We all know that we have to burn more calories than we consume and Brad’s program makes you fast, but only on certain days, which makes the diet much easier to get to grips with.

Brad Pilon has worked in a supplement store, studied nutrition at college and worked at a supplement company as a research analyst. He has used this knowledge to create nutrition and weigh loss programs such as ‘How Much Protein’ and our diet under review, ‘Eat Stop Eat.’

Brad provides two free eBooks on his site:

1. ‘The Elimination Workout’
2. ‘The Zen of Nutrition’

Visit the site at http://www.healtholatry.com/

There are also a couple of informative reports for men and women (both have different nutritional needs) about the program and how it can help you to lose weight.

Strength training is mentioned, but there isn’t a great deal of information. However, there is an abundance of strenth training stuff on the internet so this shouldn’t be a problem.

The diet program comes in 3 versions: Basic, Delux and Advanced:

1. Basic – includes a 91 page guide and covers all the essentials to losing weight.
2. Delux – includes a 121 page guide and covers building muscle and consuming protein.
3. Advanced – includes the ‘Ten Day Diet Solution‘ guide and this version gets you to choose 3 out of 10 different eating habits which you then use to speed up your weight loss.

If you’ve been trying to diet for any length of time, you’ll know that there are many myths about losing weight and which diet is the best. You only have to watch TV or talk to friends to discover how much confusion there is. Brad Pilon’s program settles a few myths about diets:

1. You are a failure if you don’t lose weight as quickly as you can.

Rubbish! Losing weight should be consistent and steady. it is unhealthy to lose weight rapidly and suddenly.

2. You can lose two pounds of fat in a single day.

Rubbish! This would involve burning 7,000 calories more than you consumed. On the other hand, you could simply run 62 miles – simple!

3. All diets cause cause you to lose muscle.

Rubbish! The EatStopEat system encourages you to keep your muscle.

4. Losing weight is difficult and when you stop your diet, all the weight piles back on.

Rubbish! This can be true if you follow the wrong diet plan, but if the plan involves changes to your lifestyle, like this plan, then weight will stay off because you have changed your eating pattern.

The cost of the EatStopEat program is $39.95, $57 or $77 depending on which version you download.

There’s a 60-day refund guarantee if it does not suit you and all 3 versions of the diet are available for instant download (you can be starting your life-changing diet within minutes).

To sum up, we feel that this is a sound dieting regime whcih can be adapted to your needs and lifestyle. It’s simple and full of common sense – this is what makes a successful diet.

To find out more, visit the website: Eat Stop Eat

Let’s face it – we all have our favorite foods that we don’t want to give up. There has to be a better way.

The ‘Cheat Your Way Thin‘ diet is different from many other s in that it allows you to eat those foods that you like and actually encourages you to do so! However, even though you feel like you are cheating, you can still be losing weight at the same time.

The diet’s creator is Joel Marion who is a Certified Sports Nutritionist and has appeared in many sports magazines and TV programs, including ‘Men’s Fitness’ and Fox News. He has brought all his knowledge (and mistakes!) into this diet and seems to be well-respected and trusted.

Marion is both well-known and well-trusted. And, as he claims, his product not only resulted from the knowledge that he accumulated over many years he spent in the fitness industry, but also from the serious mistakes he made throughout his career.

The program consists of audio files about the science behind the diet and a 53-page eBook laying out the whole system. The diet section involves you rotating between high GI, low GI and low carbohydrate days. His exercise section gets you working on three sessions each week.

Marion’s approach consists of two parts: diet and exercise. For the dietary portion, he has readers rotate between high GI days, low GI days, and low carb days. And for the exercise portion, he has readers perform 3 different exercise sessions per week. This gets your metabolism working at the correct speed.

There are some negative comments about the program: having to buy protein shakes (which can be expensive), for example. However, to balance this, there are many people who have benefited by concentrating on controlling portions rather than counting calories. The ‘cheat’ days will keep you feeling happier and so you are more likely to continue with the diet – and lose weight as a result!

Visit the website for more information: Cheat Your Way Thin

In fact, so impressed were we with the product (yes, we’ve tried it) that we created a whole website dedicated to this embarrassing health problem and the H-Miracle cure (HemorrhoidsEliminator.com – visit for treatments and information to help you make an informed decision, whether your hemorrhoids are internal, external or thrombosed. This is also important if you are pregnant).

Holly’s system is based on her personal experiences and is straightforward to implement, jargon-free and full of common sense.

Please bear in mind that there really isn’t a cure for hemorrhoids (other than surgery), but the dreaded piles can be made to shrink to a size where they don’t cause any pain or discomfort.

So, what’s the system about?

1. Lots of home remedies to prevent and shrink hemorrhoids, including an old Chinese remedy.

2. Why popular over-the-counter treatments, suppositories, lotions and creams, such as Preparation H, only provide temporary relief and are not really worth all the expense. Natural antiseptics, astringents and herbal products should be your main choice (and Holly gives you a whole long list of them!). These will help to ease the itching, bleeding and swelling.

3. Other topics include preventing hemorrhoids from coming back by easing the veins in your anus. Your lifestyle (more exercise) and diet (more fiber – constipation is a big ‘no-no’!) are also crucial in this respect.

All this information will set you back $37 (we bought it) and is money well worth spending. Holly provides round-the-clock support – we had to contact her about getting hold of one of the ingredients for a sitz bath and received a reply the very same day. There is a multimedia option (which costs more) and may be suitable for some people. The audio files are useful and Holly’s Crystal Remedy is a real eye-opener.

Will your hemorrhoids disappear for good using this system? No, is the simple answer. However, you will be able to alleviate your symptoms and get this horrible condition under control. Pain will be reduces and your hemorrhoids will shrink. The only real alternative is to undergo surgery (or another treatment such as rubber band ligation) and that can be costly and stressful.

The H-Miracle System is very good. We’ve tried it and use Holly’s advice on a daily basis (remember to have a look at HemorrhoidsEliminator.com for a detailed look at this condition). Ignore Holly’s 48-hour cure claim – it won’t happen! However, relief will be fairly swift and provided you follow the many treatments and lifestyle changes (don’t panic, it’s not really that severe!) you will massively reduce your hemorrhoid symptoms.

To find out more about this system, visit the H Miracle website.

You’ve probably also been very disappointed after shedding a few pounds in water weight and then seeing the fat and calories pile on again! I’ve personally spent ages battling with the carbs at meal times.

Tom Venuto claims that we need to burn fat and feed muscle if we are to be successful. This guy is a nutritionist who has been a bodybuilder for most of his life and he now wants to share his findings with the rest of the bodybuilding and weight loss community.

Nutrition is paramount. There is no great secret to losing weight, although many so-called experts would like you to believe that is the case. In fact, Tom belives that most diets are doomed to failure from the outset and he has many customers who agree.

Venuto’s program has four stages:

1. Permanently lose fat.
2. Avoid destroying your metabolism.
3 and 4. Avoid drugs, supplements and lose fat naturally.

Tom has fourteen years of study, based on his study of what works for other bodybuilders.

The program’s website is strewn with testimonials and success stories – more than any other site we have visited. Thousands of copies of Venuto’s system have been sold over the years and there are many people walking around with a great set of six pack abs because of this man.

Most people reach a plateau when losing weight and then turn to artificial supplements to break through this barrier. ‘Burn the Fat feed the Muscle‘ doesn’t encourage you to do this and is an all-natural system.

Venuto’s book is one of the most definitive and credible fat loss systems available. Muscle building and fat burning is a simple process that doesn’t need to be complicated.

Highly recommended.

To find out more, visit the Burn the Fat website.

‘Brink’s Bodybuilding Revealed‘ is an extremely well-written book and, at 632 pages, it is very comprehensive and chock full of useful information suitable for all levels of bodybuilder.

Here are a few of the areas covered:

1. Nutrition: all about carbohydrates, fats and proteins and the glcemic index. There’s even information about vegetarianism, the top ten bodybuilding foods and the ‘Brink Pyramid.’

2. Constructing Your Muscle-Building Diet: this section gets to the hub of this diet and eating plan and covers thermic effects of meals, metabolic rates and physical energy. There’s also a handy ‘meal planner’ to get you eating correctly.

3. Getting Organized:  covers the ‘diet planner’ and ‘food database’ as well as tips on how to dine out and organize your kitchen for best effect.

4. Completing the Picture: all you need to know about tracking your progress and measuring your body’s composition using the ‘Accumeasure.’

5. Supplements: at least 440 supplements are fully reviewed in the member’s forum.

6. Training: talks about the 3 and 4 days splits used by the majority of bodybuilders. There are some great articles by Charles Poliquin to be found in the forum as well.

7. Cardio: a detailed disussion about cardio and its affect on muscle gain.

Charles Poliquin has a section at the end of the book called “Individualization of Mass Building Programs.” This is targeted at advanced bodybuilders.

Charles also discusses:

*  21 Training For Mass Principles
*  Sample Training Programs
*  ‘Are You Delusional About Your Fiber Makeup?’

A welcome addition are the links to videos and extra information on Will’s website. These help to reinforce what you have learned in the eBook.

Speaking of the website, you can also find:

1. A Members’ Area Forum, including paid professional moderators to answer
2. An exercise database
3. Meal Planners and recipes
4. The good foods and the bad foods

A handy glossary entitled, ‘Glossary of Bodybuilding Jargon and Slang’ and an appendix entitled, ‘Brink’s Top Mass Gaining Foods’ rounds off the eBook.

Evan R. Peck (an M.D) add a few bonuses to the package:

1. Overcoming training plateaus
2. Misconceptions about muscle soreness
3. Information about weight training injuries

In summary, this is a very comprehensive eBook with lots of bonuses to help with your bodybuilding training.

Find out more by visiting the website: Bodybuilding Revealed

Another added benefit, is that Anne’s program is, in fact, nine programs rolled into one. This allows you to choose the most suitable one for your situation. If you want, you can even switch programs at any time.

Here are the plans currently on offer:

*  Glycemic Index (GI) Diet – if you need to monitor your carbohydrate levels (you may be a diabetic and take insulin) then this program is probably the most suitable.

*  Balanced Diet – a ‘food pyramid’ program that is suitable for general use, focusing on nutrition.

*  Low Calorie ‘Booster’ Diet – gets you started losing weight in two weeks.

*  Cholesterol-Lowering Diet – if you have a cholesterol problem, this high fiber diet is a good choice.

*  Low Carbohydrate Diet – for fast weight reduction.

*  Ten Minute Meals Diet – if you hate cooking!

*  Diet for Life.

*  Vegetarian Quick Start Diet.

*  Vegetarian Diet for Life – my personal choice as a vegetarian!

Anne gives you all the help and tools for losing weight (no more obesity) and calculate your BMI. What is BMI? Well, it’s your ‘Body Mass Index’ and shows you what weight you should be based upon your body size. from this, you can then work out how many calories you should be consuming each day.

A full year’s access to all the information and tools on the site costs $19.97 (one-time fee).

So, as a summary, here’s a quick reminder of what you get:

*  Nine diets which can be downloaded in the form of eBooks.

*  Any updates or new diets are also yours whilst you are a member.

*  Some handy shopping lists to save you money and time.

*  A full year’s access to the private forum.

*  Access to the private members-only area of the website.

*  Anne’s personal support, advice and assistance.

*  Lots of motivation tips and techniques from what looks like a very healthy community of like-minded people (a kind of  online WeightWatchers!).

*  Exercise and fitness advice.

*  Detailed explanations about calories and nutrition.

There’s a 60-day money back guarantee, although you will have to pay $5 if you cancel – this is to prevent abuse of the system.

To sum up, this is a useful program, very reasonably priced, and with lots of information from Anne and the community forum to help you to lose weight safely and rapidly.

To find out more, visit the Anne Collins Weight Loss Program website.