Dr. John M. Berardi

How do I put this? I highly recommend Precision Nutrition, really: they're an online nutrition/healthy living coaching company. Very cool, well-written, grounded-in-science blog posts & some fabulous free videos as well. (Get thee to a good WiFi spot & spend an hour watching this: http://www.precisionnutrition.com/the-compliance-solution-part-1).

That said, yes, I gave this book one star. And it's a somewhat grudging star, at that. If you watch the video, or follow their blog for very long, you'll hear lots very soon about how real change is an accumulation of baby steps: small, very doable habits, built up over time. He (John Berardi, the face of the company), is pretty open that the first habit they have their coaching clients take on is "take fish oil & a multivitamin". And that's pretty much it for the first couple of weeks. Doable habits, where the client says they are at least 90% sure they can do it every day for the foreseeable future.

What's the book about? It's a fairly standard diet text that says to clean out your cupboards & here's your new meal plan. Maybe Tommy Europe hacked the manuscript? For all I know, the nutrition of the plan may be fairly radical, but the approach is exactly what we're all used to seeing on every weight-loss show.

Now, there's nothing wrong with it, otherwise. If you knew nothing about Precision Nutrition, the Company, you wouldn't even realise it was a bait-&-switch. But speaking as an average gal who just wants to be healthier: this book sits on the shelf, ignored. I'm getting far more mileage out of that video, & a HabitRPG account. Save your money.

(If you do buy it? The single-serving recipe for overnight oats is masochistic, unless you truly love washing dishes: Make enough for the whole week! Cooked steel-cut oats can be refrigerated & reheated with ease & no loss of texture/flavour.)… (altro)