2007-05-02 not so simple

After visiting Mark Hyman's websites and seeing his video blogs on YouTube I bought 'The Ultra Simple Diet'. I started out feeling positive reading through it but then became a little put off. There are shakes and broths that need to be made using ingredients that are not the easiest to find (depending on where you live) and other herbs that need to be purchases etc. I discovered that I need to buy a steamer or a frying pan and a water filter (all of which I don't have). I only have a shower in my flat and part of the book's detox process involves having certain types of baths using epsom salts etc.. The emphasis is on buying 'organic' foods such as flax seeds etc. After looking at everything I needed my thought was 'how much is all this going to cost?' I don't doubt that Mr Hyman knows what he's talking about, but this is not ultra simple. I used Leslie Kenton's 10 Day Detox Diet several years ago and that was much simpler and very effective.