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There's a lot you probably don't know about the Buddha. For one, the real Buddha was thin. And before he became the "Enlightened One," he was a pampered prince named Siddhartha. He tried dieting once and didn't like it any more than you do. Instead, he sought a "middle way" between unhealthy overindulgence and unrealistic abstinence. The instructions he gave his monks about eating, more than 2,500 years ago, were surprisingly simple.

Fast forward to today, and modern science confirms what Buddha knew all along. It's not what you eat that's important, but when you eat. You don't need to follow the latest fads or give up your favorite foods. You just have to remember a few guidelines that Buddha provided-guidelines that, believe it or not, will help you lose weight, feel better, and stop obsessing about food. Sure, Buddha lived before the age of doughnuts and French fries, but his wisdom and teachings endure, providing us with a sane, mindful approach to achieving optimum health.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Running Press Adult; 1st edition (September 6, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0762460466
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0762460465
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.75 x 7.55 inches
Reviewer: SS
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A practice that is easy to remember and follow.
Review: Disclaimer: I am a coworker of Dan Zigmond, and I knew Dan from work. But I aim to have an unbiased review of Dan’s book.I am a 36 years old male, and my BMI had been around 33 (obesity) for the past 10 years. About 1.5 years ago, my doctor flagged that I need to control my weight (220 lb at that time) otherwise, he worried about my health risk related to obesity based on blood tests. I started to control my diet and exercise regularly, and in 6 months, I lost 30 lbs to 190lb. However, as Dan said in his book, losing weight is not hard, but maintaining lower weight is challenging. Towards the end of my 6 months effort, the journey of weight-loss was becoming more and more challenging, and I finally found myself more and more excuses and fell back to my “normal” life. In the next few months, I gain back 10 lbs and I started to notice my pants getting tighter, and I no longer felt I need to weigh my self as often, sounds familiar?This pattern was familiar to me, since I have done this twice. In my freshman year, I lost 50 lbs+, and before my wedding, I lost 40 lbs. But in both cases, I gained everything back, and probably put on a little more than what I lost. I knew where I was going when I got back 10 lbs this time, and but it was mentally hard to restart the effort.In one of my casual chat with Dan during work, he mentioned his book (yes, this one) about intermittent fasting (IF), and this idea immediately resonated with me, because I realized that in the two weight-loss cases mentioned above, I unconsciously did IF. In my freshman year, I was on a busy schedule so I didn’t usually eat anything other than 3 meals (so roughly 15 hours fasting every day). Before my wedding, I was eating a big breakfast everyday, but that was the only meal I ate (so 23 hours of fasting per day). In both cases, I didn’t try to control what I ate, but I unknowingly restricted food intake outside regular meal time. I had never thought about dieting from the angle of eating time, until Dan pointed out that way. I decided to give it another try, and I started immediately by buying and reading Dan’s book as the first step.I decided to drop dinner and restrict my eating (of any food) to 9AM - 1PM, a 4hr window. I know this sounds crazy, but believe it or not, it was not that hard. The first two days were horrible, and I felt so hungry in the evenings that I must go bed early. From the 3rd day, I didn’t feel as bad, and within a week, I totally adjusted to this new schedule and no longer felt hungry at all in evenings. I didn’t restrict what I ate for breakfast and dinner, and I just tried to not over-eat. We have plenty of free food at work (that is Facebook!), so I usually take my plate to my desk rather than eating in cafe (this prevents me from re-grabbing food esp. dessert). The portion of my meals are as before, and I still eat things like fries and pizza. I try to be more active when I can, but not excessive exercise. Now it has been 3 months, and I lose another 20 lbs. I want to lose another 10, so my BMI will step into the normal range (<25). Now, my blood tests are all normal.IMO, weight-loss isn’t rocket science. It is eat less and exercise more. What’s really tricky is the easiness to execute. Time based diet restriction is a practice that is easy to remember and follow. Personally, I still believe it is the restriction of calories that helped, but blocking out time for calorie intake is probably much easier than fighting the temptation for favorite food.I’m still in progress, but I want to share my story. If you are like me and a weight-loss-then-gain-back experience sounds familiar to you, give it a try! Reviewer: Doc S. Hodges
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: An easy read and a very good idea
Review: It's a lovely little book, well written and conversational. The ideas are simple and no whacko life style changes are required. I'm a practicing Buddhist but you won't need to be to use the information. After following it for a month I've lost 10 pounds and don't feel like I've given up anything. I'm never hungry and after getting used to the idea of not eating all day and night I don't think about it very often.

Reviewer: ferret88
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This set me up to win - a lifestyle that is sustainable
Review: This book is a godsend. I have been looking for a diet that I can stick to. Enter Buddha's Diet. Like the authors say, it's not really a diet but rather "lifelong lifecycle". And, with a one-day-a-week cheat day, it accommodates my schedule. Most importantly, I've noticed it in my waistline (about half a lb a week is what I'm doing - similar to what they said would happen) and how I FEEL. I FEEL better. I am more mindful of how much food I consume. I love the thing they mention about when you're full but still eating say out loud "I'm full but I'm still going to eat this" - my wife and I have already done that at restaurants and it helps. It just makes me more aware of what I'm consuming vs going into autopilot.Overall, I am so glad I came across this book. It didn't alter my food choices much (I ate pretty healthy already) but it did alter when I eat my food which, consequently, altered my food intake and decreased the amount of junk food I ate since that was usually eaten in the late evening.I highly recommend this book for someone who has tried other ways of losing weight because this is a practical, sustainable approach vs. blitz diets that come and go.

Reviewer: American viewer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A mindful, permanent solution for losing weight and enjoying life
Review: This is the very best weight loss plan I've tried, having experienced a painless loss of 2 lb in the first week and a half. It's not that the ideas are radical. I already knew the maxim "finish dinner 4 hours before going to bed", but this book explains the 'why' of it working. I wouldn't be surprised if the French paradox (people eating decadent meals yet staying slim ) boils down to not going to sleep right after dinner and having a small breakfast mid-morning.It's a lot easier to eat this way than to maintain the 5-2 fasting advocated by some authors in recent years. Also, this book advocates that people decide what they want to eat and how much they want to exercise. And yet...because I need to eat dinner earlier than I used to, I snack less. Two glasses of wine a week seem more than generous; I now drink herb tea after dinner. Besides, there's one cheat day allowed every week (hello, dinner party!) After following the Buddha Diet, I'm sleeping better, exercising regularly, and bringing the wisdom contained in this book to more aspects of my lifestyle. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

Reviewer: Shailesh Telang
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Very credible, informative and easy to read. Buddha's diet is a fantastic book I ever read. The advise given in the book works. Feel like a lot of self proclaimed health/well being youtubers take content from this book. Highly recommended.

Reviewer: Teresa
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Interesante. Entrega rápida.

Reviewer: Wolf_man23
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Beautiful looking book but honestly the information is nothing ground breaking.

Reviewer: Martin
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I put off writing a review until I'd actually tried the diet, which, by the way is certainly working for me, (14 lbs and counting) I found the book easy to read and understand. More importantly, for me at least, facts were backed up with references and sound scientific reasoning.I am not a particularly spiritual person, but you don't need to be to understand the value of thinking more carefully about what and why you eat, and taking a moment to appreciate the effort and chain of events that brought the food to your plate.In short, an enjoyable, factual, well written book, thoroughly recommended.

Reviewer: Wim Peggeman
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: The message is good. The question is if you need that amount of words. Well, without all this words it would no be a book. It's easy reading and as said: the message is good