Review: Way too much fluff in the first 60% of the book
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 17, 2013
The good news about this book is that near the end, it finally provides a few (and only a few) pages on the actual steps and process of intermittent fasting. So there is a little bit of useful info on the practice of IF in the book. For that, I'm grateful.The bad news is that the book is quite a tedious read for the first 70%+ of the book, until finally it gets into something useful to the reader. The first 70% of the book is just page after page after page of unsupported, unconvincing benefits of all kinds, until you feel like you don't want to read any more. Thank heavens the book was a short and fast read, so I could get to the useful parts before I gave up.There are two useful parts to the book, in my view. The first was the author's personal weight loss story near the end of the book. That part of the book rang true. The second part was the few remaining pages on tips for how to make your own IF plan.I'm very glad the book was free. I think the book would be far better if the whole first half of unconvincing claims was deleted; if the author's weight loss story was placed up front as a motivational story for IF credibility, and if several different IF plans were discussed in a bit more detail beyond "whatever is good for you, or whatever fits you."For example, how does a 20/4 plan feel different than a 19/5 plan, or a 12/12 plan? What likely problems are associated with each plan? I would have appreciated a few more pages of useful info like the discussion about fitting in workouts near the end of the fasting period so that you can eat food within 30 minutes (often it's called the golden hour) to recharge your muscles.I would only recommend this book to someone completely new to the IF idea (which is why I read it), and even then, only the last 25% of the book.