Guest guest Posted January 18, 2003 Report Share Posted January 18, 2003 Jan. 9, 2003 -- It's a food fight! And the latest salvo is a first-to-worst list of best-selling diet books. Tossing the fat into the fire is the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. PCRM sees nutrition as the key to better health. Its founder, Neal D. Barnard, MD, has written several diet books of his own. He advocates a vegetarian diet. This makes it no surprise that meat-shunning Dean Ornish, MD, tops the PCRM list with an " outstanding " five-star rating. Another non-surprise: The Atkins' diet is dubbed " unsafe " and gets no stars at all. Ornish, it must be noted, serves as a medical advisor to PCRM, although he played no role in the ratings. Barnard's book is not rated because it is not among the top sellers. The rating system isn't a mere beauty contest. Each of the best-selling diet books gets a rating on a five-point system from PCRM nutritionist Brie -McGrievy, RD. The system gives: One star for offering at least 25 grams of fiber a day. One star for offering five daily servings of fruits and vegetables. One star for no more than 50 mg of cholesterol. One star for no more than 30% of total calories from fat. One star for no more than 10% of calories from saturated fat. Ladies and gentlemen, the envelope, please. The PCRM ratings: FIVE STARS -- OUTSTANDING Eat More, Weigh Less by Dean Ornish, MD FOUR STARS -- GOOD Get with the Program! by Bob Greene The pH Miracle by O. Young, PhD, and Redford Young THREE STARS - MARGINAL Eat Right for Your Type (Type A) by D'Adamo, ND 8 Minutes in the Morning by Cruise The Peanut Butter Diet by Holly McCord, RD The Zone by Barry Sears TWO STARS -- UNSATISFACTORY Body for Life by Bill Eat Right for Your Type (Type O) by D'Adamo, ND The Fat Flush Plan by Ann Louise Gittleman, CNS The Insulin Resistance Diet by Cheryle Hart, MD, and Kay Grossman, RD The Omega Diet by Artemis P. Simopoulos, MD, and Jo Sugar Busters! by H. Leighton Steward; Sam S. s, MD; on C. Bethea, MD; A. Balart, MD ONE STAR -- POOR Eat Right for Your Type (Type AB) by D'Adamo, ND Eat Right for Your Type (Type by D'Adamo, ND The Schwarzbein Principle II by Schwarzbein, MD NO STARS - UNSAFE Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution by Atkins, MD Protein Power by Eades, MD and Eades, MD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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