I’m all for eating MUFA’s at every meal, but totally against eating so much processed foods, and having to cook all your foods – even your vegetables. This diet will cause weight GAIN in persons who are short or who have slow metabolisms. And, you are eating less nutritionally healthy than necessary. NO DIET SHOULD REQUIRE YOU TO BUY SPECIALIZED FOODS THAT YOU CAN’T FIND IN YOUR LOCAL GROCER. There is all kinds of healthy foods in your supermarket. Just shop mostly the perimeter of the store, and avoid most processed foods. This diet does not allow for different size portions for short persons versus tall, high metabolisms versus low, sedentary versus active.

It isn’t really weight loss if it is mostly water loss, or weighing less cause you have less substance to your poo, or looking thinner cause you don’t chew gum. A diet shouldn’t be about ONLY looking thinner – it should be about actual fat loss, and health. It is not healthy to give up a lot of foods that are healthy so that your belly ‘looks’ thinner. It is not healthy to cook the nutrients out of food. This diet plan really makes me have second thoughts about ‘health’ recommendations from Prevention!

If you want a diet that allows MUFA’s, has healthy unprocessed foods, allows you to vary the portions depending on your needs, is easy to find the foods at your local grocer etc. – look into the Low-Glycemic Diet. With this diet you can eat very healthy foods, natural foods, even YES, uncooked foods, in the amounts (large or small) that you need. You will lose excess water weight, but more importantly you will lose fat and gain health. With the Glycemic-Index diet you will not only look good, it is the best thing you can do for your health.