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How the Rich Get Thin: Park Avenue's Top Diet Doctor Reveals the Secrets to Losing Weight and Feeling Great | 
 enlarge | Author: Jana Klauer
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 38507
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Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 5.8 x 1.1
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.25
Publication Date: December 27, 2005
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Product Description
You know the ones: the women walking down Park or Fifth Avenues on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Hermes handbag on the arm. Hair just so. Sleek and groomed as greyhounds. How The Rich Get Thin, from one of New York’s premier weight control doctors, reveals the secrets of how the successful and rich get and stay thin. With a quick-start two week program that the dieter later builds on to keep losing weight and eventually to maintain their shape, How The Rich Get Thin includes:
--Meal plans high in protein, omega-3 fats and complex carbohydrates
--Calcium, through food rather than supplements, in the maximum amount the body can absorb at a time
--A morning exercise program as an adjunct to eating
--The Stop Watch method to curb food cravings: any craving can be stopped within just 15 minutes
--How to eat at fabulous restaurants, for business or pleasure, and keep losing weight.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 27 more reviews...
 20lbs gone October 30, 2008
healthy advice and great results. no magic potion but you'll lose weight from day 1 and for the following 3months. heavy on dairy products which i love.
I forced 3 of my friends and my boss to get themselves one. I loved it!
How the Rich Get Thin September 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have not had the opportunity to read this book yet but I am looking forward to reading it soon
Best all around weight loss/good health/good living book - Works for me! September 27, 2008
I almost didn't buy this book because of the title and because I wanted to lose 5 to 9 pounds and my motto is: You shouldn't have to pay money to lose weight; you should actually SAVE money (by buying less food!). Well, after I read these reviews I decided to get the book and I'm glad I did as I'm now under 5 pounds (5 down already) from my goal weight and have reconsidered my daily eating/exercise routine in a way that works for both my weight loss goals AND lowering my blood pressure. I also feel much better.
This book is very readable and for many people can serve as a flexible reference health/food guide. As noted by some of the reviews, the suggestions/info aren't always 100% (especially for low sodium diets - be prepared to make substitutions as advised by your physician), but overall this is still solid, medically supported health info for most people. A good breakfast, regularly spaced high protein/high calcium/low fat snacks, solid quality meals, and lots of water really do stave off hunger, provide good nutrition, and are good for most bodies.
I have not followed any of the phases strictly (I allowed for more "good" carbohydrates than she does in the first couple weeks and a daily glass of wine at night with dinner), and I worked the exercise in slowly (I had been sick so I couldn't exercise until the second week, and then only with 30 minute jog sessions almost every day - not the one hour she recommends daily); however, even with that I lost about 4 pounds in 3 weeks (this picked up when I started exercising more so I'll clearly have to find time for more exercise but in moderate amounts).
This mindset - eating fresh, high quality, healthful, NOT PROCESSED foods - is winning and sensible. I haven't used the tips for eating out yet but they make great sense for those who eat out a lot, especially for business. The craving "watch" method and the recipes are very helpful (I'm looking forward to trying more of these). In short, this book provides the encouragement and motivation I need for all my goals. Keeping it on my bedside table has provided lots of inspiration for me and reminds me that I'm on the track I want to be. It could be that I'm just really motivated at this point in my life, but her approach really seems like something I can relate to and will stick with as a lifestyle. So far it's working for me!
 Contradictory, but some good info January 11, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book starts off in a no-nonsense manner, with some good nutritional info, and the author really emphasizes the importance of exercise. Some very good recipes, too. But then:
After telling you caffeine interferes with calcium absorption, allows you to have coffee or tea with breakfast (which includes calcium) instead of telling you to drink it some other time, or go for decaf, or not drink it at all, which would be much better.
Lists the USDA and Institute of Medicine guidelines for sodium (2300 and 1500 mg per day, respectively), and then includes a recipe for miso soup that PER SERVING contains 1166 mg of sodium. What!
Pushes calcium supplements, when, just by drinking nonfat milk (or adding nonfat dry milk to some recipes), and eating more calcium-rich vegetables you could easily make your daily requirement, perhaps taking a multi-vitamin to cover all the bases.
The Jump-Start diet, while thankfully not one of the many juice fasts, is odd in that it has the majority of the calories eaten at dinner. However, it does consist of real food.
The author's recipes have you adding salt to the cooking water for beans. Not only does this extend the cooking time, but you are adding salt without tasting them first. Doesn't make sense.
Has few options for those who are vegan wishing to follow this diet. Mentions flaxseed only in connection with Omega-3 rich eggs (as it being in the feed). What about grinding it up and adding it to your diet? Yes, fiber interferes with calcium absorption too, but it's a lot better for you than caffeine.
Tells you to substitute mineral water (especially fizzy) for alcohol or sodas. Try plain water. Any dentist will tell you that carbonated water, over time, can damage your teeth. If you're so insecure that you worry about what the people around you will think of what you're drinking, you have other issues.
Promotes using Splenda in recipes (which just promotes the sugar-taste connection), instead of just using less (or no) sugar and/or substituting small amounts of reconstituted dried fruits, which while having some calories, also provide other nutrients.
Bottom line: this is a decent book, but you do have to resolve the contradictions and tweak the diet to match your budget.
Much of the useful information is buried in paragraphs when it should be separately highlighted. The constant references to NYC are annoying (the "Park Avenue Mindset" could have just been referred to as "Type A" personality, for one thing), and for the most part are useless to those who live elsewhere and/or don't have the money to pay for the Fage brand yogurt, and other expensive products she recommends. All in all, about a third of the book is NYC-centric, with its references to restaurants, stores/delis, and where to walk in Central Park (useful if you're visiting, though).
Buy used.
Great book, finally a no-nonsense well written "diet" book November 12, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love this book. So many books like this lead into pages that all say the same thing only to later lead into pages of medical jargon. This book doesn't patronize you but thoroughly breaks down the ways to create a healthier lifestyle, not "diet". There are no cheesy cheerleader chapters which I hate or pages of testimonials. The author is a doctor/nutritionist. It also point blank tells you what to expect and a no-nonsense approach to reaching your goal. Well written, simple enough but so enjoyable to read. I don't know why but this book makes me want to get healthy and I learned new things on nutrition by the end of the first chapter.
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