Fat Flush Diet

The Fat Flush Plan was born out of author Ann Louise Gittleman's stint as a guest expert on iVillage's diet and fitness channel where she presented the Two-Week Fat Flush. A former nutritionist for the Pritikin Longevity Center, Gittleman watched clients languish with the Pritikin-prescribed low-fat approach to food. After discovering the liver's role in weight loss, she developed Fat Flush to optimize liver function with deoxifying cocktails and specific combinations of protein, carbohydrates and fat. But with severe food restrictions and significant emphasis on supplements like Evening Primrose Oil (which can interact with anticonvulsant medicines and shouldn't be taken if you're on blood thinning drugs or supplements such as fish oil) the Fat Flush Plan may be a recipe for disaster for some dieters. In fact, many dieters will "fail" the plan long before they reach the "lifestyle phase." And her directive to "bounce off fat" on a mini-trampoline is not only unsubstantiated, it's downright strange. Barring the supplement mumbo jumbo and mini trampoline miracle claims, Gittleman's advice regarding sleep, stress reduction and journaling is sound.