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Protein Power: The High-Protein/Low-Carbohydrate Way to Lose Weight, Feel Fit, and Boost Your Health--in Just Weeks!
Join the thousands who have experienced dramatic weight loss, lowered cholesterol, and improvement or reversal of the damages of heart disease, adult-onset diabetes, and other major diseases by following this medically proven program.
Protein Power will teach you how to use food as a tool for
Dramatic and permanent weight loss
Resetting your metabolism and boosting your ene...more
Protein Power will teach you how to use food as a tool for
Dramatic and permanent weight loss
Resetting your metabolism and boosting your ene...more
Paperback, 448 pages
Published
June 1st 1999
by Bantam
(first published 1996)
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This book focuses on maintaining good health but tells you how to achieve weight loss as an additional side effect.
Phase 1 of the diet recommends that you eat less than 30 grams (net) of carbohydrate a day (plus lots of healthy fats and a 90 - 120 g or 3 - 4 oz serve of protein with at least 2 meals daily, depending on your weight/size).
Phase 2 of the diet allows up to 55 g of carbohydrates daily.
The Maintenance Phase allows 60 - 150 carbs a day, depending on what works best for you and your bod...more
Phase 1 of the diet recommends that you eat less than 30 grams (net) of carbohydrate a day (plus lots of healthy fats and a 90 - 120 g or 3 - 4 oz serve of protein with at least 2 meals daily, depending on your weight/size).
Phase 2 of the diet allows up to 55 g of carbohydrates daily.
The Maintenance Phase allows 60 - 150 carbs a day, depending on what works best for you and your bod...more
Jul 29, 2011
Chrischris
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The humerus anecdotes help break down otherwise technical science into easily digested knowledge that will help to build a healthy foundation for your lifetime of searching for your perfect diet. This is an old book. Worth the read if your wanting to by pass the Atkins & South Beach diet books. The recommendations for supplements in the back of the book should be researched as by now their are better.
Really good science behind their eating plan ... there is a formula in the book to help a person figure out the minimum protein they need each day. I found that very helpful.
Jun 16, 2009
Salsadancer
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone interested in a healthy diet
Scientific, historical and ancedotal evidence on why a high protein/low carbohydrate diet is healthy is well presented by the husband and wife doctors to the layperson.
Sep 05, 2012
Josie
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Great and simple treatment of metabolism and how to regulate it, all in the first two chapters. This book is worth it for that alone.
Recommended by Robb Wolf in _The Paleo Solution_ (p. 102) for history of government-backed high-carb, low-fat industry.
One of the better non-retarded diet books out there.
If you follow what RA teaches, you will be healthier!
This book is a must read for a diabetic. I've been a type 1 diabetic for 42 years, and I learned more about insulin from this book, than from any other book I've ever read. I'm a nutrition geek, and I liked how this book explained all the nitty gritty details of the biochemistry that happen when you eat different foods. It's written in a way that conveys the science, but also adds in humor, to make reading about science more enjoyable. I give this book 5 stars.
After consuming this meaty but quick read, I implemented the prescribed style of eating. It has worked for me since 2000. The book's clarity and compellingly complete treatment of the metabolism gave me a fresh (and apparently accurate) perspective. This was my first, and probably last "diet" book. I can't believe this stuff is not taught in high school.
It works. Just be sure to follow ALL of their instructions/recommendations. It may be difficult to avoid certain foods but I've never come across an easy-breezy diet in my life.
The authors had some interesting things to say about protein and carbs and how they affect our bodies. Worth reading or at least a good skim over.
Nutrition is not just about proteins. Sure we need proteins to build muscle, but in a balanced diet.
Sep 22, 2007
Michelle O'Neil
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Goes indepth re the scientific process for weight loss. Not for everyone, but I found it fascinating!
V good. Easy to read too.
Well-written and interesting
Jun 17, 2013
Frankie
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