| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9781594862168 | | Publisher: Rodale Press | | Publish Date: 12/13/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 31201179 | | Item#: R3V55R | | Dimensions (in Inches) 9.25H x 6.25L x 0.75T | | Pages: 304 |
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Whether you want to change your body to improve your health, your looks, your athletic performance, or your sex appeal, The Abs Diet offers a simple promise: if you follow this plan, you can accomplish your goal.
The editor-in-chief of Men's Health details a smart, sensible, easy-to-follow program that will never leave you feeling hungry, restricted, or deprived. You'll learn how to eat to keep your body's natural fat burners stoked at all times so you burn fat and build muscle all day, every day--even when you sleep. You'll discover what 12 power foods should become the staples of your diet, why 95 percent of all diets fail, and why The Abs Diet is different.
From The Critics:
Eat everything. Concentrate on whole grains. Drink milk. Balance protein with carbohydrates. Avoid processed sugars. Do some exercise. The idea that a diet book making such proposals comes as a pleasant surprise shows just how far afield we've gone in the search for new ways to be fit. The only thing new about this diet by the editor-in-chief of Men's Health is its name, and this, one can presume, is because nowadays, a book simply called "Sensible Eating" wouldn't sell. The book's title is indeed misleading; only the final chapter deals solely with abs. The rest is full of rational recommendations for a realistic diet plan: eat more and smaller meals; have oatmeal in the morning for a nourishing breakfast; don't starve yourself; drink plenty of water; and stay away from sodas and foods that contain high-fructose corn syrup. Whether readers will, in the end, walk away with abs of steel is not really the point. They'll control their weight in a healthy way, without counting calories, cutting out whole food groups or supporting the beef futures market. Best of all, this book tells readers why it works: increase your body's metabolism, gain some muscle and fat burns away. The authors make this seem like a fresh and very attainable ideal. - Publishers Weekly
(June) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
Annotation: How do you lose weight? Diet and exercise, they say. How do you lose weight and look good? By eating and by working out according to a sensible plan. The critical difference is explored in this book by Men's Health magazine editor Dave Zinczenko, who offers basic, rational lifestyle adjustments that are intended to make a big difference. He offers a six-week plan that eliminates foods that he considers especially bad and adds things that will help, without totally eliminating fun food. His exercise workouts help build muscle and improve metabolism. There's nothing extreme here, no starvation is required--and he builds in a maintenance plan to use after the initial six weeks.
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