– Customer review on 29/01/2006

this book really shows a well balanced diet, and will set you on course to lose weight and become healthy, especially with the aid of regular excersize. Unfortunately for CSIRO they demeaned the book by getting it sponsered by the beef council, a factor which takes away some of the credibility of the diet.

– Customer review on 18/04/2007

I found this book to be great, well grounded research and excellent meal ideas.
However as a reformed vegetarian, I think that the heavy use of red meat and chicken will be detrimental to diabetics, people with heart-problems and anyone who wants to live beyond 70.

The recipes are great, but try and encorporate more vegetables and fruit and exercise.

– Customer review on 13/04/2007

I purchased this book some time ago.
I loved the book it was very easy to follow had some great recipes and seems to be working right accross Australia with a huge amount of success. And I am just one of those people after losing 25 kilos in 16 weeks

However I did find that the book did not really contain all the information that I was looking for and therefore would recommend some backup reading about exercise
I think that you need to be prepared to have a lifestyle change not just a diet with some fad tips

– Customer review on 19/02/2007

I know this book is terribly popular, but I found it a real dud. I found the diet to be too red meat driven, and given the latest research on Western diets being too high in meat, it really surprised me that the CSIRO were so “for” red meat. The layout of the book was good, and the pictures appealing, but I would use it more as a cook book rather than a diet book.