The New Beverly Hills Diet

DAY 1 Pineapple
Corn on the cob
LTO salad with Mazel dressing

LTO Salad
1 large, firm head iceberg lettuce
1-2 cucumbers, peeled
4 tomatoes
1 large red or Spanish onion, peeled
Mazel dressing or olive oil

With a sharp knife, cut all vegetables into good-sized chunks. Toss with dressing or oil.
YIELD. 2 servings

Mazel Dressing
1/4 cup rice vinegar
1 cup sesame oil
1-2 small cloves chopped garlic, to taste
Chopped or grated ginger, to taste
Freshly ground pepper

Combine all ingredients.
YIELD. 1 1/4 cups

DAY 2
Prunes (8 oz.)
Strawberries
Baked potatoes

DAY 3
Grapes

9. Most alcoholic beverages are carbohydrates (beer, bourbon, rum, vodka, scotch, tequila) and should, for the most part, be consumed only with carbohydrates. wine is a fruit and can be combined with other fruits. champagne is neutral and goes with anything.

The following is an excerpt from The New Beverly Hills Diet by Judy Mazel, Health Communications, Inc. 1996. Used with permission.

Youll notice that the foods below are listed in a very specific order. This order lists them in the sequence in which they are to be eaten. Dont switch them around or skip any. If a specific amount is listed, you must eat that amount.

Remember, this is not a three-meal-a-day plan. You arent confined to breakfast, lunch and dinner. You may stop and start as you wish, but do not go on to the next food listed until you have finished the required amount of the first.

You are going to lose weight by feeding your body, not by starving it. If a food is listed and an amount is not shown, then you can eat as much of that food as you want. There are no restrictions. With fruit, in particular, the more you eat the more youll lose.

4. Once you eat protein, no matter how small the amount -- even if it is just milk in your coffee or chicken in your Caesar salad -- 80 percent of what you eat for the balance of the day should be protein.

The following is an excerpt from The New Beverly Hills Diet by Judy Mazel, Health Communications, Inc. 1996. Used with permission.

5. Carbohydrates are carbohydrates -- whether starch, vegetables, salads, cereals or grains -- and, for the most part, they should not be combined with protein.

6. Proteins are proteins -- whether meat, fish, milk, yogurt, cheese, nuts, seeds or ice cream -- and, for the most part, they should not be combined with carbohydrates.

7. Fats such as butter, oil, mayonnaise, sour cream and heavy cream can be combined with either proteins or carbohydrates, but not with fruit.

8. Eliminate diet sodas, artificial sweeteners, diet products containing artificial sweeteners and artificial additives, nondairy creamer and margarine. Limit, if not eliminate, any foods with artificial additives.

The following is an excerpt from The New Beverly Hills Diet by Judy Mazel, Health Communications, Inc. 1996. Used with permission.

The essential principles of Conscious Combining are easy to remember and easy to follow. With time, adhering to the principles becomes routine.

1. Ideally, proteins go with proteins. carbohydrates go with carbohydrates. fruit must be eaten alone.

2. Begin each day with a single enzymatic fruit from the list of fruits included in the 35-day weight loss plan -- i.e., pineapple, strawberries, grapes, papaya, watermelon, mango, kiwi, persimmon, prunes, apricots or figs.

You may eat as much of the fruit as you want, but eat just one fruit at a time -- dont mix grapes with strawberries, for example.

Wait one hour before switching from one fruit to another fruit. Wait two hours before eating food from another food group.

Once you eat food from another food group, do not eat fruit again for the remainder of the day.

3. If the next food you eat after fruit is a carbohydrate, you may eat them without restriction until you eat a protein.

The New Beverly Hills Diet is not a diet. its a lifestyle eating plan, a plan that focuses on the individual adoption of the technique of Conscious Combining, the technique I first introduced in The Beverly Hills Diet in 1981.

The original The Beverly Hills Diet began with 10 days of fruit and did not include animal protein until day 19. The New Beverly Hills Diet includes foods from all food groups in the first week, including animal protein, meeting all standards set by the U.S. Senate Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs as recommended for a balanced weekly diet.

In the first week of The New Beverly Hills Diet you will eat corn on the cob, baked potatoes (butter, included), pasta, fresh fruit, steak, shrimp (or animal protein of choice), salads with real oil and vinegar salad dressing. There is no portion control, and you can even have wine and champagne if desired. My original The Beverly Hills Diet was a structured 42-day eating regimen that allowed for very limited eating deviations or choices. The New Beverly Hills Diet encourages open eating with guidance. There are 21 open-choice meals in the 35-day regimen