通过研究《The 17 Day Diet》中的菜谱可以发现。除了没有和Dr. Brown所要求前两星期不能吃水果外，好些地方都相同。哪就是低糖，少吃淀粉类的食物，多喝水，运动。此书的瘦身法分4个周期。我个人认为此书的方法比Dr. Brown的要可行，能被大多数人接受。
下面是此书的目录。
Contents
Acknowledgments
PART I The 17 Day Diet
1 Just Give Me 17 Days
2 Burn, Baby, Burn
3 Cycle 1: Accelerate
4 Cycle 2: Activate
5 Cycle 3: Achieve
6 Cycle 4: Arrive
PART II Special Considerations
7 The 17 Day Cultural Diet
8 The PMS Exception Diet
PART III Make It Stick
9 Dining Out on the 17 Day Diet
10 Family Challenges
11 Surviving Holidays
12 The 17 Day Diet on the Road
13 Shift Work on the 17 Day Diet
14 The 17 Day Diet Recipes
15 Mister M.D., Can You Please Tell Me More?
