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Title: Weight Loss and Maintenance
Notice:**PLEASE** enter notes in mixed case (CAPS ARE SHOUTING)!
Moderator:ASICS::LESLIE
Created:Tue Jul 10 1990
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:933
Total number of notes:9931

476.0. "BAHAMIAN DIET AGAIN" by CLEVER::SULLIVAN (Eileen) Mon Jun 26 1989 13:30

    Dick Gregory has a half hour commercial on tv advertising his Bahamian
    diet plan.  It is $59.99, it comes with two (I think it is a 30
    day supply) cans of the powder, a cassett tape, a support phone
    number and the diet to follow.  I am not much of a sucker for these
    lenghly adertisements but, he had the young boy on that he had on
    Phil Donahue show about 1 1/2 years ago.  He has lost 200 pounds.
    I ordered the stuff.  I noticed a note questing this product back
    in 1987 with no replies.  I was wondering if any of you had tried
    it.
    
    Thanks

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476.1SANFAN::BALZERMAWed Jul 05 1989 14:549
    
    I tried it and tastes TERRIBLE!  I bought 2 cans from General
    Nutrition Center and brought 1 back for a refund.  I can stand
    just about anything, but this was not a pleasant experience. It
    is to be mixed with fruit juice, so I tried pineapple juice.
    Pineapple juice and sawdust. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
    
    Marlene

476.2Interesting Diet!SWAPO::WAGNERWed Jul 05 1989 22:479
    There is a woman in our group who is on this diet.  She says it
    tastes horrible, but is determined to stick to it.  She eats one
    meal a day and drinks the liquid for two.  Her meal consists of
    a baked potato with butter.  She also eats carrots when hungry and
    one raisin bran roll a day.  She has been on the diet 9 days and
    has lost 4 and 1/2 pounds.  I'll keep you updated!
    
    Barb

476.3ch 4 special on liquid dietsANT::ZARLENGAwe all fall down, like toy soldiersFri Jul 07 1989 00:1520
	Channel 4 (Boston) will have a feature on liquid diets tomorrow
    night during the 6 o'clock news (I think) - I saw it advertised
    about 7:30/8:00 tonight, so maybe it'll be on a special from 7:00
    to 8:00 ???
    
    	If you're thinking about following an unsupervised liquid diet,
    try to watch or tape this.  Looked like they had some nutritionists
    from Boston featured in interviews.
    
    	The promo went something like "some diets can be dangerous to
    your health", and continued on with a doctor(?) saying "following
    some of these is like playing Russian roulette".
    
    	This should be mandatory viewing for anyone thinking about
    starting some half-cocked, nutritionally unbalanced diet. (I'm not
    saying that the Bahamian diet is that kind of diet, mind you)
    
    -mike z

476.4Dick Gregory, on Donahue again.WAGON::SWINIARSKINANcy--*NANSKI*--SwiniarSKIWed Jul 19 1989 15:4516
    Dick Gregory was interview just last week on Phil Donahue. (I know
    Donahue is on at 4:00 I had a vacation day.) He (Dick) did say that at
    his centers he often consults with  physicians if needed. He did have
    some people on that have lost 100s of pounds since last appearing 1 1/2
    years ago.  I saw his 1/2 hour advertisement on TV last night. He
    mentioned that you replace ONE meal with the drink. Back a few notes it
    was stated that one individual is replacing two meals with the drink.
    So... what's the story with this stuff? I think with any of these diets
    you're going to find physicains that agree with the diet methods and
    some that don't. The best thing is to  talk to your doctor, and do a
    little consumer research. These things all have to be approved by the
    FDA so there must be some literature out there. 
    
    No one gained 50-60 lbs overnight and their not going to lose it
    overnight. 

476.5Bahamian diet yet again (moved by moderator)WONDER::YOUNGMon Nov 06 1989 14:1115
    Hi,
    	I'd like some information on the Bahamian diet.  I know there
    are 2 notes on this already (42, 476), but they don't answer my
    question.  General Nutrition Center has the cans of the powder with
    a little pamphlet inside.  Does anyone know if this pamphlet 
    describes the diet in full?  THere was a mention in 476 about a
    cassette.  Are there any vitamins that go along with it?  I guess
    what I'm asking is is the only thing I need to get the can of powder
    or is there other stuff?  I'm doing a program now that's a protein
    drink twice a day but it has vitamins that go along with it.  (I'm
    running out of the powder and can't get more so I need a replacement.)
    
    Thanks,
    Barb

476.6Call GNCMSDOA::MCMULLINMon Nov 06 1989 14:388
    You could probably call GNC and ask them if you don't get an answer
    here.  I've always found the GNC's to be very helpful whenever I had a
    question or problem.
    
    good luck,
    
    Virginia