"Strip That Fat Diet System" is a program designed to educate the consumer on proper nutrition and offer guidance for diet modification with written and online tools. The materials provided with the system include a height and weight chart, calorie counting chart, exercise suggestions and healthy recipes (depending on the package). The Dieting Guide book is a well-written weight loss guide that provides meal planning assistance without hype, gimmicks or fads but may be based upon questionable science.
Main Concepts and Features
This diet program focuses on the premise that if you "eat more" (often), you will "lose more" (weight). Dieters are strongly encouraged to eat small meals daily. The basic package includes the STF Diet Generator. This tool enables you to input your food preferences (from a list of 9 to 12 options) for each meal. Based on this information, the generator creates a personalized 14-day menu, including a printable shopping list and diet outline. The diet has three phases. The rapid weight loss phase includes the 14-day custom-created diet menu for faster weight loss; the sustained weight loss phase includes healthy eating tips and resources for reaching your goal weight; and the maintenance phase includes practicable instructions for avoiding regain.
Importance of Diet Versus Exercise
Many diet programs recommend frequent, vigorous exercise sessions for significant, successful weight loss and maintenance. Per the minds behind Strip That Fat Diet System, it's much more about when, how much and what you eat than about exercise, though exercise is encouraged. The claim is that diet makes up 80 percent of the weight loss battle. Per the Dieting Guide book, for most overweight people, what and how they eat, not exercise, are what prevent them from getting fit and healthy.
Expert Insight
Several epidemiological studies have shown an inverse relationship between meal frequency and body weight, suggesting a "grazing" pattern of eating may be useful for avoiding obesity. However, according to a 1997 review in the British Journal of Nutrition titled "Meal Frequency and Energy Balance," there are too many confounding factors to allow drawing a conclusive cause-and-effect relationship. Furthermore, researchers stated the epidemiological evidence has been, at best, very weak. Some short-term studies suggest slightly more calories are burned in digesting multiple small meals, but other studies refute these findings.
Other Features and Cost
This diet system offers users the ability to earn back what they paid for the program plus a few extra dollars. The gold membership includes the Dieting Guide plus the Diet Generator for $47 with a 60-day money-back guarantee. The platinum membership includes this plus a calorie counting worksheet, recipe book, and calorie guide for $57. If and when you lose weight, you are encouraged to send in your success story. If your testimonial is chosen to be featured on the official Web page, you'll get a check for $100. The full details of this arrangement are included in the book.
Pros and Cons
The nutrition information and exercise recommendations are sound; the program is fairly inexpensive and includes the Diet Generator, a useful meal planning tool. Additionally, eating small, frequent meals may stave off hunger, a problem for many dieters. The system introduces the importance of calorie control and choosing healthy, fresh foods. It is a safe diet, and users are offered a financial incentive for losing weight.
This book offers nothing particularly new or novel. Most of the information is available elsewhere. If you have read diet and nutrition books in the past, you have probably already been exposed to much of the book's content. Also, most of the scientific evidence does not support a link between meal frequency and weight loss.
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