Your Body Knows Best: The Perfect Eating Plan for Your Blood Type, Ancestry, and Metabolism

by Ann Louise Gittleman

Book Overview

Discover the remarkable truth...your body knows best. You've tried the low-fat, high-carbohydrate diets and failed. You've religiously adhered to very low-calorie regimens and watched your weight... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671875922
• ISBN13: 9780671875923
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Great Basic Nutrition Info!

Not the easiest book to begin reading but well worth getting through the first two chapters. By far one of the BEST books I have ever read on nutrition and common food myths (and I am an AVID reader). This book really helps you learn to explore the problems inherent in the modern American diet. Has a back to basics approach that really makes you think about what you are putting into your mouth and what it does for your body. Even without the personalized eating plans the information on Carbs, fats and proteins is something everyone (but especially perpetual dieters) needs to read and understand. Buy this book for your health and just to learn about food in general. You will change the way you think about food.

Makes MUCH MORE SENSE THAN EAT RIGHT FOR YOUR TYPE

I loved this book which I thought was well organized, timely, and tailor-made in its approach. I have lost 15 pounds in one month following the Fast Burner plan - I am a type B and am very full on the menus provided. Besides, this author covers all the possible ways to personalize a diet - not just blood type which has been proven to be THE LEAST SCIENTIFIC one of them all.... I like her style and I like her common sense approach.. When will there be More of Your Body Knows Best. Thanks.

I'M A BELIEVER....

My wife has bought every single diet book on the market and this is the one that worked for her. She was so excited after the first day when she read it, that I started reading it too. She started taking the recommended supplements and followed the menu plans for her fast oxidizer type. She lost 8 pounds the first week and is now down 25 pounds..with another ten to go. Great Book. Great Results. Every Body should read Your Body Knows Best.

most common sense weight loss book on the market

I have read them all but I must say that Your Body Knows Best makes the most common sense out of all the diet books out there. Gittleman, et.al use ancestry, metabolism and blood type as modifying factors in individualizing diets. When I finally realized I was a fast oxidizer and couldn't burn up all those fat free carbos, the pounds just started coming off real quickly. Bravo. I am sending this book out as my Christmas present this year to all my friends I really care about.

A Must-Read for Anyone Struggling with Weight Loss

With all of the stuff we are getting hit with about what's right and the best way to lose weight, this is finally a book that explains exactly how and why our bodies are all different and therefore we need different strategies for weight loss. I have read and tried dozens and dozens of books about diet and nutrition in a search to discover why I have carried an extra 25 pounds of fat my entire life. Ann Louise finally explains why my body reacts the way it does to what I eat, and now I know what I must do to get rid of the fat based on finally learning what my metabolism is (there's a test in the book) and combining that with my blood type requirements. The only reason why I don't give it a 10 is because it's quite technical and I think many people may get scared away when they start reading. But if you can get past that, it's a fabulous breakthrough in diet and nutrition information. And there's a paperback for under $6!