The Plan: Lose Weight Fast and Forever by Eating the Right Foods for Your Body by Lyn-Genet Recitas

Interesting idea, but unscientific, a bit confusing and too restrictive and difficult to follow for most people. I think the idea that each person may have adverse reactions to different foods and that an elimination diet may pinpoint each individual's specific problem foods sounds good. The program outlined in this book, however is too restrictive and offers no options for substitutions and is not presented well so that it can be quite confusing and difficult to follow. For example, the plan relies on eating "flax granola" with coconut or rice milk every day. Her "flax granola" recipe is just flax - soaked overnight with a little water and seasonings - cinnamon etc... and then baked at a low heat. So, it is just flax seeds. In the recipe section, however, it tells you to include "nuts that you have tested" along with raisins and other dried fruits. I think that this can be confusing since for the first three days you have not yet "tested" any foods. Often times, foods are listed that have not yet been "tested" and some items that are listed like rye crackers don't have a recipe or brand listed and if you go to the store and buy rye crackers, you are likely to find that they have other grains mixed in with the rye. The author also leaves no room to substitute any foods in the first part of her plan - so if you don't like flax seeds or are allergic to them - then you don't get any breakfast. I made her flax seed granola. It does not taste as horrid as I thought it would, but it is gritty and the seeds stick to your teeth and I would not want to eat it even one day for breakfast much less the entire time I am on her plan. Her recipes are fairly short and simple, but may not have enough detail for fledgling cooks.
I don't think her plan sounds like a very good one.