The Fat Loss 4 Idiots plan is all the rage these days. It's a diet program that claims you can lose 9 lbs in 11 days, while eating your favorite foods.

To read the reviews, you'd think that the Fat Loss for Idiots program was the greatest thing to happen to the dieting world since... well, ever! The truth, in our opinion, falls a bit flat from the claims.

The claim is that you will lose weight through a process of "calorie shifting." In a nutshell, this means eating your calories from one source each time you eat and then changing it the next time. For breakfast, you'd eat primarily protein; lunch is primarily carbs, etc.

After 11 days of eating like this, you're given 3 "cheat days" where you can eat whatever you want. This is supposed to shock your metabolism which in turn will help you to lose weight.

Despite the fact that the creators criticize low calorie and low carb diets in their marketing, their own diet program is still low calorie and low carb. After all, if you're only eating one type of food at a time (say, chicken), four times a day... you're not going to be eating too many calories.

Additionally, you'll get access to other weight loss tips and mistakes to avoid - but it's nothing you haven't heard before.

Fat Loss 4 Idiots may be relatively cheap as far as diet programs go, but it's unlikely to hold up over the long haul. You may lose weight initially, but can easily gain it back when you begin eating normally. This pattern of losing and gaining weight is bad for your metabolism and makes it harder and harder to lose weight.

Additionally, it is never a good idea to reward good eating habits with food, which is what you can do on your three "cheat days."

This isn't the worst weight loss program we've ever seen, but it's not exactly the best, either.

Her website is graphic and controversial. But on the site she reveals exactly why she thinks the problem that people have with losing weight stems from their colon. Her ebook is full of her research results which are the basis of her conclusions.

If you can handle being a little grossed out, you're likely to find this book highly educational and somewhat revolutionary. It is not a diet book, per se, but it has changed the way that thousands are approaching their fat loss goals. The book is only 49 pages and hits you hard and fast with the edgy information Dr. Suzanne is famous for.

One thing lacking in the book is a suggested exercise regimen. The doctor of course speaks of how a regular exercise routine can help. But she also says that by curing the problem at the source (the colon), people will be surprised at how quickly they can lose weight without the need for exhausting workouts.

Dr. Suzanne calls it like she sees it and doesn't hold back. Her book is a good read that is going to shock many people and has the potential to change some lives.

Many other weight loss books are half scientific jargon, half recipes that are compliant with the particular diet. Often people find it a bit confusing to understand the science behind the diet they're following. And if the recipes included in the book don't suit your taste, half the book is useless.

Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle is different. It has over 300 pages of useful, easy to understand information that you can act upon right away.

Throughout the book, Venuto explains:

• The importance of setting goals.
• Why other diets really fail.
• How to determine how much you should be eating.
• Why you should exercise.
• What to do if your diet or exercise program is not working.
• How to find what your goal weight should be.

All of this is written in simple, layman's terms so that it is very easy to understand. There are a lot of great little gems in there that'll have you thinking "That's so simple. Why didn't I think of that?"

Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle is the perfect book for those that want to follow a healthy eating plan and who really want to understand the science of weight loss and muscle building. It provides a specific exercise plan to complement the healthy eating and to help you lose more weight.

An interesting point about this book is that it also offers suggestions of what you can do if the plan isn't working for you. Other diets assume that if you are not losing weight on their plan, you are doing something wrong. Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle actually helps you to figure out what needs to be better and how to tweak it.

The goal setting section of the book also makes it particularly motivating. Venuto offers specific suggestions as to how to incorporate goal planning into your life... and not just goal planning for weight loss.

If you're serious about not just losing weight, but about eating healthy and maintaining an active lifestyle, then Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle is the right plan for you.