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The Reality Diet | 
 enlarge | Author: Steven Schnur
Publisher: Avery
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 210641
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Paperback
Pages: 417
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.8 x 1.2
Dewey Decimal Number: 613
ASIN: B00164CNSQ
Publication Date: April 19, 2007
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Product Description
Developed by Dr. Steven A. Schnur, founder of the largest cardiology practice in south Florida, this breakthrough program is the only diet that keeps the fat off forever. Not a low-carb, low-fat, or high protein diet plan, The Reality Diet is rich with delicious foods from all food groups and high in one key fat-fighting ingredient-fiber. Fiber not only stops hunger, but it also significantly lowers the risk of heart disease, colon cancer, and a host of other conditions.
By following The Reality Diet you will:
- learn and apply the 2:90 Rule-the key to choosing nutritious carbs with the right fiber content
- enjoy mouthwatering meals using more than 200 quick, easy recipes designed by a top recipe developer and a registered dietician
- eat all the foods you love and have been told to avoid-pasta, rice, waffles, potatoes, bananas, watermelon, corn-on-the-cob
- lose 2 pounds a week and 30 pounds in 3 months
- learn proven strategies for maintaining your weight loss-for life
Flexible and forgiving, this program is for real people living in the real world. With eight weeks of Action plan menus for men and women, tips for eating in restaurants, as well as an effective exercise program, The Reality Diet is both a comprehensive weight-loss plan and a blueprint for lifelong health.
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 Great diet book. March 11, 2008
James A. Davy (San Francisco, CA)
My doctor told me about this book. If you are looking for a diet that is fun and easy, try this one. The first part of the book is an eye opener as the author talks about the failure of fad diets and the merits of good nutrition. Want to loose weight, feel great and be full on fewer calories? Learn the 2/90 rule! Two grams of dietary fiber per 90 calories a serving. You will be amazed how when eating well, you will be able to pass up on the temptations of fast food. This book is written by a cardiologist.
at last a diet that works January 7, 2008
Imani
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is great, first it teaches you how your body works. You eat REAL foods, yummy recipes that you can share with your entire family. You are never hungry and the weekly recipes makes it even easier to follow the diet. Last but not least, it WORKS!!!!!
A Diet That You Really WILL Want to Stay On August 8, 2007
G. Kimmel
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm not a dieter and I tend to cheat before the diet really gets started. This diet provides menus for incredible meals that even my kids enjoyed. They are easy to medium hard to make and all have an intense, incredible flavor, even my picky husband loves them!! Every recipe we've tried has been a huge success and I can't wait to try more. I hope everyone who buys this enjoys it as much as we do.
S. Kimmel
N. Miami Beach, FL
 Good ideas, lots of work June 11, 2007
G. Hutchison (Alta Vista, Kansas United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found the eating ideas interesting, and maybe they will help me. BUT the recipes are very time consuming. The book tells you that you can eat out, but does not give very clear guidelines. I think it is much too time consuming a program to follow, and I wish I had know over half of the book was recipes, not ideas and guidelines like I was looking for. I wish I would have save my $20+.
Finally a long term "real" solution to weightloss May 24, 2007
Reader Views (Austin, Texas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Reviewed by Cherie Fisher for Reader Views (5/07)
Over the past 15 years I have tried many diet plans and found that most of them did not work over the long-term. They either were too restricting, too complicated or too time-consuming. Dr. Schnur's approach to weight loss is a simple, commonsense approach. "The Reality Diet" is not a fad diet for people who want to drop the weight overnight. It is a long-term lifestyle change.
As a cardiologist, Dr. Schnur was alarmed at how many unhealthy diet plans are available. As he tried to help people who had significant damage from unhealthy lifestyles, he knew there had to be a better way. He began studying everything he could about the subject and came up with a simple, healthy approach to weight loss. Dr. Schnur explains in the beginning of the book that "...you will lose eight to ten pounds, mostly fat, in the first month - no water or lean muscle, but that weight will stay off. "The Reality Diet ensures that you eat the right carbohydrates, the right proteins, and the right fats and, unlike any other diet out there, plenty of satisfying, healthy fiber." His premise is that fiber is very filling so we eat less of it and don't feel the hunger pangs during the weight loss process.
The plan is based on eating the right food, portion control and exercise. He completely disagrees with the diet plans that say you do not have to exercise. Exercise helps raise your metabolism, increase your energy and you will burn calories by exercising. The quality of pounds that a person burns are much more likely to be fat than lean muscle mass.
"The Reality Diet" is broken down into chapters and starts with Dr. Schnur debunking many of the diet and exercise myths out there. He spends several chapters explaining in a lay person's terms the reasoning behind the "Reality Diet." The last section of the book includes a meal plan and recipes for 8 weeks worth of the plan. I have been sampling the recipes and I almost feel guilty eating them because they are so tasty. And the directions are simple enough that a novice cook would be able to tackle this diet plan. Imagine a diet plan where you can have caramelized banana and peanut butter toast for breakfast, Maryland crab cake salad for dinner and strawberry shortcake napoleon for dessert? I am sold!
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