The Drinking Man's Diet: How to Lose Weight with a Minimum of Willpower [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Gardner Jameson (Author), Elliott Williams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2004

"The Drinking Man's Diet", granddaddy and origionator of all low carb diets, was first published in 1964 and sold 2,400,000 copies in 13 languages. It does not encourage drinking but understands that upwards of 60 million people in the US alone enjoy a Carbo-Free cocktail every now and then.

Product Details

• Paperback: 58 pages
• Publisher: Cameron & Company; Revised edition (April 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 091868465X
• ISBN-13: 978-0918684653
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.1 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #665,174 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #80 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Health, Mind & Body > Diets & Weight Loss > Diets > Weight Maintenance

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Do you want a treat or a treatment?, January 20, 2005

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Bernard M. Patten "Book worm" (Seabrook, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Drinking Man's Diet: How to Lose Weight with a Minimum of Willpower (Paperback)

Remember that old ad for Camel cigarettes? Do you want a treat or a treatment? Well, do you want a drinking man's diet or a thinking man's diet? Most of us go for the fun and that is why in the diet wars this little book has held up so well. It probably did not start the low carb diet, but it did make it popular until, that is, Dr. A came along. Actually, the low carb diet first appears in history with the advice of a remarkable physician, William Harvey (not the Harvey who discovered the circulation of the blood, but a London physician) who advised a diet which consisted of "avoiding starch and saccharine matter" -in modern terms LO CARB. The patient lost 50 pounds and so will you. By the by, probably you should check with your doctor if you are not in the pink. And if you are over eatting because of psychological pressure, you don't need a diet, you need a shrink. Lo carb diets may be deficient in certain vitamins, such as Vitamin C and Folic Acid, so supplements are indicated.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not just for men, March 17, 2007

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D. Cooke "the reading teacher" (London, England) - See all my reviews
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This was the original low carb diet. I remember the book from my childhood and it's almost identical. I love the fact that it doesn't give advice, doesn't try to 'nanny' you into following the diet -just states the facts. This is a weight loss programme that works, follow it if you want to and if you have deeper issues with food than simply overeating you need counselling and if you have issues with drink you need AA. Basically, what we put into our mouth is up to us but doing it this way allows an enjoyable 'liveable' lifestyle and still lets you lose wight.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Time-tested diet, July 28, 2004

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E. J. Wong "XDJ" (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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I purchased the original in 1964, and like others, I still have and use it. It made sense then and obviously still does. I had a career that made the 3-martini lunch a standard in those days. This fit the bill exactly. I have never had any negative reaction, health-wise, being on this diet. True, I've tried other diets, but always came back to this. It was brief, handy, and easy to memorize. Plus, it's cheap! The book, not the diet. I'm pleased to see it being distributed again. Now all those doubters will know what I've been talking about all these years. As far as the text goes, I thought it a bit over the top even then, but, I didn't buy it for its literary content. My $1.00 investment has been the highlight of my somewhat diminished portfolio for 40 years. At $4.95 you should add it to yours.....