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The Grumpy Dieter's Handbook

by Ivor Grump
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Humorous guide to fad diets in 8 words: Laugh-out-loud take on popular diets.

Recommendation: The Grumpy Dieter's Handbook is a hilarious take on popular diets, including The 5:2 Fasting Diet, Atkins, and Dukan, among others. The author, Ivor Grump, provides readers with witty advice on how to recognize a 5:2 dieter, the ceremony of scales, and alternative diets like the Tramp’s Diet and the Father Ted. The book's most unique feature is its take on the worst fad diets of all time, including strange recommendations like cotton wool balls for lunch. Overall, readers are likely to find this book to be quite entertaining, making it a great read for anyone interested in learning about diets or simply looking for a good laugh.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Grumpy Dieter's Handbook

by Ivor Grump
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ISBN: 9781909396685
Author: Ivor Grump
Publisher: Portico
Date of Publication: 2014-09-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Personal Development, Food & Drink
Related Topics: Personal Development, Cooking, Food and Drink
Goodreads rating: 2.4
(rated by 5 readers)

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The anitodote to all those happy,upbeat 5:2 diet books – The Grumpy 5:2 Dieter's Handbook delves into the misery of diets as well as the pains of living with a 5:2 dieter The latest diet sweeping the nation is the 5:2 Fasting Diet, where people are cheerful for five days of the week and grumpy for the other two. The Grumpy Dieter’s Handbook tackles the phenomenon of the 5:2 and almost all of the best-selling diets of the last twenty years; the Cambridge, F-Plan, Atkins, Dukan, South Beach and many more. It hands out advice on how to recognise a 5:2 dieter, what they should do on their fast days and what you can do to irritate them. You will find a host of (un)helpful tips, get introduced to the ‘Ceremony of the Scales’ and learn about alternative diets, such as the Tramp’s Diet and the Father Ted. Plus you will discover the worst fad diets of all time, from Lord Byron’s dieting advice for ladies to cotton wool balls for lunch.
 

Humorous guide to fad diets in 8 words: Laugh-out-loud take on popular diets.

Recommendation: The Grumpy Dieter's Handbook is a hilarious take on popular diets, including The 5:2 Fasting Diet, Atkins, and Dukan, among others. The author, Ivor Grump, provides readers with witty advice on how to recognize a 5:2 dieter, the ceremony of scales, and alternative diets like the Tramp’s Diet and the Father Ted. The book's most unique feature is its take on the worst fad diets of all time, including strange recommendations like cotton wool balls for lunch. Overall, readers are likely to find this book to be quite entertaining, making it a great read for anyone interested in learning about diets or simply looking for a good laugh.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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