Can a diet high in protein and fat really be the best route to healthy short-term weight loss? Can a diet low on carbs, veggies and grains really pave the way for long term health and fitness? Your common sense tells you 'No!' and Dr John Tickell agrees. For the Great Australian Diet John has examined cultures across the globe to see which diets and lifestyles result in the healthiest, happiest and longest-lived people. From a medical and cultural perspective he has studied the Atkins and other diets, noticing that many give warning to 'pregnant women, people on medication or with kidney disease or diabetes' not to follow them! He asks the question "Do we join the rest of the Western world, gradually breaking down our personal systems, or do we have a good look in the mirror, go back to basics and learn how to really live again?". Following on from themes first expounded in Laughter, Sex, Vegetable & Fish, Dr Tickell presents a dieting manifesto for Australia and all Australians. The 91-day Great Australian Diet shows us how. Dr John Tickell is no office-dwelling academic. He started out driving delivery trucks and diving for lost golf balls to fund a medical education, played AFL for the Hawthorn Hawks, was in a band that had a no. 1 hit record, and has since travelled the world - to over 70 countries - following a passion to learn about how people stay healthy and to use that knowledge to help others. He is the author of two previous books, A Passion for Living and Laughter, Sex, Vegetable and Fish, the latter having sold over 100,000 copies.