You don't have to be a Celebrity to do Detox
by Madelyn Miller, the TravelLady
Detox diets are making news as the quickest, easiest way to shed
pounds, boost your energy, and get yourself on a wellness track.
Popular in the 1970s, cleansing fasts are again all the rage among
celebrities like Gisele Bundchen, Gwyneth Paltrow, Stella McCartney,
and Madonna.
Looking to lose a few pounds and sick of the typical weight loss
methods, why not include some of these diets ? Although they sound
pretty farfetched, you can actually reach your target weight by
following the below diets:
Chocolate Diet- This diet mainly consists of liquids, along
with a powder or supplement to be blended with milk or water. Also
available in pill form, the actual pills provide various nutritional
benefits such as a boost in metabolism. These, along with a healthy
diet are supposed to stimulate the fat burning process and pave the
way towards weight loss.
The Sardine Diet - A high-fiber, reduced-calorie nutritional
plan that guides you through eating a large quantity of Omega-3
essential fatty acids.
Cookie Diet- You heard it right! Eat cookies for your meals,
and drop the pounds off fast. Dr. Siegal’s COOKIE DIET™ will help
suppress your hunger for hours and come in five great flavors;
blueberry, banana, chocolate, coconut, and oatmeal raison. Packaged
six in a daily bag, the cookies are a perfect supplement to any diet
you’re on. Visit
www.cookiedietonline.com for more information.
Grapefruit Diet- Also known as the “Hollywood Diet”, on
average, participants of a 12 week study who ate half a grapefruit
with each meal lost 3.6 pounds. Those who drank a serving of
grapefruit juice three times a day lost 3.3 pounds. The grapefruit
diet appears to reduce insulin levels and, thus affects blood sugar
regulation.
Tabasco Diet- Take a shot of Tabasco sauce before each meal
(if you can handle it!) Tabasco sauce can increase metabolism and
fat-burning ability by up to 25%.
Master Cleanser- The name says it all. Mix together lemon or
lime juice, maple syrup, cayenne pepper, and warm purified water,
and you have the recipe for weight loss. The Cleanser helps dissolve
and eliminate toxins and congestion that have formed in any part of
the body, and helps cleanse the kidneys and the digestive system.
Apple Cider Vinegar Diet- Take one, two, or three teaspoons
of Apple Cider Vinegar before each meal. The combination of the
acidic vinegar and fruit pectin provides fat burning effects.
WHAT HAS WORKED FOR ME
For the past 18 months, I have been using Isagenix. It is
sort of like a chocolate diet, because I have chosen the chocolate
shakes, chocolate bars and chocolate snacks. I have lost nearly 20
pounds and have gone from a size nearly 20 to about a size 10. That
may not sound like a lot of weight, but one pound a month is very
healthy. My lab results were so good a few weeks after I started,
that my doctor called me and said--"I don't know what you are doing,
but keep it up. All your levels are now within normal range." The
visit before, she had referred me to a endocrinologist with a
possible diagnosis of metabolic disease.
But I knew I was really a success when I was a judge at the Kona
Chocolate Festival, and someone came up to me and asked, "How do you
stay so thin, doing what you do?"
I was amazed. No one had ever accused me of being thin before,
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If you would like to know more about Isagenix, go to
http://madelynmiller.isagenix.com
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ ABOUT DIETS.
WARNING:
Reading about diets does not count as exercise.
THE SAINT-TROPEZ DIET
By Apostolos Pappas, Ph.D.
with Marie-Annick Courtier
Hatherleigh Press, December 2006
978-1-57826-235-9
$25.95 Cloth/ 6 x 9 / 320 pages
http://www.travellady.com/Issues/January07/3877SAINTTROPEZDIET.htm
SOUTH BEACH DIET PARTIES & HOLIDAYS COOKBOOK
Healthy Recipes for Entertaining Family and Friends
By Arthur Agatston
Rodale Books
www.rodale.com
THE COMPLETE IDOIT’S GUIDE to Low Sodium Meals
By Shelly Vaughan James and Heidi McINdoo, R.D.
www.idiotsguides.com
NATURAL CHOICES for WOMEN’S HEALTH
By Laurie Steelsmith
How the secrets of Natural and Chinese Medicine can create an
Lifetime of Wellness
Three Rivers Press
www.crownpublishing.com
CARBS FROM HEAVEN
CARBS FROM HELL
By James D. Krystosik
Discover the Carbs that tack on Pounds & those that don’t
Square One Publishers
www.squareonepublishers.com
COLORFULLY SLIM
THE 7-Day Color Diet and Lifetime Health Plan
By Mindy Weisel, Carolyn Weisel Miller M.S., R.D. and Jessica weasel
Courtney L.E.
Complete with the 7-Day Color Diet and maintenance program, more
than 100 recipes, and seven day sof colorful beauty treatments and
tips that can be expanded to a lifetime.
Capital Books, Inc.
www.capital-books.com
THE FRENCH DIET
The Original Plan
The secrets of why French women don’t get fat
By Michel Montignac
www.dk.com
reviewed by travellady
http://www.travellady.com/Issues/April05/1420TheFrenchDiet.htm
A REVOLUTION IN EATING
How the Quest for Food Shaped America
By James E. McWilliams
Columbia University Press
www.columbia.edu/cu/cup
NOT JUST FOR VEGETARIANS
Delicious Homestyle Cooking, the Meatless Way
By Geraldine Hartman
www.centaxbooks.com
FANTASTIC FOOD WITH SPLENDA
By Marlene Koch
160 recipes for meals low in sugar, carbohydrates, fat and calories
FRENCH WOMEN DON’T GET FAT
By Mirelle Guiliano
The secret of eating for pleasure.
I got the compact disc set so I could listen while I was eating
without getting any pages dirty. The key here is not guilt or
deprivation, but learning to get the most from the things you most
enjoy.
www.randomhouse.com/audio
DR.ANN’S 10-STEP DIET
By Ann Kulze M.D.
A simple plan for permanent weight loss and lifelong vitality
LOOSE IF FOR LIFE
Steophen Arterburn, M. ED. And Dr. Linda Mintle
The total solution for spiritual, emotional and physical permanent
weight loss
Integrity Publishers
www.integritypublishers.com
www.looseitforlife.com
The Detox Revolution
By Thomas J. SLaga, Phd
Scientific Director, AMC Cancer Research Center
www.books.mcgraw-hill.com
The Hip Chick’s Guide to Macrobiotics
By Jessica Porter
A Philosophy for Achieving a Radiant Mind and Fabulous Body
www.penguin.com
The Complete Book of Raw Food
Delicious Vegetarian Cuisine Made with Living Foods
Lori Baird, editor
Julie Rodwell, contributing editor
Harleigh Press
www.healthylivingbooks.com
Best Dressed Southern Salads
By Vicky Moon
Capital Books
www.capital-books.com
LOW CARB LIFESTYLE
Low carb drinking
http://www.travellady.com/Issues/Issue69/spirits.htm
THE COMPLETE IDIOT’S GUIDE to Quick & Easy Low-Carb Meals
By Tod Dimmick
www.idiotsguides.com
THE COMPLETE IDOIT’S GUIDE to Low-Carb Meals
By Lucy Beale and Sandy G.Couvillon, M.S.,L.D.N, R.D.
www.idiotsguides.com
THE COMPLETE IDIOT’S GUIDE to Good Fat, Good Carb Meals
By Jorj Morgan and Jody Whipple, R.D.
www.idiotsguides.com
THE SOUTH BEACH DIET DINING GUIDE
By Arthur Agatston, MD
www.Southbeachdiet.com
www.Prevention.com
www.rodalstore.com
EXTREME LO-CARB MEALS ON THE GO
By Sharon Long
Fast and fabulous solutions to get you through the day
Adams Media
www.adamsmedia.com
LO-CARB CUISINE
By Sharon Long
250 recipes with virtually no carbohydrates
Adams Media
www.adamsmedia.com
LOW-CARB SWEETS AND THE ART OF SELF-INDULGENCE
By Sharon Allbright
Sumptuous recipes like Macadamia Fudge and Chocolate Crème Brulee.
Paisley Print Hous
www.lowcarbsweets.net
LOW CARB BARTENDER
By Bob Skilnik
Carb counts for beer, Wine, Mixed Drinks and more
Adams Media
www.adamsmedia.com
Low-carb Cocktails
All the fun and taste without the carbs
By Marlene and Chuck Koch
Madelyn Miller is a food and
travel writer who finally believes in detox. She believes even
more strongly in chocolate and cookies. Read her stories on
www.travellady.com,
www.carladynews.com,
www.chocolateatlas.com,
www.cocktailatlas.com,
www.coffeeatlas.com,
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