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The False Fat Diet: The Revolutionary 21-Day Program for Losing the Weight You Think Is Fat |  | Authors: Elson Haas M.D., Cameron Stauth
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 0345443152
Dewey Decimal Number: 613
EAN: 9780345443151
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Publication Date: January 30, 2001
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If you know you swell up after bee stings, you avoid bees. If you know a close encounter with poison ivy will leave you itching and scratching for a week, you keep your eyes open for three-leafed plants. But, according to The False Fat Diet, many of us spend our entire lives eating foods that "don't agree with us," and as a result carry around extra pounds, put up with allergies, and go through life looking older and feeling less energetic than we should. Of course, the hook here is weight loss. If you eliminate the foods that make you gassy and bloated, you can probably drop pounds instantly--up to 10 pounds of "false fat" in a week, Elson Haas says--and then keep dropping weight in subsequent weeks and months, the real fat, all without feeling hungry or deprived. Haas offers two ways to figure out if you've got food sensitivities: a medical blood test or an elimination diet, in which you cut out certain foods for a while, then gradually reintroduce them to see if they're the ones causing the problems. (The usual suspects: dairy, wheat, corn, sugar, eggs, soy, peanuts.) The False Fat Diet offers detailed instructions on how to eliminate each of these foods, and also offers ideas about supplements to take and other strategies to deal with the strangeness of not eating what are probably your favorite foods. Although the basic idea behind The False Fat Diet is counterintuitive--that the foods you like and crave the most are causing you the most severe physical problems--the potential benefits are enormous. Haas and Cameron Stauth tell numerous stories of patients (including Stauth and his sister) who lost weight instantly, looked younger, and felt better by following the diet that makes the most sense for them. --Lou Schuler
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It's a fact: not all weight is really fat. Much of being overweight is caused by allergy-like food reactions. This "false fat" is easy to put on, but it can be hard to take off. Now you can do it--this week--with the revolutionary False Fat Diet. In just a few days, you can lose 5-10 pounds--and 10-20 pounds within two or three weeks. This healthy, practical 21-day nutritional program includes
- Identifying which foods you react to--and replacing them with the right foods for your body chemistry
- False Fat Week--the amazing 7-day period when your swelling and puffiness subside, as you lose ten pounds
- The Balance Program--a personally customized diet that returns your metabolism to normal, and takes pounds off steadily as you reach your ideal weight
- Delicious, easy-to-prepare, reaction-free recipes, created with popular, health-conscious chefs, that don't drastically cut calories the way other diets do
This scientific, no-hunger, individualized regimen is the only diet that can work for everyone.
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 Very Insightful! August 7, 2009
John Jacob Jingleheimer - Schmidt (Gresham, OR. USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love this book! I found it to be very helpful. It is packed full of very useful information. If it seems to drag on & you find it overly informative & a little boring - bear with it! It gets really good & then you'll go back looking for all that excess information anyway & be glad it was all there. This book is extremely thorough, but it's also simple & easy to follow. It walks you through everything step by step. It doesn't leave any gaps or guesswork.
Basically, it's about discovering & eliminating food allergies. You would think allergies would be obvious, but it turns out you can have them & not even know it. Most often it's our favorite foods, things we eat several times every day (like wheat or dairy & other things that are found in so many foods). It's hard because you're usually addicted to these foods - like a smoker is to nicotine. Just because you like it doesn't mean it's good for you, even though it may be considered a healthy food. If you're allergic to these foods, they are actually poison for you.
I think this book is definately worth having & I'm glad I bought it. Sorry I'm not much of a writer but, hopefully this review helps.
 False Fat Diet September 28, 2007
Virginia (California)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have tried several sensible "healthy eating" diets such as Weight Watchers and the South Beach Diet, but it was very difficult for me to stick to any type of regime due to my frequent food cravings. I always start a diet with enthusiasm, resolve, and good intentions, but then fall off the wagon as soon as I consume any sugar, chocolate, chips or diet "no-no foods." Blame it on my compulsiveness and "all or nothing" mentality!!
However, after having implemented some of Dr. Haas' basic principles, such as eliminating the infamous "sensitive seven" foods, I feel I can resit my cravings and not give up on my healthy eating endeavor. I have been on the FFD for 7 days, and feel less bloated, more in control of my appetite, and less drawn to both sugary and starchy foods.
Dr. Haas also states that if we have failed on our previous diet attempts, it's not because we have poor discipline and will power; it is because our body chemistry has been altered by all the toxins we ingest and breathe. Therefore, we are biochemically less able to resist cravings and more likely to have withdrawals from our favorite, often "reactive", foods.
READ THIS BOOK!!! March 26, 2007
S. Leake (Mississippi)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm 22 years old and I have been about 10 to 15 pounds overweight since I was 10. I have been counting my calories, eating healthy, and exercising for 12 years without any results. I always was told that I simply have a body type that looks fatter and that I have a slow metabolism. I have tested negative for diabetes, thyroid problems, and other weight-gaining problems. This was all very discouraging to me because I always felt drained and bloated, and I thought nothing could help me.
I found out about Dr. Haas in a natural healing book. I did his detox program for only five days and by the second day I had lost several pounds of water weight, 4 inches off of my hips, 3 off of my waist, and 3 off my bust! I went from a size 12 to an 8. This is the thinnest I've ever been and I feel great!
I am right in the middle of the 21-day False Fat diet and am continually doing better. My sugar and starch cravings are fading (surprising, since I work in a bakery) I didn't do the juice fast because of blood sugar problems and anemia(caused probably by food allergies), but the results are still great! Also, Dr. Haas recommends a whole heap of herbal, mineral, and vitamin supplements, which are very expensive, so I only got the basics. I'm excited to find out what my food allergies are so I can cut them out and get into the best shape of my life, for the rest of my life!
I recommend this book to everyone, thin or not. I think that food allergies are a huge problem in our society, and even healthy-looking people may have problems with certain foods. Most food in stores contain all of the sensitive 7! If you do this diet, be aware that you will absolutely have to cook all of your meals and try a lot of foods that you've probably never heard of. This takes a lot of time, devotion, planning, and commitment, but it's well worth it. This will be the last diet you'll ever do, forget South Beach, Nutrisystem, and all that other temporary junk! Get healthy!
Invaluable Information! February 27, 2006
M. Pye (Burbank, CA United States)
30 out of 31 found this review helpful
Unlike many of the reviewers here, I came to this book after being diagnosed with food allergies. Having struggled with skin rashes, mouth sores, constipation, bloating, cramping, diareha, mood swings, depression, shortness of breath, lethargy, aching joints and a multitude of other symptoms, I finally found a food allergy specialist who believed that you could have more than one or two true food allergies. Within 15 mins, he had tested me for 72 different foods and discovered I was allergic to 33 of them. Basically, everything that we all eat every day. Within one week of eliminating those foods, my symptoms stopped and within three weeks, I had lost 15 pounds. Mind you, I was not overweight in the least but due to the water retention and inflammation, I was packing an extra 15 pounds of water weight and several inches around my ankles, thighs, waist, arms and in my face! Also, ladies, staying away from allergenic foods and incorporating moderate exercise will all but eliminate cellulite as well. Afterall, cellulite is not just fat but also toxins trapped under the skin - eliminate the toxins and you eliminate the dipples. In short, everything that Dr. Haas promises (quick weight reduction and continued accelerated fat loss) is exactly what will happen if food allergies are the culprit involved in your weight issues. Not only do I have personal experience with this but my allergist can attest that it is the same story with all of his patients! It may seem all but impossible at first to eliminate these common foods but after the first week, your cravings diminish quickly and are all but gone by week three. I believe food allergy is a hidden epidemic in America and is the cause of the rise in obesity in adults as well as children.
The BIBLE of health and dieting books. February 24, 2006
David Merton (New Milford, CT)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
Dr, Haas is a visioary. In 2003 I read the book. I was 38 at the time. I went from 208 to 170 in just under 3 months. Plus most of my symptoms of ADHD went away, all this w/o medication.
If you read the book everything makes perfect sense. I wish everyone would read it. When you purchase it, don't buy 1 copy, buy 5, or even 10. Give them out to the people that you love. I've given out at least 20 this way.
Dr. Haas has really impacted my life.
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