Excellent book to learn how to improve your health with a good diet. Much better than South Beach and the killer Atkins diet.
At a high value price.

Interesting and informative. There's little that might hurt you in this book, and some ideas that make reasonable sense.

I just bought my second copy of this book. I lost the first one a while back and couldn't remember the menus, so here we go again!

I tried the more aggressive menu about 2 years ago, and wow does it work. Let me give you some info on me so you can get an idea of what you might expect: I'm a 39-year-old male, 5'10" tall, 190lbs. I haven't worked out for a couple years (too much desk work) and my stress levels are higher than back in the day. I eat well enough without the book's menu: oatmeal, coffee (outweighs my water intake), lots of "Morningstar" soy products, lots of chicken, cheeses, pastas, some fruit and vegetables (rarely), red meat maybe once a week, no alcohol, no cigarettes or other tobacco, and so on.

After a few years of stress and little exercise, I started feeling it all build up in my chest, shoulders, arms, etc. I had a lot of what I think was heart arythmia (fluttering) and other such weirdness. I did a baseline EKG to see if any damage was done through the years, but it all checked out perfectly. The entire blood panel was great too...low cholesterol, etc. So I decided I would try this book and apply the menu to see if I could FEEL better, since the tests said I was great.

I took it to the extreme and went completely greens, vegetables and fruits for 3 months. (I'm also the same guy who tried Atkins a year before that for 2 months and lost 45lbs!). After about 2 weeks of being on this book's diet, I saw my face start to regain some firmness and ...glow?...everything just looked "cleaner" and maybe even a little younger. It was weird to see and harder to explain, but it gave me even more desire to push harder and further!

After about 2 months, the fluttering in my chest remained...I didn't care, I was going to go as far as I had to in order to see what I could gain from this new way of eating. Well into my 2nd month, something really strange-feeling happened. It freaked me out but it felt so GOOD after it went away...here's what happened: I had the normal fluttering, but suddenly, in the area of the fluttering, I FELT SOMETHING MOVE AND BREAK AWAY INSIDE MY CHEST. It raced away from its origin and I felt it move for a little bit away from my heart. Instantly the fluttering was gone and I haven't had it since. It's been at least 2 years or more since that happened.

What I think happened is that the inflammation in my arteries had begun to go down, resulting in some plaque loosening and ultimately breaking free and literally floating away! I have NO CLUE where it went, but I felt (and still feel) really good! No flutters and no pains.

I am starting this menu again and will try and stay on it the best I can for as long as I can. It's hard to remain on the menu (notice I don't say "diet?), as I'm pretty healthy, not obese, and feel I can add weight without any real fears (yeah, right). My main concern is heart and artery health, as the men in my family have a history of clogged arteries!

I just bought my second copy of this book. I lost the first one a while back and couldn't remember the menus, so here we go again!

I tried the more aggressive menu about 2 years ago, and wow does it work. Let me give you some info on me so you can get an idea of what you might expect: I'm a 39-year-old male, 5'10" tall, 190lbs. I haven't worked out for a couple years (too much desk work) and my stress levels are higher than back in the day. I eat well enough without the book's menu: oatmeal, coffee (outweighs my water intake), lots of "Morningstar" soy products, lots of chicken, cheeses, pastas, some fruit and vegetables (rarely), red meat maybe once a week, no alcohol, no cigarettes or other tobacco, and so on.

After a few years of stress and little exercise, I started feeling it all build up in my chest, shoulders, arms, etc. I had a lot of what I think was heart arythmia (fluttering) and other such weirdness. I did a baseline EKG to see if any damage was done through the years, but it all checked out perfectly. The entire blood panel was great too...low cholesterol, etc. So I decided I would try this book and apply the menu to see if I could FEEL better, since the tests said I was great.

I took it to the extreme and went completely greens, vegetables and fruits for 3 months. (I'm also the same guy who tried Atkins a year before that for 2 months and lost 45lbs!). After about 2 weeks of being on this book's diet, I saw my face start to regain some firmness and ...glow?...everything just looked "cleaner" and maybe even a little younger. It was weird to see and harder to explain, but it gave me even more desire to push harder and further!

After about 2 months, the fluttering in my chest remained...I didn't care, I was going to go as far as I had to in order to see what I could gain from this new way of eating. Well into my 2nd month, something really strange-feeling happened. It freaked me out but it felt so GOOD after it went away...here's what happened: I had the normal fluttering, but suddenly, in the area of the fluttering, I FELT SOMETHING MOVE AND BREAK AWAY INSIDE MY CHEST. It raced away from its origin and I felt it move for a little bit away from my heart. Instantly the fluttering was gone and I haven't had it since. It's been at least 2 years or more since that happened.

What I think happened is that the inflammation in my arteries had begun to go down, resulting in some plaque loosening and ultimately breaking free and literally floating away! I have NO CLUE where it went, but I felt (and still feel) really good! No flutters and no pains.

I am starting this menu again and will try and stay on it the best I can for as long as I can. It's hard to remain on the menu (notice I don't say "diet?), as I'm pretty healthy, not obese, and feel I can add weight without any real fears (yeah, right). My main concern is heart and artery health, as the men in my family have a history of clogged arteries!