Little Black Dress Diet

by Michael van Straten, Marie-Helene Jeeves (Illustrator)

We've all been there. Maybe there is a week, maybe only a day or two until the big event. It might be a date with a (very) nice guy from accounting, a class reunion, or a glitzy cocktail party. Yet that Little Black Dress continues to hang in the closet causing untold stress and worry. Author Michael van Straten shows the optimal ways to lose the excess weight no matter how little time you have! Choose from 10-day, 3-day, or 24-hour plans, depending on your deadline ( level of desperation). Gentle nudging throughout will help shed bad habits as you get more svelte. Also included is the Black Tie Diet for him.

80 pages, Hardcover

First published November 14, 2001

About the author

Michael van Straten is an osteopath, naturopath, acupuncturist and nutritional consultant. He’s also one of the UK’s most respected medical authors, broadcasters and journalists and has written more than 40 books, which have sold over a million copies worldwide.

A pioneer of modern complementary medicine, Michael has cared for an amazing list of royalty, stage, film and TV Stars; Pop and Classical Musicians and Sporting personalities from tennis players and Olympic athletes to racing drivers and footballers.

Reviews

[Brittany · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is pretty ridiculous. It gives tips on how to loose 10 lbs fast. If you're pretty much skinny and just want to loose a few more pounds, it may work, but some of us need to loose more than 10 lbs; this book won't work for us.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm reading this primarily because the author is a naturopath and a big proponent of alternative medicine in England. Included in the book are recipes for the diets, but also natural remedies and just good, realistic rules to follow for healthy living!

We'll see if I actually do any of the diets ever, but good health and eating tips are included, as well as very interesting stats. For instance, you're better of being 10% overweight than 10% underweight - see, that's what I'm talking about.
: )

[Ophelia London · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading again. Need a little refresher.