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The T-Factor Diet: Lose Weight Safely and Quickly Without Cutting Calories -- or Even Counting Them! A Scientific Breakthrough...

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I read this book back in 1992, but in light of all the Atkins-hype, I felt compelled to share my success with the plan in this book and give credit where it is due. What I got out of it is if one performed at least 40 minutes of cardiovascular exercises at least 4 times a week (which includes something as affordable and low impact as brisk walking, which the Dr. highly encourages in his book) and watched their fat intake (which was 20-40 grams of fat per day for women and 30 to 60 grams of fat per day for mean I believe) that one got down to and maintained their ideal, healthy weight. It worked, and wasn't restrictive because I could eat whatever I wanted as long as I stayed in the 20-24 g range. I didn't even try to count calories. I was one of those individuals who struggled with her weight since childhood, teetering around a size 14 as an adult, which isn't enormous, but isn't healthy for someone only 5'3", and I got down to a size 8 in 2-3 months. Also, I was a vegetarian, so I ate MOSTLY carbohydrates. Therefore, I find it confusing how the current trend is anti-carb and potentially high-fat when I achieved such success on a high carb, low-fat diet. This book is worth the read. Hope this has helped some of you out there who are looking for a "doable" weight loss plan. Good luck.

The book was recommended to me by my doctor to lower cholesterol in 1990. I stuck to the routine for a full year, lost twenty pounds and lowered my cholesterol from 250 to 160. Felt great the entire time. I still have the book and still use many of the recipes and menus. The menus make it easy. The recipes are easy and great tasting. It really just sets up a common sense approach to eating.

I was able to lose 20 pounds on this diet. The book is very helpful in learning the correct way to eat and how to monitor your calorie intake to maintain your weight. I have kept the weight off and Iam enjoy my new look. Should you like more information on how I was able to do it, pls E-mail me at: lewis3K@cs.com

What if someone offered you an easy-to-follow, painless, good-tasting and satisfying diet that would help you lose weight and lower your serum cholesterol level? Sound too good to be true? Not at all. In fact, the T-Factor Diet does this and more. While most dietary programs spend much time showing you how control your willpower and modify your behavior, Dr. Katahn explains how to reach a higher level of eating enjoyment and nutritional health by limiting your intake of fat. Rather than focusing on calorie counting, like so many other programs, Dr. Katahn's program is based on replacing most of the unnecessary fat we consume each day (often three to four times what we need) with good tasting, nutritious foods. Dr. Katahn's program is so much easier than others because it is so simple to understand and implement. One needs not analyze everything he consumes, but simply to identify fatty foods and avoid them. Rather than use non-fat substitutes of fat-laden foods, Dr. Katahn suggests other good tasting foods, such as leaner meats, fish, grains, legumes, fruits and a variety of vegetables, that contain much more of the nutrients and energy one needs without the high fat content. If the proof of the pudding is in the eating, the proof of Dr. Katahn's T-Factor Diet is in its success rate and Dr. Katahn has the figures to prove that the T-Factor Diet outperforms most others. With over 2 million copies sold, there is no doubt as to this book's success, and for good reason - it presents a program that works. Medical Scientists may explain the success of the T-Factor Diet by describing its sound principles of nutrition, but there is a better explanation: If one enjoys a change in his diet, he will stick to it, and that is the essential element for a successful program.

I tried the T-Factor in 1996 and lost 70 pounds. It is mechanically sound and if followed properly it will yield results. I really enjoyed the writers input about his own relation with food, and his honest approach to his own problem which put this book in motion. Again, great book.

I got this book referred years ago by a doctor and lost 35 pounds in 4 months. This was great and I got to eat what I wanted as long as I kept my fat intake down. My goal was 10g fat per day (too little) but I always went over so kept at between 20-24 which was perfect. (20-30g per day for women). I have managed to keep it off and you can eat carbs!!! I don't understand this carb fad thing...bread is good.

Try this book and buy the fat gram counter to go with it. It is awesome!

I used this diet 13 years ago and lost 90 lbs. It works. I kept my fat to under 20 grams a day. No other diet worked for me - before this I always felt deprived. With the t-factor you can even have jelly beans - (no fat). Also I crave pasta, and that was no problem with this diet.

I lost 21 lbs in 21 days with T-factor. Tat was back in 1992. It took just a few more weeks to lose the last 10 lbs and achieve my goal weight. I went from a size 12-14 to 6-8. My body fat went from about 32% to 11% and I've kept the weight off for 5 years.
I tried the T-Factor plan after my sister told me about the success she'd had on it. It was much easier than other things I'd tried. Per the book, I replaced my normal high fat food choices with other things that tasted good but had little or no fat in order to keep my fat intake to 30 grams or less per day. I usually succeeded in keeping it to under 45g. I started eating more fruits and veggies (never ever part of my diet before) and tried really "experiencing" the food instead of wolfing it down. For instance, I would have fruit cocktail for breakfast. My standard lunch became 2 slices of pizzeria pizza with diet iced eat. One day I week I would have a Mrs Field's oatmeal cookie with lunch. For dinner, lean meat and salad, fruit or veggies. I included BBQ spareribs in my dinner choices as I would scrape off the obvious fat. Things I avoided and learned to live without included mayonnaise, butter, nuts, fried foods, pastries, chocolate candies, cheese and hamburgers. To my surprise (and that of everyone who ever knew me), I developed a dislike for most of that stuff and couldn't eat much of it after a while. I wasn't even tempted to eat a piece of fried chicken, candy or cream donut (my mother almost cried).
With T-Factor, I had the energy to exercise 5 days a week. I think the exercise really kicked it up the weight loss a notch. I started loving exercise and reached my goal weight with ease.
T-Factor still works for me, whereas the low carb diet, which used to work, now just makes me gain weight.

Dr. Katahn's book is a sound answer to weight loss in the face of all of the anti-carb mania running around. Once the reader learns that complex carbs--those recommended by the book--require up to 25 - 30 calories per 100grams consumed just for digestion alone vs. 3 kcal for 100g of fat, one can see why T-Factor works very quickly. Further, the authors acknowledge the need for healthy fats in the diet--something that wasn't emphasized in their first book.

Carbs--whether they are in the form of starches, fruits or vegetables--also have another added benefit that this diet helps augment. Unless you severely overeat complex carbs--which its tough to do--you'll rarely store them as fat. So, the vegetables, natural grains, etc., recommended will fill you up, not out. (Note: the reviewer who commented "sugars are lipids that can form fat" needs to review their biochemistry books. The molecular structure of carbohydrates vs. saturated or MUFAs is different.)

Finally, three more reasons to consider this book:

1. Science continues to prove over & over again the link between illnesses such as cancer, gallstones, heart disease, kidney failure, etc., and diets higher in protein, therefore, the long term risk along with the high cost of meats (! ) isn't worth it.

2. Also, with our meats loaded with hormones and antibiotics, is the unnecessary consumption of these chemicals worth the long term risk?

3. Do you want to consume animal proteins loaded not only with chemicals and saturated fats, but served feed comprised of feces and rendered parts of diseased animals?

High carb diets deserve a reasonable and honest look. As a commercial option, this is one of the better ones available.

Similar books worth reading:

1. Food for Life by Dr. Neal Barnard. 2. Bodyfueling by Robin Landis. 3. Low Fat Living by Dr. Robert Cooper. 4. Mad Cowboy.

I bought this book in 1993 when i was 32 years old. It became my bible for losing this excess weight once and for all for life. it made sense. fat makes humans fat. period. science is science, after all humans are all basically comprised of the same matter aren't they?. unless you have green blood or something?. previous attempts at eliminating "all bad foods" forever and dreams of being a gym rat forever and ever of course are prepostrous. this theory made sense, and it has given me the understanding of how nutrition (fuel to sustain life) works with the human body. It gave me freedom, total control, ability to balance my choices. so simple it is ridiculous. yes, i lost 70 lbs with no planned workouts etc.yes, i go to mcdonalds, grilled chicken sandwich,no mayo, lettuce tomato,large coffee maybe some fries if i need them. just won't eat any fat grams till tommorrow!.simple. choose fat free replacements for half and half, milk,cheese,etc. it's all out there in every store. stay within 20 to 40 grams per day to lose. the best thing is,i can eat piles of rice,vegetables lean fish chicken turkey potatoes more bread!(leanest cuts beef pork)no fancy sauces unless they are fat free. you learn to find the fat,avoid it and or balance it to loose, and most important to maintain. forever. I am now 49. still fabulous, and i don't need the book, but i think i will order this revised copy to help a friend understand. anyone who thinks cabohydrates are fattening are so uttertly wrong. it is always the additions added to the carbs regularly that makes humans fat. people at work always say to me: how do you stay so young and in shape? how do you do that with that big plate of food? I say: but look at what the food is!! buy this and read it over and over and pay attention to the fat grams. keep track at first , and it will quickly become second nature to you. see you at the beach, i will be the one in the string bikini. i still dazzle in my bikinis. i have 15 of them.!!