Gabriel Method Review

What You Should Know

The Gabriel Method, espoused by Jon Gabriel who claims that he lost 220 pounds from a diet-less and surgery-free program, is outlined in the book ìThe Gabriel Method: The Revolutionary DIET-FREE Way to Totally Transform Your Bodyî. Gabriel has a Bachelor of Science in Economics degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, with extensive exposure to biochemistry. It is a program that supposedly relies on the bodyís inner logic and the mindís inner power in the determination of how thin or how fat the individual ought to be at any given stage in life. According to the Gabriel Method, it is not the food that we eat but rather the environmental factors like lack of sleep, presence of toxins and overwhelming stress that lead to weight gain. Food in weight gain only comes in when these contain non-essential nutrients.

List of Ingredients

This is a book with a CD, thus, there are no ingredients. However, there are recommended shakes and smoothies as well as super-supplements.

Product Features

The 252-page paperback is available from many sites like Target with varying prices, usually starting at $15. It is accompanied by a CD on visualization, which guides individuals on techniques to use imagery to achieve weight loss. For those with Kindle Readers, Amazon offers the e-book at $9.59 each via Whispernet.

The Gabriel Method can be summed up with these principles:

1. You should add nutrients to your body every day.

2. When you go to sleep at night, listen to the CD that goes with the book or you can practice the visualization techniques that are mentioned in the book at least 10 minutes a day.

3. Listen to your heart and your body.

Thus, it espouses weight loss by disregarding the traditional notions like counting calories, carbohydrates, proteins and fats and counting the hours spent on exercise per week. Instead, the focus is on eating whole fresh foods and visualizing ideal weight.

Pro’s

• The Gabriel Method emphasizes a healthy and holistic weight loss approach such as mental and physical wellness.
• You need not watch what you eat vis-‡-vis calorie counts and food portions.

Con’s

• You donít have a diet plan to refer to, either in the specific or the general sense.
• The holistic approach does not necessarily appeal to all individuals.
• It promises gradual weight loss, which can be too long for some individuals.
• The ideas are rehashes of other weight loss approaches (i.e., ways to eat healthfully, shakes and smoothies, super-supplements).
• The CD cannot be used anywhere once downloaded to the computer.
• There are no scientific research and information introduced on the book.

Conclusion

The Gabriel Method encourages individuals to look at the various factors that lead to weight gain such as sleep and body toxins, which lead to a more holistic approach than most other weight loss methods. However, the emphasis on visualization can be too new to some individuals, with accusations that it espouses weight loss simply by doing next to nothing except daydream about weight loss. This is not highly recommended for individuals who seek weight gain in a more scientifically-proven way.