| Details | | Publication Date: | 1998-01-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 388 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 23.2 oz |
Publisher's Note
Losing weight and turning back the clock are the top two on America's wish list. This easy-to-follow, healthy program lets readers eat their way to a younger, thinner life.
Using six easy tests developed by longevity scientists that determine biological age, and Edita Kaye's own personal experience, "Fountain of Youth" offers a flexible, tasty new way to attain slenderness. The program includes 90 days of simple, satisfying six-meals-a-day plans, based on "youth foods" available in the grocery store for pennies a day.
Industry Reviews
You can't be too thin or too young-looking, and medical journalist Kaye offers a 90-day, six-meals-a-day plan that helps you be both. Look for the Fountain of Youth TV program, which will begin airing upon the book's publication.
Moore
Medical journalist Kaye (Bone Builders, 1996) mixes humor, hyperbole and in-your-face cheerleading in the companion volume to her PBS TV series. The crux of the book is a 90-day antioxidant-rich diet which, she promises, will cut both weight and "age." At age 40, feeling "hopelessly fat, unattractive, and now, on top of everything else, old," she decided to overhaul her eating habits and shed 20 pounds and 10 "years." She then discusses just how to determine one's medical as opposed to chronological age with do-it-yourself "bio-tests" (e.g., skin pinch, resting heart rate, visual acuity) and includes workbook-style charts and graphs. Subsequent chapters describe the benefits of antioxidants (vitamins C and E, beta-carotene and calcium) and list the top food sources of each. Finally she presents her "fountain of youth" diet, which features six small meals a day three squares plus three snacks. Most menus are commonsensical, if uninspired: a typical dinner consists of broiled flounder, baked potato, tossed salad, water and coffee, while a typical midday snack is half a cantaloupe. Also included are follow-up maintenance meals, as well as sample recipes to use during the 90-day program. While most of what's here will be old news to nutrition-savvy readers, others may enjoy this accessible package and not be bothered by Kaye's excessive cuteness. (Jan.)
Lopate
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