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...guide is indispensible--Evan Marc Katz's "I Can't Believe I'm Buying This Book." (Ten Speed Press; 174 pages). The book's tips on everything from jazzing up your profile to polishing your first-date etiquette are so sharp that this is a must read for any online dater. "Caffeine kills a date," writes Katz, who prefers a cozier atmosphere to the ubiquitous "coffee/interview date." He adds, "Do not talk about your dysfunctional family," and "do not complain about dating...
...Some of Katz's best advice centers on improving the personal essays that you post online. He gives countless suggestions on how to turn a generic line such as "I like the outdoors" into a winner like "Every May, I go up to the Appalachians with my three best buddies from college, a tent, a guitar and two cases of beer." When it comes to paying for the first date, he notes, "If a guy lets a woman split the check with him on the first date, there's no way he's getting a second date." Sorry, fellas...
...Katz, who is 31 and single, writes like someone who has been in the online dating trenches and knows what he's talking about--and he was a consultant at AmericanSingles and JDate. Even if you don't agree with everything he says, his funny, upbeat tone will make you want to log on to a dating site right away and start searching for your Valentine...
...will work for you. After all, they typically ate a pound of fruit a day (equal to four medium apples) and little red meat, and many of them got lots of exercise tilling fields and tending livestock. "The Mediterranean diet works well in the Mediterranean," says Yale's Katz. "My concern about it in the U.S. is that people will continue to go to Burger King but just dump olive oil over their French fries...
...above all, go easy. Remember that meat doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing proposition. Many dishes, such as stir-fries and salads, can incorporate small quantities of meat but still satisfy. A pasta sauce can be 25% meat and 75% vegetables. Dr. David Katz of Yale suggests eating lean beef, pork or lamb once or twice a week, chicken or turkey once or twice a week, and fish and other seafood three to four times a week. For most meat eaters, the harder goal will be to bring their portion sizes down to earth. The USDA considers...