Posted by: EllaMcC

Date: 03/07/2010 02:25

Rating: 4/5

No book will make you live a healthy lifestyle, but this has good solid information, excellent explanations (all of the things that the various "plans" miss!) and even a nice shopping guide that is very helpful to me even when not "on a diet." Yes, it's overly precious at points, but I use it more as a reference on a continual basis. It's excellent for that.

The only big loser for me were the recipes. It's shocking how bad they all were. I remade a few of them, but I just find it's easier to make-over a good "regular" recipe and make it fit my diet/nutritional goals than it is to make over a diet recipe into something tasty.

Posted by: taebo.diva

Date: 04/24/2009 06:08

Rating: 4/5

Posted by: TatumsMom

Date: 03/11/2009 17:21

Rating: 4/5

Posted by: Bodiccea

Date: 02/19/2009 05:25

Rating: 2.5/5

I really wish I could give this book a higher rating.  It does, in fact, contain some very good, comprehensive information about how the human body works.  It's easy to understand.  The problem for me was I simply could not stand the gagging level of cuteness and really lame attempts at humour.  I was given both the hardcover book and the CDs by a friend.  At least with the book, I could skim over the worst parts (really silly cartoon drawings, etc.) but the CDs....arrgh!  I couldn't listen to them.  The two narrators, who are also the writers, were just intolerable to me.