Tom Venuto

This book was written in 2003 and surely was a light in the darkness at that time. Never eat fat with sugar, eat real whole unprocessed foods, his six food groups is very good, etc... Now however, it's less strong. There are both small errors and a risk of misreading when he generalises for the universal case, which he later clarifies might not apply for all cases.

He:
- is pro flaxseed oil
- is anti saturated fats
- supports a low fat diet
- is anti fructose, but for the wrong reason.
- pushes grazing and frequent eating too strongly, which won't do for most people
- overemphasises calories and calorie-deficits and moderate aerobic exercise to burn fat
- is practically against HIIT
- doesn't emphasise compound movements when weight training

Having said those things, he does make clarifications of the important "errors," so if you are doing a close reading of the text, it's all mostly in there, with the exception of contemporary updates in knowledge. There is nothing on fasting, for example, and his exploration of ketosis could be refreshed. His dated version of carb cycling is within-week, whereas nowadays we might advise going through two or three keto/ slow carb alternations within each year.

In addition to being out of date, the text goes on overly long and the detail can be overwhelming, making it harder to get a sense of the whole picture perspective. There are better, more easily digestible overviews and places to start available on the market now.… (plus d'informations)