For a start, naming a slimming diet “no hunger” is pretty ambitious. You might think it’s not possible to reduce calories yet not feel hungry all the time, but it is. This diet is remarkable in that it enables you to take charge of what you eat. There are some elements in it that fly in the face of some of the perceived wisdom about weight loss, because it is written by a woman who has experienced the ups and downs of diets, weight loss and weight gain, success and despair, over a period of 35 years.

This diet addresses both the physiological and psychological elements to successful healthy weight loss. It encourages you to eat foods that will make you feel fuller and more satisfied, some of which will actually help you to excrete fat. It is based on successful scientific experiments and not a load of old wives tales about vinegar or grapefruit. It encourages heart health and lowers cholesterol, incorporating lots of fruits and vegetables in innovative ways.

The No-Hunger Diet also delves into the psychology of dieting, from one who knows the highs and lows from personal experience. In particular it will help you to get over the dreaded dieters plateau, when it seems that no matter how hard you try, further weight loss eludes you. Abandoning the concept of “forbidden foods” and other mumbo-jumbo, this diet allows a person to embrace their own humanity - if you really, really fancy something “naughty”, then have it - just as a slim person would, without giving it a second thought. Then carry on without beating yourself up about it.

The diet is based upon a series of principles and ideas based on science. Satiety is one of these - it goes into this subject in some detail giving the reader great ideas for how to make a meal more satisfying so it sustains you for longer before hunger sets in. Full of dieting tips and tricks, with a section on how to make exercise fun for life, this healthy diet book should really become one of the top 10 diets. It’s entertainingly and compassionately written, suitable for the enthusiastic, green, first-time dieter or the campaign-worn, cynical serial dieter who thinks he/she knows it all.

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