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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely amazing! Could not be better!
I can't believe this book has such a low price. Fitness and nutrition is an area where you can easily spend a lot of money (coachs, nutritionist, gyms, special diets, equipment).

On the other side of the coin you can also spend a lot of money if you don't have a healthy lifestyle (doctors to treat diabetes, hypertension, heart disease).

Well,...
Published on August 27, 2008 by Daniel

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1 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars alright...
it has a lot of information but the diet menus are for only 185 lbs guys and there's no chart to calculate it for any other weight
Published on February 8, 2009 by Breno Guinart Marques


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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely amazing! Could not be better!, August 27, 2008
This review is from: The Powerfood Nutrition Plan: The Guy's Guide to Getting Stronger, Leaner, Smarter, Healthier, Better Looking, Better Sex Food! (Paperback)
I can't believe this book has such a low price. Fitness and nutrition is an area where you can easily spend a lot of money (coachs, nutritionist, gyms, special diets, equipment).

On the other side of the coin you can also spend a lot of money if you don't have a healthy lifestyle (doctors to treat diabetes, hypertension, heart disease).

Well, here is a guide that might very well save you tons of money and change your life for the better.

Just the first chapter of the book is worth its price, by far. In that chapter the author gives a general description of what an average guy would eat through out a complete day. As she describes this hypotetic guy's diet she explains what happens to your body at each stage, she explains all the mistakes we commonly make when eating.

In the second part of the first chapter she tells you what you could do instead during a complete day, she explains what you should eat, at what time, in what amounts and why.

Her explanation of the glygemic index and its relation to glucose levels opened a new world for me. I finally have come to understand why I was having terrible lows of energy during the day.

I believe those explanations would be enough to get you on the right track and start seeing results. With results I mean, more energy, less fat, better feeling in general.

She builds from there and each chapter is devoted to understanding what you need to do to achieve specific results. The last chapter is as good as the first one. It has a lot of tips on what you can do to improve your diet and how it can become part of the life of a very busy guy.

The advice in this book is thorough and most of the time she is on the right track. The only aspects I did't like was how she promoted milk, eggs, and soy. But I really don't blame her for that, since there is much controversy around dairy and soy.

There are books like The China Study that constitute a serious analysis of why certain very common foods are actually the cause for many of the health problems in the western world. So, basically when it comes to dairy and soy you should read both sides of the debate and make up your mind as what you think might be good for you.

Other than that, the book is just amazing, and I did't really mind much about her mention of dairy since she really doesn't talk too much about it.

It is clear to me that the author knows a lot about the scientific aspect of food, and some of her explanations go in that direction, still you don't feel it like a heavy read. So, I believe the tone of the book is perfect for an average guy who just wants to know what he should really eat, when, how, and in what amount.

The best book on nutrition I have seen so far!

I think if you read this one and The China Study, you will have almost all information needed to make a sound decision when thinking about your diet and your goals!

By the way there are tons of menus you can use. I really really liked that, because the books on nutrition I have seen have very poor menus or ideas to get you started.

I have to make something clear. I liked the China Study more for what it promotes than for what it forbides. According to the study you should eat tons of plants, fruits, vegetables. And even though the author of the China study promotes the elimination of animal protein from diet, he actually compromises and says if you want to eat animal protein, do it but still try to focus on eating a lot more vegetables. So, before anyone start a long debate here, I have to say I do eat dairy! Just that not in the amounts I used to! Which is by the way the advice given by the author of The Powerfood Nutrition Plan to lactose intolerant, to eat yougrth in small amounts.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book!!!, April 22, 2008
This book is flawless. I'm a personal trainer and it has been an invaluable resource in dealing with my clients' nutrition needs. Sometimes they need a little convincing when it comes to breaking some of their bad habits and this book explains it all in plain english, and the meal plans are fantastic.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Men's Health, March 23, 2007
This review is from: The Powerfood Nutrition Plan: The Guy's Guide to Getting Stronger, Leaner, Smarter, Healthier, Better Looking, Better Sex Food! (Paperback)
A good book with very useful and mostly new information. It's a massive book and well worth the price. There are a variety of week-long meal plans. Something to reference again and again.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars fitness, May 14, 2007
This review is from: The Powerfood Nutrition Plan: The Guy's Guide to Getting Stronger, Leaner, Smarter, Healthier, Better Looking, Better Sex Food! (Paperback)
Great book. I wanted information to help me know what kinds of food I should eat. I enjoyed reading this book and the diet plans were very helpful. I wish that the book had more information that was applicable for women so that my wife and I could both benefit.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, December 6, 2008
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This review is from: The Powerfood Nutrition Plan: The Guy's Guide to Getting Stronger, Leaner, Smarter, Healthier, Better Looking, Better Sex Food! (Paperback)
I wish women would write books for women like this. Very direct, to the point, in an easy relaxed style with no unecessary "fluff". Just the facts - told how it is. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this book.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for starters, April 30, 2010
This review is from: The Powerfood Nutrition Plan: The Guy's Guide to Getting Stronger, Leaner, Smarter, Healthier, Better Looking, Better Sex Food! (Paperback)
If you are decided to pay attention seriously to your nutrition and its side effects, this book is perfect. Specially if you have the will power but do not have a single clue on where or how to start. Simple to read, yet thorough enough and even entertaining. My kudos to Dr. Susan.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Nutrition Made Easy, August 30, 2009
This review is from: The Powerfood Nutrition Plan: The Guy's Guide to Getting Stronger, Leaner, Smarter, Healthier, Better Looking, Better Sex Food! (Paperback)
This is a very good and easy to read book, the author took his time to explain everything in a non-biology jargon, it was easy to follow through...I suggest people that are working out to buy it...and as well if you are into "Eating Healthy", you will learn the benefit and make the right decision when it comes to food. Buy it, it's worth it
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE TO SHARE!, December 26, 2008
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This review is from: The Powerfood Nutrition Plan: The Guy's Guide to Getting Stronger, Leaner, Smarter, Healthier, Better Looking, Better Sex Food! (Paperback)
I generally buy health, exercise and nutrition books written for men. There's much knowledge to be had from this book, dealing with the 'before' of going on a diet. She sort of writes in the style of David Zinczenko (editor of Men's Health magazine and author of 'The ABs Diet'), which integrates humor with serious facts. It lightens up the atmosphere of the reading. She also gives sample meal plans to follow, but the book goes much more beyond the aspects of a diet. There's too much to tell - get a copy and read it - then put it into practice. I recommend also utilizing Gregg Avedon's 'Muscle Chow'. There are tons of recipes to follow. Only caution, the Avedon book falls apart, so have some duct tape handy!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, December 9, 2008
This review is from: The Powerfood Nutrition Plan: The Guy's Guide to Getting Stronger, Leaner, Smarter, Healthier, Better Looking, Better Sex Food! (Paperback)
This book hits what and how you should eat in order to live a healthy life, increase your libido, build mass or power lift. The principles, explanations, and references to research add to the power of this book. Granted it doesn't touch on veganism or vegetarianism too much but, but it does write out pretty specific diets to plan from.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars WOW, June 27, 2007
This review is from: The Powerfood Nutrition Plan: The Guy's Guide to Getting Stronger, Leaner, Smarter, Healthier, Better Looking, Better Sex Food! (Paperback)
This book is working better than i have expected i have lost a little more than what i personally thought in twenty-eight days and i have cheated a little lol but i am doing great i give this book a 5 star rating
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