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A steady diet of new books

By JANET K. KEELER
Published April 28, 2005

It's difficult to say which new diet book might capture the attention of Americans starving for the weight loss miracle pill. One thing is sure, though: Jorge Cruise's 3-Hour Diet is not the only book aiming to be this year's South Beach Diet.

Barbara Rolls, a Penn State nutrition researcher with her own book out last month, has said that the book that wins is the one that gets the most media coverage.

"You guys decide the next diet," she said in an interview in December.

Will Rolls' nutritionally sound Volumetrics Eating Plan: Techniques and Recipes for Feeling Full on Fewer Calories best the showing of last year's French Women Don't Get Fat, Mireille Guiliano's celebration of eating for pleasure and ultimately satisfaction? The name isn't as sexy, that's for sure, but the science is certainly there.

Other new weight loss books on the shelves now or soon:

* The Coconut Diet: The Secret Ingredient That Helps You Lose Weight While You Eat Your Favorite Foods by Cherie and John Calbom (Warner Books, $19.95; January). The diet is based on research that coconut oil promotes weight loss. The authors maintain that low-carb diets could work even faster with the addition of coconut oil.

* Suzanne Somers' Slim and Sexy Forever: The Hormone Solution for Permanent Weight Loss and Optimal Living by Suzanne Somers (Crown, $25.95; April). Somers claims that unless hormones are in balance, menopausal women can't succeed at a weight loss program. She recommends natural hormone replacement therapy.

* 6-Day Body Makeover: Drop One Whole Dress or Pant Size in Just 6 Days - and Keep It Off by Michael Thurmond (Warner Books, $22.95; April). Thurmond believes that diet customization is the key to weight loss. His program claims to help dieters identify their body types so that they can eat the right foods in the right combination to lose weight.

* The pH Miracle for Weight Loss: Balance Your Body Chemistry, Achieve Your Ideal Weight by Robert O. Young and Shelley Redford Young (Warner Books, $24.95; May 12). The Youngs offer a seven-step diet and exercise plan to help change a dieter's shape and lose weight by balancing blood pH.

* The Portion Teller: Smartsize Your Way to Permanent Weight Loss by Lisa Young (Morgan Raod, $19.95; May 31). The author is a New York University nutrition instructor and researcher who has claimed for years that growing portions, especially from restaurants, have contributed to the expanding waistlines of Americans. Portion Teller offers personalized eating plans.

And coming in December:

* Ten Years Younger by Steven Masley, executive director of Carillon Executive Health in St. Petersburg. Masley's book, to be published by Random House, outlines his three-pillar program: diet, exercise and stress reduction.

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