The Diet Detox: Why Your Diet Is Making You Fat and What to Do About It: 10 Simple Rules to Help You Stop Dieting, Start Eating, and Lose the Weight for Good

Your diet is making you fat. Forget the fads and finally lose weight for good with 10 simple rules—and no BS. 

We're addicted to fad diets, cleanses, and programs that promise miracles in minutes. But when diets have expiration dates, so do the results. After those popular 30-day diets end, people slide back into the same bad habits that led them to gain weight in the first place. Nationally recognized nutrition expert Brooke Alpert has seen this happen far too often. She knows that in order to lose the weight and keep it off, you must develop habits that will help you stop dieting and start eating well for the rest of your life—not just the rest of the month. 

In The Diet Detox, Brooke shares the diet advice she would give to her friends. Engaging and encouraging, this visually friendly, easy-to-use guide lays out a set of 10 simple rules meant to teach people how to eat for lifelong health. Along with Brooke's expert advice, you'll find: 

   • A one-week kickstart program
   • Nutritionist-tested weekly food plans and shopping lists
   • 45 delicious recipes—each with no more than 5 ingredients
   • 10 doable, effective high intensity interval workouts from one of NYC's top gyms 


This is not a demanding, complicated program that leaves you hanging after you're finished reading—this is a lifestyle manual that will help you form healthy eating habits that last the rest of your life.

The Diet Detox is the practical, non-diet diet book that everyone should read, whether they want to lose weight, get healthy, or just stay that way. Brooke's 10 simple rules will be the last you'll ever need: stop dieting and take control of your weight and your health—for good.

"I've always believed that fitness begins in the kitchen and Brooke's Diet Detox really simplifies how to stop dieting and upgrade your nutrition in just 10 simple steps."

—Jorge Cruise 

"The Diet Detox is a fantastic book that cuts out all the BS and gives readers exactly what they need to know to lose weight and get healthy for life!"

—Dave Asprey 

"If you really do hate the word ‘diet',' this is the book for you. Brooke has put together an incredibly easy-to-follow guide to help weed through all the nutritional chaos and get back on track for good."

—Jenna Wolfe, host ofFox Sports 1's First Things First 

"Bravo to Brooke Alpert for taking the diet out of dieting! Her 10 simple rules are all we need for lasting weight loss and good health. As an internist, I'm thrilled for my patients to ditch the ‘yo-yo' diet dead-end for healthy eating habits they can stick to. The Diet Detox is just what the doctor ordered!"

—Holly L. Phillips, MD, author of The Exhaustion Breakthrough 



"Diet is a noun, not a verb. We all have a diet but don't need to be dieting! Brooke explains in a simple, easy-to-follow way how to make some basic adjustments to your everyday lifestyle to have a diet that will help you live at your optimal health and weight—without dieting!"

—Keri Glassman, MS, RDN, CEO and Founder of Nutritious Life 

"The Diet Detox contains crucial information for those who want to make a lasting change regarding their health. In the midst of so many fad diets, this book is truly a breath of fresh air and will greatly benefit my patients and all readers."

—Sandra Gelbard, MD

"I've always believed that fitness begins in the kitchen and Brooke's Diet Detox really simplifies how to stop dieting and upgrade your nutrition in just 10 simple steps."

—Jorge Cruise 

“The Diet Detox is a fantastic book that cuts out all the BS and gives readers exactly what they need to know to lose weight and get healthy for life!”

“If you really do hate the word ‘diet',’ this is the book for you. Brooke has put together an incredibly easy-to-follow guide to help weed through all the nutritional chaos and get back on track for good.”

“Bravo to Brooke Alpert for taking the diet out of dieting! Her 10 simple rules are all we need for lasting weight loss and good health. As an internist, I'm thrilled for my patients to ditch the ‘yo-yo’ diet dead-end for healthy eating habits they can stick to. The Diet Detox is just what the doctor ordered!”

"Diet is a noun, not a verb. We all have a diet but don't need to be dieting! Brooke explains in a simple, easy-to-follow way how to make some basic adjustments to your everyday lifestyle to have a diet that will help you live at your optimal health and weight—without dieting!"

—Keri Glassman, MS, RDN, CEO and Founder of Nutritious Life 

"The Diet Detox contains crucial information for those who want to make a lasting change regarding their health. In the midst of so many fad diets, this book is truly a breath of fresh air and will greatly benefit my patients and all readers."

—Sandra Gelbard, MD

Brooke Alpert, MS, RD, CDN, is a nationally recognized nutrition expert and author. She is the founder of B Nutritious, www.b-nutritious.com, a private nutrition counseling and consulting practice in New York City. Brooke's expertise and nutrition knowledge has lead her to be featured on national television regularly including, The Doctor Oz Show, The Today Show, Access Hollywood and more. She was named one of the new up and coming stars in the beauty and health field in W Magazine and has been quoted and featured extensively in both national and international magazines including People, Shape, Glamour, Town & Country, Tatler and more.

Brooke received her Masters of Science at New York University and completed her training at Mt. Sinai Hospital in affiliation with NYU. She is an active member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.  Brooke, a former equestrian is also a tri-athlete and a lover of mud runs. She resides in New York City with her husband and their two daughters.