What a Wonderful Book Its FAB!!!!! - Rated 
I am what you may call a healthy eating exercising freak. I buy lots of exercise dvds and healthy eating books, but very rarely find one I can read from cover to cover. I found this book very easy to read and Gillian's story (preface) at the beginning is extremely inspirational and gave me a good feeling about her from the start. Her book is filled with expert advice that really works if you are self-disciplined and you use it to the letter. Everything she suggests is for the best health reasons and really improves your well-being. She offers good advice on everything from your 'five a day' to detox. YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT: I WAS A CAKE AND NOW I'M A LETTUCE LEAF!
Very general and a bit unrealistic - Rated 
Although I found the book interesting at first, I found it was very general and not very realistic. Unless you want to follow the detox I don't find it very useful as a guide. Don't bother looking at the websites for any free tips or information because you won't find anything free at all.I have found many better books on the subject afterwards.
Some interesting health information but totally unrealistic as a diet plan - Rated
I think this is only useful really as a reference book for looking up nutrition related ailments or juice recipes (although they aren't even that good). My main criticism with this book and Gillian McKeith in general is that it is just too extreme. All the foods she promotes in her book are great to include in your diet and it is best to limit or reduce the 'bad' foods but to totally cut so many things out is unrealistic. Only a very small minority of people could actually stick to her diet in the long term.
My main problem with Mrs McKeith is the way that she is so unforgiving of anyone slipping or falling off the wagon by eating something that she claims is 'wrong' or 'bad'. I know she uses shock tactics on her programme but I have been horrified to see her bring people to tears for eating something they shouldn't. When people try to stick to such restrictive diets they are bound to end up craving high fat and sugar foods even more. When this happens the last thing you should do is tell them what a failure they are. That'll only serve to lower their self esteem further.
Anyway, good in pricipal - eat good food to be healthy but far too extreme for long term success.
A few words of advice - Rated 
I am always suspicious of authors that churn out book after book on the same subject. They're obviously on to a good thing making themselves richer at the expense of people that are gullible and desperate to lose weight. This book has some good common sense advice but buying it won't change your life. Behind the need to lose weight there are often other underlying problems, like low self-esteem or lack of motivation, or just a very busy life because some of us have to so some real work to survive and pay the mortgage, which leaves little time to exercice or go shopping so it's easier to grab some junk food on the way home. Also, this book lists so many different foods that it all becomes a blurr, 50% of the foods listed I never heard of. Why can't these authors come up with a book for REAL people? Most of us don't have time to do half the things she suggests and therefore we don't do them, which means that buying the book was a waste of time. A few words of advice: cut out the junk, eat more fruit and veg, steam or microwave your veggies, exercise or just walk more, and instead of buying books about dieting, treat yourself to some healthy food. Above all, seek the support of other people to get you kick started, when you start losing the weight, there's no stopping you. There's lots of free advice on the Internet, you'll find what's right for you.
Brilliant and informative - Rated
This book is fantastic, it has everything you would need to know. It also has lots of helpfull pages about determining your own health and has descriptions of all of the problems you may have with your tongue, fingernails etc and what this indicates about your health. It also features diet tips and plans and Gillians' Detox, as well as lots of healthy recipies.
They dont come much better than this!
I would deffinatly reccomend this book for people who want to loose weight - or who are just looking for a healthier lifestyle, especially to fans of Dr Gillian McKeith or of the TV show You Are What You Eat.
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