Book Review - Plan-D: The Amazing Anti-Diet That Will Change Your Life Forever

A month or two ago, I received a call from a customer placing a book order for my books, who told me about Plan-D, and how close this book is to the philosophy that I teach in my books. So, I decided to check it out.

Dee McCaffrey is an organic chemist and Certified Diet Counselor who lost 100 pounds and has kept it off for 18 years. Her story is very compelling and will inspire anyone who has ever struggled with a weight problem. Plan-D is not about diets or cutting calories. It's about eating real food that your body wants and needs and feeling satisfied.

The whole theme in Plan-D is about eating processed free; avoiding processed flours, sugars and chemicals and eating fresh whole foods. The book is thorough and well organized. It explains in easy-to-understand language, the reasons for eating or avoiding certain foods. The book has a recipe section at the end to help you implement Plan-D eating into your life. It even includes some healthy dessert recipes.

This is not just another diet book by someone who never needed to lose weight. Plan-D is a program that Dee McCaffrey herself used to lose 100 pounds in a year and keep it off. She's "been there and done that" and Plan-D tells you how she did it!

While Plan-D is probably 99% of what I teach, there are a couple items I do need to mention:

Plan-D does not advocate soy products, but does indicate that fermented soy products are okay occasionally. Tofu is included as a fermented soy product. However according to Kaayla Daniel in her book, The Whole Soy Story, tofu is not fermented, but precipitated. Tofu has been effectively used by monks in Asian countries for centuries to kill their sex drive. Tofu is not a product that I recommend.

In addition, Plan-D's limited use of sweeteners includes agave nectar/syrup. Earlier this year, there was an article by Dr. Joseph Mercola, and supported by the Weston A. Price Foundation, regarding agave's high fructose content and the processing methods which agave undergoes to become the agave syrup sold in health food stores today. According to these articles, the agave syrup on the market is very unlike the true, healthy, unprocessed, agave nectar used by the indigenous peoples in the past. Therefore, due to the current controversy, agave is not a sweetener I recommend.

Those two points aside, I can say that it isn't often that I come across a book on healthy eating that I can wholeheartedly recommend. This book is one of those few.

Learn more about Plan-D here.