The Jack Sprat Low-Fat Diet: A 28-Day Heart-Healthy Plan You Can Follow the Rest of Your Life - Paperback

by Bryant A. Stamford (Author), Becca Coffin (Author)

" Written by the best-selling author of Fitness Without Exercise, The Jack Sprat Low-Fat Diet addresses the real problems of dietary fat and poor eating habits. Provides detailed meal instructions and item-by-item weekly shopping lists."

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This exciting work is a realistic and practical guide to a healthier and happier lifestyle. The Jack Sprat plan uses a guided day-by-day approach geared to gender, size, and physical activity level. Each of the four weeks in the plan starts with a complete grocery list and includes menus analyzed to show calories and grams of fat and to assure fulfillment of RDA guidelines. Recipes are provided for all home-prepared items in the plan, and specially designed tables help with substitutions in the daily menus. The plan even provides a system of controlled cheating for those who can't bear to give up fast foods completely.

Author Biography

Bryant A. Stamford is a nationally recognized expert in the field of health and fitness. He is director of the Health Promotion Center at the University of Louisville and the author of Fitness Without Exercise as well as a nationally syndicated column called "Body Shop." His column titled "Exercise Adviser" runs in the journal The Physician and Sports Medicine, and he is an editorial advisor to a number of popular publications, including Prevention and Men's Health.Becca Coffin is a registered nurse at the Health Promotion Center who has worked with Dr. Stamford for many years to develop the Jack Sprat low-fat diet plan. She writes a monthly health and fitness column for Today's Woman.