Solid book but not really anything new from Mark Sisson. It's reliable information but if you have read his other books (even browsed them) you can probably skip this.

This book is based on today's current trend of intermittent fasting and cutting food groups from your diet. It also gives advice about exercise and keeping a journal. Health conscious people will agree with most of Mr. Sisson's writing. There are recipes but they seem high in calories. I received a copy of this ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

This book is packed with information but most of it was not new to me and a lot of it didn't have to do with intermittent fasting. It seems to be a compilation of lots of the authors' thoughts. I was also hoping for far more recipes. Recommended for those who are new to keto, paleo and intermittent fasting.

An interesting premise but why is that are never two diet books that agree to anything,. This book seemed a bit extreme to me and presented a diet that would hard to live by - especially only eating certain hours . I know i am not disciplined enough to follow such a diet, but i wonder how long people are actually able to do it. I don't think we need another fad diet book .

A well written book with lots of information, research and advice.

Mark Sisson is a well known author and fitness guru. In this book, he advocates for the idea of only eating two meals a day allowing the body to burn fat while fasting. It has a lot of scientific information to back this up and also includes advice on being good to oneself. Recipes are also included. While it may not be for everyone, it does make it appear to be a viable plan for many.

You can move along folks. There’s nothing new to see here!

Two Meals a Day tries to combine the currently fashionable intermittent fasting with a grain-less, processed sugar-free, and no seed oil diet. It also throws in aerobic exercise, journalizing, Marie Kondozing, and orange light only before bedtime. If you were an alien arriving from Europa, this book could catch you up on every major fitness fad. Unfortunately, most Earthlings have already heard of everything mentioned in this book. I also think trying to “fix” all of these things in one twelve-day period is an unachievable goal.

While Two Meals a Day may be motivating for some, I need to have at least one original idea per self-help book. Unfortunately, this book fails on even that simple of a criteria. 2 stars.

Thanks to Grand Central Publishing and NetGalley for a copy in exchange for my honest review.

The authors absolutely don’t sugar coat anything in this book. That’s a good thing. If you are reading this book most likely you have been contemplating a life style change to get healthy. This book will help you on that journey but it won’t baby you along. After walking you through the steps, there’s a 12 day turbocharge to get you started. It won’t be easy but it’s worth it.

Great new diet book makes eating out even better

Posted on March 2, 2021 by michellelovatosbookreviews, world's first book color commentator, book reviews with a twist

Here’s a new idea. Two meals a day to lose weight.
Hmm. Well, that seems like a no-brainer.
Two Meals a Day: The Simple Sustainable Strategy to Lose Fat, reverse aging, and Break Free from Diet Frustration Forever is a new diet book by authors Mark Sisson and Brian Kearns, and present reader’s what they term as an “ancestral-style diet free from processed sugar, grains, and industrial seed oils.”
Ah, yes. Another no-sugar diet.
Sisson says this new way of diet management healed his lifelong digestive dysfunction and broke his dependence on food to stabilize energy, mood, and cognitive functioning.
“By ditching high-carbohydrate, high-insulin-stimulating foods, I was able to access and burn stored body fat around the clock,” Sisson writes. “I was almost never hungry and required far fewer calories to attain total satisfaction at every meal. It felt like an incredible gift to escape from the prison of carb dependency and transition into a new existence, one in line with our human genetic expectations for health that were honed through 2.5 million years of evolution. Contrary to modern marketing hype and the flawed science that’s likely been programmed into your brain, we humans can do just fine without stuffing our faces morning, noon, and night and snacking incessantly to maintain energy between these round-the-clock feedings.”
Hmm. I have an issue. I like the taste of food, a lot. And honey, if this is a prison, lock me up.
These authors, like all other diet cookbook authors, say their plan will help people “lose excess body fat; increase energy and focus; minimize your risk of diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and cognitive decline; and enjoy your maximum healthspan …”
Here’s my observation:
I noticed through the years that many of these diet gurus and “nutrition” experts spend several boring chapters, and sometimes complete books, attempting to convince readers that modern science is wrong, bad, and most often, “ridiculous.” They blame our fat-and-sugar-laden bodies on the evils of marketing and our human stupidity for becoming “brainwashed” by our favorite fast-food fried chicken.
It’s not your fault Joe/Jane Reader. It’s those morons in the nutritional science marketing department.
These diet authors appear to be holding the golden ticket to the next modern science breakthrough.
If modern nutritional science is so bad, so ridiculous, why is it the global “standard” to begin with? Why doesn’t the “standard” ever change? If, after decades and the countless careers of highly-educated, brilliantly-minded scientists dedicated to modern medical and nutritional science, can’t get the nutrition game right, then why do these authors believe they have the secret remedy to humanity’s ridiculous scientific predecessors. And why aren’t these author’s diets the new “standard?”
And, here’s another thing: why are these terrible scientists watching over nutritional standards making so much money? Should they get a reprimand or a pay cut or something?
The only industry I know that argues more among itself is the churches: Catholic, Protestant, Presbyterian, Methodist, Mormon, Jehova. I think those high-educated people call themselves theologists.
Ug. Don’t get me started. Well, despite these authors’ Carnegie sales pitch, I still harbor trepidation about this diet.
Here’s this book’s golden nugget pitch. “I eat only during the hours between 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.,” Sisson writes. “I usually break my fast with my world-famous Sisson Bigass Salad, then enjoy an evening out with my wife, Carrie, at one of the many fabulous restaurants near my home in Miami Beach.”
Sisson goes on to say that “many” days he’s too busy to make his centerpiece salad – so he eats “(either a smoothie, a few squares of dark chocolate smothered in nut butter, a healthful meat-and-veggie frozen meal, or a small bowl of leftover steak) before enjoying a celebratory dinner later.”
Now, that sounds healthy.
This book goes on and on, rewriting our cumulative nutritional foundation and makes a variety of suggestions that I thought were already “standard.”
This is an excellent book for readers who want more than 250 pages of text and illustrations outlining Sisson’s plan with a few recipes thrown in at the end. I truly wish these men – and their publisher – a great run with their diet book. Some people will likely succeed in their goal to lose weight with this method – and for those folks – this is the book for you. Congratulations on finding something that works in your situation.
But for me? Not a chance. I like food too much, and I honestly think that the whole nutritional argument industry is ridiculous.

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Not a diet book but more like a way of eating that is healthier for your body. Part fasting and simplifying what you eat could cause major improvements in your health. This book shows you how.

What did I like? Anyone who has ever dieted would be caught by that cover. Is it possible to eat less and be healthier than you are now? According to the authors... yes. I could see how this could help, and intermittent fasting is much healthier than eating all the time. My failure is that I rotate shifts and it’s hard to eat intermittently because I can’t gather a routine.

Would I recommend or buy? I found it interesting and plausible. I’d love to eat less! If your looking for a informative book then two meals a day might be for you.

Four stars! I received a complimentary copy to read and voluntarily left a review!