Fit for Life
by Harvey Diamond, Marilyn Diamond
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Book Reviews of Fit for Life
Book Review: The book that changed my life
Summary: 5 Stars
I started on this diet 18 months ago and boy, what a difference.
I am sharper, brighter, more alive, better at my work, more energetic, can eat as much as I like, suffer no ill health or pain and discomfort...I could go on all day but I think you get the idea. This book is not a diet fad, it is a life changer.
You may think that a book talking about fresh fruit and vegetables, air, water, sunshine and exercise is just common sense. Well you would be right, it is. Unfortunately with all the different opinions we receive from doctors, health advisers and food companies it is easy to get confused about what we should eat.
I would suggest trying this diet for 10 days and see how you feel. I suspect you will notice an improvement in well being very quickly and any way the money you spend on the book will be paid back by a lower grocery bill (fresh produce is cheaper than cooked or processed). What have you got to lose?
After a few months of following the principles in Fit for Life, I would strongly recommend reading Fit for Life II by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond.
Well done Harvey and Marilyn Diamond for having the courage to speak the truth, and thank you.
Book Review: It really does work, and you should read it all!
Summary: 4 Stars
The thinnest and healthiest I have ever been was the year and a half I adhered to the eating habits in this book. It's a great way to detox your body, eat more healthfully, and also rid yourself of any gastronomic distress. Harvey Diamond describes the human body as if it were a machine, and how that machine needs the optimal fuel to keep itself going. Bad fuel can clog up the machine, and good fuel can streamline it. The chapters on detox, body cycles, and the importance of water are worth the price of the book alone. . . I read this book again every now & then for motivation and to get myself back on the bandwagon of healthy eating.
If you feel uncomfortable at the beginning of the program, that's because you're releasing too many toxins too fast. (Read through the detox chapter before you start!) Stick with it, and you will see results. I lost fat, increased muscle mass, and had great skin while eating this way (working out moderately).
Take his ideas with a grain of salt, measure his arguments in your own mind, and try it for yourself. A lot of his theories, which were heretical in the '80s when he wrote it, are now being touted by universities and health authorities.
Book Review: A book to help vegans justify thier unhealthy diet.
Summary: 2 Stars
A book only a vegan would love!
I read this book years ago and lost a lot of weight as well but after a few months I was not feeling very energetic, especially after cutting out so much meat. I gave it 2 stars because it can work as a cleansing diet for SOME people before they go on to a natural low-carb diet.
Sorry folks but Dr. Atkins was correct all along and continued research findings keep proving it over and over again much to the chagrin of the medical establishment and the Pharmaceutical companies.
I sugguest the following reading list (in this order):Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution, Life Without Bread, The Zone Diet, and Eat Fat Look Thin. These books explain how and why low-carb high/fat protein diets are what humans have evolved to eat. But you really really need to emerce yourself in the information because these are not diets, these are changes you need to make for THE REST OF YOUR LIFE if you want to keep the weight off and live a healthy disease free life.
And for the very thin who wish to gain weight, I would suggest you read just the Life Without Bread book. There is hope for you as well.
Book Review: Utter quackery written by idiots to scam the unaware.
Summary: 1 Stars
Before anyone reads this book, they should probably be informed that Harvey Diamond's "credentials" consist of his having attended an unaccredited correspondence school in Texas which has since been banned from granting academic credits or degrees.It should also be noted that the principles of "Natural Hygiene" that this book espouses are about as scientific as the Medieval idea that illness was caused by an imbalance of bodily humours and vapours.
Even though I was aware of both of these things before I read "Fit for Life" I was still not prepared for the huge number of gross factual errors it overflows with. This book takes psuedoscientific silliness to a new level with just how blatantly wrong virtually every concept it outlines is. A chimpanzee could have done a better job at writing a lifestyle and nutrition guide.
I find it creepy that any grown adult could be so ignorant about health, the process of digestion or even basic science that they would actually follow the diet and advice set out in this work of utter nonsense. The only redeeming quality of "Fit for Life" is its abundant, soft pages which are far more absorbent than the old Sears-Roebuck catalogue.
Book Review: GARBAGE i t i s GARBAGE
Summary: 1 Stars
Sorry, this is such garbage. BUT some people have great success with this book and what it advises. And I mean great success, and it has a cult following, so there must be some value in it.
Many of their conclusions are wrong. Just plain wrong.
For a start, some humans HAVE to eat meat, some humans are primarily carnivorous. And others are very much vegetarian - that is their genetic makeup.
I am sick of people concluding from their own physical makeup that ALL humans are one or the other, most are a mixture. For you personally, try to find what works for you.
Example of their stupid conclusions: "humans should not eat meat, because meat eating creatures like dogs, cats, lions etc.. have high acid content in their stomach, and humans don't". Well, derrr those animals don't just eat meat, they eat BONE and SINEW. Might I remind the authors that many purely vegetarian animals they admire so much like the cows have multiple stomachs ?
So apart from "the world should be vegetarian" nonsense that insults you .... like I said, some people have great great success with this book. But don't buy into their reasonings ....