Interesting, new ideas, some tasty recipes. I enjoyed the tips and tricks shared in this book

A lot of detailed information. The suggested boosts are very expensive.

Similar to other diet books. Did not learn anything,

Not the best health book I've read. Found myself skimming the Pages. Quite boring actually.

Fred Pescatore is a name that conjures up thoughts of his bestselling Hamptons Diet book. He's back this time with snippets about his A-list clientele and the way they stay slim. Don't we all want to have the body of a movie star? Pescarte tells us that we can.

The book gives a comprehensive look at the foods we eat and how they affect our health. He also explains why he cherry picks the very best things we should choose for our meal plans.

If you are new to low carb dieting, this is a book that explains it to you. And who knows, you might end up with body of a movie star.

The A-List Diet, Lose up to 15 Pounds and Look and Feel Younger in Just 2 Weeks, Fred Pescatore

Review from Jeannie Zelos book reviews

Genre: Health, Mind & Body

Hmnnn, if like me you've been in a lifelong weight battle that headline Lose up to 15 Pounds and Look and Feel Younger in Just 2 Weeks will appeal. So I eagerly dived into this book and....
Well, if you've a Science degree maybe you'll follow it better. My degree is Law, and some of those papers were pretty dull, but they had nothing on this. 
It felt like my poor word selection lookup on my paperwhite was in use several times on far too many pages with all the fancy/complex terms he uses.  
I'll pick a page totally at random and quote a few lines just so you can see what I mean about words. Ok, its loc 1194: "...of the cell to the mitochrondria, where it is used to generate adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the fuel that powers all cellular activity". Further down that page he talks about Aspartic acid being good for the mind, increasing NADH which boosts production of neurotransmitters, and removes excess toxins from cells especially ammonia, which is damaging to the brain.
You thought this was a diet book didn't you? A magic fix to help you lose that stone quickly. Well, there are recipes and ordinary-ish advice, but they come quite a way into the book after you battled through all the science stuff first, and read about recommended tablets etc. And of course there's lots of them, but it's OK, Fred sells them. 
So he starts off with a week long detox, assuring us we will not get hungry, and citing a patient who had persistent and so far untreatable pain and fatigue issues. She was one of the first to try his detox, and after looked like a whole new person! She lost 8 lbs, regained colour to her face, and talked about going back to work after she'd thought she wouldn't ever be able to. Sounds a little miraculous to me. 
Of course there's also the proviso found in all diet books, the one we never pay attention to, that says check with your GP before starting and you may not lose as much weight as suggested. 

So what is the detox? Well, basically nothing for first two days except water and herbal teas, then a little broth after that. Later in the week we get to add...eggs, then avocado and finally a few nuts and fish. And the pills of course: a good multi-vitamin, which he sells at 2 three times a day, a detox supplement formula ( again he makes one) at 2 three times a day, and one Reg'Active ( that's what's written,not sure what it is) twice per day. Its not hard to see how a week of this will result in weight loss, but a lot harder for me to believe I won't be hungry, especially the first two days! 
After that it depends on what sort of person you are as to what you eat, he breaks people down into six different types and treats each differently, which I found interesting. There's some pretty comprehensive lists of foods according to what type of person you are, but they seem to be mainly along the lines of lean protein and vegetables, avoiding carbs and starchy veg and including only a little fruit. 
It kind of makes sense as these foods are good for the body and do increase metabolism, but I'm not yet convinced.
One issue I have as a UK reader is that I know many of these foods by a different name, but there are also many that I haven't a clue what they are, and they're certainly not available in the rural part of the country where I live.
I know the internet is great for sourcing most stuff, but not fresh food. I'm thinking of creme fraiche qurut, coconut butter soy milk ( unless maybe that's two things and a misprint?), queso fresco Gervais, chaource, eposses, harz, livarot ( that doesn't sound good for liver ;-) ) caprini, abondance....you see what I mean here? This is just a fraction of the list. Once past week one and the supplements needed there, we need more for the next parts of the diet, specially formulated by Fred.

What I like about the diet is no calorie counting, no fat gram counting and long lists of foods that can be eaten ( even if I don't know what many of them are). I enjoy reading about why and how certain things work, it helps me to stick to a diet when i know, for example, that lean protein boots metabolism which in turn helps fat burning.
There's a useful section of recipes included in the second half of the book, but they are once more pretty complex. For example breakfast of fried egg and gruyere on a bed of avocado has nine ingredients and mexican fried eggs has thirteen..vegetable soup has seventeen, stuffed chicken and squash ribbons has fifteen. I find the more ingredients, the less likely I am to make a recipe for every day use. Too long in the kitchen and I want to nibble.
I do like that Fred sells the specific tablets needed.

What I don't like about this book though is that Fred sells tha tablets. Yep, that's ight, I do and don't lie it. Do in that its easy to get them ( in US anyway), and don't in that the cynic in me is thinking do we really need them? Is this just a way to get more money out of people?
Then IMO he goes too far in the explainations, blinding the reader with scientific terms and stats and words we've never heard of. That makes me a bit suspicious, maybe I'm just a cynic, but I like simple transparency. Not everyone is like me though, some like the fuller texts. 
Back at work some 20 years ago I was talking to a head teacher about one of the floors we cleaned. I told him I'd brought a new product for the cleaner to use, no machine polishing needed, as it was a new trial of a self shining, floor sheen emulsion. Or something like that... It was a tiny school, very little profit and the company wouldn't spring for the expense of a floor polisher. If I'd said no need for a machine I've got a different polish, he wouldn't have been happy. Suggest its something new and fancy and he was. Some people need the complexity more than they want the transparency. I guess its like needing scientific terms to let you be able to believe, rather than just understand how it works.
I think in theory this is a good weight loss book - if you can stick to it and don't mind spending lots on supplements.
I think the headline 15 lbs in 2 weeks is something most people will focus on and few will achieve. Celebrity diets are fine, they tend to have chefs to source, weight, measure and cook everything, but for the ordinary person I can't see this book being really helpful. 
For me its not a diet that appeals, I'd rather get my vitamins and nutrients from real food than a pill.

Stars: Three, for me its not tempting but I guess it might appeal to others who are dedicated to what they eat, and have patience to follow this. It does have some useful advice, even if its all locked up in jargon and soundbites. 

ARC supplied for review purposes by Netgalley and Publishers

Great book. Very interesting and very informative. i learned a lot from this book and will be looking to buy a copy. I also receommend it to others to look out for it

Soon to be one of most popular scientific diets around. This diet is not only for A-Listers, but for it’s for everyone who wants to lose weight and keep it off. You will be removing the inflammation and start eating the right foods and supplements. I like the 30 day breakfast, lunch and dinner menu plan that is included.