Not sure it deserves a second post, but I’m back again talking about The Big Breakfast Diet. I reviewed this new diet book in a previous post. I really thought this little paperback would just go away. Now it’s gotten a good review in the LA Times. Really disappointing. Wouldn’t be surprised if it became the next celebrity-endorsed diet plan.
As I wrote earlier, The Big Breakfast Diet was one of the books included in Time magazine’s list of the 10 most notable new diet books. And as you can see in this promotional video featuring the author, they’re quite proud of that. Yes, it was unfortunately included in the list, but it wasn’t THE most notable book of the year.
The author even reached out to me via Twitter, encouraging me to read the book and try it myself. Yes, I did read the book — I wouldn’t have reviewed it otherwise. And thank you very much, I’m not abandoning my bowl of oatmeal in the morning to have pizza, donuts, ice cream and cookies for breakfast.
I find several problems with what she’s promoting, but perhaps it’s most disturbing to have her reinforce the concept that “it’s not what you eat that’s important…it’s when you eat it.” She believes it’s the clock and not the calories that really count. You can eat whatever you want as long as you’re “in sync.”
See Dr. Daniela Jakubowicz make her case in the video below and let me know what you think.
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Wow. It looks like she’d be very adept at writing spam messages that seem legit on first glance. She so thoroughly mixes common sense with pseudo-endocronology that anyone even vaguely inclined to believe her will immediately open their wallets.
The hormone that stimulates fat loss accumulates at night. It’s called, um, melatonin. Yeah. The one that’s produced in the dark. See, the doctors knew it controls your sleep cycles, but only Daniela Jakubowicz is privvy to the latest research that shows it also magically blasts pounds and inches away! And I don’t know about you, but I’m never hungry an hour after I’ve eaten a pile of sugar cubes.
Rehash of The Reverse Diet that I reviewed a few years back which is based on the Adelle Davis idea (which she most probably borrowed from someone else) about eating breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like a pauper. I found no scientific evidence to back up the metabolic claims but there was data to suggest that eating this way helps some people eat less calories during a 24 hour period. Haven’t read the book but is she claiming that if I have my steak and potatoes for breakfast, then I’ll be svelte FOR LIFE? I love that….do this and yo won’t ever be fat again!
I found this article very interesting – I think Dr. Daniela Jakubowicz makes a valid point about eating breakfast and do not eat after sundown.
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Tamara,
Read the book. She talks about melatonin in the sleep cycles. Do not be so quick to judge. I am someone who is benefiting from this knowledge. I have tried different approaches and her research has helped me when many, many others have failed.