REVIEWS Kathy Sternbach, M.Ed., M.B.A., behavioral health consultant: Now, in over 520 days of my day to day approach to healthful eating and with over 50 pounds of weight loss, I feel great. After many years of diets, weight loss and re-gain, I believe I'm now have a long-term approach to healthful eating. T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., author The China Study: It's a great read, both for the public and for the professional. I wholeheartedly endorse it. Neal Barnard, M.D., President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine: In The Perfect Formula Diet, you'll find all the information you wanted to know about nutrition but couldn't sort out in scientific journals. Janice puts all this information together in the most perfect way, giving you a plant-powered formula for taking back your life and health. Joel Fuhrman, M.D., Co-founder of Eat Right America and author Eat to Live: One that gets it right... John McDougall, M.D., Founder of The McDougall Program and author The McDougall Program for Women: Dr. Stanger makes eating well and regaining lost health easy to understand. Marcia Rhoades, Businesswoman, mom, and grandmom: A year ago, I decided to try Janice's approach to healthy eating and have lost 40 pounds. Her book is a daily reminder that I can look and feel 100% better, just by eating a sensible plant-based diet. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION SIX KINDS OF WHOLE FOODS MAKE WEIGHT LOSS EASY, PERMANENT, AND HUNGER-FREE This simple, science-based, and affordable eating plan is built on six kinds of whole foods. You'll melt stubborn weight permanently, reverse chronic illness, and feel the years melt away with the pounds. You can't stop getting older, but you can stay vigorous, healthy, lean, and looking good. Donate your old diet books to a thrift store. Don't they all give you pretty much the same advice? The Perfect Formula Diet, by using the full spectrum of fruit, vegetables, potatoes, beans, whole grains, nuts, seeds, herbs, and spices, gives you a new option that is fail-proof. Yes, you can enjoy bread, pasta, cereal, and baked potatoes and still wear size 6 pants. Stop food cravings by giving your body what it needs. Maintain motivation with chapters of practical hints on strengthening commitment, shopping, eating out, lunching at work, and dining with friends. Choose from three options to get started on this eating plan gradually or on the fast track. Forget hunger as you feast on plates and bowls of satisfying foods. No portion control, calorie counting, or complicated diet rules. Throw away the tiny microwave meals that leave you famished for real food. When you lose weight on the Perfect Formula Diet, your weight loss is permanent - you will not yo-yo or rebound to your prior weight as long as you follow this eating plan. Enjoy life instead of warming the chair in your doctor's waiting room. Discover the common processes (inflammation, growth factor, oxidation, unbalanced omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, hormones in food, toxic molecules from cooking) underlying most chronic illness and how you can reverse these processes through enjoyable food choices. Learn about toxic chemicals in your everyday environment that can make you overweight by disrupting your hormones. Find out how to minimize this danger using both diet and personal care product choices. Based on over 1,000 scientific studies, The Perfect Formula Diet is a jargon-free and fun read. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Janice Stanger has a Ph.D. in Human Development and Aging from University of California, San Francisco. As an adult, she went through multiple unsuccessful weight loss attempts, binge eating, and numerous chronic illnesses and debilitating pain. Since following the Perfect Formula Diet the author is now in Perfect Health, at her Perfect Weight, and takes no prescription drugs (with ideal cholesterol, blood pressure, and glucose level) at age 58.