The Prime: Prepare and Repair Your Body for Spontaneous Weight Loss

Like others here, I picked up this book and could not put it down. It is extremely interesting, well written and researched, and compelling. I wanted to write this review now because it resonated with me so much that I immediately went out and bought the spices and one ayurvedic herb (triphala, readily available at my local food coop) and started to do step one about 2 days after I read this book.I want to let everyone know that I have had results surprisingly fast. It's subtle but after a week I started noticing I was less tired at work, and that coffee didn't give me the afternoon let down anymore (perhaps because I'm drinking the tea during the day so much too). On day 10 I weighed in and had lost 5 pounds. Not only that, on day 10 three people who don't know each other commented that my eyes looked really bright and that they could see my face looked slimmer. Stage 1 is fairly easy to implement - go to bed by 10, meditate, drink this tea during the day, dry brush, and journal cravings (that's harder for me to remember to do) so I'm pretty surprised by these results. I feel so much better already!I haven't felt this kind of resonance with a so-called diet book since I read Eat to Live - and I felt a lot more excited about The Prime because the doctor tells you that you will naturally stay away from food that is bad for your body. In such a short time I have found that this is TRUE. Just try it. I'm going to buy copies for my friends without waiting for the soft cover book to come out, it's just that excellent!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT! Dr. Chaudhary does such a great job of speaking in clear ways that makes complex health issues simple, clear and easy to follow to find a solution. I originally bought this book to help with my husband's health issues, but as I was reading, I realized that I could improve my own as well. I have been following this plan for 3 weeks now and can really feel the improvements this plan is making. Very simple easy to follow changes, without a long list of DON'Ts, that have so far produced surprisingly good results. I am sold and feel so much more energetic, clear headed, less stressed, and I am not craving junk food at all. My sleep has improved significantly and I have already started to drop a few pounds almost effortlessly. Amazing! My husband has leaky gut and a whole list of health problems that go along with it. All the specialists he has been seeing for decades keep treating the symptoms and giving him more drugs with more side effects, and he gradually is getting worse and worse. Enough is enough!! Time to get to the root of the problem and treat the whole person. I can't wait to see the long term improvements in him using this protocol. Thank you Dr. Chaudhary for writing this book. I'm sure you will change many lives for the better!

Very doable detox - but not your everyday detox. And certainly not a weight loss program - though that seems to happen and this is mentioned - since it seems that so many people have issues with excess weight. The voice of the author in this book comes across as both nurturing and well educated about this subject. As a practicing integrative neurologist, Dr. Chaudhary evidently has plenty of experience with what works and this book comes from that experience. With all the questionable toxins incorporated into our processed food supply, a program of ongoing cleansing and body awareness to make better choices easily more important than ever these days. What is most awesome is how this doctor's switch to the practices described in "The Prime" is that she got a dose of her own medicine when she developed migraines (from long working hours and bad dietary habits in med school). Dr. Chaudhary then began using the same medications she prescribed. These meds didn't work for her - side effects being almost worse than the problem. She experienced first why her patients complained about the side-effects. Everyone should have a doctor like this! The body of knowledge covered in t"The Prime" came out of her own experiences and what she did to get better and stay better. Her medical practice evolved into an integrative approach to Neurology - combining Ayurveda with sophisticated medical school training. So she knows from whence she speaks and writes.I'll be buying about ten copies of this book and giving them to my health-conscious friends.