Reno's plan focuses on fresh produce, fresh whole grains, fresh lean protein, lots of exercise, and supplements. While the diet is certainly not bad for you, it is not new and most people will find it restrictive. When I hear "Eat the Foods you LOVE!" I think pizza and ice cream, not flax seed, millet, and All-Bran®. And here in the Caribbean I cannot always get these foods. For two weeks we had no brown rice in the store, so it wasn't even an option.
Reno exercises five or six days per week with a lot of aggressive weight training. Again, most people do not want to do this. Exercise needs to happen, but again one needs to meet people where they are and allow them to slowly gain a comfort level with the gym and exercising. Regarding supplements, she advises such unproven additions as creatine and MSM, which I question the need for.
This diet obviously worked for Tosca Reno and she is her own best testimonial. But do not be tricked into thinking this is an easy-to-handle non-restrictive diet plan. Expect to be hunting down groceries, carrying food with you just in case there is no clean food available, constantly ordering "off the menu" in restaurants, and spending a lot on supplements.
And trust me as a fitness professional, there are other ways to healthy weight loss!
Article comments
1 - Kelly Jad'on
Ms. Lippin,
I too reviewed The Eat-Clean Diet. I found it to be an affordable book which teaches the under-informed how to get into shape. The photos are dynamic and charts helpful.
Great work!
2 - Lynda Lippin
Thanks Kelly! I am not convinced that this book really does the work of teaching people how to get in shape as the plan is very difficult to follow and restrictive for most people. While the book is certainly dynamic and easy to read, and the plan obviously worked for Reno, it is not a plan that I would want to follow.
3 - burning calories
I have read this book before few weeks and I really liked it! This book is easy to read and I agree with Kelly that it teaches how to get in shape! I strongly recommend to buy and read this book for everyone!
4 - Lynda Lippin
I actually looked at this book again as it's been a couple of years since this review and I still hold by my statements. It's restrictive diet and a huge amount of life changing. Now, this may be exactly what some folks need to get their butt in gear, but for me it's a bit much and I don't know many people who could maintain this plan.