Perfect Weight America: Change Your Diet, Change Your Life, Change Your World (Hardcover)

by Jordan Rubin (Author), Bernard, M.D. Bulwer (Author)
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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
Rubin (The Maker's Diet) and host of the Christian-based television show Extraordinary Health offers this fairly complicated 16-week diet plan that is heavy on his Garden of Life company's products and general enough for non-Christian readers. Many of the ideas are familiar to health aficionados: the benefits of filtered water and organic, locally grown, in-season fruits and vegetables; the value of high-fiber and high protein foods; warnings against refined carbohydrates, trans fats, artificial sweeteners, diet drinks and—more oddly—microwave ovens. Rubin, founder of the Biblical Health Institute, also offers a Healing Codes exercise involving breathing and meditation to reduce stress and a suggested workout program, which focuses on short, intense bouts of exercise. Eight pages of testimonials, 33 pages of recipes (most include his products) and a 66-page detailed meal-by-meal eating plan round out the text. A Web site, www.PerfectWeightAmerica.com, promises to help readers access more diet tools. For a diet book, this is surprisingly wordy and densely written, but Rubin fans who want a fully detailed eating plan—and don't mind extensive product pitches—probably won't mind its verbosity. (Jan. 2)
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Product Description
The author of the New York Times best seller The Maker's Diet is back with an approach to weight management that addresses the whole person: body, mind,emotions, and spirit. As our obesity statistics reach epidemic rates, Americans want information that will help them stay healthy and look and feel great.

Jordan Rubin presents the answer in this holistic approach that will help readers: Eat for their body type, age, gender, and region Maximize nutrients while reducing calories Eliminate toxins inside and outside the body Learn simple steps to live a green lifestyle

Readers will also have access to the Perfect Weight America online health community. By filling out the personal health assessment online, readers will receive their very own online personal health coach who will provide them with customized eating and lifestyle plans. Tracking progress and receiving encouragement and support, as well as recipes, video demonstrations of exercises, and many other online features will help readers reach and maintain their perfect weight.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 358 pages
• Publisher: Siloam Press (January 2, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1599792575
• ISBN-13: 978-1599792576
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #111,880 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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58 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Waste, January 12, 2008

By	Kim Hillsman (Tennessee) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

At least Jordan Rubin is consistent, he recommends the same products and foods in The Maker's Diet, Restoring your Digestive Health, and all of his Great Physician's Prescription Books. This book adds Fucothin. A $50 product consisting of a metabolism boosting brown seaweed, Fuoxanthin. He adds in this book some metabolic typing, in which he take Wolcott's Metabolic Typing Diet and transforms the protein, mixed, and carb types into meat people (who need protein) and potato people (who need carbs).

The entire book is nothing more than an advertisement for Garden of Life, Rubin's line. Now, don't get me wrong, the diet is perfectly good to follow, and Garden of Life is a top-notch brand. But if you buy the bars, the shakes, the green powder, cod liver oil, cleanse, and Fucothin, you will have made quite an investment. The entire program is sixteen weeks in length.

There are some success stories in the book, but bear in mind, these people got all of the products free of charge. I like Jordan Rubin, and The Maker's Diet was a wonderful book; but, this book is nothing more than a moneymaker for him. The useful, and new information in this book could have been put into a pamphlet, seriously. I don't recommend it, there are better diet books out there.

17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars perfect weight america my personal story, February 8, 2008

By	Billy D. Segura (lafayette, la USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The Perfect Weight America Program is a true god send. I know because I won the 16 week Perfect Weight America Program which started in Delray Beach Florida this past june. I was skeptical at first, but I tried the products, and whole food recomendations and stayed focused and on course. In june 2007 I was weighing 240# 5' 7 1/2 inches tall with a 44" waist , (I am an oil field worker in the Gulf of Mexico), by november 2007 I weighed 190#'s with a 36" waist when i completed the 16 week program. Sure, I could have found excuses ,complained and got off course, but my wife stood by me, and Jordan Rubin and the Biblical Health Institue helped me along the way. Today february 2008, I weigh 192#s with a 34" waist and I am very healthy at 54 years young. I have literally rebuilt my body with whole food and whole food supplements, I am off blood pressure and cholesterol medications. Every day I plan my meals with the lessons learned from the Perfect Weight America Program. Jordan Rubin is a Dedicated Coach who walks the walk and talks the talk. His program does not send you pre-packaged and chemically processed foods to your door step. His program advocates awarness, choosing organic, whole foods, and whole food supplemts along with exercise, and all three of these key items work together. You have to ask your self what is your health worth, Jordan Rubin reminded me, I had taken too many things for granted for too long, and I am grateful to the Biblical Health Institue and Jordan Rubin for being there when I needed them.

Bill
Lafayette, Louisiana

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great source on how to eat sustainably and be "green", January 17, 2008

By	Jevon Bolden (Orlando, Florida) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Jordan Rubin is an ambitious guy with a great goal of changing national health for the better. I think this is a fantastic goal, and the idea that his program had success in the unhealthiest city in America--Toledo, Ohio--shows that his product line, health advice, and fitness tips are worth the investment. The best part of the book for me was when Rubin shows you how to eat local whole foods, how to eat sustainably to protect the environment, and the tips on how to incorporate "green" ways into your daily life without much expense. All this was found in the section called "Change Your World." I also thought that the chapter "Think for Your Perfect Weight" was invaluable, especially since most weight problems and food addictions start with how we internally process external situations and stimuli.