The New Beverly Hills Diet: The latest weight-loss research that explains a conscious food-combining program for LIFELONG SLIMHOOD (Paperback)

by Judy Mazel (Author), Michael Wyatt (Author) "Hamburgers and hipbones. . . . Cheesecake and cheekbones. . . . There's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow called Eternal..." (more)
Key Phrases: The New Beverly Hills Diet, Conscious Combining, Born-Again Skinny (more...)

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"It isn't what you eat or how much you eat that makes you fat, it is when you eat and what you eat together," announces this follow-up to the smash original Beverly Hills diet plan. In a switch from the original, this updated version gives day-to-day advice and support and a full 35-day menu plan that includes a more balanced diet that includes animal protein (the first 10 days of the original diet included nothing but fruit). There's no portion control or forbidden foods, ergo the book's mantra: "Cheesecake and cheekbones, hamburgers and hipbones." Enthusiastic and encouraging author Judy Mazel dropped from 180 to 108 pounds by following this diet, optimizing the enzymatic action of foods by eating fruits by themselves, by not mixing carbohydrates with proteins or eating carbohydrates after proteins, and by following protein with protein. The many additional rules of this diet may be hard to keep track of, but the guideline that's easy to remember is that champagne goes with everything (however, wine goes with fruit, and other alcoholic beverages should be combined with other carbohydrates). Warning: some of the prescribed fruits--there are mangoes, papayas, pineapples, and apricots galore--will be hard to find out of season for anyone who doesn't live in southern California.

Product Description
Imagine a program where you can indulge in your favorite foods--from steak to pasta, and even champagne--and still lose weight easily. Then imagine being able to maintain your new slim shape forever. With this new program, author Judy Mazel has made your dreams a reality. She shows you how to take charge of the foods you eat to achieve a lifestyle eating plan that will keep you off the "fat track" for good.

The secret to your new slimhood rests with Conscious Combining. Refined and expanded from its introduction in Mazel's original book, this technique teaches you how and when to mix different food groups for optimum weight control. You'll also learn the four golden rules of weight management, plus the significance of enzyme interaction in weight loss.

The program now includes a 35-day "Born Again Skinny" diet with recipes for your new food lifestyle. This is a diet many Hollywood stars have embraced. Judy's private client list has included luminaries such as Jack Nicholson, Jodie Foster, Maria Shriver and Engelbert Humperdinck. They, and countless others, found this to be the lifestyle eating plan that changed their shape forever.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: HCI; Revised edition (October 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558744258
• ISBN-13: 978-1558744257
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #37,450 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars WOW! Works fast, not hard, (but needs more recipes...), December 16, 1998

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I bought this book after seeing the amazing results that my best friend was getting. I am on day 10 and have already lost 6.5 pounds despite the fact that for two days I only followed the diet for breakfast and ate whatever I wanted the rest of the day. There must be something to Judy's plan, because losing weight on it is faster what it would be if I ate nothing at all. It's very easy for me because food preparation is simple.(and I'm pretty busy). I'm excited about it because I can eat a variety of things. I have not had any gas, bloating, or felt lightheaded. Another friend of ours with ALOT of weight to lose (more than 100 1bs) is following the original diet and has already dropped 13lbs in 10 days!(She hasn't felt weak or lightheaded either!) The only thing I don't like is that I'd like 1 or 2 recipes for chicken preparation, there isn't much guidance there unless you buy the recipe book. Temptation to "cheat" isn't too great because you can have your favorites here and there, AND because the rapid reduction is so motivating! ALL in ALL, I say TRY IT! You'll lose the weight FAST and keep it off! How's that for the best of both worlds!

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS BOOK IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS, June 7, 2000

By	L.J. "L.J." (San Diego , California) - See all my reviews

If anyone has ever told you to look to your,'roots' to find who you are and what works best for you? I remember this diet as a teenager, my mother still has the book she bought in 1981. This was the year I graduated from high school and it was a time when I too was watching my, 'girly' figure. It helped me alot to just get off the extra 5 pounds or so from eating too many sweets. I was so happy to hear that she had revised the book, because I knew how succussful my mother and I had both been while on it. I am very happy to say that after only being on the diet 6 days, I have already lost 6 pounds and am on my way to the ,'New Skinny Me'. Tonight I get to have steak and believe me, it is going to taste wonderful. I plan on savouring every single bite. For all of you who are contemplating using Judy Mazels wonderful book, I do encourage you to do just that. I took a biology class in college and even did a paper on how enzymes work, I do believe this diet is a synergistic one with your body's way of metabolizing food. Just the fact that she tells you in the book to stop eating fruit the rest of the day once you are finished because fruit does digest much faster than other foods and when they are combined inproperly, this produces a sort of fermentation effect in your stomach. This is where good old indigestion occurs. I have had no stomach pains except for prune day, and that was only because the old pipes needed cleaning if you know what I mean. Please, I exhort all of you to buy this book. It is a great summer diet too because the fruit is so refreshing on a hot day. I wish you all the best.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mazel delivered what she promissed! Fascinating!, September 20, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

I started the diet with scepticism, but quickly was encouraged by the results. I followed the book religiously and lost 16 pounds in 35 days! I feel great as for the first time a diet worked for me with no pain. Thank you Judy! PS: I checked the diet with my doctor. His comment was that the diet is drastic but healthy.