The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet Plus Dr. Tarnower's Lifetime Keep-slim Program

Download or read book The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet Plus Dr. Tarnower's Lifetime Keep-slim Program written by Herman Tarnower and published by Rawson Associates. This book was released on 1978 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The six basic qualities of the Scarsdale Medical Diet are 1) safe nutritional balance; 2) rapid weight loss; 3) tasty, varied, and filling food choices; 4) simplicity and ease of understanding and preparation; 5) beginning of behavior modification and 6) practical for eating out in a restaurant or elsewhere. Guidelines to proper nutrition while losing weight, the nutrients necessary for good health, an explanation of diet chemistry and the basic rules of the complete diet are included. Money-saver, gourmet, international and vegetarian diet plans supplement the basic two-week diet. Special appendices of special information on calorie consumption and usage and medical problems associated with diet provide additional, helpful information for the dieter.