This is a hard one to review. On one hand, Dr Fountis provides an excellent diet program, which, when followed, enables speedy weight lose. After the weight is gone, she then provides support for healthy maintenance. However, there are some shortcomings in the treatment.
Pro's
-Allowed and restricted foods are well-defined.
-The diet works very well.
-No drugs that affect metabolism are involved.
-The doctor and her team are very supportive and act as cheerleaders for your success.
Con's
-The program is expensive.
-The doctor could not really explain some details of the food restrictions, such as why is the amount of aspartame limited.
-When my hair started falling out, the response was to use a band-aid approach (a special shampoo and Rogaine) rather than address the root cause (low iron).
I quit going to the doctor following her response to my hair loss. Using a common sense approach to address the low iron, my hair stopped falling out, grew back and I lost the remaining weight on my own.