Fit for Life Paperback – 16 Aug. 2010

This book and all in the series are a game changer.Buy them all.Buy a juicer.And watch the changes happen.

This was so the right choice for me to make. My digestive system, and how food can either make or break my skin, mood and energy levels throughout the day, has always been a mystery to me. That is, until I found this book.Did you know your digestive system goes through three main cycles a day? I didn't! It turns out I was eating too late in the day, and starting off with foods that were too heavy for that cycle, which meant I was stressing my system out and making it do things at a time when it should have been doing something else.Now that I'm following the natural cycle of my system I'm seeing a big improvement in my PMSD (hormones - yuck!), my skin, weight, vitality, and energy. I feel more positive and in control of food, and when I eat.Thanks to this book, I know to begin my day with melon, then lots of fruit and veggies up until noon when my system begins the next cycle. When I do this, my body enjoys a natural cycle and I never suffer with constipation! If I don't follow it (and I didn't for a few days because of an extended family celebration), it hits me like a ton of bricks - I feel sluggish, constipated, moody, and tearful.Life is too short for that!If you want to understand how food and eating times can enhance your body's cycle, buy this book. You can get a used copy for next to nothing.

I if you frustrated with your efforts to loose weight fed up with diets that don't work this book is for you

I chose to give this book a 4 star review because it covers a lot of information about changing your health for the better and provides all the necessary steps to achieve freedom!

I first read this book in paperback over 30 years ago. Not so much for the purposes of losing weight, but to help digestive issues as a result of always eating proteins and carbs or "starches" together. The part about cows milk also enabled us, over a period of about 3 months, to remove our 4 year old son from the hospital waiting list for an operation to have grommets fitted for glue ear. Can't recommend this book highly enough.

Although this book was an enjoyable read, I personally don't believe in a lot of it as it comes across as outdated pseudo science to me, the whole idea of food combining is what this book is based on and I personally have tried it and found it made no difference. I did lose weight following this plan though so if that's all you want then maybe you can find some value in this book.

A very basic book which explains concepts really clearly. I wasn't so keen on the recipes section, but the general guidelines of when to eat, what to eat and how long to leave between meals really helped me understand why I so often woke with headaches and nausea, allowing me to almost cure that - it is all to do with food not being able to digest properly because of bad combinations which lead to the fermentation of carbohydrates and the putrefaction of protein. It also explains the importance of keeping an alkaline balance of foods.

Great book. I had read it in the 80s but even more relevant now.