SPEAKING OF EATING

We got a pitch from Dr. Mark Hyman’s flacks, touting his new book, The UltraSimple Diet — Kick-Start Your Metabolism and Safely Lose Up to 10 Pounds in 7 Days . Seems the good doctor has a few new ideas for those looking to shed some pounds, which is explained rather simply in this line from their release: “His prescription is simple: get rid of bad foods and bad habits, add good foods and good habits and the body automatically takes care of the rest from there.” Wait, that’s it? He wrote a book based on that? Man, we should try that. Here’s our version: “Eat less. Exercise more.” For those who need a little more guidance than our snarkiness provides, a free sneak preview of the book is now downloadable at UltraSimpleDiet.com.