Skinny Bastard

Posted on May 28th, 2009 by Weight Loss Reviews

What’s good for the bitch is good for the bastard. Hundreds of thousands of women have been inspired to “use their head” and get real about the food they eat after reading the best-selling manifesto Skinny Bitch. But it turns out some men have been reading over their girlfriends’ shoulders. Professional athletes such as Milwaukee Brewers’ Prince Fielder and the Dallas Mavericks’ Jerry Stackhouse have adopted a whole new eating plan because of the book. Now authors Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin think it’s time for the guys to have a book of their own. In Skinny Bastard, they’ll explain why the macho “meat and potatoes” diet is total crap, why having a gut is un-cool (and a turn-off), and how to get buff on the right foods. Eating well shouldn’t be a “girlie” thing—and the Bitches will whip any man into shape with their straight-talk, sound guidance, and locker room language.

User Ratings and Reviews

1 Stars Tedious diatribe. Back cover description not accurate.
The description on the back cover says this is a book about how to eat to get in shape, and stay in shape. It turns out that it is really a diatribe about the vegan lifestyle. The bottom line is that if you eat milk, eggs, chicken, fish or meat, you are a moron. Entire chapters go on and on about all the nasty things in all these foods, all the awful things that go into manufacturing them, and all the horrible things that happen to animals along the way. Not a lot about how to get in shape. Kind of a waste.

2 Stars Unrealistic diet approach
Book starts off strong but flies off the rails when the authors get into dietary recommendations. Do they reallly believe that there is ANY realistic chance that the “regular guy” that this book is marketed to will go from a varied diet containing meat and dairy to a full on Veegan diet? A diet can only succeed if it is workable and this form of dietary extremism certainly is not. Also, their views on the health benefits of raw milk and eggs conflict with much of the literature in the “real food” movement. [...] Just exercise and eat anything you want in moderation and you will shed the pounds. No reason to have to exercise this form of dietary extremism. Foot note: Despite the large amount of anecdotal evidence pointing to the problems with artificial sweeteners, there has not been convincing study-based evidence to date to prove that artificial sweeteners are harmful in the doses that are consumed in our food. This is the same kind of argument you hear about child immunizations causing autism-tons of annecdotal evidence, but no legitimate science to back it up. The books points on sugar are spot on.

1 Stars Don’t waste your money
While there is a certain humor and language that men (sailors particularly) generally appreciate, all they are doing is promoting a vegan lifestyle. I wish they were honest and just said they are card carrying PETA members and are promoting vegan. That’s all it is really. I tossed the book in the garbage.

2 Stars 50% common sense, 50% Vegan propoganda
I heard these chicks (self described) on The Junkies radio show in DC and immediately bought this book — boy was I duped.

This book is nothing more than Vegan propaganda hidden as a health and fitness book. Their facts and stats about carbs, artificial sweeteners, dairy products are all spot on — great info backed by unbiased footnotes and research (this is what saved it from only getting one star).

Then they spend an entire chapter on how humans were never built to eat meat, siting how our teeth are arranged, our intestinal tract, etc. This is where they lose all cred. Drifting away from unbiased facts, they switch tactics and use emotional-laced descriptions of slaughter house practices. If that’s an issue for you as a reader than they succeeded, but I felt it to be very preachy and inaccurate. For example, the authors go to great lengths to prove we as humans are not carnivores using the structure of our teeth, the length of our bowls and enzymes used to process meat (they call flesh) as examples THEN going to make the huge leap this proves we should not be eating meat.

Spend 5 seconds with any Paleontologist and they will tell you we are not carnivores …. Duh …. We’re Omnivores, designed to eat both meat and veggies!

Save your money. Use your head and common sense if you do decide to read this one.

2 Stars Good and Bad
I expected to gain motivation to stick to a healthy diet, instead I have become afraid to eat anything. The authors would have us believe that the only healthy foods are organic vegetables and fruit. Hard to believe after they preach that the entire food supply is tainted by chemicals and pesticides (this includes organics, sorry!). This book is totally contradictory although it does provide some helpful tips.

1. Excercise

2. Eat in moderation

Where the book in fails is in not providing complete research for the claims that the authors make. Lots of red herrings without a bunch of explanations and science to back up their advice.

I am not anti-peta or pro-diary industry, but these authors fail in their guise to deliver a book to help the reader become healthy. Yes, they do succeed in helping you to become skinny because you will not want to eat anything ever again after finishing the book.

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