Seth Roberts

New York Times Bestseller Now in Paperback

The Shangri-La Diet

"A weight-loss theory that just might benefit a few million people." Stephen Dubner, co- author of Freakonomics

"In fact, it might benefit a few billion." Dennis Prager, The Dennis Prager Show interview with Seth Roberts (35 minutes).

"You actively feel like not eating. . . It's a kind of not hungry that you've never felt before" — Joyce Cohen, NY Times columnist and blogger.

"It's been two weeks since I started and oh-my-god . . . Within three days I was actually forgetting to eat." — Kathy Sierra, co-author of Head First Java and blogger.

"It has been a very positive experience and weight loss is only one of the benefits"Food Chronicler.

The Woman's World article ("Instant Willpower!")

Watch a CBC mini-documentary (9 minutes) about the diet.

Progress as of 10/18/06
These four graphs show the progress of Shangri-la Dieters who have posted their progress in the tracking section of the forums.
• Persons posting their weight: 125
• Total weeks of data: 804
• Total weight change (ld): -903
• Average weight change/week (ld/week): -1.1

Hot of the Forums

“People are posting methods of how to take [the oil] without it being so gross. I just chug it down, because after the very first day, I finally for once in my life had real hope.” — Denise

“My appetite has been decreased, but more importantly, I'm not constantly thinking about food. How wonderful to live life just like "normal" people!!!” — tinagr

“People are posting methods of how to take [the oil] without it being so gross. I just chug it down, because after the very first day, I finally for once in my life had real hope.” — Denise

“My appetite has been decreased, but more importantly, I'm not constantly thinking about food. How wonderful to live life just like "normal" people!!!” — tinagr

previously in Hot Off The Forums
• TV KSLD •
• Radio KSLD •

The forums contain helpful information about the diet. This is about the self-experimentation behind the diet.

Pages missing from the English export edition.

Full cover of the paperback.