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5 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Explotation at it's best Aug 23, 2010
Wow, so now previous modeling or modeling agent experience is all I need to be an expert on nutrition and weight loss?! Whoo hoo! Guess I wasted all my time studying human biochemistry & physiology, anthropology, comparative anatomy, botany, psychology & nutrition. Just be 'Kool', swear ALOT and be skinny. Well, if this "speaks" to you - then ya get what you pay for. See ya down the road - w/ cancer, diabetes, anorexia, osteoporosis, osteopenia, Chrone's, leaky gut, rickets, cataracts, Lupus, osteo or rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular disease. And, maybe, you'll even be skinny. I GUARANTEE you will be bitchy. Caveat - don't mistake "entertainment" for the real thing. "There's a sucker born every minute". Adtkins is ALOT closer to the truth than this trick. (This is from a fit, thin, 50+yo physiologist on a high nutrient dense diet who's been around the vegan game & knows how insane it is.) Now- local foods, organic, humane animal farming, non-GMO - these are well worth your attention. Viva vida!
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 A book that finally change the way I eat and feel healthy and fulfilled with the new way of eating Aug 19, 2010
Disclaimer: Please excuse my spelling, I moved to the States when I was 27 from Asia so please bare with my spelling.
This is the best "diet book" I ever read. The tough love style of depicting the stomach turning facts of the how the whole meat industry work, the references they quote in everything they wrote is very informative. I suspect some of the one start reviews are written by people who have direct interest or connection with the meat industry (I noticed a lot of the people who gave one star to this book this is the only review they gave in their profile. Makes me wonder did they just create a username to give a review to this one book??? Hey, the meat industry is a multi-billions dollars industry, I'm sure they want to fight back because this book is detrimental to their business) The food industry are very powerful and have lobbyist just as wall street, pharmaceutical companies and tobacco companies. The book as powerful and knowledgeable as Skinny Bitch is a threat to the meat industry because of the popularity of this book.
As far as for me, I went vegan after I read this book 3 weeks ago mainly because I was so disgusted by the animal cruelty, the insanitary handling in the meat factories, and the knowledge in the book that our saliva and digestive systems are ill equipped to digest meat as we only secrete 1/10 of the enzyme as needed to digest food as the carnivores. In three weeks following the guidelines in this book: no meat, no diary product, no soda ( I still cheat by drinking coffee every other day or so) I have lost 10 lbs and I can feel the change in how my body feels. First of all because I only eat whole grain/brown rice and avoid any kind of processed carbs, I don't experience the hunger pangs I always felt every 4 or 5 hours my whole life. I used to feel such anxiety and starving and "have to eat or I'll die" every 4 hours because of the yoyo effects of blood sugars in my body when I was eating processed carbs (white bread, white rice, refined sugar products), now after my meal I feel a sustained energy and feeling of "full" for 6 or 7 hours at a time, and I don't feel the anxiety that I had to eat or I'll die because of the yoyo effects in my blood sugar by eating simple carbs. I feel so much healthier, lighter, the bloatedness I always felt is gone, and I lost 10 lbs in 3 weeks. I purchased dozens of other diet books such as "fit for life" or so many of raw food books and the u.s dietician's nutrition facts book, none of the books I read in the last 10 years in my effort in trying to lose weight has ever have the lasting effect for me to really stick to the new way of eating as this book inspired me.
Don't listen to me or any other people here. Try cut out meat and dairy product for a week and see what your body tells you. You will not want to go back.
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Love this book. Want/need More Aug 18, 2010
I love SKINNY BITCH. Also like very much SKINNY BITCH IN THE KITCH. But I REALLY can't wait for the new Skinny Bitch cookbook -- http://www.amazon.com/Skinny-Bitch-Ultimate-Everyday-Delicious/dp/0762439378/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1282133958&sr=1-7
Cannot wait! Need more recipes!
1 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Mixed Emotions Aug 16, 2010
While I do agree with most of the things mentioned in this book. I don't know that it was totally necessary that the writers take the "in your face" approach. I can see why others believe that this is not a good dieting book, and it was misleading since it mentions nowhere that the diet, in order to be a "Skinny Bitch", is to become vegan. I have given it some thought over the years, and if anything this book has made me strongly consider it, but not because of the health aspect. I was literally crying, reading the "You are what you eat" chapter, where they talk about what goes on in the slaughter houses. I think most of us know what occurs in those places, but we don't want to think about it. Rather, we'd prefer to just enjoy our meat and dairy, without considering what happened to the animals who provided it.
So, I am really on the fence on this read. I did think the profanity was offensive. Additionally, many statements, and how they were addressed to the reader were just downright inappropriate at times (and I am even a bartender with a foul mouth myself). They do get their point across and I was captivated from the very beginning; almost finishing it the first day. I will definitely be doing more research to validate the science behind their claims, and suggest others who are gung-ho on this vegan thing to do the same - if they are switching for health reasons. My reason for switching would be purely based on the inhumane treatment of animals.
7 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Terrible book Aug 15, 2010
This is the worse $12 I have EVER spent! As a marathon runner, extreme healthy eater, personal trainer and someone with a background in healthcare, I was anxious to see what this book had to offer. I forced myself to read to page 64 (thinking it might get better) and eventually had to quit reading. I will not read anymore of this disgusting book and will most likely donate it to a library. The information is completly bogus!! After reading only 3 chapters, I discovered that coffee, milk, protein, and all meat is bad for me.....seriously?? I was shocked at the completly untrue information in this book. I think I will continue to follow my own knowledgable eating habits and stay far, far away from what these women have written.
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