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Like
his previous audiobook, The Pound a Day Diet, this
new work emphasizes eating fresh, organic, locally grown foods
that are lactose-free, gluten-free, and sugar-free through
a collection of original recipes. Award-winning celebrity
chef and cookbook author (10 books so far), Rocco Dispirito
again provides his own charismatic narration. The audiobook
cover states, “As of the date of publication, Rocco
Dispirito is a celebrity spokesperson for fitbit.” Therefore
it’s not unexpected that he discusses how to burn calories
as you actually cook. By wearing calorie counting devices
(such as fitbit), readers are encouraged to notice that chopping
foods, setting the table, washing the dishes, and walking
to the market can burn nearly as many calories as consumed
in the meal.
This 14-day program gets to the point quickly on two CDs.
Dispirito summarizes current thought about health and nutrition,
offers a pep talk for skeptics who think eating better has
to cost more, and then provides a PDF containing a recipe
index with calorie count broken down into beverage, breakfast,
lunch, dinner, soup and salad, snack, and dessert. There’s
also a chart with calories burned during food preparation
activities (divided by activity and calories burned by weight),
plus lists of sugar, milk, and gluten products to avoid, and
a list of his favorite foods and ingredients. Next come meal
plans for 14 days, with calorie count, fat grams, and carbs,
a shopping list for each week, followed by 75 new recipes.
Some unfamiliar ingredients, such as psyllium husk powder
and gluten-free reduced-sodium tamari, appear on his shopping
lists. Health food stores, alternative grocery stores, or
online stores may offer these products. As a celebrity chef
in New York City, he has experience with and access to a wide
variety of ingredients that might be unavailable to those
in smaller rural or suburban areas. Listing substitutions
for these hard-to-find ingredients would make the recipes
more user-friendly for readers.
Overall, this audiobook provides a jumpstart to weight loss
by condensing the latest nutrition information, encouraging
active food preparation, and describing tempting new recipe
ideas.
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Pound a Day Diet
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