Review: Not a CURE of any kind!! EATING DISORDERS NEED IMMEDIATE PROFESSIONAL HELP!!
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 9, 2014
Although some of the tips included in this book could be useful, there's lot of crap in this 10 minutes read. The only part I liked was about "interrupting the habit" and "dealing with the cravings"/"proper dieting/self-reward" but it's like 2 paragraphs in a high-school essay in a lenght. The price is OK and I was close to giving this book a 3 star review, but then by the end:-"binge eating disorders are relatively easy to overcome" - What the f...???! Binge eating is one of the symptoms of Binge Eating Disorder (Bulimia nervosa) which is one of the most dangerous and lethal mental diseases and it's very hard to overcome.It has elements of depression, neurosis and food addiction to it. Imagine how hard it is to stop drinking/overcome alcohol addiction, while human beings don't have to consume alcohol to survive. But they HAVE to eat. Moreover, dining is a huge part of our culture and social life.  Not only that, but there is Bulimia Nervosa (binge eating disorder) and Anorectic Bulimia - which is even more deadly and symptoms HAVE TO BE DIAGNOSED AS FAST AS POSSIBLE! ! !"If the disorder ever gets out of hand, professional help should be sought" - No! THOSE DISEASES HAVE TO BE TREATED EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY! They are NOT A SUBJECT FOR A SELF-HELP IN THE FIRST PLACE!If you have symptoms of Binge Eating Disorder - GO AND SEE YOUR DOCTOR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!****I HAD A DEAR FRIEND WHO DIED BECAUSE OF BULIMIA NERVOSA. EATING DISORDERS ARE NO JOKE WHATSOEVER, EVEN THE VERY FIRST SYMPTOMS!!!****I gave this cheap thing two stars, because It may be a good booklet (not a book) for someone in the VERY FIRST stages of binge eating (literally, first 2 attacks or something). Anything more than that and this book is totally useless. And if you are a friend/parent of such person, you need to know a lot MUCH more than this to understand the person, the thinking and the whole problem.  ***It's not written by a medical doctor, psychiatrist or any kind of specialist, just a guy who claims that he had problems with binge eating (I don't think so, but maybe). ***Moreover, I didn't like the vibe. It's like: Yeah, binge eating, easy, chillout, whatever, 70's hippie vibe. Got cancer? Take aspirine.Nope.It's a deadly disease. Remember that.