Comments on: The 5 Factor Diet http://www.eatingwelltips.com/the-5-factor-diet/ Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:48:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Diane T. Hughes http://www.eatingwelltips.com/the-5-factor-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-1281 Diane T. Hughes Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:26:38 +0000 http://www.eatingwelltips.com/the-5-factor-diet/#comment-1281 If you know nothing about food values and nutrition, this might be helpful. This author apparently is "diet guru" to the Hollywood chic. The book has about as much substance as Jessica Simpson, one of his promoters. It's an inexpensive book, but useless, in my opinion. If you know nothing about food values and nutrition, this might be helpful. This author apparently is “diet guru” to the Hollywood chic. The book has about as much substance as Jessica Simpson, one of his promoters. It’s an inexpensive book, but useless, in my opinion.

]]> By: Marion J. Hedger http://www.eatingwelltips.com/the-5-factor-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-1280 Marion J. Hedger Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:14:22 +0000 http://www.eatingwelltips.com/the-5-factor-diet/#comment-1280 As a non-cooking, tiny kitchen, over-stressed and underemployed New Yorker, I took a look at this diet and wondered how I would ever find the time and/or inclination to: <br /> <br />a) Learn to cook properly; <br />b) Afford all of the ingredients; <br />c) Be able to exercise without annoying the neighbors under me(there's already been complaints when I tried, 'cos the floors are not good!). lol <br /> <br />To me, all of this looks great on paper. I love the sound of all of it, but to be honest, given my current circumstances, I can see all of this taking up way too much of my time and money, I would probably quit within a week. I can't afford a gym membership either and all of my time is taken up just trying to pay my mortgage and find steady work. <br /> <br />I would, if there had been an option, have given it 3.5 stars. It looks like a very good and healthy plan. Who knows, maybe things will change and I'll give it a shot once my lifestyle changes. Right now, it's just not practical for me. As a non-cooking, tiny kitchen, over-stressed and underemployed New Yorker, I took a look at this diet and wondered how I would ever find the time and/or inclination to:

a) Learn to cook properly;

b) Afford all of the ingredients;

c) Be able to exercise without annoying the neighbors under me(there’s already been complaints when I tried, ‘cos the floors are not good!). lol

To me, all of this looks great on paper. I love the sound of all of it, but to be honest, given my current circumstances, I can see all of this taking up way too much of my time and money, I would probably quit within a week. I can’t afford a gym membership either and all of my time is taken up just trying to pay my mortgage and find steady work.

I would, if there had been an option, have given it 3.5 stars. It looks like a very good and healthy plan. Who knows, maybe things will change and I’ll give it a shot once my lifestyle changes. Right now, it’s just not practical for me.

]]> By: J. Walter Weatherman http://www.eatingwelltips.com/the-5-factor-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-1279 J. Walter Weatherman Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:14:01 +0000 http://www.eatingwelltips.com/the-5-factor-diet/#comment-1279 I was very disspointed with this book. The author is very high on his scientific background and spends most of the book simply defining the aspects of foods and telling you why other diets don't work. When it comes to his actual recipies, there is no shopping list to go with them and I didn't even make it past the first few listed as they sounded disgusting! Asparagus Crepes? Gross! Seriously, that's the first recipie in the book, and you have to go through 110 pages of mostly nonsense to get to that point. Also most (if not all) of the recipies are for 2 servings - why would a diet book encourage you to make too much food? Very strange. <br /> <br />Definitely not recommended if what you are looking for is a book to help you shop and eat better immediately. I don't know if the diet actually works because it doesn't give you enough information to get started. If you want to read about how great the author thinks he is then this your book, but you must have to actually meet him in person if you want to understand this diet. I was very disspointed with this book. The author is very high on his scientific background and spends most of the book simply defining the aspects of foods and telling you why other diets don’t work. When it comes to his actual recipies, there is no shopping list to go with them and I didn’t even make it past the first few listed as they sounded disgusting! Asparagus Crepes? Gross! Seriously, that’s the first recipie in the book, and you have to go through 110 pages of mostly nonsense to get to that point. Also most (if not all) of the recipies are for 2 servings – why would a diet book encourage you to make too much food? Very strange.

Definitely not recommended if what you are looking for is a book to help you shop and eat better immediately. I don’t know if the diet actually works because it doesn’t give you enough information to get started. If you want to read about how great the author thinks he is then this your book, but you must have to actually meet him in person if you want to understand this diet.

]]> By: Erika Miller http://www.eatingwelltips.com/the-5-factor-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-1278 Erika Miller Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:24:40 +0000 http://www.eatingwelltips.com/the-5-factor-diet/#comment-1278 This is essentialy a non-fat diet. I was unable to find a grocery or health food store that carried non-fat diary products. Check out the availability of these products before you buy this book. This is essentialy a non-fat diet. I was unable to find a grocery or health food store that carried non-fat diary products. Check out the availability of these products before you buy this book.

]]> By: Carole B. Martin http://www.eatingwelltips.com/the-5-factor-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-1277 Carole B. Martin Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:38:01 +0000 http://www.eatingwelltips.com/the-5-factor-diet/#comment-1277 book arrived when I was on vacation and did not really read it today as I just got home, but will in a day or so book arrived when I was on vacation and did not really read it today as I just got home, but will in a day or so

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