Review of The Gotti Diet: How I Took Control of My Body, Lost 80 Pounds, and Discovered How to Stay Fit Forever (Hardcover)

The subject of Teen obesity and obesity in kids and young men is a subject that is hard to deal with. I am 25 years old and had a tough childhood growing up poor at times. Unfortunatly when you are teased as a child you always carry around insecurities and the emotional attachments to the food that comforts you in troubled times.
Frank relates his own experiences honestly and very skillfully. Sometimes they were hard to read because they brought back the feelings that lurked beneath me growing up and currently today as someone who is slightly overweight and not having an easy time dealing with it. The diet itself is fundamentally sound and after being on it one week I have already dropped a couple of pounds. The exercise portion of this book is lacking but it is written for teenagers and you can find other books that will have better demonstrations and descriptions of exercises and the science of building muscle.

The area which this book absolutely shines is with the recipes!!!!! These italian recipes are amazing and I have made them the foundation of my diet. The recipes taste amazing and make The Gotti Diet easy to follow and not as torturous as you might think a diet has to be!!

I appreciate Frank and his mother Victoria for writing such an open and honest book. It has great style and emotional value that has benefited me already.

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Yo, when I was thirteen, I weighed 255 pounds and already had high blood pressure. My family doctor told me I was "morbidly obese." I had a problem. I liked to eat . . . and eat . . . and eat. But when Mom told me that the whole family was going to be on a reality TV show called Growing Up Gotti, I finally made the decision to change. No way did I want to be seen as the Fatty Gotti by the entire world.


With the support of my mother, my doctor, and my lacrosse team coach, I got to work. I learned all about food, dieting, and exercise, and created a program for myself based on common sense, portion control, and moderation. And the results were great! I lost eighty pounds in the first year! Once the weight started coming off, I started working out, turning fat into muscle and toning up. I also did aerobic exercise and found stamina on the lacrosse field that I never had before. Now friends come to me for advice on starting their own diets and exercise programs.


So listen up -- here, in this book, is all the information you need to get started -- my program of portion control, fat and calorie counters, great-tasting healthy food recipes, and exercise. It's the program that turned the Fatty Gotti into the Hottie Gotti.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Review of Dr. Earl Mindell's Natural Remedies for 150 Ailments (Paperback)

IN A NUTSHELL:

This book, "Dr. Earl Mindell's Natural Remedies for 150 Ailments," is a simple and useful guide to treating everything from "bad breath" to "cirrhosis" in a format that lends itself to everyday use. Organized like a cookbook in alphabetical order by ailment, 150 ailments are listed on the left-hand page and their corresponding treatments are listed on the right-hand page. You can't miss for ease of use.

FOR EXAMPLE: TAKE "HEARTBURN" as a typical ailment:

Listed alphabetically, the description of "Heartburn" takes up page 150 [left-hand page], while the remedies are on page 151, [the right-hand page]. For each ailment, such as Heartburn, the remedies are organized into four sections on one page:

at the top -"SUPPLEMENTS" - Vitamin B12, Acidophilus, Digestive enzymes and Betaine hydrochloride. [quantities and directions for use are included on page]

Second are - "Herbs", with four herbs and treatment regimens for each.

Third are - "Consider/Try to", which includes some other treatment options.

Fourth are - "Avoid/ Watch Out For", which includes anything from activities to foods to over-the-counter medications that may cause adverse reactions.

BOTTOM LINE:

This book makes it simple to find the symptoms and alternative treatment options for 150 common ailments. On the minus side, there are NO explainations as to why treatments are suggested, or details about the specific parts of the herb that are to be used or why. For instance, for "heartburn" under the fourth heading, which is always "Avoid/ Watch Out For", antacids were listed to be avoided. While I understand why they might recommend the avoidance of antacids, many people reading the book might think that it was a misprint. Just like avoiding caffeine and coffee if you suffer from "chronic fatigue syndrome". They are NOT misprints, but you'll have to find the answers to why in a more comprehensive study, if you are so inclined.

A GREAT BOOK FOR MY MOTHER:

My mother would look at this book and say, "Great - I can see what I have wrong with me, and what I might do about it." She'll love this book because she does not want to go to medical school and attend lectures or stay up late every night reading about alternative health strategies. For her, and for the many people who choose to leave their health care decisions to an allopathic physician rather than to educate themselves extensively, this book is about as detailed as they may feel comfortable with. Essentially, she would rather leave the medical stuff to her doctor. In any event, this book is a great place to start one's investigation into alternative remedies, and it is a good book to have on anybody's shelf.

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Now updated and expanded, this valuable book shows you how to stop turning to potentially harmful prescription and over-the-counter medicines to ease your ailments--and to turn instead to Mother Nature for safe, natural, and effective remedies to relieve troublesome health conditions. World-renowned health expert Dr. Earl Mindell shows you which nutritional and herbal supplements you can use to treat common ailments, both large and small. When you implement his commonsense advice and preventive strategies, you will soon discover that the symptoms that have been plaguing you are fading. Not only will you feel better physically, but you'll also rest well knowing that you arrived there naturally with nonprescription alternatives.
"Dr. Earl Mindell's Natural Remedies for 150 Ailments" features the doctor's favorite time-tested recipes for the treatment of various disorders including; Allergies; Arthritis Pain; BAckaches; Colds and Flu; Dandruff; Depression; Diabetes; Fatigue; Fibromyalgia; Heartburn; Insomnia; Jet Lag; Memory Loss; Nausea; PMS; Psoriasis and Eczema; Sprains and strains; Vertigo; Weight Loss; Yeast Infection.
You'll find yourself turning to this book time after time to learn what you can do to live a healthy and pain-free life like Mother Nature intended.

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Review of The Vegetarian Handbook: Eating Right for Total Health (Paperback)

I also bought this book shortly before becoming a vegetarian and found it to be a wonderful resource.It goes into a great amount of detail regarding nutrition, dispelling many commonly held beliefs about protein requirements and what is healthy.(No, vegatarians are not starving to death from lack of protein and just too stupid to know it, but they do have a 47% lower risk of heart attack!)
This book is very well research and has a huge bibligraphy section for those wanting to learn more.It details the scientific, social, political, and relgiious reasons that different vegetarians have for their lifestyle.My only complaint with this book is that the recipes inside are vegan, not vegetarian (no milk, cheese, eggs, etc.)But, vegan or not, they are delicious!

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Many patients that I see in my medical nutrition practice request specific detailed information in order to move toward a vegetarian lifestyle.Here is a book that will guide them along such a path.It will also assist current vegetarians to reach a new level of understanding by offering specific instruction for improving food habits.The instruction includes the most up-to-date and scientific data regarding food protein.By using the egg as a model of the near perfect protein source and comparing vegetarian foods with the egg, we now have available tools for increasing the benefits of protein from non-meat sources.

"Patients with certain medical problems should consider removing red meat and other animal proteins from their diet and moving toward vegetarian food sources.Some of these medical problems include the following: hypoglycemia, obesity, digestive disorders including diverticultitis and other colon problems, gout, and elevated cholestrol.Many specfic studies have shown that the vegetarian diet may help with these problems.This book presents a clear and sophisticated road map for becoming a vegetarian or moving in this direction." --Dr Martin Feldman


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