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The Life-Transforming Diet: Based on Health and Psychological Priniples of Maimonides and other Classical Sources

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This is it--The real thing!

Finally, someone has done the hard work and brought the revolutionary concepts of Maimonides into the modern world.

Make no mistake. Author Zulberg has done his homework. He has read virtually all of the existing literature on Maimonides' medical concepts, and he has personally interviewed Dr. Fred Rosner, a leading researcher into the modern applications of Maimonides' medical approach.

I know. I've been researching this area myself for two years. This is a major scholarly work. Don't underestimate it.

Zulberg brilliantly combines Maimonides' medical technology with the advanced concepts of behavioral science enunciated by Rabbi Yisroel Salanter to produce a diet system that will permanently change your relationship to food and exercise, with no backsliding and relapse.

Get this book now. There is nothing on the market that compares with it!

Based on health and psychological principles of the Medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides and other classical sources, "The Life-Transforming Diet by David J. Zulberg also incorporates contemporary health and nutritional principles from modern medicine. Zulberg presents a gradual, step-by-step implementation of dieting that does not require the trauma of 'going cold turkey' in terms of altering food consumption. Providing practical and applicable insights into how bad habits are formed, and presenting 'user friendly' tips for replacing them with good eating and health inducing habits, "The Life-Transforming Diet" includes a well-rounded exercise program that is economical, simple, quick and easy. Of special note is a 'Do-It-Yourself' support system that can be conveniently accomplished every day in only minutes. "The Life-Transforming Diet" also addresses the need for a realistic maintenance program so that the health and excess weight goals once achieved, do not regress. Especially appropriate and strongly recommended for those seeking to remain kosher while addressing their dietary needs, "The Life-Transforming Diet" has been approved by rabbis, doctors nutritionists.

What makes this diet different from all the other diets I have endured? I think it is the brilliance of the `Subconscious Accumulation Process' to form new positive habits in order to fight the old established ones. I didn't have to eliminate everything in one go. The emphasis is not on `willpower' the focus is rather on the gradual development of good habits. It is so clever to quietly cultivate positive habits and to help them grow until they are big enough and strong enough to `fizzle out' the former monster `masters'. Becoming aware of the ability of my `creative' mind to predominate my decisions has been very enlightening and I have never been so calm about food and food choices. I don't really feel like any of my old temptations and I'm not waiting for the opportunity to `break out'. I have not felt deprived or trapped - in fact I feel energized - and most importantly it took me 6 months to do it!

This is a program based as much on behavioral modification as on the types and quantities of food. When taken seriously and seen as a manual for lifestyle change rather than a short term diet, it has a more lasting effect. The diet contains information and instruction regarding food combinations that were new concepts for me. I liked the idea of gradualy implementing the recommended changes. It makes the program more palatable than one which promotes drastic changes from the outset. I would recommend this book to anyone willing to incorporate the spiritual together with the physical aspects of lifestyle and dietary changes.

The approach presented in this book completely turns the world of the "habitual dieter" on it's head.

I have tried and failed at many approaches to lose weight over the years. There were healthy ones that included exercise and moderation to more extreme versions such as Atkins and South Beach, calorie counting and separation diets. The first thing that struck me in this book what the underlying principle - the Subconscious Accumulation Process (SAP). What it basically says is that just as we get into unhealthy habits, we can and should get into healthy ones - slowly but surely. Overtime, it becomes second nature and bad cravings go away.

This is the most important component of this book, culled from the wisdom of generations of Jewish philosophers (chiefly Maimonides, but there are several others). Everything else is based on common sense, modern medical/diet science advances and the current realities of our world.

It's been over 3 years since I first got my hands on this book and I still think that this is the best diet book out there bar none.