The Uncle Sam Diet: The Four-Week Eating Plan for a Thinner, Healthier America

By Barbara Hoffman and Keith Ayoob

The UNCLE SAM DIET is based on the new 2005 US Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Based on solid science, it's an eating style that you can stay with and thrive on. No gimmicks here, and no fads. Dr. Keith Ayoob, a registered dietitian and associate professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, uses the USDA's new dietary guidelines to design an eating plan based on good, wholesome foods. It's simple it's safe and it works * Lots of good foods--from all food groups-so you never feel hungry.* Weekly menus for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks-you can even have a latte or two * Huge, hungry man's servings of vegetables "and fruits"-every day.* Delicious whole grains-muffins, breads, bagels and more.* Nutritious snacks for hunger attacks Got kids? Great These guidelines are good for anyone age 2 and older. The new Dietary Guidelines are chock-full of great changes for you and your family. Dr. Ayoob takes the "nutrition-ese" out of the government's gobbledygook and gives you meal plans and recipes that are easy to use and delicious. The result? This Uncle Sam is here to stay. "Obesity is a disease of excess-excess calories and excess sedentary activities. The cure is to balance calories in with calories out."-Keith Ayoob (quoted in IFIC, "Food Insight," March/April 2003)"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312938934
• ISBN13: 9780312938932
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.7" x 0.5" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

A diet that actually seems to like food

Many of the diet books I've read seem to be driven by an unstated but tendentious anti-food agenda. Rather than jettisoning entire food groups, or touting foods that you're probrbly not going to want to eat for the rest of your life, the emphasis here is on food you've been eating anyway. For the reader who is used to eating from every food group, and happy to do so, this book offers sensible and welcome advice about menu planning and portions.

This is a great diet book

At last - a user-friendly diet book! This book is well worth the price and well worth a read. If you've tried and failed on Atkins, South Beach, Weight Watchers, and the rest, take a look at this sensible approach to eating. The recipes are great and easy to make, but what really sets this book apart is the writing - it's funny and breezy and every page sends the message "Don't stress - you can do this."