November 19, 2009 10:09 AM

5 Factor World Diet

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Looking for a new diet? Diet season is almost upon us, and as silly as it seems, January is the month where people go and buy diet books. Publishers know this and hold back releases until January.

The 5 Factor World Diet is on its way. It follows on from 5 Factor Fitness and the 5 Factor Diet (I guess it follows that you keep writing sequels every few years to hit all the repeat dieters).

The 5 Factor series is about breaking things into fives (5 meals a day, 5 minute routines, 5 ingredient meals -- you get the picture). Author and trainer Harvey Pasternak appears to be a Hollywood insider and has no shortage of celebrity endorsements (Hilary Duff, Jeff Goldblum, Jessica Simpson, et al).

It's worth noting that these endorsements are generally for Harvey as a personal trainer and advisor - a far cry from reading a book and trying to do-it-yourself.

5 Factor World Diet takes the same principles but with a global spin. Why do the Japanese Okinawans live so long? Why does Singapore have such a low obesity rate? Great questions but it's naive to think we can break the answers down into 3-point formulas and then apply to our fast-food sedentary consumer cultures.

Look for the diet to be one of January's big sellers.

By J.Foster

Reprinted by permission from Dietblog

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