This book does have some good information, especially if you are new to topics like gut health, healthy bacteria, etc. but there are some serious drawbacks that will make it hard for most people to follow. The author goes into detail about lots of different culprits in the way many people develop fatigue and gain weight midlife. He points out the way many foods mess with our insulin levels but also makes some claims that are not accepted by many scientists, like saying that the body will store some kinds of foods as fat and use other kinds as energy. He also claims that some people are basically allergic to carbs, even healthy carbs like beans and veggies, and will have to limit them for life.

Some of his advice is very standard -- move more, stretch, eat real food. He points out that farmers feed antibiotics to livestock to fatten them up (true) and that our overuse of antibiotics is one reason we gain weight and have such a hard time losing it. He also points out how many of the most common prescription drugs have weight gain as a typical side effect.

He offers a two-week, intensive plan to rewire your body, but this will be quite hard for many people to follow. During the two weeks you don't just cut things like sugar, alcohol, refined foods and caffeine, but even things like eggs, beans, all grains (even stuff like quinoa), nightshades like tomatoes, and much more. He provides meal plans and recipes, but these rely heavily on either buying his shake powders or making your own with pea protein powder and other purchased add-ins. He also recommends taking various supplements. You are then supposed to move on to a less restrictive diet that's still quite restrictive.

Vegetarians and vegans take note -- he relies heavily on seafood, chicken and meats during the two week reboot and the maintenance program. He offers a section for vegetarian substitutes but this has two recipes (!) -- a lentil stew with a couple of variations, and roasted veggies with a couple of variations.

The book has pages of endorsements by people like Gwyneth Paltrow at the start. For me, this is a mark against it, not a reason I'm likely to agree with it.

While there is some good information in here, most of the book reads like a long infomercial for his practice and his products.

This book makes so much sense! It approaches fixing one's body from all directions -- nutrition, exercise, stress reduction, sleep, gut microbiome -- in logical steps. I've read many books on health, but most do not incorporate all of the approaches to health that are contained in Dr. Lipman's book. I highly recommend it!