One benefit was the increase in metabolism and energy. I also had been suffering from hip pain with intense pain during walking and exercise. Through this diet I was able to walk freely by the third day and exercise regularly. I now have no junk cravings. I have to admit the hardest thing in the world has been to restart Phase 1.

My son who was on the verge of being morbidly obese. Who used to hide and hoard food in his room is now a fit young man with washboard abs.
He has claimed the health and vitality that he thought was for someone other then hisself.

It all started with the Fat Smash and him seeing me be able to move without pain and a noticeable weight loss by only the third day. He now prepares his own healthy meals and prepares his own lunch for school.

With any diet you should preplan meals and that is one of the benefits as well. It allows you to plan to succeed and keep you making sound food choices.
It will be hard for some but worth the journey.

One benefit was the increase in metabolism and energy. I also had been suffering from hip pain with intense pain during walking and exercise. Through this diet I was able to walk freely by the third day and exercise regularly. I now have no junk cravings. I have to admit the hardest thing in the world has been to restart Phase 1.

My son who was on the verge of being morbidly obese. Who used to hide and hoard food in his room is now a fit young man with washboard abs.
He has claimed the health and vitality that he thought was for someone other then hisself.

It all started with the Fat Smash and him seeing me be able to move without pain and a noticeable weight loss by only the third day. He now prepares his own healthy meals and prepares his own lunch for school.

With any diet you should preplan meals and that is one of the benefits as well. It allows you to plan to succeed and keep you making sound food choices.
It will be hard for some but worth the journey.

I see a lot of flaws, risks, dangers and fallacies in the assumptions and claims of this diet.

First of all, during the first phase, calorie reduction is so aggressive (assuming of course we are talking about an overweight person, not slightly overweight) that it may cause problems in the thyroid gland. I am not an expert, but, I was once told by several nutriologists (with PhDs, by the way, not just quacks) that drastic change in calorie intake has some negative effect on the way that the thyroid gland works, which is implicated in weight control.

Second, the best way in my experience, and in the opinion of many professionals out there, to lose weight – fast or steady – is not to cut calories but to increase the burning of calories, that is, the metabolic rate. Cutting calories will work at first, but the body is, after all, the most efficient engine known to mankind; it will adjust its caloric needs to fit a reduced calorie regime. The trick is to fool the body every day by supplying different types and differing quantities, albeit reduced, of calories. Going back to a point I made about raising your metabolic rate, this is achieved through exercise, but also by eating protein – lean, of course – since digesting protein takes a neat amount of calories to accomplish. The 5 meals a day is a good way as well, as it keeps the body working, but it is a hassle to plan each meal. The best advise is to have each main meal 6 hours apart with a healthy snack in between; that’s the five meals that will keep the metabolic rate somewhat high. There is also some research from the folks at Berkley, I believe, about calcium helping burn visceral fat and stopping the accumulation of fats in that area.

Third point, beware of unlimited veggies and fruits. Yes, natural and green is good, but as with everything, moderation is the key. For instance, spinach contains vitamin A in overabundancy. Other vegetables are also high in vitamin A. What is the problem with vitamin A? It is not water soluble, but fat soluble and because of that, it is difficult to excrete and likely to be stored. Over dosification of vitamin A, called hypervitaminosis A, can lead to serious health problems. Some vegetables are also high in oxalic acid, which is a chelator (binds to minerals) and over consumption can cause mineral deficiency, as well as tannins, contained in some fruits like berries.

In my experience, a balanced selection of veggies and fruits, along with lean proteins and some cereals, combined with the 5 meals plan (granted, I am a student and have some liberty in planning and taking my meals) as well as exercise has worked best. I also drink a lot of white and green tea because some studies have shown that catechins, an antioxidant that comes from these teas, helps boost the metabolic rate and stimulates fat burn. As an antioxidant, it also helps the muscles recover more quickly from exercise because they stimulate a de-inflamatory response from the body. It’s a much better option than coffee, and they do not contain tannins, though they are particularly high in oxalate (infusion teas have very low concentrations of oxalic acid, though). I have lost a lot of weight in relatively little time without any negative effects so far because I keep my consumption of essential micro and macro nutrients optimal.

Getting off junk foods wont come about with a radical “detox” phase that will simply starve your body for a while. Its like using an A bomb for controlled demolition. Getting off junk foods is a matter of will. Have cravings for sweets? Incorporate protein shakes blended with a banana, for instance, in one of your snacks (as recommended in your whey protein article). It spikes the metabolic rate (remember, proteins) and triggers satiation mechanisms in the body.

Fad diets, my friends, do not work as they claim they do.

I see a lot of flaws, risks, dangers and fallacies in the assumptions and claims of this diet.

First of all, during the first phase, calorie reduction is so aggressive (assuming of course we are talking about an overweight person, not slightly overweight) that it may cause problems in the thyroid gland. I am not an expert, but, I was once told by several nutriologists (with PhDs, by the way, not just quacks) that drastic change in calorie intake has some negative effect on the way that the thyroid gland works, which is implicated in weight control.

Second, the best way in my experience, and in the opinion of many professionals out there, to lose weight – fast or steady – is not to cut calories but to increase the burning of calories, that is, the metabolic rate. Cutting calories will work at first, but the body is, after all, the most efficient engine known to mankind; it will adjust its caloric needs to fit a reduced calorie regime. The trick is to fool the body every day by supplying different types and differing quantities, albeit reduced, of calories. Going back to a point I made about raising your metabolic rate, this is achieved through exercise, but also by eating protein – lean, of course – since digesting protein takes a neat amount of calories to accomplish. The 5 meals a day is a good way as well, as it keeps the body working, but it is a hassle to plan each meal. The best advise is to have each main meal 6 hours apart with a healthy snack in between; that’s the five meals that will keep the metabolic rate somewhat high. There is also some research from the folks at Berkley, I believe, about calcium helping burn visceral fat and stopping the accumulation of fats in that area.

Third point, beware of unlimited veggies and fruits. Yes, natural and green is good, but as with everything, moderation is the key. For instance, spinach contains vitamin A in overabundancy. Other vegetables are also high in vitamin A. What is the problem with vitamin A? It is not water soluble, but fat soluble and because of that, it is difficult to excrete and likely to be stored. Over dosification of vitamin A, called hypervitaminosis A, can lead to serious health problems. Some vegetables are also high in oxalic acid, which is a chelator (binds to minerals) and over consumption can cause mineral deficiency, as well as tannins, contained in some fruits like berries.

In my experience, a balanced selection of veggies and fruits, along with lean proteins and some cereals, combined with the 5 meals plan (granted, I am a student and have some liberty in planning and taking my meals) as well as exercise has worked best. I also drink a lot of white and green tea because some studies have shown that catechins, an antioxidant that comes from these teas, helps boost the metabolic rate and stimulates fat burn. As an antioxidant, it also helps the muscles recover more quickly from exercise because they stimulate a de-inflamatory response from the body. It’s a much better option than coffee, and they do not contain tannins, though they are particularly high in oxalate (infusion teas have very low concentrations of oxalic acid, though). I have lost a lot of weight in relatively little time without any negative effects so far because I keep my consumption of essential micro and macro nutrients optimal.

Getting off junk foods wont come about with a radical “detox” phase that will simply starve your body for a while. Its like using an A bomb for controlled demolition. Getting off junk foods is a matter of will. Have cravings for sweets? Incorporate protein shakes blended with a banana, for instance, in one of your snacks (as recommended in your whey protein article). It spikes the metabolic rate (remember, proteins) and triggers satiation mechanisms in the body.

Fad diets, my friends, do not work as they claim they do.