| View Larger Image | The Alternate-Day Diet: Turn on Your "Skinny Gene," Shed the Pounds, and Live a Longer and HealthierLife | Paperbackby M.D., James B. Johnson (Author), Sr., M.D., Donald R. Laub (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Perigee Trade | | Edition: | Reprintth Edition | | Page Count: | 288 Pages | | Publication Date: | April 07, 2009 | | Sales Rank: | 41,722st |
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Product Description
Diet only half the time with this revolutionary, easy-to-follow, safe, and science-based program. The Alternate-Day Diet is based on scientific and clinical studies that show how restricting calories only every other day activates a gene called SIRT1—the “skinny” gene—which results in reduced inflammation, improved insulin resistance, better cellular energy production, and releasing fat cells from around the organs to promote weight loss. This easy-to-follow two step plan will enable readers to enjoy these remarkable and measurable benefits: • Lose fat easily and quickly without deprivation, discomfort, or stress • Improve fat metabolism and avoid regaining lost fat • Slow the aging process • Find relief from symptoms of asthma, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, and menopause-related hot flashes |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 21 reviews)
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surprised by Darlene Williams  4 Stars
October 19, 2009
I was happy that I received the book. However, I was a bit disappointed when the book arrived and was not hardback as advertised. I really prefer hardback books.
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never recieved the book by K. Hoffart  1 Stars
September 24, 2009
I ordered a month ago and never recieved the book.
I don't have a good review.
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The Alternate-Day diet by G. Martin 4 Stars
September 16, 2009
The book arrived in a timely manner and was in excellent condition. Seems to have many easy and tasty recipes. The Doctors' premise for the book does have merit and uses a logical analogy for weight loss.
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Skinny Gene Diet by Diane Holtz  5 Stars
August 12, 2009
Have not been able to read yet, but received it fast. Not sure when I will get around to reading it but looks good.
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Well-packaged, easy-to-follow book and program by cxlxmx 4 Stars
July 12, 2009
Prompted by FitnessBlackBook into investigating fasting as an adjunct to exercise, I purchased three books by MDs on fasting: Fasting and Eating for Health, The QOD Diet, and The Alternate-Day Diet. These three books have quite different focuses. The first is about extended fasts, the second about intermittent fasting for weight loss, and the third about intermittent fasting as a lifestyle for life extension.
Of the three books, The Alternate-Day Diet has the most theoretical background, including discussion of epigenetics. If you're looking for a program you can do at home but want to be sold on science, this is the book for you. The program (or eating plan, or lifestyle, if you will) is simple and straight-forward and you could easily imagine yourself doing it for an extended period of time, if not years or for a lifetime. The book is a fast read and will have you wanting to start the next day.
Both QOD and Alternate-Day have companion websites, although Alternate-Day's companion website is mostly just shilling for the author's Resveratrol supplements. If I were only going to recommend one of the three books I purchased for someone else, it would be The Alternate-Day Diet. If I were only going to keep one of the ones I purchased, it would be a toss-up between Alternate-Day and QOD. If I were talking to a patient, I think I would talk to them about fasting rather than recommending a book. You can take from that what you'd like.
Other books that looked of possible interest but that I haven't read yet are The Idiot's Guide to Fasting by Fuhrman, The Fasting Handbook by Jeremy Safron, and Fasting: The Ancient Practices by Scot McKnight. Eat to Live by (again) Fuhrman and Mehmet Oz appears to be a re-packaging of Fuhrman's previous work, including recommendations against eating meat. One Amazon reviewer said all the information on fasting is available on the Internet, which is probably true as well.
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