TCM: A Natural Guide to Weight Loss That Lasts (Traditional Chinese Medicine)
by Nan Lu
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Author: Nan LuContributor: Ellen Schaplowsky
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-06-01
ISBN: 0380809052
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Collins Living
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Book Reviews of TCM: A Natural Guide to Weight Loss That Lasts (Traditional Chinese Medicine)
Book Review: Strict Vegetarian Diet!
Summary: 3 Stars
1. If I had known this was promoting a strict vegetarian diet, I would never have bought the book, and am surprised none of the other reviewers specified this. The author recommends eliminating from the outset meat, fish, dairy, grains -- what's left -- vegetables. This falls into the category of a crash diet. It is unsuitable for individuals with blood sugar difficulties or pronounced insulin resistance, which many overweight people do have. It is also not a sensible diet for long term use. If a person can actually stand to go on a starvation diet and remain in a vertical, operating position, of course they will lose weight.
2. The author claims the exercises are the linchpin of his system, and more important than the diet. IMHO it's the severe diet that gets so much weight off in such a short period of time. The exercises are not aerobic, calorie burning or strength building. They are ordinary movements done very slow. An example would be bringing one foot up as if to step and then stretching straight behind you with the heel leading. I don't know if the exercises would actually help as much as the author seems to think, but they can certainly do no harm and are worth a try to see if they have a positive effect.
3. I read many interesting health tidbits that I had never seen anywhere else, and the author seems to know his subject matter within the system he is promoting. Traditional Chinese Medicine places a lot of emphasis on the relationships between the internal organs. In other words, if one thing is getting ready to go kaput, such and so will follow, and then the final conclusion will be whatever. The Domino Effect, nothing happens in isolation, it's all connected.
4. The author has the book very well organized, by an introductory section, and then the main usage section is broken down week by week.
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