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Not a Diet Book
- Take Control. Gain Confidence. Change Your Life.
- By: James Smith
- Narrated by: James Smith
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 875
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 763
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 760
This is not a diet book. Are you ready to change your life? Welcome to the James Smith revolution. Self-confessed disruptor of a billion-dollar diet industry, James is armed with every tool you’ll ever need to achieve incredible results from dieting, training and staying in shape to identifying the fads, phonies and nonsense that get in the way of genuinely lasting progress.
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1 out of 5 stars
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arrogant twat
- By Anonymous User on 09-02-2020
- Not a Diet Book
- Take Control. Gain Confidence. Change Your Life.
- By: James Smith
- Narrated by: James Smith
A Self Promotion Diet
Reviewed: 27-01-2021
I was really excited at the start of the book to hear James proclaim there was no padding or unnecessary content and every word was carefully chosen. And yet hour after hour all I heard was the same stuff over and over again, much of which was James Smith promoting James Smith, not the useful information I was looking for.
I was skeptical as soon as he started down the calories in vs calories out rabbit hole. This myth has been well and truly debunked in recent years, It has been the corner stone of countless diet failures over the decades. Yes, like most diets it will produce results in the short term but will eventually lead to failure and more weight gain than from where you started. If that was all it took we wouldn't need yet another diet book (despite the proclamation that this isn't just another Diet Book).
I'm sure there are valuable takeaways in the book but there is just too much babble to see it through to the end and make any sense of it. Perhaps it is better suited to gym junkies looking for inspiration and motivation. The only weight loss I achieved was in my wallet.
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Menopause
- All You Need to Know in One Concise Manual
- By: Louise Newson
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish, Imogen Comrie
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance2 out of 5 stars 1
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Story2 out of 5 stars 1
The menopause is a completely natural, normal life event, but a lack of information exists around how best to manage it. Using the latest evidence and her own experience, GP and menopause specialist Dr Louise Newson has created a one-stop guide to give you the facts, bust the myths and help make choices on how to have your best possible menopause.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Very Biased towards HRT
- By Weeven on 03-12-2020
- Menopause
- All You Need to Know in One Concise Manual
- By: Louise Newson
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish, Imogen Comrie
Very Biased towards HRT
Reviewed: 03-12-2020
While some of the information in the audiobook was worthwhile it was very self promoting towards the author's clinic and strongly biased towards HRT. Discussion about alternative therapies was minimal and dismissive suggesting there were considerable risks involved. At the same time discussion about the risks of HRT were equally dismissive suggesting it was all based on outdated and incorrect past data. It does not live up to the sub-heading of "All you need to know in one concise manual".
Overall production quality was poor. The audio itself was very clear but repetitive in many places with one reader essentially repeating what the other had just said. Also reading out numerous web links verbatim was simply ludicrous. How hard would it be to compile them into an accompanying PDF like so many other audiobooks do.
Finally, the book is very much targeted for the UK reader. All links and references are for the UK.
There is some useful information here but it fell way short of expectations and certainly didn't deliver value for money.