The Liver-Cleansing Diet [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Sandra Cabot (Author) "Many people struggle with excessive weight and sluggish metabolism all their lives and find that as they age they gradually gain more weight and become..." (more)
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Product Description
The best-selling LIVER CLEANSING DIET presents Dr. Cabot's award-winning eight-week diet plan for cleansing the liver, including her groundbreaking healing soup and raw juice recipes. New sections examine natural therapies for reversing a fatty liver, healthy strategies for children who have a fatty liver or are overweight, nutritional medicine for hepatitis C and B, and statistics showing why drug therapy alone is generally not successful in the long term. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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A diet and natural therapy plan for improving liver function, healing the liver, and losing weight. * Easy-to-follow, medically proven program shows how to reverse many types of liver disease, optimize liver function, and help prevent hepatitis C and B. * Previous edition has been translated into seven languages. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 186 pages
• Publisher: Celestial Arts; 1 edition (April 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0646277898
• ISBN-13: 978-0646277899
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #23,559 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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124 of 129 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worked for me and I am putting myself on it again!, February 5, 2001

By	Glenn Martin "Never Read a Book Just Once" (ACT Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

After coming back from holidays 3kg heavier than my NORMAL 92kg (206lbs) (which is over 15kgs more than my recommended body weight to my height of 5'8") I put myself onto Dr Cabot's Liver-Cleansing Diet on a days notice. Why did I choose the LCD? I didn't have to sign up on anything or go to groups or meetings etc. I had a list of what I could eat and what I couldn't eat and I stuck to it like a zealot. In the course of the eight weeks I lost 13kg's (29lbs) getting myself down from 95kgs to 82kgs (183lbs)!

This proved to me that not only was I well and truly overweight but that my eating habits were absolutely shocking and needed a change. AND I did not starve myself either. I did try to modify the amount of food I ate because not only was the problem what I was eating, but how much, but I never starved myself or went hungry. If I felt like something to eat out of normal meals I would just blend up a banana & soya milk smoothie with frozen bananas and a dollop of natural honey (try it!).

I have two recommendations for people doing this diet.

1: Stick to it religiously, if you allow yourself butter here and there or some greasy chips at a party you will find it too easy to stray from the diet. Dr Cabot says in the book you are allowed the odd indiscretion, but I found for me personally it had to be all or nothing.

2: If you have a partner (wife/husband/etc) then they really should do it as well because the temptation is great to have the food they get to eat. I know this now because I am on the diet for a second time to try and get my weight to around 77kg (172lbs) but my wife is not joining me AS MUCH as the first time round because she doesn't need too (55kg). Seeing that bottle of coke when you are reaching for that soy milk, or that block of cheese sitting next to that block of tofu makes for some mighty effort in willpower but I am sticking to my guns!

Good luck!

56 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Healthy and easy to follow, February 20, 2006

By	Carolyn Rampone "Carolyn D'Amico Rampone" (Plantation, FL USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

"The Liver Cleansing Diet" is a common sense approach to excellent health. It follows the basics like eliminating processed foods, alcohol, sugar, and saturated fats in meats and cheeses. It advocates 40% fresh vegetables, fruit, fish, whole grains, free range chickens ( avoiding hormones) lots of fiber and plenty of water.
It's hard to imagine anyone fearing this diet, it's the healthiest thing you can do.
I have been on it for two weeks, a step I took to lower my cholesterol. I chose it as an alternative to reducing drugs and although I am not there yet, my numbers are down by close to 40 points. It focuses on curing what ails you by making you healthier.
I especially love the primer on liver function and the importance of keeping this organ healthy. If you learn how it works, you think twice before overloading it with things it can't eliminate.
Dr. Cabot puts all this valuable information together in an easy to read book and the basics are easy to follow without recipes although there are many to choose from. An excellent book if you want to take your health into your own hands. Highly recommended!

72 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Liver Cleansing Diet, January 26, 2000

By	Tiina Bathurst (Kent, Washington) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book and diet was great. It made us realize how much processed foods we eat that are loaded with preservatives, additives and injected with hormones (meats and eggs). My husband lost 22lbs. This weight came off at the end of the diet. We found it hard to revert back to eating like did before the diet. We still continue to eat healthy. We feel so much more energetic. This book has given us healthy way of eating and most likely increasing years to our lives. Anyone can benefit from this book even if you do not follow the diet 100%. Anyone can try the diet at least 50 - 70% and see and feel results.