Trained as a physicist to rely only on concrete, verifiable research, John Kiefer has spent over a decade trying to discover a way to shed those unwanted pounds. This small volume explains his discovery and presents the research to back it up. To insure success, Kiefer not only provides arguments, answers and explanations, but he searched through food databases to assemble extensive food lists, created balanced meal plans for every lifestyle and provides over 50 fabulous recipes accessible to chefs of all caliber. Graphs, charts and tables round out this rigorous but delightful guide to successful fat loss. Whether read cover to cover or used as a prized reference, The Carb Nite Solution is the key for dieting freedom.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Carb Nite Solution an excellent book if you want not a fad but a fact based approach to weight loss.
February 24, 2009
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John Kiefer's Carb Nite Solution was one of the most informative nutrition related books I've read and the only one I can recall that includes an entire chapter of citations backing up the text. Using ultra low carb intake plus a weekly carb infusion to kick start the metabolism may be just the key for many who have been unsuccessful with managing bodyweight in the past. The book is full of science that explains the relationship between food, hormones and energy expenditure and how that impacts keeping or shedding body fat. The author does a good job of keeping the density of scientific text low thus making the information accessible to the non-scientific reader. The section that deals with the fallacies of other plans - South Beach, Zone, Atkins, and others - using the science to demonstrate why those other methods don't work and actually sabotage the goal of healthy weight loss, systemically confronts arguments for alternate diet plans. This is not a diet plan for life, and Mr. Kiefer notes that one should take a break and not implement this diet for longer than 6 months at a time. Anyone with a history of eating disorder would be advised to approach the plan with caution - while the author instructs readers to approach Carb Nite - the weekly infusion of carbs back into the diet - with reasonable consideration that spreads the intake over 6 - 8 hours and includes eating to satiety not oversaturation, someone with a eating disorder history could take this as permission to binge thus aggravating that condition. For the rest of the population without such a history, this should not be an issue. Taking on Carb Nite takes planning, and the author has included some tantalizing food plans and recipes. John Kiefer has provided a scientifically based approach to body fat loss that harnesses the body's hormones and restarts the metabolism. This is an excellent book if you want not a fad but a fact based approach to weight loss.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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After being on the program for two months I've been able to trim the fat while maintaining my lean body mass, which seems to be "impossible" for other weight loss methods. I'm still working my way down into a healthy body fat percentage, but if this rate continues I'll be there well before the 6 month maximum that Kiefer suggests.
The book is an easy read and refreshingly blunt with regards to how other diets fail to work, while presenting solid evidence to support his view. Even if you're not dieting it provides a good explanation about how differently the body processes carbohydrates, fat, and protein. The first 150 pages or so describe the system, and the remaining majority of the book consists of recipes, meal plans, and snack ideas that compliment the ultra-low-carb diet.
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I was directly approached to provide continuing feedback on my success with the diet, so here are my current thoughts:
I'm not one to usually be overly hyperbolic, but discovery and implementation of the Carb Nite solution is quite possibly the most important thing I've ever done. I went from around 32% body fat percentage to 18% within the recommended 6 month period. I'm now on my second cycle and am on track to be under 15% by year's end. I've also had several friends and family members use the protocol with tremendous results as well. I'm in better shape now in my early thirties than I ever was in my twenties, as it's set me on a good healthy body path.
It does require tremendous discipline, but I regard that as a strength of the diet - it's easy not to cheat whenever you know the consequences are a full 10-day reset of your diet cycle, and the built-in weekly "cheat" can be used to eat whatever you desire.
The e-book version is available for purchase directly from the website as well - [...]
The book is an easy read and refreshingly blunt with regards to how other diets fail to work, while presenting solid evidence to support his view. Even if you're not dieting it provides a good explanation about how differently the body processes carbohydrates, fat, and protein. The first 150 pages or so describe the system, and the remaining majority of the book consists of recipes, meal plans, and snack ideas that compliment the ultra-low-carb diet.
-- edit: 2011/10/26 --
I was directly approached to provide continuing feedback on my success with the diet, so here are my current thoughts:
I'm not one to usually be overly hyperbolic, but discovery and implementation of the Carb Nite solution is quite possibly the most important thing I've ever done. I went from around 32% body fat percentage to 18% within the recommended 6 month period. I'm now on my second cycle and am on track to be under 15% by year's end. I've also had several friends and family members use the protocol with tremendous results as well. I'm in better shape now in my early thirties than I ever was in my twenties, as it's set me on a good healthy body path.
It does require tremendous discipline, but I regard that as a strength of the diet - it's easy not to cheat whenever you know the consequences are a full 10-day reset of your diet cycle, and the built-in weekly "cheat" can be used to eat whatever you desire.
The e-book version is available for purchase directly from the website as well - [...]
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is a great book for those of us who have struggled with our weight for a long time. It reviews a lot of other diets that have been popular in the past and explains their down falls.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Some good information but expected more
Author is very good at nutrition and training so I was following his blog. With having some nutrition information myself and reading some research on the subject I thought that... Read more
Published 29 days ago by Ăzgăśr Nalbant
Good Read. Not really anything new though.
Ok book. Easy to read. John Kiefer has a good blog and updated info on that site.
Published 22 months ago by Moses11977
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ham quiche, salmon cakes, hot sauce, breadcrumb substitute, vanilla caramel flavor, usable carbs, empty fat cells, hazelnut meal, cheese gelato, fat burning hormones, carbohydrate sweeteners, new fat cells, psyllium fiber, fat loss, eating carbs, ghrelin levels, iced cream Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Clin Nutr, The Carb Nite Solution, Clin Endocrinol Metab, Obes Relat Metab Disord, Nutrition Facts, Clin Invest, Obes Res, Diabetes Care, Appl Physiol, Physiol Endocrinol Metab, Meal Plans Day, Lipid Res, Carb Countdown, Biochem Biophys Res Commun, Ann Nutr Metab, Horm Metab Res, Ordering Information, Med Sci Sports Exerc, Hazelnut Iced Cream, Clin Sci, Endocrinol Invest, Dijon Chicken Spinach Salad, Physiol Behav, Biol Chem, Fat Irish Coffee Browse Sample Pages:
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