so again this isn't any longer than I would usually spend cooking. All in all a good book and a good plan.
Frankly, amazing! January 22, 2006
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
My wife and I had both agreed that we needed to lose weight. She found this diet. I was certainly up for it, but sceptical about the claims made for it. Frankly, I am absolutely amazed at the results. I started off at 14st 5lb; just two weeks later and I am down to 12st 8lbs (I've not been under 13st for over fifteen years) and I've very rarely felt hungry. I now have 11st 10lbs as my target and know that it's not that far away. Along the way we've been introduced to some foods I've never even heard of, such as quinoa, and some brilliant recipes. The diet does require you to spend a good deal of time in the kitchen - but then you know exactly what is going in to what you are eating (no Es, sugars, salt, monosodium glutamate, etc.)
I originally saw this as a diet to go on for a few weeks to lose weight and I was prepared for necessary sacrifices. I suspect, now, that it will have changed what we eat for life - and we'll be much healthier as a result.
The book itself, as you would expect from Dorling Kindersley, is very attractive with good photgraphs, easy to follow with clear text, and very well laid out.
An excellent book on a brilliant diet.
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