Review of The God Food Diet
Posted: 01 Mar 2022, 06:52
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The God Food Diet" by Miami Mike (Mike Schuler).]
You'll be surprised that the conventional "fruits and greens" diet that doctors suggest for weight loss and healthy life is all crap, won't you? Well, that's what The God Food Diet by Miami Mike (Mike Schuler) suggests. According to Mike, most of the diets that dieticians prescribe do not work; he even calls them "CRAP", an acronym he coined for "Chemically Restructured-All Products." He claims that these have "fake" short-term results that disappear as soon as you stop the "regimen." He gives an alternative "GOD" food diet. ("GOD" is also an acronym that the author interchangeably uses for "Grass-fed meats, Organic grains, and Dairy" or "Greatest Original Designer". Both terms insinuate natural foods that have not been contaminated or modified.) You really must read what this "God" food diet is about.
At first, the author's idea seemed awkward and odd, and if I was to be harsh, I'd call it idiotic, until I read deeper. Who, after all, won't stop to question the idea that a diet of bread, beef, and beer (the "triple B's") is healthier than the greens and fruits? I did. But if you begin considering the author's arguments, it all begins to make sense. According to him, most greens and fruits have so many chemicals that are detrimental to maintaining a healthy life. This is because they are grown with fertilizers and sprayed with a plethora of herbicides and pesticides, and some are also modified (genetically or otherwise). More information about this, like what exactly is a "beef, bread, and beer" diet; how to prepare a God food diet; and the best way to lose weight and reduce cellular age with diet alone, is found in the book.
The ideal food should be in line with the biblical "tasty, rich and juicy" foods, and a proper diet should follow God's "eat, drink, and be merry" diet. Starving yourself on carbs and eating tasteless foods is a jail we should break out of since the diet tricks the body into thinking it is starving, so the body begins accumulating fats as a protective reflex reaction. In the end, the health implications of this diet become disadvantageous. Therefore, the "God" food diet is the ideal diet. While it's all controversial, I think the book is amazing.
The author makes use of humor, acronyms, and illustrations which make the book fun to read. I laughed out loud when the author said that if God intended for us to eat fruits and veggies, we would have been up the trees competing for the ripest fruits with apes by now. This isn't the common jargon-filled boring diet book we're all used to. It's more of a conversational peer-to-peer dietary suggestions book. The author constantly chips in a little conversation and rhetorical questions that help drive his logic through. He also includes his own story and history and includes evidence to support what he is speaking about.
Although the book is controversially amazing and light to read due to the occasional comic relief and the conversation-like tone used, there was an excessive repetition of some bits of the book. Whole sentences, paragraphs, or pages were repeated, and this didn't sit well with me. Even so, I think the positives greatly outweigh the single flaw, so I'll rate the book 4 out of 4 stars. The book is professionally edited since I noticed only one error.
For the recommendation, I'll suggest anybody curious enough about this "crazy" (but amazing) diet to try out the book. You are justified to be skeptical, but at least hear the author out. I'll personally not try the author's suggestions since I have no issues with weight, but I'll give the author's method the benefit of doubt and encourage others to try it out — it may work for them, too!
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The God Food Diet
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You'll be surprised that the conventional "fruits and greens" diet that doctors suggest for weight loss and healthy life is all crap, won't you? Well, that's what The God Food Diet by Miami Mike (Mike Schuler) suggests. According to Mike, most of the diets that dieticians prescribe do not work; he even calls them "CRAP", an acronym he coined for "Chemically Restructured-All Products." He claims that these have "fake" short-term results that disappear as soon as you stop the "regimen." He gives an alternative "GOD" food diet. ("GOD" is also an acronym that the author interchangeably uses for "Grass-fed meats, Organic grains, and Dairy" or "Greatest Original Designer". Both terms insinuate natural foods that have not been contaminated or modified.) You really must read what this "God" food diet is about.
At first, the author's idea seemed awkward and odd, and if I was to be harsh, I'd call it idiotic, until I read deeper. Who, after all, won't stop to question the idea that a diet of bread, beef, and beer (the "triple B's") is healthier than the greens and fruits? I did. But if you begin considering the author's arguments, it all begins to make sense. According to him, most greens and fruits have so many chemicals that are detrimental to maintaining a healthy life. This is because they are grown with fertilizers and sprayed with a plethora of herbicides and pesticides, and some are also modified (genetically or otherwise). More information about this, like what exactly is a "beef, bread, and beer" diet; how to prepare a God food diet; and the best way to lose weight and reduce cellular age with diet alone, is found in the book.
The ideal food should be in line with the biblical "tasty, rich and juicy" foods, and a proper diet should follow God's "eat, drink, and be merry" diet. Starving yourself on carbs and eating tasteless foods is a jail we should break out of since the diet tricks the body into thinking it is starving, so the body begins accumulating fats as a protective reflex reaction. In the end, the health implications of this diet become disadvantageous. Therefore, the "God" food diet is the ideal diet. While it's all controversial, I think the book is amazing.
The author makes use of humor, acronyms, and illustrations which make the book fun to read. I laughed out loud when the author said that if God intended for us to eat fruits and veggies, we would have been up the trees competing for the ripest fruits with apes by now. This isn't the common jargon-filled boring diet book we're all used to. It's more of a conversational peer-to-peer dietary suggestions book. The author constantly chips in a little conversation and rhetorical questions that help drive his logic through. He also includes his own story and history and includes evidence to support what he is speaking about.
Although the book is controversially amazing and light to read due to the occasional comic relief and the conversation-like tone used, there was an excessive repetition of some bits of the book. Whole sentences, paragraphs, or pages were repeated, and this didn't sit well with me. Even so, I think the positives greatly outweigh the single flaw, so I'll rate the book 4 out of 4 stars. The book is professionally edited since I noticed only one error.
For the recommendation, I'll suggest anybody curious enough about this "crazy" (but amazing) diet to try out the book. You are justified to be skeptical, but at least hear the author out. I'll personally not try the author's suggestions since I have no issues with weight, but I'll give the author's method the benefit of doubt and encourage others to try it out — it may work for them, too!
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The God Food Diet
View: on Bookshelves