Bestselling author, practicing physician, and nutrition expert Dr. David Reuben presents the first book for the 26 million Americans who need to gain weight for a variety of medical and cosmetic reasons. In a friendly, accessi ble style, Dr. Reuben shows how a scientific understanding of nutrition--and a few ingenious tips--will enable anyone to bulk up in six months or less.
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Bestselling author, practicing physician, and nutrition expert Dr. David Reuben presents the first book for the 26 million Americans who need to gain weight for a variety of medical and cosmetic reasons. In a friendly, accessi ble style, Dr. Reuben shows how a scientific understanding of nutrition--and a few ingenious tips--will enable anyone to bulk up in six months or less.
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45 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very good book for the seriously underweight,
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This review is from: Dr. David Reuben's Quick Weight-Gain Program (tm): Safe, Easy Weight Gain for Every Age and Situation (Hardcover)
I don't believe this book turns you into a glutton!! I am very underweight, and need 20 pounds on me. Nothing else has helped me. Not "eating healthy" or eating "empty calories" it doesn;t encourage you to be a gluttonous pig. it says about the recipes "eat as much as you can" thats not a glutton to me!!! Eating as much as you can till you feel full. Apparently some of these people in the reviews are not that seriously uderweight from what I get. No other book has shown me how tp pack in the calories and get the most out of gaining weight. And it doesn;t encourage eating junk food. It even recommeds certain vegeatbles to eat during the six-month-period. If your seriously underwieght, this book is for you. Another thing: it will not turn "skinny people" into fat people, if you're underweight, its not gonna happen. Anyone who is underweight will not look back and say "gee I wish I was 20 pounds underweight again. That is not what I call the good ol days. I think this book is very helpful.
53 of 59 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Program is unhealthy - physically and psychologically,
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This review is from: Dr. David Reuben's Quick Weight-Gain Program (tm): Safe, Easy Weight Gain for Every Age and Situation (Hardcover)
As someone who has been attempting to gain weight for years, I was excited to find this title. However, while there were some helpful suggestions about caloric content and certain foods which I can use, I have problems with various aspects. I don't wish to deny that this program could work for gaining weight; however, the book encourages people to gain weight by using the diet for a limited time, after which one can resume a healthy, lower-fat diet. There is never an indication of how one is supposed to keep weight on after returning to a normal diet. It isn't scientifically possible - your metabolism doesn't slow down just because you've eaten junk for 6 months. (Moreover, we hear constantly about people who diet to LOSE weight and then gain it back as soon as the diet is over.) This brings me to another problem - the diet basically recommends just that - eating a lot of junk. Not exactly rocket science. Another point to be taken here: even people who are very slim can have high cholesterol. This method isn't concerned with health and doesn't account for other risk factors, not to mention how sluggish and de-energized one can feel on a high-fat diet. There is ample medical evidence that the risks of being overweight are far greater than those of being a little underweight. This is outright denied and reversed in the book (while no studies to the contrary are cited). Many examples of people's proportions given in the book indicate that they are not drastically underweight but are within a standard deviation of the norm, which, especially for a small-boned person or a quite active person, isn't a big deal; however, it is spoken of as being 'severely underweight' and at risk for all sorts of evil things. I also had a problem with the way in which society's standards of beauty and sexiness are constantly held up as goals, rather than being questioned or criticized. (It is no better than the sad and dangerous pressure on larger people, especially women, to be thin). There was something very eerie about this man 'directing' young women to shape their bodies to a certain standard. His descriptions of meeting with patients (male and female) are strangely patronizing - patients address him as "Doctor" in every sentence, and constantly praise his work. (Or maybe I'm just sick of the tiring self-agrandizing tone of self-help-book 'experts'.) While we might like to gain a little weight, I don't think it helps to be constantly reminded that no one likes to look at a thin person. The drastic problems associated with this were unbelievable - i.e. never being able to sit comfortably because you are too boney, having a partner look horrified when they hug you because your thinness is so unattractive, 'small breasts' being considered evidence of a major health problem!, etc... It's hard enough to remember that people can be attractive and normal at a range of sizes, shapes and body types, without being labelled inadequate. My impression was that the author felt the need to scare would-be followers by drastically exaggerating all potential problems in order to sell his case - an unnecessary approach, as anyone who was reading had already bought the book and was already interested in the issue. I also want to comment that the 'soup can' approach to weight lifting isn't likely to make any difference. To shape, tone and especially to put on any bulk, the weight you lift needs to be very high, with few, slow repetitions of the exercises. Even at this, it takes ages to become much larger. I remain hopeful for some healthier models for how to put on a few pounds.
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I gained 40 pounds in 3 months...,
By A Customer
This review is from: Dr. David Reuben's Quick Weight-Gain Program (tm): Safe, Easy Weight Gain for Every Age and Situation (Hardcover)
This book is exactly what it says: A quick weight gain program. It certainly isn't for anyone, but it works. Because of my height I was having trouble gaining weight ever since, but this book has turned me into a normal looking person. However, I strongly suggest that you make a diet-plan for the "time after", so that you can stay on the weight you wanted. This diet is nothing for a lifetime, but I thouroughly enjoyed the success it brought me. Another hint: Work out while you stay on the diet -despite what the author says- and the results will look much better.
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