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I haven't bothered to read the book, but I thought the whole concept sounded pretty logical. You just take 1.5-2x your body weight (pounds) in flavourless calories. You have to wait at least an hour before doing this if you've eaten, and wait another hour after before eating something else. This in turn, causes your body to disassociate flavour with fat, and thus, making your cravings and hunger disappear. I've been doing it for a few days, and it's worked so freakin' well. I've been taking a table spoon of canola oil, twice a day, with great success. I'm not hungry at all. I hardly even feel like eating, let alone craving any sort of food. I mean, everything still tastes good, but I just don't go all "OMG I need to eat something."

It's not really a diet, in my opinion. It's merely an appetite suppressant. A really good one, at that. I've been reading a bit online, and a lot of people have also had great success. Even people at a normal weight, with no extra exercise, have lost weight, out of pure curiosity and experimentation.

If anyone here is having problems with controlling their appetite, try this. You can use either sugar water (sipped slowly), or flavourless oil. It's pretty effortless. It'd be a great addition to a weight loss plan.

I dont either, and I was raised on E.v.o.o, my dad and I are French so we love it for cooking or in salads. the two of us together believe in the art of flavor but in moderation.

I dont see how sugar water will help, that would make my thighs and ankles worse I would think.

I'm not sure how sound of an idea this is considering that you can make some freaking FANTASTIC tasting dishes that are very low in fat.

Honestly, I think the problem for a lot of people is that they get hung up in the idea of vegetables and salads as "rabbit food." When they think of salad, they think of plain lettuce, maybe some tomato, and dressing. I'm a huge fan of veggies, but even I would turn up my nose at that. People need to concentrate on exploring foods that already taste good, experiment with spices, and make an effort to focus on foods that are as close to their whole and natural form as possible.

Fat is not the enemy and it certainly does wonderful things for helping you to feel satisfied. However, I think this diet is silly. It's not special. It includes periods of waiting which are going to cut down on snacking/mindless eating (which is a downfall of lots of people) and provides for a "snack" which is likely to promote satiety. Personally though, I think those calories would be better spent on a handful of nuts, low fat dairy, fruit, or some sort of protein. Celery and peanut butter, apples and cheese, a handful of almonds, edamame--all of these things provide protein and, with the exception of the edamame, a bit of fat as well. And, just as important, they provide fiber, vitamins, and minerals all of which you are missing out on by slurping oil.

I researched it some more and I can actually see and understand how it works. I guess it makes sense, but at the same time, it seems to cut cravings so much that Seth Roberts (the creator of this diet) only ate 1 meal every day or something like that because he never felt hungry. That seems kinda unstable and unsafe and like a starvation method or something.

I think it's worth a try though. It's interesting and I'll experiment on myself. After a while, if I feel like it's unsafe, I'll stick to snacking on almonds and eating my favorite salads.

So I decided to see if it was just the spacing out of food. Instead of taking oil, I had a snack of the equivalent calories instead.

I was fine in the beginning of the day, but then I started becoming hungrier. I felt like eating more than I did before. Then I started getting cravings for random junk food. So I decided to take some oil to get rid of them. The cravings and general hungriness went away.


Ick. I hate the feeling of craving food and being hungrier than I should. It's like my stupid body wants to eat too much. And I suddenly started caring less about losing weight and more about eating.

It's working for me, I hate the way I feel not taking it, so I will continue. Luckily, canola oil is a healthier oil than others. So I will continue taking it.

I think others should give it a try. It could help others out who constantly struggle with weight, like me. I constantly give in to my retarded hunger and give up on weight loss after a little while. I feel like a normal person now.

Eh. It was cashew butter on toast. Ah well. I still like the oil. It's simple and it works for me. :3