Jessica Simpson on Beauty

After High School Reunion Diet was featured in Life & Style last week, Jessica Simpson graced the magazine with her opinion on beauty. She is currently working on a television show that prompted her to travel the world discovering what average women do in the name of beauty.

In the end it inspired Jessica and her traveling companions to feel the best they’ve felt in years.

By the looks of it her diet is paying off as well; her skin is absolutely radiant in the Life & Style photo!

Doctor’s Salmon Dish

Here’s another way to eat Salmon and get those Omega 3s we’ve been raving about. Notice the tiny amount of olive oil around the edges. Remember that olive oil is not only High School Reunion Diet approved; it’s encouraged. Also in this particular meal is celery, carrots, lemons, a chili pepper and some of our favorite spices.

Delicious!

Doc’s Lunch – Salad

Take notes on this one!

Doctor Colbert always gets a ton of veggies in his meals. As a general rule of thumb the richer the colors, the better foods are (if those colors are naturally made, of course!). Which is exactly why Dr. Colbert always has such vibrant meals on his plate.

In this salad:

Tomatoes
Onion Slices (2)
Dark Green Lettuces
Cucumbers
Carrots

Alyssa Siemon

simeone Alyssa Siemon will be producing ‘The White Devil‘ this summer in the ‘Anyone but Shakespeare Festival’. She graduated from Florida School of the Arts in Palatka, FL.

She’s looking good and staying fit until then!

Carroll’s Note to Dr. Colbert

I LOVE IT! Your genius is so pure, uplifting, inviting, encouraging, fun and brilliant. Especially with the great recipes, every one of which I will make!

High School Reunion Diet is marvelous, immediately debunking old diet buzz words with grace as you give the World the truest way to healthy beauty and well-being without false promises or guarantees. You give us the truth with flair and enthusiasm.

Reading your book is like drinking the most nourishing tall cool glass of spring water when parched and discouraged.

I looked pretty good at my 50th High School Reunion but now, for the 55th, I’ll look even better!

- Carroll Jones West

HSR Diet Sneak Peek

SNEAK PEEK: GLYCEMIC INDEX

In The High School Reunion Diet, we’ll discuss Smart Carbs vs. Dumb Carbs. (Contrarry to popular opinion, all carbs aren’t bad for you; in fact, Smart Carbs are essential.) One way to tell the difference between Smart and Dumb is to know the food’s ranking on the Glycemic Index. The GI was created by scientists as a rating devise, to gage how quickly a food turns to glucose in our systems. Slow (and low) as re: sugar is the name of the game here—high glycemic foods spike blood sugar and create cravings for more high glycemic foods, putting you on a constant blood sugar roller coaster and contributing to both weight gain and aging.

On the GI, foods are ranked relative to a piece of white bread, which has a GI Index of 100. (Read: instant glucose)

Highest GI: 100 plus

High GI: 70 plus

Med GI: 56-69

Low GI: 55 or less

Great GI: 20 or less

If you need to lose weight, stick with the Great GI to Low GI foods until you see real results; you can broaden your selections upwards later. If you just want to look good, go low through medium. High glycemic foods should be avoided for health and beauty reasons on the daily diet permanently (in The High School Reunion Diet we learn from a dermatologist how sugar makes our skin look old)–except for a well-earned dessert or the occasional splurge. For the full Index showing how foods in our daily diets rank according to how fast they turn to sugar, see The High School Reunion Diet. For a taste of what’s to come, compare the breads listed below with low and medium GI vegetables. It doesn’t take a genius to instantly recognize what’s far better for your health and looks.

GI INDEX (excerpted from The High School Reunion Diet)

Breads

Bagel 103

Baguette 136

English Muffin 110

Hamburger Bun 87

Kaiser Roll 105

Multi-Grain 61

Oat Bran 68

Pita 82

Poori 117

Rye 71

Rye, Light 97

Tortilla, Corn 74

Tortilla, Wheat 40

Wheat 76

White 100

White, Enriched 110

Vegetables (with Great GI, ie, under 20)

Artichoke

Arugula

Asparagus

Broccoli

Brussels Sprouts

Cabbage

Cauliflower

Celery

Cucumbers

Escarole

Eggplant

Beets

Chard

Collard Greens

Kale

Mustard

Spinach

Turnips

Lettuce

Mushrooms

Okra

Peppers

Green Beans

Snow peas

Squash

Watercress

Zucchini

Vegetables (w/ low-med GI)

Tomatoes 23

Sweet Potato 63

Yams 53

FYI, a baked white potato clocks in at a GI of 158. Mashed? 123. Even if you don’t need to lose weight (and The High School Reunion Diet isn’t just about weight loss), change your favorite potato to a sweet one or a yam. It’s a far healthier, skinnier, sexier choice—and intelligent choices like this on a daily basis will keep your body young and your skin glowing.

The Buzz

A Reader/Reviewer/New Fan of the HSR Diet Writes:

Excellent Health/Wellness/Weight Management Info

“Even if you’ve read the diet books (Atkins / South Beach), the medical books (Weill/Gary Taubes) and the health and wellness books (Weill/Micheals) you will appreciate and learn from this clearly written, direct approach to healthful + youthful eating.

Colbert enables the reader to weigh each food choice. By choosing more healthful options — you will in fact lose weight and enhance the vitality of your skin…. Without sacrificing the joy of eating, entertaining or fine dining – you can maintain your commitment to healthful eating with the excellent advice and information in High School Reunion Diet.”

Life & Style with Doctor Colbert

Dr. Colbert tells Life & Style how to lose unwanted pounds before a big event – and earn an A+ in anti-aging.

Check out the four page article in Life & Style including diet tips from Dr. Colbert and a quick dinner salad recipe. Plus, it’s impossible to resist the full page spread of celebrities then (high school aged) and now including witty commentary from the Doctor himself!

Read it all in the Diet section.