The Real Meal Revolution: The Radical, Sustainable Approach to Healthy Eating (Age of Legends)

I like Prof Noakes, he is a very clever guy that is without argument. I switched to a LCHF lifestyle 6 weeks ago. The first three weeks were very hard on my running. Literally I was dead legged (and arms) from the first 10s until the last step. But slowly during the 4th week I saw a light. I did my run ths Sunday, only 8 miles...but, I felt energized the whole way and felt like I was running on sugar again. Only this time when I get to 16 miles+ I will not bonk, hit the wall or whatever you want to call it. I have lost 8lbs in 5 weeks without counting a single calorie. I go the whole day without craving a mid afternoon sugar rush. I feel liberated. I won't lie, it's not been plain sailing. The transformation is hard on your meals as well as your running but so far I am a 100% believer. As for the book. The science bit (Noakes) is compelling. He outlines why and presents the evidence in an easy to understand way. The outline of how his peers vilified him when he was brave enough to hold his hands up and say "I was wrong" is as infuriating as it is amazing to read. The food bit is great, It set's you on the path and is enough to get you through the first 3 weeks. For the first time in years I am actually looking forward to getting stuck into those 20 milers.

The Real Meal Revolution is a very well thought out book, easy to read with up-to-date information. I do not need to be a scientist to understand it and yet it is based in sound scientific fact. If you are starting out on your low carb, healthy fat journey I highly recommend this book. The recipes are to-die-for. I have tried a different recipe every night and every recipe has been a delicious success. My husband and I are eating gourmet meals which are easy to prepare. I do not like cooking generally, but with these recipes it has brought the joy of cooking and eating back to me. This book sits out on my kitchen counter within easy reach as I refer to it several times a day, every day. And by the way, the fat is melting off my husband and he is never hungry any more. Thank you to Tim, Jonno and Sally-Ann for this amazing book.

The book has great insights into the harms of high carbohydrate low fat (HCLF) diets and the benefits of the opposite - low carbohydrate high fat (LCHF) diets. I found the book a bit overzealous in its pontification especially when it came to labeling many foods toxic without going into the evidence to support these claims. It makes a compelling case for the LCHF and I was sold, in spite of my skepticism of some of the assertions made. The recipes are also very creative and helpful as well as the references for further reading.

The book brings the reader thru past civilizations to prove the premise of low carbohydrates. The writing is easy to understand and the menus look delicious!

Great information in a useful format. This American understands that the book was published abroad and has recipes in the Metric system. I appreciate the conversion chart at the back. I would have been even more pleased if a US version had been available, but maybe that will come as more books are sold. I do have one complaint, however: many of the pages were not fully cut at the top. I used a letter opener to break them open, giving me a book that has a very ragged top edge. If you receive one like mine, I suggest you return it for a replacement. I waited too long.

excellent book on the original (Banting) low-cab eating as a lifestyle.

After many books, classes and online research into the healthful benefits of a very low carbohydrate diet, I am thrilled to find this book. It's all anyone needs to understand the origin of fat phobia, why eating fat is so good for you, understanding the metabolism of a ketogenic diet vs. a glucogenic diet, all of it! Very well written and easy to understand. Oh, and a slew of recipes too. Looks like so am buying a truckload for Christmas gifts.

May this book indeed cause a real, sustained revolution through the world -- changing the subjective views of many brainwashed people who believe so called "statistics" without proper evaluation. Great recipes. I suspect the reason that the very high physical book price on Amazon reflects the pressure from US companies who do not agree with a low-carb, high-fat eating plan. This plan has and is working for me as I have lost a lot of weight and am off injectable insulin.

Sicuramente da leggere, non è un libro di ricette, ti spiego in modo semplice anche ai non esperti in materia le idee del Prof. Noakes e le basi su cui si appoggia la sua teoria. Da leggere

I am on my fourth week of this diet I haven't lost any more than the 7 pounds I initially lost but apparently that is a good thing and means the weight should drop of gradually. The book is filled with recipes, suggestions, nudges and science at the back as to how and why the diet works for most people. Please note that I say for most people. For myself the recipes could be a tad more precise and be better proof read but the content is there and if you just apply common sense after reading the book re the recipes then you'll be fine. The banting bread is delicious, we make variations and with butter and or cheese it's even better. Very easy to make too. The nutty crackers are a great carry around with you snack. This diet is the easiest thing in the world to do once you get past the initial thing of eating so much fatty meat. It was a bit of a novelty for me in the first week. By the second week I started looking forward to everything I ate and felt so surprised still that I never felt hungry in between meals. I shall stick with this diet for three months after which I shall get a check up with the doctors just to make sure everything is ticking along fine - it is a sensible thing to do because it is rather a lot of fatty meat allowed per day but then it might seem like that to me because I have been vegan and then vegetarian for years.

Great information on following a keto regime. Good recipes easy to follow

Dieses Buch ist unglaublich gut. Es ist nicht nur eine Einweisung in Low Carb, High Fat Ernährung, sondern bietet eine umfangreiche wissenschaftliche Dokumentation der gesamten medizinischen Hintergründe. Die Rezepte sind wirklich für Gnieser gemacht und sowohl einfach zu kochen als auch umwerfend lecker. Meine Erfahrung mit LCHF: Sobald ich auf LCHF umgestiegen bin ist meine Energielosigkeit, Müdigkeit, Schwindel wie weg geblasen, da mein Gehirn nun genügend Energie erhält. Offensichtlich bin ich Insulinresistenz, weshalb mein Hirn und Muskeln nicht ausreichend Glukose in die Zellen aufnehmen konnten und deshalb Treibstoff fehlte. Dies war mein Hauptanliegen. Ein Nebeneffekt war, dass ich pro Tag ein halbes Kilo an Körperfett verloren habe bis es alles weg war. Seit dem bin ich bei meinem persönlichen Idealgewicht stabil. Besonders auffallend ist, dass der Bauch verschwindet. Mein Taillenumfang wird immer kleiner, obwohl ich nicht weiter abnehme. Offensichtlich gibt es stattdessen nun Muskeln. Übrigens hat man bei dieser Ernährungsform auch keinen Hunger mehr. Man fühlt sich permanent so vollgefressen wie nach einer Schlacht am all-you-can-eat-buffet. Es ist schwer mehr als 2 mal am Tag überhaupt zu essen. Eine persönliche Beobachtung: Der Energiegehalt der Mahlzeit ist vollständig irrelevant, so lange man keine frei schwimmenden Kohlehydrate dazu verzerrt, z.B. ein Glas Wein oder Fürchte zum Dessert. Wie gesagt habe ich pro tag 0,5 kg verloren, habe ich aber zu Dessert 2 Scheiben Obst gegessen zeigte die Waage am nächsten Morgen stattdessen 0,5 kg mehr an. Die gesamte Energie der betreffenden Mahlzeit wurde in Fett umgewandelt durch das Insulinsignal des Zuckers in der Frucht. Es kommt also nicht nur auf die Gesamtmenge an Kohlehydraten pro Tag an, sondern die pro Mahlzeit.

Excelente título do grande doutor Tim Noakes! Nos mostra o que é comida de verdade ,que nos faz bem! Quem é da área da saúde, como eu, é leitura obrigatória!