This book changed my life!

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	• Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss Joel Fuhrman Little, Brown and Company, 2005 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 251 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Eat to Live

Another outstanding book on the health food line. This is a good compliment to the Fit for Life series of books by Harvey Diamond.

This book changed my life!

I am a 56 -year-old male who is in generally good health, decent blood pressure, "normal" cholesterol and until six weeks ago about 30 pounds above my ideal weight. I am 5'11" and weighed about 150 pounds in college. At 30 when I got married I was about 160. Over the past 10 years I have slowly crept up to over 195. I had a moderate gut and couldn't fit into my 34 waist pants any more. I felt sluggish and not very motivated to exercise much. My diet was pretty good (I thought), but I knew I needed to lose weight. I just couldn't cut back and had cravings for sweets, fatty foods and pasta. My doctor wanted me to cut back on intake and increase my activity but I knew I couldn't make that work.

Searching on Amazon for some books that could give me another approach, I found this book and read the amazing reviews. I ordered the book (for my Kindle) and read it on a cross-country flight to California. I had some serious doubts whether I could really give up meat, milk, yogurt, pasta, bread, desserts, etc. for even six weeks, much less forever. But I also felt at a crossroads that might determine how long I lived and how the quality of my life would be for maybe another 30 years.

Six weeks ago tomorrow I went on the Eat to Live diet. I am now down to 181 pounds, have lost about 2 inches on my waist and feel much more energetic and positive than before. I no longer have occasional heartburn and I wake up hungry, not bloated and full-feeling like before. I walk farther and faster and am starting strength training and tai chi. I continue to lose about 3 pounds a week and I plan to continue eating this way indefinitely.

Eating on this diet is more work and takes more time than before, but I love eating this way. I make huge salads for lunch, homemade hummous and soups and steamed vegetables with tofu for dinner. I alternate fruit smoothies with oatmeal and fruit for breakfast and keep apples, nuts and dates in my office for snacks. Shopping is weird because even at Whole Foods I avoid 80% of the store and sometimes it is hard to find low fat and wheat-free foods. Eating out is challenging too, but I can usually get a large salad or salad bar. Indian restaurants are good and even Italian restaurants can serve vegetables, eggplant with marinara sauce, etc.

As for the book, Dr. Fuhrman lays out the science behind this style of eating with relentless detail. The implications of the research he quotes is pretty scary with regard to the normal American diet, and this was tremendously motivating for me. He makes so much sense and boils down the recommendations so it is easy to follow. I've used some of his recipes and they are good, but there are a lot of vegan recipes online and once you get the idea of what to eat, it isn't hard to come up with a lot of variety in meals.

Bottom line, I strongly recommend this book to anyone who wants to lose weight for good, get healthier, live longer and feel better.

Six-month update: I have continued to follow this lifestyle for the most part. Even with occassional lapses (it's hard to spend two weeks in France and not occassionally eat bread, cheese, ice cream, etc.) I have continued to lose weight and am now down to 166 pounds and my total cholesterol dropped from 213 to 166. I almost fit in size 32 pants, down from 36. Buying this book and following it was the best decision in the last 20 years!

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it's the raw diet !!!

This is essentially the Raw Food Diet without oils or salt. I was expecting something more from all the hoopla associated with this book --- but the info is good. and yes, if you live on a raw food veggie diet, you will feel great within days, lose weight and be healthy! Throw in some raw nuts and legumes and you're set. It's kind of a no brainer. Maybe this book gets all the attention because it is written by a medical doctor.

Eat to Live

This book is very good and should be read by everyone. The nutritional facts are straight forward and empowering.

I feel so much better !!!

I stalked this book for a while and finally
broke down and coughed up the cash.
Best book purchase ever.
Not a bunch of boring mumbo jumbo.
But some very enlightening stuff to wrap your mind around.
The information is explained in a way that you feel
"hey this is so do-able"
Parents feed your kids like this... they will thank you.
I have placed this on my "should be mandatory reading" list.

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