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Summary: Healthful nutrition is possible, BUT it takes work !
Review: The nutritional health guru provides his latest work in the 307 pages of food facts, fads, fantasies and feelings. Dr. Weil really is an authority on health and alternative health care and is in a position to help us improve our well-being through appropriate choices of how and what we choose to eat. His major emphasis is on safety, and the best ways to lose weight, diet affecting your energy levels and sleep abilities; and how foods can cause or help ailments. For dieters, he helps you evaluate reducing aids and weight loss programs. For those interested in learning more about good nutrition, there's a wealth of good info provided. Many "Optimum Diet" menus are provided, along with a wealth of menus that you can use at home and away. We can all be better consumers, by following his specific advice on reading labels. Much helpful information presented clarifies some of the questions about vitamins, fiber, minerals, and other popular supplements. Some of the material may be slightly too technical for the average reader, but there is enough other material presented to make it worthwhile reading. Unfortunately, with all the data available, most of us (myself included) are just too lazy to do what's best for our health. Even so, I recommend reading this new book. Every little bit of knowledge that we can gain from it could be of long lasting benefit to our health.
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Summary: A refreshing break from bad, best-selling diet books!
Review: If only THIS book would become the biggest fad since "The Zone," we would all be healthier AND leaner. Eating Well For Optimum Health is a book I recommend to my clients. As a veteran fitness professional and nutrition/weight loss consultant, I am continually trying to get my clients to simply eat better, focusing more on health and less on body weight and fad diets. Dr. Weil does a great job of educating about nutrition and health in this book (though a bit too technical at times - I hope readers won't be too discouraged during those parts). I was SO pleased to learn that I already follow about 80% of Dr. Weil's recommendations in my book "Easy Weight Loss For Busy People" -- Following ALL his recommendations would be difficult for the "average" person; however, slowly incorporating them over time is possible. And Dr. Weil is not only a credible source of information, he is right! We must change the way we eat if we want to live long, healthy, productive lives. THANK YOU Dr. Weil.
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Summary: McDougal Redux
Review: I was sucked in on this one. And disappointed. This is largely evangelism; I would imagine that the program rarely fails because it is rarely truly tried. Having already tried McDougal, I am not willing to put myself through the grind that this book offers. I didn't understand that this was a virtual-vegan diet (at least for the first few months). I lost ground on the low-protein no-fat regime, and my body does better with high quality protein. I'm sure this must help someone, but I don't know who.I wonder whether in the year 2015 we will have learned why some people can be healthy as vegans, and some people come alive when they up their meat intake and drop the grains and carbs. It will be great if we can stop the strident screaming. I can't rate this highly when it doesn't deliver.
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Summary: A MUST READ!
Review: This book has changed my entire outlook on eating. If the human body came with a handbook, this would be it. I thought I knew a little bit about nutrition, but after reading this book, I realized I knew nothing. It is absolutely incredible the things that we really need to know about nutrition that we just don't know or hear anything about. And to make things worse, the things we do here are either half-truths or just wrong. Dr. Weil clears up everything. He is on at the cutting edge of research into nutrition and well-being, and he is very quick to tell you which studies hold merit and which do not. He presents all sides to every point he makes, and gives you his opinion and why he feels the way he does. This is THE book for diet and nutrition, even if you don't have any weight or health problems. You owe it to yourself to understand what foods do and how the body uses them. The bonus is that this book is fascinating and very well-written. It isn't a "doctors only" book that is impossible to understand, yet it also isn't watered down. This was the first Dr. Weil book I owned, and because of it, I now own everything he has written, and I'm a happier, healthy person because of it.
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Summary: 2 Fantastic Books For "Holistic" Stress Reduction
Review: I started following Dr. Weil's nutritional recommendations a little more than two years ago. My weight and blood pressure started dropping right away and I felt younger. But without warning, feelings of stress would suddenly overwhelm me. It wasn't until I started keeping a daily log that I realized that my residual stress wasn't related to my diet. It was caused by my mismanagement of money and triggered when bills arrived or when I'd have to make an investment decision. My finances were a mess and I didn't know where to turn. Then I saw a woman on "GOOD MORNING AMERICA" talking about her book. After following her advice for three months, my finances and stress are finally under control. The book is called "SIMPLE MONEY SOLUTIONS: 10 WAYS YOU CAN STOP FEELING OVERWHELMED BY MONEY AND START MAKING IT WORK FOR YOU." If Dr. Weil were to write a personal finance book, this is the book he would write. The author is actually named Nancy Lloyd. She really explains financial matters like I've never seen them explained before. Now my health is good and so are my finances. MY STRESS IS GONE! Both books will change your life.
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Summary: An excellent book but be aware what it isn't...
Review: This is an excellent book as many other reviewers have noted but please be aware of the following: 1)It is not a "diet" book in the sense of magical ways to lose weight 2)It is not a book on "fitness" nutrition for people who want huge muscles and low body fat. 3)Health in the sense of the absence of disease, the optimum functioning of the organs of the body and a long-life has much more to do with body chemistry, blood pressure, cholersterol levels, the condition of your coronary arteries, the presence or absence of free-radical damage, etc than it does with the amount of lean muscle mass that sits on your frame or whether or not your body looks good in a bathing suit. I make these points because many people complain the Dr. Weil doesn't look like John Bastow or the author of "Body for Life" so what can he know about "health". Get a clue!! While regular moderate exercize is related to longevity there is NO evidence that "Body for Life" types are healthier the way it really counts just because they have better looking bodies than Dr. Weill. Which do you think is healthier: a lean muscular body combined with high blood pressure, clogged arteries and a colon lined with intestinal polyps? or a body that looks pudgy in a bathing suit but with low BP, low cholesterol, clean arteries and an otherwise clean internal bill of health? This book is about eating well for health and it is excellent. One of things I like most is that there is nothing "flaky" about it. Weill reviews what we know about nutrition from solid scientific research and is always clear to distinguish that from his own opinion about nutritional matters that may not be fully supported by current research. Buy it and live longer.
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Summary: Well worth reading
Review: This is the first time I have read any of Dr. Weil's books and I found this one full of new and useful information that I took to heart. Some good points Dr. Weil made were quite interesting For example he mentions that in the 1950's, scientests thought vegtable oils were healthy and they lowered the risk of a heart attack. This turned out to be false but to this day many foods still contain high amounts of this substance leading to more calories in peoples diets and more weight gain. Another point that Dr. Weil makes is that it is not the toatal amout of fat that we have in our diets but which foods contain more of saturated fats instead. Then he makes the point that the idea a of a balanced diet is in consistant due to the vast amout of complex foods. Because he says the best way to get good advice for a healthy diet is to ask a professional or read books not from most doctors or nureses. The reason why is that people particulary doctors get this thought is because of the poor or lack of nutritional education in America.
For people who are looking for new ideas on how to diet this book is one of the best options for both finding out which are the best and the worst diets in the world. Also for various recepies with less fats and chemecals.
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Summary: Andrew Weil is a big fat............
Review: I'm sorry, but I just cannot take seriously a man this overweight writing on eating for optimum health. I mean, if I follow his guidelines will I be big and fat like he is? Either what he is promoting isn't working for him, or he is hitting the food bars incognito.
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Summary: Eating Well For Optimum Health Review
Review: Eating Well For Optimum Health
Review by: Kehaulani Marciel Eating well for optimum health is the concern of many Americans in today's society. The book written by author Andrew Weil is an outstanding book for obtaining optimum health. Dr. Weil draws out how exactly our body works and what our body needs to perform at its peak. Throughout the book you will learn how to improve your health, dietary advice for chronic ailments, as well as recipes to help you reach your optimum health.
Proteins, fats, micronutrients, and carbohydrates are all necessities of life. These are the three basics of human nutrition, which help us to obtain a healthy lifestyle. Yet, eating these things in large or uneven amounts can be very unhealthy likewise. It is important that we get proteins, fats, and carbohydrates in our diets because our body uses them and breaks them down and produces glucose, maltose, disaccharide, lactose and many other components that the body needs to maintain optimum health.
Dr. Weil lists the "Worst" and the "Best" diets that have been studied through many people's eating habits. He continues to pinpoint the benefits as well as the downfalls of each diet. He compares the United States to other countries and explains how and why that particular country is so much healthier. We see that here in America, we are constantly eating fast foods and grabbing a quick snack on the way out. In Asian countries, food selection is much different resulting in healthier life styles. When dining out, Americans often load up on bread and dive into oily and fattening dinner platters which offer a beautiful display. If we were to substitute our gourmet dinners for something a bit healthier, America would not be the top country for obesity.
Eating healthy does not only help you to look better, it helps you to feel better. Studies have shown that people, who consume fast foods, candies, sodas, as well as red meats, are more likely to not only have an obesity problem, but have health problems as well. Japan contained the healthiest people until recently. The average age for men was 77.2 while the women averaged 84.1 years. According to the traditional Japanese diet, there is a correlation with very low rates of coronary heart disease and hormonally driven cancers. Their foods are also prepared at an unusually low percentage of total calories from fat. It is obvious that in some parts of the world, traditional diets are no doubt better than those of today. If we Americans were to eat like our distant hunter-gatherer ancestors, most of our health problems including obesity and cardiovascular disease would disappear. This diet consists of no processed food and little to no carbohydrates. They ate meat from wild game, fish, wild fruits, nuts and tubers. They had no salt or vegetable oils, which made their foods a lot healthier than today's meals.
Through reading this book, you learn not only how to change your bad eating habits, but how to shop for them and order them as well. Dr. Weil shares a number of healing and inspirational stories of how people have changed their lives for the better. With just a slight modification of ones diet, we see a great improvement not only in appearance, but in long-term health as well. With the helpful and abundant recipes provided by Dr. Weil himself there is no reason to delay "Eating Well For Optimum Health."
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Summary: Excellent!!
Review: A friend of mine told me to read 2 books this fall...'Eating Well for Optimal Health' and 'The Power of Positive Habits'....WOW!! what a great health combination!! I highly recommend both of them.
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