The Diamond Diet : A Multifaceted Path to Weight Loss, Health, and Wellness [Hardcover] Review

I have, forever it seems, truly struggled to regulate my weight, engaging in a never ending battle with the scale and my capacity to endure semi-starvation and related forms of deprivation (e.g., grapefruit one day, tomatoes and steak the next). Eating has become over the years I realize, a guilt-laden contest in which I have attempted to outwit my body in a tense match of caloric intake vs. pounds accumulated. In my quest for the downward trend of numbers on my scale, having subjected myself to more than my share of fad diets over the years, I have nevertheless always been aware on some level, of a tiny nagging voice within my consciousness quietly but persistently suggesting that my manner of proceeding has been less than healthy and quite possibly even dangerous in the long run. It seems that I had nearly forgotten, except for that tiny voice, that the purpose of eating is to nourish oneself. I have recently come upon the Denburg's comprehensive, well-researched and enormously sound book, "The Diamond Diet".The book has impacted me greatly, providing the appropriate perspective and direct guidance necessary to feed myself and my family in a realistic and yes, healthy manner. I have responded to the wise counsel presented in the Denburg's book by taking a hard look at my food lifestyle and making some significant changes in how I shop, plan meals, provide snacks and in general think about the entire concept and process of eating. Quick weight loss? No. However I trust this book and the constructs presented about both exercise and eating, and view the contents as a lifestyle plan which feels right, balanced, sane and nurturing. It's about time. Many thanks to the Denburgs.

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HOW IS THE DIAMOND DIET UNIQUE?
The Diamond Diet is a multifaceted approach to health, wellness andweight-loss based on a philosophy of awareness and real living. Hereare the reasons why it is both unique and effective:
1 The Diamond Diet is the only health diet book to completelyeradicate the confusion caused by the plethora of popular health/dietbooks and programs. For the first time, the reader will completelyunderstand how one needs to live to prevent illness and disability,restore one's health, and lose weight.Bolstered by the latestresearch, The Diamond Diet is derived in large part through distillingthe true and common aspects of the wide range of diets that have beenpresented over the last decade. What few realize is that the range ofwhat is truly healthy and common among these diets is incredibly vast,clear and powerful. Like the blind men who are each feeling only apart of the elephant, but believing they hold the entire picture, sotoo, the myriad diets currently available are limited and myopic. Bystanding back and seeing the entire elephant, by being inclusiverather than dismissive of other programs, the truth can finally beseen!
2 No single other diet or wellness book so comprehensively presents amultifaceted approach to health, wellness, weight loss andlifestyle. The Diamond Diet melds research and information withpractical exercises - creating an integrated process to be experiencedand lived. It functions as a seven-week program and leads the readerstep by step towards creating a new, healthier life that fits one'sneeds and desires.The Diamond Diet intimately involves the readerwith positive changes he/she can make, whether they are for weightloss or wellness. The weekly exercises are given at the beginning ofeach weekly part, so the reader can take full advantage of them rightaway. The reading for each week informs and augments the weeklyexercises, and the exercises make the information more meaningful anduseful.
3 Unlike the competition, we show the reader that the truth is notrigid. One does not have to choose a vegetarian diet over one thatincludes animal foods - or vice versa. Nor does one need to choose alow-fat diet over a high-fat one. Health and wellness really aremultifaceted, and our choices can be diverse. The Diamond Diet isnon-dogmatic and allows for personal individualization. Our program isstraight forward and without hype.
By following the 16 Diamond Diet Principles , the vastmajority of people will not only help prevent many of the majorailments and diseases plaguing our society today, but they'll helpalleviate and reverse many of these same afflictions.
4 Uniquely, The Diamond Diet contains three extensive menus based onseasonal eating. No other best selling health/diet book recognizesthat our bodies naturally desire and require different foods based onthe seasonal climate in which we live. Additionally, over 80 recipesare given.
5 Recognizing that technological as well as cultural influenceshelp to sabotage our efforts toward health and wellness, The DiamondDiet appropriately extends beyond simply diet and exercise.Inprescribing an integrated holistic lifestyle, solutions are woven intothese greater issues of concern:
*How do we integrate what we know intellectually (abouthealth/wellness) with the ability to live healthfully in our body?
*How can we rectify the disconnectedness from our own bodies (and byextension our greater body-the earth), caused by ourtechnology-infused life, including the "junk food" industry?
*How can we equip our children to navigate the unhealthy flood tidesof our mass culture, when we ourselves, like fish in water, areunaware of our own unhealthy lifestyles?
6 While the book stands completely on it's own, it is even moreeffective when lived in conjunction with its companion website(TheDiamondDiet.com). Readers can join, and become part of ourcommunity - experiencing the program with others in the same part ofthe book they are in, and having access to the authors. Even guestscan take advantage of many helpful, fun, and eye-opening facets of thesite. No other health/diet book offers such an adjunctive, livingprogram.--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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