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Prevention magazine is the country's most authoritative, trustworthy, and innovative source for practical health, nutrition, and fitness information. Now, its editors bring you a weight-loss plan that's specifically designed to target your number-one trouble spot: BELLY FAT. For women over 40, belly fat is incredibly stealth and incredibly stubborn. It's also the most deadly, contributing to a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, and chronic illness than any other type of fat on your body. Finally, science has helped uncover a key dietary weapon in the fight against belly fat. Monounsaturated fatty acids, or MUFAs, help dieters lose more weight--in their bellies specifically--and keep it off longer. Flat Belly Diet! will lead you step by step, day by day, meal by meal toward a flatter belly...and a longer, healthier life.

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2 out of 5 stars

Little dissapointed December 1, 2008
Flat Belly Diet

Have not had time to implement the plan but have been reading it carefully. Was getting very excited until I got to the menus. I live alone - every single menu is designed for 2 -12 people. If I have to start working on reducing the quantities, I know I will get discouraged.
Think the author should have taken this to account.

2 out of 5 stars

Not user friendly November 25, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

I stopped reading this book after page 85. I was very much looking forward to this book. I am dissappointed since some of the items in the four day antibloat diet are not available in my country i.e unsweetened cornflakes, cream of wheat and no alternatives are suggested. And the diet which recommends rice krispies is no no for me. It's high in carbs and to someone who has got wheat allergy or intolerance is not useful.

5 out of 5 stars

Highly recommend November 22, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful

This book is well written, thorough, and easy to follow. Everything you need to know about this flat belly diet is contained within this book. The flat belly diet is easy, delicious and it works.

4 out of 5 stars

Add MUFAs & Lose Weight without Calorie Restriction November 22, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

The best thing in this book is the info on MUFAs (monounsaturated fats), especially the chart that tells how to get 50-100 calories of MUFAs in the daily 3 meals and 1 snack. What's great about this diet is that you can eat a maintenance number of calories and still lose weight, especially around the belly. These MUFAs are great for other areas of health, such as the heart, as well. The book includes exercise and advice to prevent emotional eating, and has testimonials with "before" and "after" photos sprinkled throughout. It even has a fast food chart for what to eat at each of the fast food restaurants.

Some of the little gems in the book include a recipe for "sassy water" (since you're supposed to get off coffee, tea, and carbonated drinks, which all cause bloating), as well as a four-day guide of what to do to get rid of bloating. (Ex: Don't chew gum, which causes you to swallow air.) There are also tidbits of fun facts (like macadamia nuts are higher in MUFAs than any other nuts or seeds).

There is some of what I would, however consider bad advice. Soybean and canola oil are recommended (even though they are almost always genetically modified!), as well as peanut butter (high in aflaxtoxin, a cancer-causing poison). She also says to "Eat only cooked vegetables, smaller portions of unsweetened dried fruit, and canned fruits in natural juice" (to avoid expanding your GI tract with extra volume) which I consider bad advice since you will lose out on a lot of nutrients and enzymes that your body needs whenever you chose processed over fresh.

The great thing about the recipes is that they are all quick (10 to 20 minutes) which makes them realistic. A raw foodist would have to come up with her own recipes, but the main idea is to include 50-100 calories of MUFAs in each of the 3 meals and 1 snack per day and limit the meal/snacks to 400 calories each. Lara bars (which are 90-100% raw) are also allowed as meal replacements.

2 out of 5 stars

Not the greatest..... November 21, 2008
6 out of 9 found this review helpful

This book is not the greatest. I work out daily with cardio, weight lifting & walking my dog. I got this book to learn more about the MUFA's & how to incorporate them into meals. I was real fired up to try the 4-day Jumpstart Anti-Bloat. What a major disappointment. I was starved the whole time & was literally falling asleep while driving to work & at work because it gave me no energy at all. I quit on the 3rd day & went back to my orginal healthy eating habits. I hate to say it but the 'sassy water' was good for one day, then it was boring. It was a very bland eating plan. I feel 10 million times better today going back to my old eating ways. Yes I will incorporate the MUFA's into my eating habits more, but as a few others have said in their reviews, it's for the one's who don't really want to get off the couch & can handle not eating for 4 hours due to the fact they do nothing. I need constant energy & usually eat every 2 or 2 1/2 hours. I had headaches, lack of energy, being down right groggy & just felt sick. Definately not a book worth buying/following if you already know a lot about healthy eating. This is book about the 'Oh my God it worked great', & the authors enthusiasm for promoting a book that every page is about the same info..............be cautious when deciding to buy............