The Virgin Diet: Drop 7 Foods, Lose 7 Pounds, Just 7 Days Author: | Language: English | ISBN:
B00ADXRW7I | Format: PDF
The Virgin Diet: Drop 7 Foods, Lose 7 Pounds, Just 7 Days Description
The key to weight loss isn't calories. It isn't fat. It isn't protein. It isn't even carbs. You can count them, cut them, and swap them all you want, but you won't lose weight if you're eating foods that your body can't tolerate. And the most common diet foods - like egg whites, wheat bread, and fat-free yogurt - are some of the worst offenders. These "healthy" foods are actually making you fat!
In this book, celebrity nutritionist and fitness expert J. J. Virgin pinpoints the 10 foods that sabotage weight loss. Just by eliminating these 10 diet saboteurs, listeners will see incredible results: Their fat will melt away, their metabolism will get a healthy boost, their energy levels will skyrocket, and they will start to look (and feel!) younger. As Virgin explains, the body is a chemistry lab, not a calculator. These 10 foods cause inflammation in the body, slowing the metabolism, creating mood swings and cravings and causing premature aging - not to mention a host of beauty problems.
In addition to eliminating the 10 foods, listeners will eat plenty of Virgin's 50 powerful healing and anti-inflammatory foods for 21 days, ridding the body of inflammation and hitting the diet reset button. After the simple 21-day program, listeners can try incorporating gluten, dairy, and eggs back into their diet and testing for inflammation. Virgin's clients see incredible results with the program, including:
- Weight loss - at least 10 pounds in 21 days
- Flat tummy
- Younger-looking, clearer skin
- Healthier hair
- Improved energy
- Better sleep and a clearer mind
- Fewer mood swings and cravings
This book is for listeners who are tired of counting calories without seeing results, or who find it impossible to lose weight, no matter how many calories they count or carbs they cut, and listeners who struggle with any type of inflammation.
- Audible Audio Edition
- Listening Length: 7 hours and 15 minutes
- Program Type: Audiobook
- Version: Unabridged
- Publisher: Tantor Audio
- Audible.com Release Date: November 27, 2012
- Whispersync for Voice: Ready
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00ADXRW7I
As many readers are aware, the food intolerance and elimination diet ideas have been around for a very long time. This book is a decent synthesis of that tradition, but the author's many statements of certainty leave me cold.
I am a physiologist working in the field of adult metabolic dysfunction, and I agree with her that diet is the cause of pretty much all the ills we experience. I read and generally follow the authors that she lists in her recommended reading as well as seriously read the medical literature, personally eat aligned with Weston Price, and think the GAPS diet is superior for healing a leaky gut. I do agree that there is mounting evidence that leaky gut is at the root of many autoimmune problems, and I define autoimmune in a very general way that includes anything that causes inflammation (that is to say, much more general than establishment medicine uses the terms for a limited set of specific illnesses).
But, in my opinion, she kind of mashes up a number of suspected metabolic derangements into the "IT!!" of food intolerance in order to sell her newest best thing, which oversimplifies the issue and sets people up to think that their weight and their cravings are all about their exposure to food antigens. To begin, of course people are going to lose weight when they clean up their diets, and how much of her claimed results are the result of folks giving this 3-week protocol a whirl and eating a clean and portion-controlled diet? Secondly, many of the foods on her list are well-known players in the insulin problem. How do we know that her results are not actually related to positive impacts on insulin and the resulting decrease in inflammation and cravings that accompany better regulation of it?
I am giving 4 stars to the concept...and not so much JJ in particular. I don't believe all of her research is solid--I don't think oils (though at least they are olive and palm fruit oils) and animal products are particularly 'healthy'(check out, 'The China Study' and Dr McDougall's work)...though I think eliminating the top 7 foods (corn, soy, dairy, gluten, eggs, peanuts and sugar) that people often (and unknowingly) have sensitivities to is something everyone should try. This 'diet' is not just about weight loss, it's about feeling amazing by getting rid of all those little symptoms you thought were how you normally felt(like feeling foggy, tired, achy, regular headaches, etc).
I think JJ puts too much emphasis on protein (too much protein is hard on your kidneys-the average american already gets too much) and vitamins for everyone(I think that food is the best way to get your nutrition--not a bunch of powdered pills hoping to replicate the real thing while making someone a bunch of money). She also scorns some fruits and veggies (like white potatoes and bananas--high glycemic ones), which I don't agree with. I think that whole natural foods are as good as you can get in all varieties. I also don't agree that you have to eat meat to be healthy. She does have a plan for vegans but it's with a whole bunch of supplements and a warning that you aren't going to have optimal health.
Eating whole organic/free range foods sure beats the standard American diet however.
As far as people saying it's difficult to eat this way.
I don't agree....though I'm sure it's a huge change for most people.
It is difficult if you want a bunch of packaged food (but hey people--we are here to achieve good health and you aren't going to do it that way).
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