The 2-Day Diet: Diet two days a week. Eat the Mediterranean way for five. Author: Dr. Michelle Harvie | Language: English | ISBN:
0804138400 | Format: EPUB
The 2-Day Diet: Diet two days a week. Eat the Mediterranean way for five. Description
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"Revolutionary and clinically proven" Good Housekeeping "the key to easier - and longer lasting - weight loss" Red magazine "Following a strict diet for just two days of the week is a far more effective way to lose weight than trying to calorie count all the time" Daily Mail "No calorie counting, no going hungry and it takes only TWO DAYS a week ... guarantees weight loss" Daily Mail "Easy to follow and stick to ... clinically proven" -- Jenni Murray
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About the Author
DR. MICHELLE HARVIE is an award-winning research dietitian at Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention. PROFESSOR TONY HOWELL is Professor of Medical Oncology and Research Director of Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention.
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- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Harmony; 1 edition (June 18, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0804138400
- ISBN-13: 978-0804138406
- Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Compare this book to the one that started the 5:2 fast diet craze, "The Fast Diet," by Michael Mosley and Mimi Spencer. http://www.amazon.com/The-FastDiet-Healthy-Intermittent-Fasting/dp/1476734941 .
That book is based on the theory of intermittent fasting, with clinical benefits going beyond weight loss. Mosley goes into the science behind the theory, including reference to Harvie's study. Mosley asserts that compliance ought to be easier because one can eat liberally on the five other days.
I wrongly imagined that Harvie and Howell might improve on the 5:2 fast diet by not only including recipes but by modifying the liberal five-day diet into a real Mediterranean one. But disappointingly, Harvie's book here is just another weight loss diet without real fasting, a little more protein on two days with low carbs, and 1100 calories instead of the 600 or 500 calories allowed on the fast days of Mosley's plan, but a normal calorie-restricted diet on the other 5 days. It adds some exercise advice. I failed to see anything special about the recipes.
Although the book cover quotes Good Housekeeping (UK) as "revolutionary and clinically proven," this is questionable. This book refers to just one short small new original study of women with breast cancer who dieted, and it depends a lot on anecdotes instead of peer-reviewed science. I think the idea was that those with breast cancer might diet, lose weight, and have better outcomes from the cancer, but the study didn't show that.
This book was written before the NEJM publication of the PREDIMED Mediterranean diet.
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