Stop the Insanity

Stop the Insanity
by Susan Powter

Stop the Insanity
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Author: Susan Powter
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1995-02-01
ISBN: 0671522922
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Pocket
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Book Review: Inspiration is Everything
Summary: 4 Stars

In this lively, chatty book, Susan Powter is absolutely inspirational. She offers hope for overweight people who are fed up with diets that don't work, who don't know how to start exercising, and who love to eat.

It's not without its flaws. Her breathing advice, for example, will cause useless and possibly dangerous hyperventilation. The Buteyko Breathing method (not in Powter's book) refutes her theory there, and I'd recommend looking into Buteyko, if you agree that breathing right is part of a healthy lifestyle.

But what's really useful about her book is the attitude. Get out and exercise, and quit eating refined, fatty garbage. She makes diet and exercise fun, interesting, and enticing.

The most intriguing part of her diet is the Powter food pyramid: heavy on complex carbohydrates and drastically low on fats and sugars. Readers are urged to enjoy whole grains and legumes: not bad advice. The very nearly vegetarian mix of foods in her diet really is low fat and very satisfying. I think most people following her diet suggestions will lose weight, but mostly they will be healthier. She doesn't say it, but the high fiber alone will bring enormous benefits to heart and digestive health.

The exercise regimen is totally doable, and I personally have found that her simple prescription of walking is extremely easy and effective.

Readers are urged to make a lifestyle change, and that is the most realistic advice overweight people need to get. I found the book a refreshing alternative to gimmicky diets.

I know she's not a doctor, but she's a former overweight gal, once stuck in a state of depression, who pulled herself out of the funk and offers us a pretty darn good way to take charge of our health. That's good enough for me.

Summary of Stop the Insanity

Offers women step-by-step instructions for taking control of their lives, giving motivational advice on diet, breathing, exercise, and other health issues. Reprint.

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