DIETERS BEWARE: FIT FOR LIFE5
This 1985 diet was wildly popular for years, and the book that describes the diet still sells well. The program, devised by
Harvey and Marilyn Diamond, is based on the principles of Natural Hygiene, including the theory that the “body is always striving for health and that it achieves this by continuously cleansing itself of deleterious waste material.”6 They say the body has specific cycles during the day: From noon to 8 p.m. the body is appropriating (digesting: g the food you’ve eaten), from 8 p.m. until 4 a.m. the body is assimilating (absorbing and using nutrients), and from 4 a.m. to noon it is eliminating debris from the food and bodily wastes. According to the Diamonds, we should synchronize our eating t*o these cycles, eating the appropriate amounts of certain types of foods at each meal. This will ensure that our bodies will rid themselves of dangerous wastes and remain slim.
The Diamonds encourage dieters to combine foods in specific ways that will make sure that northing is left to “rot” in the stomach. They preach the importance of having no more than one concentrated food in the stomach at a time, eating only a.m. foods in the morning and p.m. foods later in the day, and many other unusual rules. With their plan, what you wind up eating is not a bad diet, but the theories behind this regimen were questioned long ago. Rather than adhering to a so-so diet based on incorrect principles, you’re much better off blocking fat with Chitosan and a scientifically based, patient-tested, safe, and effective healthy eating regimen.
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