Dr. Cohens New Hippocratic Diet Guide [Paperback]

Irving Cohen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2008

Have you been made to feel it was your fault when you could not lose weight? It is likely that you did not fail at dieting; your diet failed you. This book is for everyone who has tried other diets and failed. Dr. Cohen explains why bad weight-loss diet advice, worsened by changes in the food industry, is responsible for the worldwide obesity epidemic. His answer is an effective, natural diet, based upon a modern computer model, yet confirming weight-loss principles first described more than 2,000 years ago by Hippocrates, the physician considered to be the father of rational Western medicine.

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About the Author

Irving A. Cohen, MD, MPH is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine. He is trained and Board-Certified in Preventive Medicine and Public Health. He formerly served as Chief Resident in Preventive Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the History of Medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He is the Director of Preventive Medicine Associates of Topeka where he has helped many people who had thought they could not lose weight. He has presented information about his diet at national and international scientific forums.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Center For Health Information; 1 edition (April 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0982011199
• ISBN-13: 978-0982011195
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #947,633 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 100+ lb Gone and Counting on this Diet, February 5, 2010

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This review is from: Dr. Cohens New Hippocratic Diet Guide (Paperback)

I hate diets. Suffering and deprivation is not something I do well. After being diagnosed with severe sleep apnea, it was clear the extra weight had to go. Bariatric surgery was not an option I would consider, soooo what to do ? I was advised that Dr Cohen was advocating a low carbohydrate diet that goes beyond popular diets such as Atkins. The alternative serious weight loss programs in town were expensive calorie based programs that wanted me to buy thier expensive diet food. Suffering and going broke seemed a bad idea. I chose Dr Cohen and his diet which is published in this book. It is a serious, scientific, yet practical approach that makes sense and is easy to both monitor and execute. In approximately 18 months I lost 112 lb and I am still losing. I am never hungry. You can test easily with ketone strips to see if your body is in the fat burning mode and adjust accordingly. It helps to eliminate temptations around the house.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Diet Book Yet!, November 18, 2008

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This review is from: Dr. Cohens New Hippocratic Diet Guide (Paperback)

I have read every diet book out there for many years, searching for answers. I finally found my answers and a diet that works in Dr. Cohen's book! Well written, easy to read and understand. Best of all, it works!

4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Book On High-Fat, Low-Carb Nutrition...But What's With The Misinformation About Atkins?, March 23, 2009

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This review is from: Dr. Cohens New Hippocratic Diet Guide (Paperback)

Reading through this "diet guide" from Dr. Irving A. Cohen certainly reminded me of when I was reading Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution which promoted a high-fat, moderate-protein, low-carbohydrate nutritional approach. And while Dr. Cohen promotes eating healthy high-fat, low-carb foods in his plan, he dismisses the Atkins low-carb diet because it put the emphasis on protein.

With all due respect, the Atkins diet does not do this. Contrary to popular belief in most media accounts and from so-called health "experts" in their description of the low-carb lifestyle, it is not and never has been a "high-protein" diet. At best, you can call it a moderate and even low-protein nutritional approach. More accurately, it is high in dietary fat which is very similar to the method of eating outlined in Dr. Cohen's book.

I wish for once people who comment about low-carb diets would at least do the minimal research activity of reading the book first before assuming they know what it is all about. Overall, this book is outstanding for anyone wishing to follow an effective high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet. I'll just have to forgive Dr. Cohen for his haphazardness on what the Atkins diet is.