The Dukan Diet

2 Steps to Lose the Weight, 2 Steps to Keep It Off Forever

By: Pierre Dukan

Narrated by: Nicholas Bell

Length: 9 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's Summary

Number one international best-selling diet book coming to North America. Devised by Dr. Pierre Dukan, a French medical doctor who has spent his career helping people to lose weight, the Dukan diet rejects counting calories and promises permanent weight loss while allowing adherents to eat as much as they like.

Originally published in 2000, The Dukan Diet swept across France, championed by people who successfully lost weight following its unique four phase regime. The Dukan Diet has helped millions in France, where it has been number one for more than 10 years and adopted in 20 countries, including the United Kingdom, Poland, Korea, and Brazil. All together, The Dukan Diet has sold more than three million copies worldwide.

The diet: Four easy steps to permanent weight loss.

• Phase one: Attack. Using Dr. Dukan's true weight calculator, dieters determine a reasonable and healthy weight loss goal. Then they begin the Dukan Attack phase, a two-to-seven-day period during which only unlimited lean protein and a daily Oat bran galette (or pancake) are consumed and dramatic weight loss is achieved.
• Phase two: Cruise. Dieters alternate days of unlimited lean protein with days of protein combined with healthful vegetables until they reach their true weight.
• Phase three: Consolidation. Dieters stay on this phase for five days for every pound lost. At this point the diet allows unlimited protein and vegetables, and other foods (such as cheese and bread) are reintroduced. Dieters are also allowed two weekly celebration meals to stave off boredom.
• Phase four: Stabilization. This is the maintenance portion of the plan, in which followers are allowed to eat whatever they like without regaining weight - provided that they follow three unbreakable rules including eating only unlimited lean protein one set day per week.

For each phase, The Dukan Diet offers clear simple guidelines for long term success.

The Dukan diet is the perfect diet for people who want fast weight loss, that can be maintained without counting calories or weighing portions.

©2011 Pierre Dukan (P)2011 Random House

Why listen, when you have the book?

I had read the book twice and decided to buy the audio so I could listen while getting ready for work etc. Wow what a difference it made in what I retended from the information.

LIFETIME OF SUCCESS AWAITS

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

HIGHLY!!! Myself and a couple of people at work read the book and lost a lot of weight. This is my lifetime solution to weight management. Great book. When I follow the plan strictly I loose about 2-3 pounds a day (and I EAT...just the right foods). LOVE IT and will always keep this book in my electronic library and even have a hard copy on my shelf. I also copied the pages with the "100 foods" I can choose from and keep that in my purse with me when I'm shopping! I have lost over 40 pounds in a fairly short period of time. When I go off (and have cheat days/weeks) I get right back on and drop the weight again. It's easy now that I know how.

What did you like best about this story?

It works!

Which character – as performed by Nicholas Bell – was your favorite?

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Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

yes

Any additional comments?

Don't pass this book up... it is well worth the money AND THEN SOME!!!!

Great book

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, I would and have suggested this audio book to others.
The only down-side of it being in audio format is that the recipes were a very tedious chapter and odd to listen to, so I skipped that one part....

It works!

What did you love best about The Dukan Diet?

A lifetime of dieting brings me to some of the same conclusions as Dr Dukan.
His plan worked for both my husband and myself. We both lost over 35 lbs and have been able to keep it off.
The book is an invaluable tool and i suggest that people who might go on this plan keep it close at hand for inspiration and reference.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Dukan Diet?

After the first couple of weeks the scales told the story. Dr Dukan's Plan really does work!

Which character – as performed by Nicholas Bell – was your favorite?

NA

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

NA

Excellent Book, diet

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, in my experience, this diet works the best,and leads to weight loss. Has good potential to keep it off!

Who was your favorite character and why?

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What does Nicholas Bell bring to the story that you wouldn???t experience if you just read the book?

Could listen to it in the car!

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

N/A

Any additional comments?

Highly recommended. Also like the Dukan Diet web site and online coaching.

Great info and great results for me so far!

Great info and great results for me so far! no cravings,no hunger. Goal 10-12 lbs. Lost 4.5 in the first two days.

The reader is a joy to listen to, the information is unscientific at best.

While an all protein or ‘carnivore’ diet is better than a carbohydrate rich diet, some of the ‘science’ given in this book is dubious and without citation, so you can’t even look up what he may have misunderstood. The talks about how great a ketogenic state is while demonizing fats. He states correctly that not all calories are created equal, but then follows up with ‘fats are bad as they are more calorie dense than proteins.
While I have no doubt you could lose weight with this program, the information provided is inaccurate and misleading.
If you are a fan of science based advice complete with citations, I would recommend Dr. Jason Fungs ‘The Obesity Code’.