Eating Well For Optimum Health: The Essential Guide to Bringing Health and Pleasure Back to Eating
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Manufacturer: Collins Living
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.2
EAN: 9780060959586
ISBN: 0060959584
Label: Collins Living
Manufacturer: Collins Living
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2001-03-01
Publisher: Collins Living
Release Date: 2001-03-06
Studio: Collins Living
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At last, a book about eating (and eating well) or health -- from Andrew Weil, the brilliantly innovative and greatly respected doctor who has been instrumental in transforming the way Americans think about health. Now Dr. Weil -- whose nationwide bestsellers Spontaneous Healing and Eight Weeks to Optimum Health have made us aware of the body's capacitiy to heal itself -- provides us with a program for improving our well-being by making informed choices about how and what we eat. Dr. Weil makes clear how an optimal diet can both supply the basic needs of the body and fortify the body's defenses and mechanisms of healing. And he always stresses that good food -- and the good feeling it engenders at the table -- is not only a delight but also necessary to our well being so that eating for health means enjoyable eating. Eating Well for Optimum Health is a hugely practical and inspiring book about food, diet and nutrition that stands to change -- for the better and the healthier -- our most fundamental ideas about eating.
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Summary: This guy is a quack!!!! I'm not sure what the M.D. stands for....
Comment: I started reading through this book this weekend but became suspicious when he started talking about sugar. He says that the reason we love to eat sugar is because of natural selection. Our "ancient ancestors" were the ones smart enough to grab some honeycombs and fruit on their way off to battle. Because they were so energized by this wonderful substance, they were able to fend of their enemies, thus enabling them to live and pass on this sweet loving gene to us. If this was such a wonderful thing why is our country so rampant with disease, especially obesity and diabetes! He also hates milk and organ meat among many other foods that people in less cultured societies thrived on for a very long time. Some great books to read would be based on Dr. Weston Price who did studies in the 30's in many "Uncivilized" cultures around the world and found many people who did not have a dentist or doctor in their villages, but who were very healthy, long-lived people who had beautiful teeth, skin, bone structure and very little disease. These people even thrived on raw meats, organ meats, and unpasturized milk and butter. One would think that someone who has M.D. after his name would have a little more scientific study in his book other than "Natural Selection". Waste neither your money nor your health on this or any of his other books!
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Summary: A very useful book
Comment: I am only prepared to comment on the content of the book, and not the style.
I read "Eating well for optimum health" a few years back and started applying the lifestyle suggestions from it without excessive rigor. I found substantial improvement of my health. In particular, I got rid of my severe hay fever and was able to maintain a reasonable body weight. Since I had no other medical concerns, I can say that the book helped me solve all my health problems. In addition, it provided me with guidelines for a balanced lifestyle with a diet rich in variety and taste.
I highly appreciate the work of Dr. Weil and his approach to pursuing healthy living and comprehensive medicine.
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Summary: Eating Well for Optimum Health
Comment: In this book Dr. Weil discusses macronutrients (fats, carbohydrates and proteins) and micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, fiber and protective phytochemicals). Like in all his books his skills as a communicator and his thorough knowledge of his subject are obvious. The fact that he really cares about people shines through in all his writings. I've enjoyed his DVD's as well and recommend them as well.
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Summary: Very Good
Comment: He is a good doctor, this book helps you to eat well without loose the pleasure of it.
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Summary: The only book about nutrition you'll ever need to consult
Comment: From the basic chemistry of nutrition to the benefits of an anti-inflamatory diet, Dr. Weil lays out a very enjoyable and healthful way to eat. This book should be required reading in public school nutrition classes. You will change the way you eat for the better. Dr. Weil is the messiah of the medical community.
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