TCM: A Natural Guide to Weight Loss That Lasts

Wed, Jul 7, 2010

ISBN13: 9780380809059
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The Dragon’s WayTo Natural, Healthy, Lasting Weight LossHere at last is the secret to taking off pounds and inches and keeping them off for life. Unlike popular “miracle” diet programs and products, The Dragon’s Way addresses the root cause of your weight problems and offers a remarkable six-week program that shows you how to reach your optimum weight and stay there. The Dragon’s Way is based on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theories that have been practiced for thousands of years. Today billions of people worldwide benefit from this medical system. The Dragon’s Way is not about food restrictions, apetite suppression, or vigorous exercising. It’s about treating the whole person instead of focusing on weight; about how to use ancient energy movements to awaken your healing ability; about showing you how to use food as a healing tool; and about helping you achieve the harmony and balance in your own body that can result in natural, healthy, permanent we… More >>

TCM: A Natural Guide to Weight Loss That Lasts

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L. Boutte Says:
July 8th, 2010 at 1:15 am

THE BOOK SOUNDED LIKE IT MIGHT BE A HEALTHY WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT BUT IT BECAME VERY UNREALISTIC IN DOING.YOU CAN’T LOSE BY ELIMINATING EVERYTHING HEALTHY.NOW I WISH I HADN’T BOUGHT THE BOOK NOT BEING ABLE TO CHECK IT OUT FIRST.THE SELLER WAS FAST IN SHIPPING.
Rating: 2 / 5

slavuna Says:
July 8th, 2010 at 1:17 am

Good, because this is the only book I have met in my life that actually have told me the reason I gain weight and the reason I can never lose weight no matter that I think I do eat healthy food or I exsersise or I walk, or I add a lot of herbs into my diets.

Bad because this books says that it is the Qi gong that will make you lose weight not the food. OK, but then why the author puts only 8 pages of exercise? The rest of the 328 pages is all about food and a lot of bla- bla – bla. You can’t understand this 10 exercises – which 1 works for what?

Also there is too many passages of the book that repeat to make the book bigger probably.I have some serious doubts that the author of the book knows in debth or understands in debth the TCM.

Rating: 1 / 5

M. J. Burak Says:
July 8th, 2010 at 3:39 am

The first 70 pages of the book are nothing more than the author trying to convince the reader this is an effective method towards releasing weight. But, even after the author gets to the point, the convincing continues, ad nauseum.

I became so bored reading the same statements over and over again that I started skimming through the book to find relevant information. Unfortunately, the relevant information is so scattered that its very tedious to put it all together. For example, the author says most Westerners expect a list of foods to eat right off the bat. After trying to convince the reader this is an unhealthy approach to eating, a food list is given (about 20 pages later). Yet, its another 50 pages before the author explains why those specific foods were chosen.

This book is supposed to be written for Western minds to understand Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in order to bring their bodies into balance. Yet, very little explanation is given about the priciples of TCM. The author only glosses over the divisions TCM practitioners use (hot/cold, dry/damp, internal/external, etc.), making it difficult to know how to use them correctly.

This may be an effective method for reducing weight, but the poor presentation makes this book practically worthless.
Rating: 1 / 5

Anonymous Says:
July 8th, 2010 at 6:16 am

If you are ready this book will change your life. It is more than weight it is about how we live in the world. It is about beoming one with the universe. MOVE INTO IT!!!
Rating: 5 / 5

Soccer Mom Says:
July 8th, 2010 at 8:39 am

I found this book interesting because I’m interested in TCM, but I don’t think it contains too many real secrets to weight loss that you won’t find in lot of other books. The basic diet is for six weeks to eat several pieces of fruit, several servings of vegetables and some walnuts, pine nuts of cashews each day and do qigong for exercise each day.

Well, qigong burns up extra calories no matter what the specific exercises in this book are, and foodwise you would probably be taking in well under 1,000 calories a day, so yeah most people are going to lose weight following this diet and exercise program. But I think most people already know that if you exercise more each day and eat under 1,000 calories of high fiber foods with few carbohydrates and very little fat then you are probably going to lose at least 1 – 2 pounds a week.

I don’t think I would actually go on this 6 week diet because it doesn’t seem healthy to me. I can’t see how you would get enough vitamins, minerals and protein on it to improve your health, especially any vitamin B12, zinc or enough iron. This diet probably seemed like a great idea years ago before people knew about RDAs for vitamins and minerals, but if we add in knowledge gleaned in this last century about nutrition then this diet seems unwise. I’m not sure that running a deficit in some macro and micro nutrients for 6 weeks is the key to long term weight loss or improved health.

However, I did find many of the little TCM tidbits in the book extremely interesting, such as eat only cooked foods, avoid raw salads and don’t drink cold water. Also there are lists of foods that are especially good to eat for weight loss such as eggplant, watermelon and mushrooms. So I’m going to try the various TCM weight loss tips and try to eat more of the specific foods presented in the book, but pass on the overall 6 week plan.

Rating: 3 / 5

L. Boutte Says:
July 8th, 2010 at 1:15 am
THE BOOK SOUNDED LIKE IT MIGHT BE A HEALTHY WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT BUT IT BECAME VERY UNREALISTIC IN DOING.YOU CAN’T LOSE BY ELIMINATING EVERYTHING HEALTHY.NOW I WISH I HADN’T BOUGHT THE BOOK NOT BEING ABLE TO CHECK IT OUT FIRST.THE SELLER WAS FAST IN SHIPPING.
Rating: 2 / 5
slavuna Says:
July 8th, 2010 at 1:17 am
Good, because this is the only book I have met in my life that actually have told me the reason I gain weight and the reason I can never lose weight no matter that I think I do eat healthy food or I exsersise or I walk, or I add a lot of herbs into my diets.

Bad because this books says that it is the Qi gong that will make you lose weight not the food. OK, but then why the author puts only 8 pages of exercise? The rest of the 328 pages is all about food and a lot of bla- bla – bla. You can’t understand this 10 exercises – which 1 works for what?

Also there is too many passages of the book that repeat to make the book bigger probably.I have some serious doubts that the author of the book knows in debth or understands in debth the TCM.

Rating: 1 / 5
M. J. Burak Says:
July 8th, 2010 at 3:39 am
The first 70 pages of the book are nothing more than the author trying to convince the reader this is an effective method towards releasing weight. But, even after the author gets to the point, the convincing continues, ad nauseum.

I became so bored reading the same statements over and over again that I started skimming through the book to find relevant information. Unfortunately, the relevant information is so scattered that its very tedious to put it all together. For example, the author says most Westerners expect a list of foods to eat right off the bat. After trying to convince the reader this is an unhealthy approach to eating, a food list is given (about 20 pages later). Yet, its another 50 pages before the author explains why those specific foods were chosen.

This book is supposed to be written for Western minds to understand Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in order to bring their bodies into balance. Yet, very little explanation is given about the priciples of TCM. The author only glosses over the divisions TCM practitioners use (hot/cold, dry/damp, internal/external, etc.), making it difficult to know how to use them correctly.

This may be an effective method for reducing weight, but the poor presentation makes this book practically worthless.
Rating: 1 / 5
Anonymous Says:
July 8th, 2010 at 6:16 am
If you are ready this book will change your life. It is more than weight it is about how we live in the world. It is about beoming one with the universe. MOVE INTO IT!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
Soccer Mom Says:
July 8th, 2010 at 8:39 am
I found this book interesting because I’m interested in TCM, but I don’t think it contains too many real secrets to weight loss that you won’t find in lot of other books. The basic diet is for six weeks to eat several pieces of fruit, several servings of vegetables and some walnuts, pine nuts of cashews each day and do qigong for exercise each day.

Well, qigong burns up extra calories no matter what the specific exercises in this book are, and foodwise you would probably be taking in well under 1,000 calories a day, so yeah most people are going to lose weight following this diet and exercise program. But I think most people already know that if you exercise more each day and eat under 1,000 calories of high fiber foods with few carbohydrates and very little fat then you are probably going to lose at least 1 – 2 pounds a week.

I don’t think I would actually go on this 6 week diet because it doesn’t seem healthy to me. I can’t see how you would get enough vitamins, minerals and protein on it to improve your health, especially any vitamin B12, zinc or enough iron. This diet probably seemed like a great idea years ago before people knew about RDAs for vitamins and minerals, but if we add in knowledge gleaned in this last century about nutrition then this diet seems unwise. I’m not sure that running a deficit in some macro and micro nutrients for 6 weeks is the key to long term weight loss or improved health.

However, I did find many of the little TCM tidbits in the book extremely interesting, such as eat only cooked foods, avoid raw salads and don’t drink cold water. Also there are lists of foods that are especially good to eat for weight loss such as eggplant, watermelon and mushrooms. So I’m going to try the various TCM weight loss tips and try to eat more of the specific foods presented in the book, but pass on the overall 6 week plan.

Rating: 3 / 5

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