 Excellent book with great, easy-to-follow nutritional advice! |
| Review Date: December 4, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Edward Dodge, San Antonio, TX |
This is an outstanding diet book because it is based on sound nutritional principles. I'm a retired family physician who has studied nutritional principles all my professional life. I'm usually skeptical of books with "Diet" in the title, because they usually promote some kind of fad diet, and I've seen dozens of such diets come and go. This book is different. It is based on solid science, but it is also very attractively presented. The illustrations are great. They are plentiful, very appealing, and always supportive of the written text. The authors have done an excellent job of presenting complex nutritional concepts in clear concise language that is very easy to follow. The title of the book summarizes the basic concept beautifully. A plate full of colorful veggies and whole grains is high in fiber, very nutritious, and filling, and yet, if one needs to lose weight, this Full Plate Diet is tremendously helpful in reaching that goal.
In addition to giving excellent nutritional guidance, the book is well organized. Early chapters begin with a clear explanation of the Full Plate concept, its benefits, and how to get started. Subsequent chapters go on with clear descriptions and illustrations of the best high fiber foods and delightful recipes. Later chapters give advice about eating at work, at restaurants, and on the road, as well as giving guidance on how to shop at grocery stores. The authors get high marks for presenting excellent health information in such an attractive, easy-to-read book. They have my congratulations! |
Simple. Feasible. Fun!
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| Review Date: December 7, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Amy M. Buckley, Wisconsin, USA |
Throw out all your other "Diet" books; this is healthy eating done right!
This book is short and to the point. Here is an outline of of the simple, feasible, and fun things you'll find inside:
Simple - add Fiber to your diet.
Feasible - you are already eating foods that contain fiber - just eat more of those.
Follow the 9 colorful 'Fiber Wheels' (Pg. 84) for hundreds of fast, easy recipes...pasta wheel, smoothie wheel, pizza wheel, etc.!
Look at the Fast-Food Ratings (Pg. 127) to see if your favorites make the healthy/fiber cut.
Cut out the Grocery List (Pg. 159) and take it with you to the grocery store!
Fun - Interesting factoids, (to dazzle your friends with), on the 'Top 25' High Fiber foods (Pg. 44), alongside completely useful information.
Feel Good about "The Full Plate Diet"! -
The book lists 12 ways fiber foods will improve you and your life (Pg.16) - and they're scientifically proven.
The 3 healthcare professional authors work for a Non-profit - and "The Full Plate Diet" is backed by years of helping diabetics (and others) get healthy, lose weight, and stay that way!
Get healthy, stay healthy, "The Full Plate Diet" will show you how. I love it! |
Blazing Trails
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| Review Date: November 25, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Joseph M. Hamilton, Austin TX |
Hi, I'm Joe Hamilton. Nearly two years ago I was in a meeting with the people that wrote this book. I watched how they ate and listened to what they said. With no advice or help I simply followed the principles they were talking about. There was no Full Plate Diet at the time so I had to follow with memory what I'd seen. It wasn't hard and I didn't starve or suffer at all. I laugh because sometimes I think, "if only I'd had the book", but very simply the results are the same. It's just simple.
I was a really huge guy. Nearly 300 pounds. In the first 3 months I lost 45 lbs just following the concepts you can find in the book. I was so glad to see the recipes and concepts laid out for everyone to follow. I ended up coming down to 192 lbs. I really didn't exercise at all. My weight has not gone back up. This IS the real deal.
I've read the book and give it my personal stamp of approval.
I also need to say thank you for helping to change my life.
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If it's been more than 3 months since I visited with friends, they actually don't recognize me until I actually tell them who I am.
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So easy
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| Review Date: December 8, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Mark L. Fox, Palm Bay, FL |
I wish everything in life was this easy to get great results. Simply powerup the stuff you already like with high fiber add-on's and stop eating when you are full.
While I don't need to loose much weight, one simple idea in this book has worked for me to keep me at the lower end of my natural weight. I had never eaten flax seeds in my life until I read this book. They have the highest level of fiber of just about anything and they taste great. I sprinkle them on my cereal, my tuna fish sandwich, and vegtables. Think of them as sesame seeds. You can put them on anything.
You can go from the low end of your recommended daily fiber to the high end by just spinkling a teaspoon here and there on the things you already eat.
I even mix them with non-fat yogurt for dessert.
And I can feel the difference. I fill up faster and with less food.
This book is awesome because of it's simplicity.
Like I said I only picked one idea of 100's in the book....Flax Seeds !! |
Sensible eating -- not another gimmick!
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| Review Date: January 4, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Paula Nichols, Neosho |
| This book is reader-friendly and has great new recipes to help keep me in line! Since it is written by a non-profit group, I feel they really do care about getting me (and others) more healthy. Since I don't like to write down everything I eat in a day, this plan works for me. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to get healthier and lose weight with a sensible plan. |
EASY!
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| Review Date: December 9, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Cynthia, |
This is the easiest and healthiest diet you will ever try and be on for a lifetime! The reason this diet is so great is that there isn't any keeping track of numbers, no writing anything down. You don't have to limit your portions, although as you add fiber you will eat less and as you eat healthier, you will eat less. If you are not a fan of meetings both public and online, counting, keeping track of everything you put in your mouth, then this is the diet for you. I am working my way slowly to eating more fiber and I am seeing results. I have only lost a couple of pounds so far, but I feel better and find myself exercising a little more because of feeling better. There isn't any pressure here and also I found out for me, taking it slowly is probably best for my personality. I have been on Weight Watchers several times and the minute I leave, I gain the weight back, but I can't afford to pay for WW forever! The principles here are the same, but there isn't the same pressure and I feel I can follow this plan as a lifestyle change and not just a temporary diet and more yo-yo dieting in my future. I don't see how this diet can't work for anyone. I hate dieting and it's working for me.
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The Full Plate Way of Life
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| Review Date: December 4, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Jennifer A. Walker, Ardmore, OK USA |
| I received an advanced copy of The Full Plate Diet and was invited to make comments as the book was being compiled. At first glance, I looked the book over and was very intrigued by the simplistic concept. I dug in deeper and became more interested in taking The Full Plate Diet Challenge. The "light bulb" went off over my head and I decided this would be the perfect time to stop procrastinating and start taking better care of my body. I made the decision to adhere to The Full Plate Diet food concept and join a gym. I started slowly on both - the diet and the gym - and tried to improve every week. Grocery shopping became easier, I started feeling better, and I started losing weight. I still eat beef, chicken and fish, but try to be much more mindful of eating smaller meat portions and loading up on the fiber. I think about fiber content before I purchase an item. I have lost almost 20 pounds and cut my blood pressure medicine in 1/2. I feel great! I have told my family and friends about The Full Plate Diet and plan to give the book as late Christmas presents. It is such an easy concept. I just can't say enough good things about The Full Plate Diet. Our government should consider this as the new health care package - purchasing a Full Plate Diet book for every home in the USA! |
(Almost) Effortlessly Sustainable Weightloss
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| Review Date: January 4, 2010 |
| Reviewer: J. Sexton, |
There's a lot of ways and formulas and plans and systems for losing weight. Unfortunately, about 99% of them are darn near impossible to keep up for a lifetime of eating, so the weight just about always creeps back onto your body. That's what makes this book different from all the rest.
Basically, The Full Plate Diet teaches you how to make small sustainable changes gradually so that the food you eat to lose the weight becomes the food you eat all the time - no special discipline required and no "deprivation mindset" to send you screaming back to your old eating habits. All you do is make a bunch of small, and for the most part enjoyable, changes that put more fiber into your diet. It's gradual and the pounds won't come flying off you, but it's also steady so there aren't any plateaus either.
One last thing, I noticed this and some colleagues also noticed the same thing, both on me and later on them when they tried this diet: the change in your waistline is WAY bigger than the scale would indicate. I had only lost about 3-4 lbs according to the scale, but people were commenting as if I'd dropped more like 10 pounds. And my pants felt more like I'd lost 10 punds, too.
Highly recommended. And in the interest of full disclosure, I have to say that I got a free pre-publication version of the book. |
The Magic: Living the Full Plate Diet for 120 Days.
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| Review Date: January 4, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Mark Alan Effinger, Bellingham, Washington |
It works. Plain and simple.
The Full Plate Diet is both a critical lesson in Eating For Life.
And a work of art. It's a beautiful book to read.
More importantly, it's an incredibly insightful book in regards to how we can fine-tune our eating habits to feast, every meal. Yet also optimize our weight, lower cholesterol, gain clarity, enjoy life more.
Here's a bonus: Not only do I continue to live this book without even trying (you can see my breakfasts, lunches and the occasional dinner posted on Facebook). My KIDS are also enamored with it. They find it easy to live with, and fun to experiment with.
Get the book. You won't be disappointed.
Visit the website and play with the Flash-based meal-planning wizard. A real eye-opener in terms of the fiber content of various foods. |
stupid simple; it works!
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| Review Date: January 4, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Charles Moger, Houston |
| When I first came across the Full Plate Diet concept, it wound up getting set aside because it looked to simple. Then, I showed it to a nutritionist who told me this is so simple it can work. It's not East Beach, it's the The Grapefruit Diet, it's not even a diet. It's a simple lifestyle shift that won't leave you feeling like a leper when dining out with friends. The Full Plate Diet has worked well enough for people I know that I took the plunge. The results are coming quickly. Buy the book. Achieve your goal. Go buy new clothes. |
Twenty Pounds Lighter
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| Review Date: January 4, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Radio Guy, Sussex, NJ |
| I started off 2009 with a goal to lose 20 pounds. I joined a gym at the start of the year. Watched what I ate. And made slow progress towards my goal. Then I was asked if I'd like to be part of a trial group about a brand new book to be released in 2010 called The Full Plate Diet. I joined the group. Read the book and lost the weight. And it was easy. I don't think of the information shared by this book as "diet" (something temporary that one does for as long as they can stand before ending it -- as "diet" as come to mean in America) but more as a healthy lifestyle change. I'm still eating the foods I enjoy, but opting for higher fiber content. As an example, my bread growing up as a child was white bread. I changed to whole wheat bread as an adult. The Full Plate Diet showed me how changing to a Double Fiber Bread (6 grams of fiber per slice vs. 2 in whole wheat) added healthy fiber to my diet and helped me to lose weight. Sometimes finding the high fiber foods at the market can be a fun scavenger type hunt, but once located weekly shopping trips become fast and easy. My kitchen is stocked with only foods I enjoy. But each one is filled with the highest fiber I can find. My favorite exercise is walking and in good weather I try for 10,000 steps a day. I also own & enjoy my Nordic Track and try to log 30-minutes a day on that. Round out my fitness routine with sit-ups & push-ups and you can see I'm not a gym rat. Just a person who is trying to stay fit and healthy, and enjoy every day life has to offer. The Full Plate Diet was the perfect addition to this lifestyle program for me. I'm sure you will enjoy the benefits too. |
lifestyle changes that will actually stick
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| Review Date: January 4, 2010 |
| Reviewer: J. Clark, Durham, NC USA |
So many health and diet related books promote complete overhauls that are difficult to commit to for the long-term. Often times, I would start with yet another diet and hope that my determination would make the change last "for real". Inevitably the diet would be so different from my normal eating habits, routine, cooking style, and preferences that I would go back completely to my "usual ways" within a few weeks (or days!).
Not so with The Full Plate Diet! By promoting step by step ADDITIONS to my normal routine as well as sensible substitution suggestions, the diet truly has become a lifestyle change without me ever noticing!
The book walks the reader through different food categories, with memorable nutrition and preparation information that empowers to make better decisions within one's normal daily routine.
The pictures and descriptions of the various (healthy) foods are brilliant! Just in flipping through the pages, one is left craving a ripe avocado or bowl of black beans. There's also very helpful recipes for someone without a lot of time. The online community provides even further support with more recipes and helpful tips.
Highly recommended! |
Full Plate Diet
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| Review Date: January 4, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Marley Porter, Texas |
Finally, a diet book that's not about diet at all. It's about LIVING! I've read the book, want to buy another copy for my wife and one for each of my five daughters and another for my daughter in law. Why? Because I love them and when you read this book, you feel like the doctors and writers wrote it because they love you too. They cared enough to write it!
Marley Porter Architect |
This is THE book for you if want to be healthy AND lose weight!
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| Review Date: January 20, 2010 |
| Reviewer: rebekah cheng, Dayton, OH |
As an internal medicine specialist who has worked with patients for the past 25 years trying to encourage them to eat healthfully, exercise and maintain a normal weight, this is the 1st book I've seen that is medically sound and easy for people to follow. Instead of telling people what NOT to eat, it emphasizes all the fruits, nuts, veggies, grains that fill you up and keep you healthy! I thought I knew alot about nutrition, but I learned something new every few pages. Who would have guessed that raspberries have so much more fiber than bananas?
The book is also a very practical guide when it rates restaurant foods by green, yellow and red lights. It's reassuring to know that you can get some healthy food at fast food restaurants.
Rebekah Wang-Cheng, MD, FACP, Medical Director for Clinical Quality at Kettering Medical Center, Dayton, OH |
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