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New diet books put different spins on the search for one's self.(The Seattle Times)
One stack of the recent diet books piling up on my shelves seems different, somehow, than many of its predecessors. More specific. Targeted. Customized.
There's one that identifies three body types, based on the autonomic nervous system. Another book lists three color-coded types, drawing from traditional Indian medicine. One specifies four types, determined by insufficient brain chemicals. Another singles out six types, growing out of a blend of East and West. Yet another gets up to 25 variations, determined by which gland, organ or body system is dominant.
What I can't quite tell is which has become more precise _ the science or the marketing.
Maybe it's both, of course, or neither. Perhaps in a few years one of these systems will be the ...
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- EN Rates Diet Books--Which to Choose, Which to Lose.
- Magazine article from: Environmental Nutrition Lepke, Janet January 1, 1999 700+ words
Americans are desperate to lose weight. Why else would diet books be a perennial presence on bestseller lists. If your New...s picks and pans from the current crop of high-profile diet books, along with some low-profile picks we favor. It's not...
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- News wire article from: Australasian Business Intelligence September 12, 2005 700+ words
...of the Australian Booksellers' Association has been told diet books are selling well in Australia at present. Data by Nielsen...the bestsellers in 2005 in the non-fiction category were diet books, with biographies also performing well. However, while...
- Inside the trends and fads of the newest diet books.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Creager, Ellen January 17, 2003 700+ words
...and improved eating plan, here is an evaluation of the new diet books. THE FADS "The Perricone Prescription" by Nicholas Perricone...you so" boast by the low-carb king should knock all other diet books off the charts. COMMON SENSE "Energy Breakthrough: Jump...