The 8-Hour Diet: Watch the Pounds Disappear Without Watching What You Eat!

David Zinczenko · Peter Moore

Dec 2013 · Sold by Rodale Books

About this ebook

A paradigm-shifting diet plan that allows you to eat anything you want, as much as you want—and still strip away 20, 40, 60 pounds, or more.

After conducting extensive research at the Salk Institute and the National Institute on Aging, poring over copious amounts of new research in intermittent fasting, and engaging 2,000 people for a test panel, bestselling authors David Zinczenko and Peter Moore determined that people can lose remarkable amounts of weight eating the foods they like best—as long as they eat within a set 8-hour time period. Fasting is, of course, an ancient spiritual and health practice, but it's also a way to sidestep many of the ills of the modern world—including diabetes, heart disease, and cognitive impairment.

Zinczenko and Moore demonstrate how simply observing this timed-eating strategy, even just three days a week, will reset your metabolism so that you can enter fat-burning mode first thing in the morning—and stay there all day long. And by focusing on eight critical, nutrient-rich Powerfoods, you can build in a second layer of protection against Alzheimer's, heart disease, and even the common cold.

In the book, you will find motivating strategies, delicious recipes, and an 8-minute workout routine to maximize calorie burn. The 8-Hour Diet promises to strip away unwanted pounds and give you the focus and willpower you need to reach your goals for weight loss and life.

Ratings and reviews

Good read, one week in and I'm feeling better, and my clothes are loosening up. While he says you can eat what and add much add you want, I find that I'm eating better (not always perfect but better) and I'm getting fuller with less. I was amazed at first how much that I had grazed all day in the past, still keeping my fingers crossed that this works out. It's pretty easy to follow on the road and it doesn't require perfection

I enjoyed this book. I found it fascinating, and will no doubt read again. The recipes are geared for the American market, and also appear to be for 4 people, which is no good if you are on your own. The science behind this diet makes sense, and I hope to adopt this way of eating long term. It may not always be 8 hours, it might sometimes be 9-10, but even that should help. I am disabled and very ill with M.E. etc so am unable to exercise, but I am still shocked that after 3.5 weeks on this diet, I still have lost no weight, and no inches. I'm going to have to add in something else into the mix, if I am to lose weight.

...doesn't really work if you only need to lose few kg. I believe that changes can be much bigger if your aim is 20-30 kg but not if you are already in normal range. Good for maintaining weight if thats all you need.

About the author

DAVID ZINCZENKO is the New York Times bestselling author of Eat This, Not That!, Cook This, Not That!, and The New Abs Diet. He is the former editor in chief of Men's Health.


PETER MOORE is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Lean Belly Prescription. He is a National Magazine Award winner and editor of Men's Health.