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Drink This Not That!: The No-Diet Weight Loss Solution (2010)

by David Zinczenko(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1605295396 (ISBN13: 9781605295398)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Rodale Books

review 1: I'm reading this series. There are some good points brought up in this book. It does make one aware of all the bad stuff that is in all those tasty, tempting products. I don't agree with everything in it - moderation is the key and I'm not one for artificial sweeteners, but it's still interesting.One point I am begging to differ on. It was an aside comment on the sweeteners they put in food, such as bread. The author made the claim that Grandma wasn't putting sugar in her whole wheat bread. Uh? Of course she was. Yeast needs sugar; ergo, bread recipes have sugar. I got out a World War II cookbook and, sure enough, the whole wheat bread recipe calls for sugar. Actually, a little more sugar than you find in modern day recipes. Just sayin'.***Okay, to qualify the s... moretatement above now that I've put more thought into it. Yeast can use the sugar in the flour but almost all bread recipes call for a little added sugar to feed the yeast and make the bread rise faster and give some flavor. Still, I went through a couple old cookbooks and that grandma was putting some sugar in her wheat bread.
review 2: I do indulge in these sort of treats occasionally and reading this reinforced why it's important not to choose high calorie beverages on a daily basis. Key steps to avoid drinking an excess of calories: 1) Swear off soda and iced tea.2) Drink 8 cups of ice water daily, from the moment you get up and 30 minutes before each meal. 3) Drink yogurt based smoothies daily.4) Avoid juices and juice drinks.5) Drink coffee, not blended coffee drinks.The book touts good ol' H20 as a hero: "Drink water. Lots of it. Mostly tap." It's a real eye-opener, if the facts are true, that on average, liquid calories now account for 21% of our daily intake (about 400 calories per day). I'm grateful for the books in this series that tell it like it is so we can know the facts about the items we are consuming, so we can make better choices. less

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