The Revolutionary 70% PLANT + 30% PROTEIN Program to Lose Weight

This book is very thorough. Tan Amen's statements are absolutely correct. You will begin to feel better within 24 hours of starting this diet. It is a little hard to stop everything cold turkey, but feeling good and improving my health made it worth it and I didn't feel hungry at all.

This book had some very good information in it. It's interesting to learn about how every food affects your body. Definitely made me more conscious of what I was eating. Some of the recipes have way too many ingredients and always buying organic is expensive. I'm not sticking completely with the diet but have made some changes to my diet.

This book is great because it gives the science behind this change to your nutritional life. It has a huge section of recipes that are very easy to follow and taste amazing. When I started cooking these recipes for my husband he was shocked at how great they taste. He had been reading through them and was very skeptical until he tasted them. He is finally on board with a nutrition plan that will make us both healthy again. 5 stars to Tana Amen for all the years of research and trial & error to come up with the information to write this book and include all of the wonderful recipes.

My wife heard about this Omni Diet, and got the
book for me, wonder what she was trying to say....
I have been a Personal Trainer for years, both for
sports teams, and for individuals that just wanted to
look better.
One term I never use is, DIET, as the word, for most people,
brings up bad thoughts, and to me it means, a starting point
and an ending point.
And just about everyone knows what that means.....lose weight,
stop the DIET, and go back to all of those old habits.
That is why, I use the words, Life Style Change.
This "plan" for lack of a better word, has a lot of good ideas,
but much of it is just a, low to no carb, scheme that is worded differently.
The rest of the good ideas, will be costly to set up, and keep up with.
Many people that will want to try this plan, do not live in areas where many
of the suggested items needed for the DIET, will be available.
Which will cause them to wonder if they should even continue with it.
The main idea of the Omni Diet comes down to, Eating a wide variety of
vegetables and high quality proteins, and avoiding carbs and prepared foods.
Much of the book uses scare tactics, which at times is needed, to make people
THINK, about what they are putting in their mouths and why.
Most people know much of this information already.
The problem is not there, it is in the actual doing what needs and has to be done
to CHANGE THEIR LIFESTYLE/S.
I tell people to do 3 things, to lose weight and feel better.....
Eat smaller portions.
Cut out almost all sweets, you know what that means.
Get up and move, you also know what that means.
Start with those 3 things, you will lose weight, look and feel
better, then add in what you think you need to keep going in
the right direction.
As the ad says........JUST DO IT.

This is an amazing compilation of information about not just food, but health. I recommend it for everyone! I noticed an immediate improvement in sleep, getting longer and deeper sleep than I have had in the past 10 years.

Just read the book and agree with all positive reviews. However, I am left with many questions and need more help.
The Kindle version doesn't display the menu plans well, so it's almost impossible to get started. Here, you can find a pdf quick start guide with a list of what is allowed on the Omni Diet and what is not, as well as the menu plans in a pdf version. tanaamen.com/docs/
You will also find pdf's of two of Tana's cookbooks which will help. Go to www.tanaamen.com for more help to get started on the OmniDiet and bridge the gap where the book fell short. I find her online grocery list helpful here: http://www.tanaamen.com/recipes/grocery-list
The Kindle version is great to view on the go, but just be warned that you can't read those sample menus as they render poorly. You'll have to view the pdf version online or get the hard copy of the book (try a library). Good Luck!

I liked this book. Because of food allergies, I don't eat grains, dairy, soy or legumes. This plan adapts very easily to my needs. The basic premise is simple: at each meal, imagine your plate divide into 10ths. Seven tenths of the surface of your plate should be covered by vegetables and three tenths should be filled with protein. This means every meal, including breakfast. Most of the food groups excluded from the diet are foods I already avoid, so I can use most of the recipes without having to adapt them for my needs. My one reservation about giving this book five stars is that it seems repetetive in places, probably because the entire premise of the book can be summed up in one paragraph!

The book was easy to read. The science was explained and believable. As with every eating plan it is really about being able to continue over time. The organic foods are expensive, and the ingredient list for smoothies is unusual. This plan helped me devise better eating- minimal sugar, minimal gluten, more veggies, consistent exercise . Is it realistic? Not when it suggests giving up the few things I truly enjoy- life is too short! I did drop 5# just by implementing the changes mentioned. I do follow the Amens on Facebook - great info!

I have read many books on nutrition and was hoping for a bit more guidance on what to eat during each phase. Things are more lumped together and a bit confusing. When she lists the smoothies under the recipe section, there are several pieces of fruit in one smoothie, yet I believe I read you should only have a 1/2 of cup of berries a day during your first two weeks. Maybe it's because it's electronic book and it's hard to jump around it. I am trying to follow this on my own, but eating a little bit more fruit. I feel good.

I liked the layout (chapters) in the book. It explains a lot about the purposes behind the diet or as I call it "healthier eating habits". It is also full of different recipes and places to pick up the ingredients.

If you really follow this diet exactly, you'll almost certainly lose weight. You'll be eating more animals than is sustainable, however. Lower carb and less dairy is helpful for most of us, but most of us do not have celiac disease and don't need to avoid beans and grains as much as this author suggests.

Everything you already know. Eat healthy don't stop by McDonalds, try to exercise, not so new ways to eat kale recipe's, and determination and discipline will pay off in the end. As long as you don't keep driving by the Taco Bell Bill Board with the Baha Blast Mountain Dew spilling out of the icy cup next to the in your face taco burrito. Ok it's informative and I'm bitter about gaining weight.

Lots of good information on eating healthy, not just for your weight control but for your mind, how food effects your brain, and how certain foods cause damage not only your diet but internal organs and brain.

Frankly the recipes included herein are a total Californication of cuisine & intolerable to my fly-over state constitution. However I know how to apply the concepts she presents with recipes to suit my own tastes. Furthermore my philosophy is to reject dogmatic rigidity wherever I find it. So I use the book as one might use a seive in a gemstone mine. There are many jems here.

The fundamental concept here is to eat a wide variety of vegetables and high quality proteins foods while avoiding simple carbohydrates and prepared foods (think - prepared poison). She is inflexible on the matter of eating vegetables. If you hate them as I do - too bad. Learn to love them. As for potatoes & pasta - I confess that my friends serve them & as long as they do I'll eat them. But at home I'll practice these concepts as well as I can.

OK I did give her two weeks (with my recipes). With a couple of back-sliding days with my friends. And I make wine so of course I drink it. So there. Two weeks - lost 7 pounds. Energy is much improved. The fog that enters the mind in older years has dissipated. I believe old David Crockett told a lie about confronting a bear while being disarmed - in his extremity he was forced to "grin it to death". I wish well to our bears but almost feel the energy & concentration necessary for such emergencies.

For men particularly she recommends adding maca as a suppliment. That is alleged to be a libido enhancing agent. I say nonsence. Libido - energy - mental focus - general well being are inseperable. I've tried the stuff & I recommend it too. The taste is bad at first but it has grown on me in short time.

For everyone she recommends spirulina (dried algae) as a super food. Tried it... If spirulina will somehow give me the longevity of Abraham then I'm doomed to the longevity of Archie Bunker. It really pegged the nasty meter. Disgusting!

So generally I think the author's advice is excellent & correct. It's up to each person to find how to apply it in a way acceptable to himself/herself. Don't know how to cook? Too bad. Learn as I did. Don't like vegetables? Too bad. Find out how to like them. Love your carbs? Too bad. Learn how to reject them (when socially ok to do so).

Update June 20: Size 40 waist pants look silly now. 38s are about right. Friends & neighbors begin to notice & ask questions. I think I'm a bit stronger than I was. At least don't tire as easily. Work becomes easier. Intelligence is not improved but capicity to focus attention is. Who but the owner of that capacity can tell the difference.

I still loathe artichokes & brussels sprouts. Aragula & spirulina are for people with self-hate issues. YUCK! But the concept works! I'm doing what is demanded most days and it really is working. Will update again in December.