- ISBN13: 9781578261659
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
From Al Roker to Carnie Wilson, for some surgery is the only option. Over 65,000 people a year have weight loss surgery and the numbers are growing. After years of yo-yo dieting and years of failing to lose weight, many people turn to surgery to deal with health-threatening weight problems. The Patient’s Guide to Weight Loss Surgery tells you everything about this increasingly popular procedure. With an overview of the risks of obesity and some alternative weight… More >>
This book is highly informative, especially on diet drugs. Alternatives for weight loss surgery are given for you. The author talks about the highly researched history of the Metropolitan Insurance height-weight tables, which will be an eye opener to many of the readers. I was also pleasantly surprised to see the quiz on the very back pages of this book. There is sufficient proof to show that whatever said in this book is true.
The author does suggest you go off coffee slowly before you start the plan. This would minimize headaches during detox. I couldn’t wait to get started so, of course, did it all at once and had the most horrible awful headache for 4 straight days. I finally broke down and had a 1/2 cup coffee one day instead of taking aspirin and that did the trick…for the moment. Now I’m completely caffeine-free and don’t miss it at all. My doctor prescribed a wonderful replacement for coffee made from soya beans called “soyffee”. I bought it online at www. S o y c o f f e e.com and cannot believe how good is the taste.
Rating: 4 / 5
This book backs up everything it says with authoritative footnotes and scientific evidence. Lots of meat. I had to read the first chapter twice to understand everythings she was saying. It wasall new information to me.
Rating: 5 / 5
I thought the book was well written and informative. I liked the chapter on diet drugs. I didn’t realize there are so many choices. Now I know what the difference is between thermogenic diet aids and anorexiant diet aids.
I also liked the fact that she gave alternatives to weight loss surgery. I didn’t know there were alternatives.
I also liked the well researched history of the Metropolitan Insurance height-weight tables. It’s obvious that the premise behind the tables is not scientifically based. The lowest mortality rates are among older women who are short and weigh 180 pounds. I’ve been beating myself up for years because I don’t conform to those tables. Other measures of fitness were explained that are scientifically based.
It dispelled many of the myths of the diet industry, such as: “If you could just follow a diet for a long time, you too would be thin.” She explained why that is biologically impossible for the 97 percent of the poplulation.
This book made me feel a lot better about myself and my body.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought the book because I am considering weight loss surgery and am trying to educate myself about all aspects of the surgery. The author of this book reportedly had the surgery in 1999. For someone who had the experience, she is very negative and only gave negative view points and negative feed-back from people who had bad experiences. I know from talking to many people that this can be a very positive and life-saving adventure. I would not advise wasting money on this book. I have read six books so far, and they were all better than this one and much more upbeat and positive!
Rating: 1 / 5
I appreciated reading of bad experiences as well as the good ones. This side is too often neglected. I would have liked to read more about minor complications as a sort of reassurance that I’m not the only one, should I experience some of them.
My main criticism is about the authors’ WLS quiz. The ratings suggested for different responses were inconsistent. I suspect there are some mistakes.
Rating: 4 / 5