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With “My Diva Diet”, the author guides the reader through a complete plan to help the women achieve the health and body they want. And, when I say "complete", I am not making any exaggeration. This book is enormous and full of guides, charts, worksheets, quizzes, recipes, and the like.
My Diva Diet is written using cartoon fashion, with Lakatos taking on the persona of a heroine - creating a lucky charm and using other cartoons for the illustration of her points. If I am right, any person who reads this book will respond in a fashion which can range in between mildly entertaining and excessively irritating
The Diva Diet can be divided into 2 phases – Diva Reduction and Diva Maintenance.
Diva Reduction is a lower calorie plan (1200 – 1300) that breaks down in to 35% protein, 45% carbohydrates and 20% fat. It has the run-of-the-mill advices like 4-5 meals per day, eat clean, natural, fresh, organic, and so on. This is a phase for 10 weeks.
Diva Maintenance is a more flexible plan in terms of both calories (1400-1600), as well as the consumption of carbohydrates (up to 65%).
Reduction in the words of an average person will be "too low in fat", even though I really do not have a problem with it, provided the person undergoing the diet regimen is getting sufficient essential fatty acids. Protein intake is sufficient, and combined with the rest of the recommendations, I have no problem with this ratio.
The maintenance phase, but in its more extreme ranges, is both too low in protein (20%), and too high in carbs (65%), unless said dieter is an endurance athlete.
Overall Impression
There is loads of information in this book - most of which is sound. It follows the same tenets of most of the other books out there, and covers a very wide range of topics - again mostly accurate and practical.
There may be a little information overload, and admittedly this may be my own ADD-like disposition. I think the terms "pure" and "clean" foods are a little overused, and Lakatos' definition of this expands to include organic and Kosher - which is not necessarily better from a health and/or fat loss perspective.
