false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171280854m/94232.jpg 94232 2 On the left is one small, fat-free, no-sugar-added muffin. On the right is a cornucopia of food--several pounds of fruit and a pair of whole-wheat rolls. The calorie counts are identical: 720.<p> There sits Dr. Howard Shapiro's point: dieters imagine that they're saving calories by eating the "virtuous" snack on the left, whereas in reality they're depriving themselves of the mountain of food on the right.<p> Dr. Shapiro believes that there are no bad foods, no right or wrong reasons to eat, no perfect number of meals in any given day. He doesn't believe in telling clients at his weight-loss clinic in Manhattan when they can or can't eat. Some of them are celebrities and corporate executives with such busy lives that mealtimes are often unpredictable. So Dr. Shapiro reassures them that a calorie is a calorie, whether you eat it before or after 9 p.m. He helps them lose weight by showing them different foods, set side by side, and how the seemingly healthier choice might actually be equal to or greater in calories than a bunch of foods that would seem to be off-limits to someone trying to lose weight.<p> In <I>Picture Perfect Weight Loss</I>, he uses photos of foods to demonstrate these choices. Thus, a "healthy" carob bar is shown to be equal in calories to 10 scoops of Italian ices. A 10-ounce loaf of crusty bread is shown to be equal to a tiny dish of Chex Mix. Two ounces of reduced-fat cheese are shown to be equal in calories <I>and</I> fat grams to two ounces of salami.<p> The photos pit all types of snacks and many meal choices against each other, and account for sugar, salt, and starch cravings. The text--easy to read even when discussing scientific principles that scientists don't fully understand yet--covers everything from exercise to nutrition labels to menus from some of the world's top restaurants, with the healthiest food choices highlighted.<p> Regular dieters, though, might want to skip all that until they've read the appendix explaining why the most popular fad diets--from the Atkins diet to Suzanne Somers's--are unhealthy, overly restrictive, or just based on misunderstood science. That alone might be worth the price of <I>Picture Perfect Weight Loss</I>. <I>--Lou Schuler</I> 1227846 2000 Dr. Shapiro's Picture Perfect Weight Loss: The Visual Program for Permanent Weight Loss total:13|5:4|4:3|3:5|2:1| 13 49 21 3 3 0 false false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 05:46:51 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 10:06:15 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Apr 24 14:59:32 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 17:17:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 20 16:07:10 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 16:09:36 -0700 2008 Would've been a fun book had it had pull tabs!]]> 0 0 false false Tue Aug 11 19:56:02 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 19:56:28 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jul 11 12:20:28 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 12:20:28 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jun 30 08:39:35 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 08:39:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 03 19:11:20 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 19:11:20 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Apr 25 08:53:16 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 08:53:35 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Apr 13 20:12:03 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 20:12:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Mar 25 19:39:52 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 19:39:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jan 18 19:42:03 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 19:42:03 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 27 08:56:52 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 08:56:52 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Nov 20 14:42:18 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 14:42:18 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Aug 11 07:14:45 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 07:14:45 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Aug 06 13:30:13 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 13:30:26 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Jun 21 11:18:44 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 11:18:44 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue Jun 10 06:10:53 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 06:10:53 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun May 04 13:37:07 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 16:14:36 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Mar 21 16:59:46 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 16:59:46 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Mar 15 16:36:58 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 15 16:36:58 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=94232