Skinny Bitch
by Kim Barnouin, Rory Freedman
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Author: Kim Barnouin, Rory FreedmanEdition: Paperback
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2005-12-26
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Running Press
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Book Review: Neither Sane nor Healthy
Summary: 1 Stars
Are we THIS desperate? Yes. We women are so frustrated and harried about weight that we have kept this piece of garbage in print for four years and helped it spawn a series.
Page 134 presents some trademark lack of logic. They follow a list of unpleasant experiences from headaches to fever and depression during a fast with "Abstaining from food does not cause these ailments. They are simply normal side effects of fasting." (page 134) So fasting doesn't cause the unpleasantness, but the unpleasantness is caused by fasting. Riiiight. Page 89 - "Let's face it; there is no greater pleasure than (having a large bowel movement)." Well, girls, maybe for you. It wouldn't make my top fifty, but then I'm not a vegan and I have a life, thank you. And they made me giggle when page 88 noted that eating nice vegan avocados won't "turn you into a hippo" - after all, HIPPOS ARE VEGANS.
There's not much consistency in what they want you to eat, either. They're against "unnatural" food. Fine. Veggies and cooked beans, pretty natural. Yogurt and cheese, also fairly natural. Eggs and meat, completely natural. But what do they include in their menus (page 155 and on)? Soy yogurt. Veggie burger. Club sandwich with fake bacon, fake turkey, fake mayo.....Oh, just eat the packaging. It may be closer to something found in nature than this stuff.
IF TRUE, their descriptions of how animals are raised are horrifying. Given how unreliable they are on other topics, though, their stories may not have much to do with reality.
But now, a word about the most dangerous chapter in the book. Chapter 10, "Don't be a (wimp)", spends twenty pages urging readers to fast. (Then there's one paragraph warning that there just might be a few health dangers, for some types of people, maybe. I suspect this was included to keep the publisher's lawyer from having a heart attack.) How long do our girls suggest that you should fast? In their very own words..."Fasts can last anywhere from twenty-four hours to ten days or more. It's all up to you and how light, clean, and healthy you want to get. The longer the better..." (page 132) Now, 24 hours of raw food isn't likely to hurt most people. But ten days OR MORE on just water - which is one of their options? Girls, you're messing with starvation here.
Want a vegetarian cookbook? Try one of the Moosewood books. (or for that matter Veganomicon - I haven't bought it (yet), but it's full of recipes for real food). Want some new-ageish but informed medical advice? How about Andrew Weil? But don't, please don't, trust your health to the Bitches.
Summary of Skinny Bitch
Not your typical boring diet book, this is a tart-tongued, no-holds-barred wakeup call to all women who want to be thin. With such blunt advice as, "Soda is liquid Satan" and "You are a total moron if you think the Atkins Diet will make you thin," it's a rallying cry for all savvy women to start eating healthy and looking radiant. Unlike standard diet books, it actually makes the reader laugh out loud with its truthful, smart-mouthed revelations. Behind all the attitude, however, there's solid guidance. Skinny Bitch espouses a healthful lifestyle that promotes whole grains, fruits, and vegetables, and encourages women to get excited about feeling "clean and pure and energized."Diets Books
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