Consumer Diet and Lifestyle Book Reviews

April 2009 Reviews

• The 4 Day Diet
  

  by Ian K. Smith, M.D.

• The All-New Atkins Advantage
  

  by Stuart L. Trager, MD, with Colette Heimowitz, MSc

• The Best Life Diet, Revised and Updated
  

  by Bob Greene

• The Cheat to Lose Diet
  

  by Joel Marion

• The Complete Beck Diet for Life
  

  by Judith S. Beck, PhD

• Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food
  

  by Jessica Seinfeld

• The Diet Selector
  

  by Judith C. Rodriguez, PhD, RD, FADA

• Eat This, Not That! For Kids
  

  by David Zinczenko with Matt Goulding

• The Engine 2 Diet: The Texas Firefighter’s 28-Day Save-Your-Life Plan That Lowers Cholesterol and Burns Away the Pounds
  

  by Rip Esselstyn

• Flat Belly Diet
  

  by Liz Vaccariello with Cynthia Sass, MPH, RD

• The Flexitarian Diet
  

  by Dawn Jackson Blatner, RD, LDN

• Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating
  

  by Mark Bittman

• Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs And the Controversial Science of Diet and Health
  

  by Gary Taubes

• The G.I. Diet Clinic
  

  by Rick Gallop

• The Hot Latin Diet
  

  by Dr. Manny Alvarez with Arlen Gargagliano

• How Not to Look Old
  

  by Charla Krupp

• La Dieta del Gordo
  

  by Raul De Molina

• Neris and India’s Idiot-Proof Diet: A Weight-Loss Plan for Real Women
  

  by India Knight and Neris Thomas

• Never Say Diet
  

  by Chantel Hobbs

• The No Crave Diet
  

  by Dr. Penny Kendall-Reed and Dr. Stephen Reed

• One Bite at a Time, 2nd edition
  

  by Rebecca Katz with Mat Edelson

• Skinny B*tch: Bun in the Oven
  

  by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin

• The Sneaky Chef: How to Cheat on Your Man (in the Kitchen)
  

  by Missy Chase Lapine

• The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids’ Favorite Meals
  

  by Missy Chase Lapine

• The South Beach Diet Super Charged
  

  by Arthur Agatston, MD, with Joseph Signorile, PhD

• Thin Is the New Happy — A Memoir
  

  by Val Frankel

• T.O’s Finding Fitness: Making the Mind, Body and Spirit Connection for Total Health
  

  by Terrell Owens with Buddy Primm and Courtney Parker

• Women’s Health Perfect Body Diet
  

  by Cassandra Forsythe, MS

• Your Big Fat Boyfriend…How to Stay Thin When Dating a Diet Disaster
  

  by Jenna Bergen

Previous Reviews

• The 5-Factor Diet
  

  by Harley Pasternak, MSc

• 21 Pounds in 21 Days: The Martha’s Vineyard Diet Detox
  

  by Roni DeLuz and James Hester

• The ABS Diet
  by David Zinczenko
• The alli™ Diet Plan
  

  by Caroline Apovian, MD

• The Beck Diet Solution
  

  by Judith S. Beck, PhD

• The Biggest Loser
  

  by Maggie Greenwood-Robinson, PhD
  

• The Bread for Life Diet
  by Olga Raz
• The Cheater’s Diet
  by Paul Rivas, MD
• Cholesterol Down
  

  by Janet Bond Brill, PhD, RD, LDN

• The Cortisol Connection Diet
  by Shawn Talbott, PhD
• Diet for a Pain-Free Life
  

  by Harris H. McIlwain, MD, and Debra Fulghum Bruce

• Dr. Shapiro’s Picture Perfect Weight Loss 30 Day Plan
  by Howard Shapiro, DO
• The Dorm Room Diet
  by Daphne Oz
• The Duke Diet
  

  by Howard J. Eisenson, MD, and Martin Binks, PhD

• Eat, Drink, & Weigh Less
  

  by Walter Willett, MD and Mollie Katzen

• Ending the Food Fight
  

  by David Ludwig, MD

• Extreme Fat Smash Diet
  

  by Ian K. Smith, MD

• Fat Smash Diet
  

  by Ian K. Smith, MD

• The Flavor Point Diet
  by David L. Katz, MD, MPH, with Catherine Katz, PhD
• Flip the Switch, Lose the Weight
  

  by Robert K. Cooper, PhD

• The French Don’t Diet Plan
  

  by William Clower

• The Gold Coast Cure's Fitter Firmer Faster Program
  by Andrew Larson, MD, and Ivy Ingram Larson
• Good Calories, Bad Calories
  

  by Gary Taubes

• The Good Mood Diet
  by Susan Kleiner, PhD, RD, and Bob Condor
• How the Rich Get Thin
  by Jana Klauer, MD
• The Inflammation-Free Diet Plan
  

  by Monica Rainagel

• Japanese Women Don’t Get Old or Fat
  by Naomi Moriyama
• Joy Bauer’s Food Cures
  

  by Joy Bauer, MS, RD, CDN

• The Longevity Diet
  by Brian M. Delaney and Lisa Walford
• Making the Cut
  

  by Jillian Michaels

• The pH Miracle for Weight Loss
  

  by Robert O. Young, PhD and Shelly Redford Young

• The Reverse Diet
  by Tricia Cunningham and Heidi Skolnik
• The Rice Diet
  by Kitty Rosati, MS, RD, LDN
• Secrets of a Former Fat Girl
  

  by Lisa Delaney

• The Serotonin Power Diet
  

  by Judith J. Wurtman, PhD, and Nina Frusztajer Marquis MD

• The Skinny — How to Fit Into Your Little Black Dress Forever
  by Melissa Clark and Robin Aronson
• Skinny B*tch
  

  by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin

• The Snack Factor Diet
  

  by Keri Glassman, MS, RD

• The Sonoma Diet
  by Connie Guttersen, RD, PhD
• The Structure House Weight Loss Plan
  

  by Gerard J. Musante, PhD

• Sugar Shock
  

  by Connie Bennett, CHHC

• The Supermarket Diet
  by Janis Jibrin, MS, RD
• The Ultimate New York Diet Plan
  by David Kirsch
• Ultrametabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss
  

  by Mark Hyman, MD

• The Ultrasimple Diet: Kick-Start Your Metabolism and Safely Lose up to 10 Pounds in 7 Days
  

  by Mark Hyman, MD

• Weight Loss Confidential
  

  by Anne M. Fletcher, MS, RD

• WeightWatchers Family Power
  by Karen Miller-Kovach, RD
• What Would Jesus Eat? The Ultimate Program for Eating Well, Feeling Great, and Living Longer
  

  by Don Colbert, MD

• The Whole Grain Diet Miracle
  

  by Lisa Hark, PhD, RD and Darwin Deen, MD, MS

• You: On A Diet
  by Michael F. Roizen, MD and Mehmet C. Oz, MD