Speed Up Your Metabolism

Alli Weight-Loss Aid, Orlistat 60mg Capsules, 120-Count Refill Pack

I've been using Alli now since the middle of November, and I've lost 12 pounds, on schedule with the promised 1-2 pounds of safe weight loss per week. They have a very robust online support site for people who purchase the pills and it provides useful tracking of weight loss and encouragement in more ways than I can use. The treatment effects that you read about are what keeps people honest with Alli and essentially make it work -- if you eat too much fat at one sitting, you'll be visiting the bathroom quite frequently. You learn quick. I made it through the holidays with continued weight loss, which I view as an amazing feat. I have 13 more pounds to lose on my plan and I'll weigh what I did before I had my two kids. Easy to use, promotes healthy eating habits and lifestyle changes, and self-critiquing when you stray from the plan. I would recommend Alli to others -- it's a little pricy but I'm getting my money's worth out of it.

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Amazon Price: $39.15 (as of 12/20/2009)

The Fast Track One-Day Detox Diet: Boost metabolism, get rid of fattening toxins, lose up to 8 pounds overnight and keep it off for good

by: Ann Louise Gittleman PH.D. CNS

I have done this detox 3-4 times and really like the way I feel when I do it. It is hard to maintain (for my lifestyle at least) since its hard to always eat organic or get certain vegetables in your diet everyday. I would recommend this to anyone looking to lose a few pounds and break some bad eating habits. I like the recipes and wish that section were a little bigger. Also, I am unnaturally afraid of gluten now, which I am sure that in moderation, like any food, cannot be that bad. Overall, a great way to jumpstart healthy eating and weight loss with some definitely interesting ideas...

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The Fat Flush Foods : The World's Best Foods, Seasonings, and Supplements to Flush the Fat From Every Body

by: Ann Louise Gittleman, Ann Louise Gittleman

Ann Louise has done it again! As someone who has lost...and kept off...90 pounds with the Fat Flush Plan, I love this new book. It is full of great information about 50 of the best foods, beverages, herbs, spices and supplements to help people get (and stay) trim and healthy. The book is well organized and easy to read. It is filled with great practical tips that are helping me save time in the kitchen AND save money at the grocery store. After two years of eating the Fat Flush way, I'm picking up some great new ideas for how to be a better, more efficient Fat Flush cook.

This book would be great for anyone interested in healthy eating...even those who have never tried the Fat Flush Plan. I recommend it enthusiastically!!

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Amazon Price: $10.85 (as of 12/20/2009)

Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating

by: M.D. Walter C. Willett

This book is a breath of fresh air among a noxious swarm of books that claim to know how we must eat in order to be healthy. They recommend a bewildering variety of diets, megadoses of vitamins and minerals, herbs, extracts, and heaven knows what else, all guaranteed to make us healthy. Some even peddle the nonsense that they can stop, or even reverse, aging.

In contrast, Walter Willett's book is based on solid science, obtained by careful research involving, in some cases, more that 100,000 persons. There is no intuition here. The recommendations are based on facts.

And mighty interesting facts they are. We see that the famous, heavy-on-carbohydrate USDA food pyramid has little evidence to support its role in health. Instead, it appears to support the income of the food industry. He presents his own pyramid, based on daily exercise and weight control. Sitting on this base are whole grain foods, vegetable oils, fruits, vagetables, nuts, legumes, fish, poultry, and eggs.

At the top of his pyramid are small amounts of dairy products, and even smaller portions of red meat and carbohydrate. He presents evidence to support his pyramid, and the result is impressive. He leads us through things that we should know about fats, carbohydrates, proteins, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. We even get recipes. For me, a biochemist, the book's strong point is its lack of the unsustantiated claims that I see in so many of the popular books on nutrition.

Walter Willett is one the persons best qualified to write an outstanding book on this subject, and the result is excellent.

Amazon Price: $11.51 (as of 12/20/2009)