The Last Chance Diet--When Everything Else Has Failed: Dr. Linn's Protein-Sparing Fast Program [Hardcover]

Robert Linn (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 251 pages
• Publisher: Lyle Stuart (October 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0818402393
• ISBN-13: 978-0818402395
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #298,891 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book could kill you., June 15, 2004

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Ann (Silver Spring, Moldova, Republic of) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Last Chance Diet--When Everything Else Has Failed: Dr. Linn's Protein-Sparing Fast Program (Hardcover)

I was sickened to see this book even listed on Amazon. In 1977 my mother followed this diet under a doctor's care and died as a direct result of Dr. Linn's diet. There were many deaths across the country in 1977 directly linked to this diet. This was truly their "last chance." Please do not buy this book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars UnSafe Diet - Please Do Not Buy, June 30, 2009

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VondaKay - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Last Chance Diet--When Everything Else Has Failed: Dr. Linn's Protein-Sparing Fast Program (Hardcover)

My Mother also died in 1977 as a result of the Last Chance Diet. Please do not purchase this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars NO stars--this "diet" literally kills, October 31, 2009

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Morganalee (Eastern Seaboard, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Last Chance Diet--When Everything Else Has Failed: Dr. Linn's Protein-Sparing Fast Program (Hardcover)

I was a teenager when the "Last Chance Diet" was a bestseller. Liquid protein--gelatinized animal hides--flew off the drugstore shelves. Then the deaths started. Believe me, I understand the urge to lose weight at any cost. But on an all-protein diet consisting of a mere 300 to 400 calories per day, the cost just might be your life. Keep in mind that most of the people who died on the Last Chance Diet were still fat when they died; yet their bodies had started digesting their own muscle on starvation-level all-protein. They literally ate out their own hearts. Be very afraid, and stay far away from this "diet."