I thought I would read a book about a man who lost weight eating a diet of very healthy Greek food. The diet has nothing to do with Greek food. The author is Greek, so there is the connection. In a nutshell, he lost his weight by going on a liquid fast. The author is also a doctor, so he should know better than to promote fasting as a way to lose weight. Most physicians will advise you not to fast to lose weight. The author also advises you to drink diet soda. This is bad advice on several points. First being with the proliferation of diet sodas since the 1980s, the obesity rate in the US skyrocketed. Also, as a physician he should be fully aware of the dangers of aspartame. If you want to be inspired to lose weight, then you will enjoy reading this book. But don't fast to lose weight. It is simply dangerous and statistically speaking, not a successful way to lose weight over the long run.