Apples & Pears: The Body Shape Solution for Weight Loss and Wellness

· Understand what body shape means, how it is formed, how it changes, and how it relates to your health.

· Learn why all fat is not created equal.

· Discover the Elite foods that help protect against disease, promote general wellness, and improve your odds of shedding fat.

· Find out why the human body is not designed to give up weight easily -- and learn what you can do to lose more weight with less effort.

· Change the way you relate to your body forever.

· Acquire the tools you need to make conscious, informed, healthy choices about food while still living in the real world.

· Throw away your scale and get out of the cycle of diet failure. No more fads. No more confusion.

Chances are you already know if you're an apple or a pear. If you tend to gain weight in your belly and back, you're an apple. If your thighs and derriere are the canvas on which your snack food sins are written, then you're a pear. But what does it matter? Gut or butt, too much is too much, right? Wrong!

Whether you are an apple-shaped or pear-shaped woman determines far more than whether you select a swimsuit with a waist-whittling pattern or a thigh-hiding skirt. According to medical pioneer Marie Savard, M.D., your body shape is the single most powerful predictor of future health. It is connected to differences in your physical chemistry, hormone production, and metabo-lism and directly affects your likelihood for obesity, heart disease, osteoporosis, the metabolic syndrome, diabetes, stroke, varicose veins, and certain cancers.

Your body shape may be putting your health in danger through no fault of your own. But there is good news: There are things you can do to prevent or even reverse the risks of body shape. Apples & Pears: The Body Shape Solution for Weight Loss and Wellness offers women of all shapes and sizes specific nutri-tional and exercise recommendations based on body type. So much more than just another diet book, Apples & Pears teaches you exactly what you need to do to sidestep the physical and emotional pitfalls of body shape in order to live longer, lose weight, and feel healthier.

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All Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review:
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:

Good Purchase- Good Deal, 2009-01-08
This book was very helpful to me in my search for some answers on my weight and health! I found a great deal on this at Amazon ane saved at least $10.


1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Great read and interesting information, 2008-09-05
When I first read this book I was all fired up to get started. Then I had another baby. Have not looked at it since. I did add soy to my diet and am keeping my waist below the 35 inches for risk of heart issues. I did not use this to loose weight or to keep it off. I found the facts about body shape very interesting and scary to get my self moving. Those facts were motivators alone and I can say I will not be at risk any more.


3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Different spin, same results., 2008-01-14
I read this book and thought that although the idea was a bit different and there may be some credibility to the apple/pear theory, in the end it all goes back to diet and exercise. This may help people to recognize what their health issues "might" be and address them in a pro active way. Losing weight, however is the same ole excercise, low cal diet, etc. She tries to suggest what foods each type should avoid and I did not really buy that.


3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Cutting edge information, 2007-06-27
Excellent information, easy to read and understand. I am a nurse who stays up on current research, and this information is cutting edge evidence based! This book is filled with practical advice for applying the information to improve your health (by reducing your risk factors)
Dr. Savard actively promotes patient advocacy and this book gives very clear advice about approaching your doctor about your health concerns, while informing you about what your concerns should be.
What I especially love is that she describes the research in terms that the average person can understand which helps the average person make up their own minds on what the research means.


30 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

Apples won't find this book too encouraging , 2006-06-17
If you're an apple shape you won't feel very good about yourself after reading this book. The book goes into detail about all the various apple related health problems - cardiovascular, reproductive, even psychological (apparently, apple shapes suffer from more stress and depression - yet pear shapes suffer from more body image problems?!?) Additionally, there seemed to be a lot of words of encouragement for pears and virtually none for apples - and since apples are apparently at such a higher risk for all of these unpleasant conditions (again, everything from psycholgical to hormonal to vascular) aren't we the ones that need the words of encouragement? It didn't make me feel too good to read that even if I lose as much weight as I possibly can (and do it in the healthiest manner possible), I'm still an apple shape and therefore still at a higher risk for the above said problems. I find that hard to believe.

If you're pear shaped and don't like your body, read this book - I guarantee you'll feel better about yourself after. If you're apple shaped, DO NOT read this book. It will only make you feel worse. If you're an apple who has struggled with your weight for years (like me) you most likely know that carrying excess weight around your middle is not healthy - you don't need to read a whole book devoted to explaining how bad it is.

If you're an apple shape looking for advice on whittling your waistline, read The Abs Diet instead.

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