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    <body><![CDATA[   This is by far the best health and nutrition book that I have ever read.  By reading The Abs Diet, I found out that I was over-working out.  Moreover, my diet has been in peril the last few years due to stress from work and graduate school.  I loved the six-meal a day plan that incorporates a sna...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66085347">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book in one night.  Good information to start eating better.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this up because it was free (I found it in a huge a stack of books sitting on the bench in our apartment foyer), and of course the title is definitely something that'd be nice to achieve, a flat belly.  Since hubby and I just started working out again after joining a gym, I figured I'd skim...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54978590">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;The Abs Diet&quot; is most suitable for people who have not yet begun any sort of dieting and workout regimen. Most of the testimonies from people losing significant weight in six weeks are plausible, and I have only my own experience to serve as a gauge.<br/><br/>Thing is, I did not read &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42020080">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If following the advice in this book doesn't help you lose weight, you're just not trying. Simple to understand and easy to live with, &quot;The Abs Diet&quot; is the best diet book I've ever read. And adhered to. I've been interested and involved with diet and exercise for about a zillion years; th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15775738">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Well this is a love hate book for me. Love the information in the book (lost 50lbs with it), but hate that it is not really a written book. It is more or less a slapped together bevy of information which is somewhat organized. It sometimes reads like a commons sense manual to eating and then again l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16491901">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I did the South Beach diet a few years ago and never really had a problem with weight again.  I started reading this book to see if there was anything I could add to the kind of daily diet I provide for my family (my husband and two sons).  So far, I like what I'm reading specially since it doesn't ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5797872">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I like all of his books but I did not lose any weight.  The recipes are simple and good.]]></body>
    
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