The Dukan Diet - Dr Pierre Dukan

A decisive Encounter - or the man who only liked meat. I've got to be honest - this immediately started alarm bells ringing as i personally adore fruit and veg and am less keen on meat. Still as far as prefaces go this one is kind of interesting and provides a detailed bakcground to the early career of Dr Dukan. Refers to his early days as a doctor and specifically details the events that occurred when one of his patients asked him for nutritional advice. Dukan admits that the only training he had received on this matter was at university, and advocated a low-calorie diet with miniature sized ... more

Chances are if you're thinking of buying this book you're overwieght, you've dieted before and the weight didn't stay off.That was certainly my situation. I could lose a lot of weight quite quickly but never could keep the weight off. The Dukan Diet was recommended to me and not only have I stuck to it longer than any other diet plan I've tried but I'm also really enjoying it. Rumoured to be the plan used by Kate and Carol Middleton in the run up to the Royal Wedding last year, The Dukan Diet is enjoying a burst of popularity. Roughly similar to the Atkins program the diet advocates a low carb ... more

First of all, I want to apologize for my English. I am Italian :-) I want to talk about this "commercial" diet, that we can see everywhere. We have Dukan products in the stores and also the mass media always speak about it. Everyone can lose weight with the Dukan diet, it is appropriate also for post-menopausal women, smokers that want to stop smoking, chronically overweight people... and also people that gain weight only... breathing!! It's right. Sure this diet helps more than classic diets. In fact, it is based on a high proteins intake. We have a first phase, the phase of "attack". You can ... more