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Summary: Another great review from the master
Review: An inspirational and practical guiding resource for persons concerned with their digestive health. Natural remedies are stressed to get the best and the myths about some diet fads exploded.Other titles of interest to the readers may be "Natural Stomach Care", and "Your Gut Feelings".
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Summary: One of the most informative books I have ever read!
Review: I truely believe that if you read this book you will change your lifestyle! Read this book and then read it again! It's definitely a keeper!
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Summary: Excellent book on nutrition from leading expert.
Review: This is a great book. The author shares how the Western medical profession gets virtually no training in nutrition, and what a huge gap in medical knowledge this represents. By reading this book, you will know far more on nutrition than any doctor who has not made a personal effort to educate himself on this topic. The author states that studying this book is like taking a college level class in biochemistry. And, it is true. Because the material is presented in such a fun anecdotal style, you don't even realize you are learning rather dry technical stuff. He covers all the macronutrients (protein, carbohydrate, fats), and micronutrients (vitamins, and minerals) in scientific details. He explains how these interact with each other and our own metabolism to provide the necessary healthy fuel we need. He goes on describing the worst diet in the World. Some of us may be horrified, as it describes a very average American diet that some of us have to eat (otherwise it would not be the average American diet). This includes plenty of very convenient, tasty, processed foods that have their share of saturated fats, partially hydrogenated oils, and few nutritive calories of any kind. In any case, this is a pretty healthy wake up call for some of us. The author indicates what this diet leads to if maintained over a life time. This includes a far greater incidence of cardiovascular diseases and greater risk of numerous cancers. The author also covers what are the various diets that could qualify as the best in the World. There is no great surprise there. Such diets are rich in fresh produce (fruits and vegetables), avoid most processed foods, sugar, excessive salt, and saturated fats. They can run from Asian to Mediterranean style(s) with a wide variety in between. So, there are plenty of healthy and delicious ways to eat.
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Summary: Awesome food and healthy too
Review: I am a nurse and have read most of Dr. Weil's books. This cookbook is awesome not only for the increadable food, but for the nutritional summaries he put through out the book. It condences what you need to know about food and nutrition into short interesting little summaries. If you want to just jump into better eatting and health this cookbook will really help. I have to end this with the most important part the food is awesome, and the ingredients are pretty normal. You will not be out combing every health food and gorumet shop in town to make this recipes coem to life in your kitchen. Even my fussy, hates healthy food husband loves these recipies.
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Summary: A sure way to look like Dr.Weil
Review: Dr.Weil looks like the before picture in a bad diet product ad. He is clinically obese. Follow his advice which recommends eating a low protein, high carb, moderate fat diet and you too will look like him. His advice on Omega 3's is about the only wise idea in this book. And low glycemic carbs are certainly the way to go, but not as the center of your nutritional intake. Anyone who thinks the average person eats way too much protein has no idea about correct human nutrition.
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Summary: Information about health and nutrition
Review: Eating well for optimum health by Dr. Andrew Weil is a great book that offers very informative information about health, nutrition, and the food that we eat. The food we eat is the most essential part of a healthy life, and without food, we would not be alive. The book explains very clearly the benefits that foods can have on a persons health. From fats, carbohydrates, and proteins which are the most essential elements of the calories that we intake on an everyday basis to the micronutrients and vitamins that are also taken in, it offers a complete overview of the benefits all the elements of food have on our health. His beliefs about certain diets which he considers the worst diets and the diets that he considers the best diets( the paleolithic diet, the raw foods diet, the vegan diets, etc.) are very interesting. He also offers very good information about common low-fat and low-carb diets that are very common. It is very informative because a lot of people do not really know the effects that these diets will have in the longrun and how they really effect your health. He offers a very interesting perspective in the beginning of the book about how food is essential to society because what a person eats is quite representative of the person, and how food effects our cultural and social wellbeing. He offers ways to eat that people can like and also benefit from. It shows that you can eat something healthy that does not taste bad. This is shown through his recipes towards the end of the book. There are very appetizing recipes such as the mediterranean tuna steaks, salmon cakes, and the frozen banana pie which all sound delicious. Eating well for optimum health is a great book that could benefit the reader and those around the reader with eating well and becoming healthy or staying healthy.
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Summary: A complete overview of eating and nutrition
Review: Eating well for optimum health provides a very complete overview of eating, nutrition, and how it should be done according to Dr.Andrew Weil. In the book, he explains all of the essentials that compose a life of healthy eating. From fats, carbohydrates, and proteins, which are the essential elements that provide the calories needed for an essential human diet. The sections that are devoted to diets are quite interesting, because Dr.Weil addresses the problems with diets such as the low-carb and low-fat diets, which could cause problems in the longrun. He offers the worst diets in his opinion, which are supported by very legitimate facts and also the best diets in his opinion, which are also supported by very legitimate facts. The beginning of the book is quite informative as to how eating and what a person eats affects their physical and emotional well-being. How the food we eat defines our identities and how food is also essential to our social situation. Eating is presented as the most essential factor in a person's life, and without it, we would not be alive. Although I do not agree with a few of the ideas presented in the book, the majority of the ideas are very agreeable and quite informative. The recipes that he gives towards the end of the book are quite appetizing, such as the mediterranean tuna steaks, salmon cakes, and tart cherry - apple crunch. These recipes list the nutritional facts and are healthier alternatives to foods that people eat on a daily basis. It prooves that you can eat something appetizing without intaking more cholestrol and calories that are not beneficial. Eating well for optimum health is a great book to read for your own health and the health of those around you.
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Summary: Thank you for this book!
Review: I think this book is great. I've been unhappy about a lot of stress recently (divorce, problems at work) and I really thank this book for helping me. I also thank Laura Hall for writing Conquer Emotional Eating and helping me get a handle of my eating.
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Summary: Thorough Information
Review: The first part of this book deals with the science of human nutrition. It's well organized and very detailed. (At some points I felt I needed to take notes!) However, if the science starts to blur together, he summarizes with specific recommendations (which you can then go back and look up the reasons for if someone challenges you on it). The author addresses various diet trends, including Atkins and Ornish (he's not crazy about either, but presents a well-rounded argument) and various food pyramids, including the FDA, Vegan, and Mediterranean Food pyramid. Finally, after talking about what everyone else does, he gives you his specific recommendation in an Appendix. Well, sort of. His opinions are pretty clear throughout the book, so the Appendix doesn't have any surprises in it. He comes out strongly in favor of organic food, and also addresses the idea that food needs to be pleasurable as well as healthy, which is refreshing. There's also a big chunk of recipes (which I haven't tried), as well as a section that includes somewhat generalized dietary recommendations for specific ailments.
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Summary: Masterfully written, on top of great information and recipe
Review: This book is not only a great work on nutrition and heath, it's also one of those books that are written with such matery that they contain gems of shared wisdom about human nature. To illustrate, let me quote Dr. Weil from chapter 7, on page 205: "...Mastery of that art [cooking] requires that you develop your powers of observation and the clarity of your imagination. You have to learn how to manage time, deal with unexpected developments, and not fall into states of frustration and despair when the objects of your efforts fail to develop the way you want them to. Being able to cook with other people is an ultimate test of human compatibility. In short, training in the kitchen is good preparation for life in general" This is so true to, among other things, software development efforts. Another quote, on the same page: "The very worst recipes are complicated and laborious and then fail to produce promised results." This can be used, without alteration, to define, again, among other things, the worst software development methodologies: Painfully difficult to follow and if implemented at all, often fail to deliver promised benefits. Lately I've found a few such authors: Steve McConnell in software devlopment (his Code Complete was written 10 years ago and still ranks around 1000 at Amazon.com); Christopher Alexander in architecture (his book A Pattern Language has inspired a new generation of software designers"; Peter Drucker in management (he mostly writes on business management, but even a software developer can benefit from his writing.); and of course, Dr. Andrew Weil.
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