In the February/March AARP Magazine, one of the cover stories; “A Flat Belly in 6 Steps, AARP’s First Diet Plan for People over 50.” What a headline! Upon reading the article which is a book excerpt from “The Whole Body Reset,” by Stephen Perrine. The diet is a 10 day reset plan. Basically it is to increase your protein to at least 25 grams per meal, (for women, 30 for men). It does not restrict carbs or calories. Sounds doable to me. I was hoping for recipes or suggestions that I could use, and they do list foods high in protein.
I clicked on the link for the book and there was the book for $19.99. Not a bad price, but I was surprised that for recipes and snack selections, a guide to eating out and a fitness plan with no equipment, you had to buy the book. I was all ready to click and buy it and then I read some comments from AARP members. Some thought it was expensive and others were surprised that AARP wasn’t offering any discounts since they are promoting this in a big way.
The book states that most of our protein intake is late in the day, dinner, and it is important to have raised amounts, (25 grams), for all meals. I had some questions, one being that if I increase protein for breakfast and lunch, then have poultry, fish, or some other high protein dinner, most likely it would be over 25 grams. Is that okay, or should you limit your dinner to 25 grams of protein? I then decided in this day and age with everything at your finger tips, I would just google high protein breakfast and lunch recipes and go from there.
I had already impulsively pressed buy on another “reset diet” book, “The Hormone Reset Diet,” by Sara Gottfried, M.D. without researching it, (which I’ll review in the next post).