Dieting Books

"Prolonging Health flows very nicely gently introducing the uninformed reader to new terminology and ideas. This book has a tremendous amount to offer to both the lay and professional reader and is written in an entertaining fashion to compel the reader to continue on. I especially like the sprinkling of Dr. Williams' vast clinical experiences, travels, and relationships that both entertain and exhibit a vast appreciation and understanding of holistic medicine. Thank you Dr. Williams for your commitment to bring this life changing work to an eager audience."

--- Jade Beutler, CEO
Lignan Research

This is one of the most comprehensive, detailed and thorough tomes on the subject of longevity. Part One deals with the aging process and how to determine one's aging status. It includes information on why, when and the way we age, plus details on the relevant laboratory tests.

Part Two is a practical manual that sets out the many ways in which we can enhance longevity. This includes information on how to prevent oxidative damage with anti-oxidants, DNA repair medications, detoxification and cleansing, resetting the insulin switch with diet and natural medicines, strengthening the heart, combating inflammation, restoring hormonal balance and revitalising the brain.

The book contains a wealth of practical advice and the latest information on nutritional supplements, herbs and natural hormones. It concludes with four appendices, a glossary, bibliography and index. Highly recommended for those who wish to take responsibility for their own health.

Dr. Williams' book brings hope and confidence to the reader looking for comprehensive information on health and aging. As I read through the chapters, I found a renewed understanding in my own health. Not only is Prolonging Health an amazing resource, it reads like a novel as he graciously interjects stories and the reasons behind the modifiable factors of longevity. Williams' writing style, both sincere and informational, reflects a simplicity in what are often medically complex issues. The art of writing is a special skill. He has mastered it eloquently. This is an extremely well-organized book that has a tremendous amount of heart and substance. It has become one of my all-time favorites.

Popick's theology may be flawed, but then again, this is not a book about heaven but about salvaging what little bit of paradise is left here on earth. He expresses so many of the concerns I have held about eating meat ever since I was a child and my parents insisted I eat that hamburger that was, a few days earlier, my cow in the pasture. He also addresses the trauma many junior high students experience the first time they have to cut up animal as a "learning experience" in biology class. I still remember how I dreaded that required lab when I was in school.

I have been a vegan for 12 years and when I went that route, I was warned I would lose my hair and die within a year. I feel better now than I ever have. Don't believe the garbage the meat industry is telling you. Animals do suffer tremendously so you can have a burger, and you don't need that bloody meat to survive.

Just buy the book. But you can get it a lot faster by going directly to his Web site, jeffpopick.com.

This book is a must read for those who are yearning to improve themselves by taking a look at the realities of their choices.

Why not open your mind to new thoughts? What do you have to lose?

The book will let you explore a new realm of understanding by telling you about the hidden truths of the food world, among other things.

If anyone fancies themselves a "spiritual" "caring" and "compassionate" person who cares about the earth, but still eats meat : read this book!

If anyone out there wonders why all their spiritual seeking is fruitless and why humanity suffers continually and can never seem to evolve beyond frustration and chaos -- but you still eat meat: read this book!

If anyone is serious about doing all they can for their own health and the health of our environment, but still eats meat: read this book!

Jeff Popick weaves all the reasons that meat is devastating our planet, bodies, relationships, souls and connection to God into one digestible presentation. This book will challenge every root of hypocrisy holding you back from stepping forward into a bright and clean new world, and away from the suffering, violence and denial that has ruined paradise for us all.

Of all the cookbooks in my cupboard, I reach most often for Recipes to Nuture. Ah, the excitement as I know I will find yet another scrumptious solution to that age old question: What will I make for dinner tonight? The recipes are described clearly, and what's more, they allow for innovation. Following each recipe is a list of options -- Are you missing an ingredient? Try this instead. And reminders of ways to tweak and change and personalize each dish. Aine clearly has a love of both food and sharing her recipes so that we can make magic in our kitchen and trust that we are preparing healthy fabulous meals. Thank you, Aine! This book of yours is a treasure!

This book is my cooking bible!! I have made several recipes in the book and every single one has been really easy and absolutely delicious. Not only that, but the recipes make cooking joyful again!

The recipes follow macrobiotic principles but, unlike other macrobiotic cookbooks, it contains easy to find ingredients that we've all heard of. The recipes are dairy, meat and sugar free. Yet every recipe is scrumptious (I don't know how she does it). The other good thing is that recipes contain a list of alternatives - very useful if you are intolerant to wheat or don't like a certain food.

Invest the money in this cookbook. It is well worth it!

There is a new wave of professional macrobiotic chefs courageously pioneering the frontiers of macrobiotic cuisine. Led by the likes of this book's author, Aine McAteer, as well as Christina Pirello in Pennsylvania, Lee and Darlene Gross in California, and Patricio Garcia de Paredes in Japan, these trailblazing chefs are setting new standards for macrobiotic cooking by inventing dishes that are stunningly beautiful, refreshingly innovative, incredibly delicious, appealing to both macros and non-macros alike, and that still manage to maintain balance and healthfulness.

I had the good fortune to meet Aine in person last year at the Fortunate Blessings Foundation's "The Passage." While she is small in stature, Aine exudes an aura of powerful presence and her warm demeanour and graceful charm will make anyone feel at home. It was quickly apparent that these same qualities were infused in every meal she created during the week. To taste Aine's cooking is to discover the very best of contemporary macrobiotic cuisine - world-class dishes that could grace the tables of the most demanding clientele.

Aine's employment record reads like a "Who's Who" of the entertainment industry - she has been a personal chef to Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, Pierce Brosnan, "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, and Robert Redford. Redford's accolades subtly grace the cover of the book: "Aine has distilled the creativity and love that goes into preparing her food into the recipes that she shares with us in this wonderful book."

Aine begins the book with a personable introduction, explaining her discovery of macrobiotics and Ayurveda and how it shaped her dietary approach. "I simply believe you are what you eat, and that if nutrient-rich whole foods form the basis of your diet, you will be healthy inside and out," she writes. She explains how her origins in Ireland and travels around the world have influenced her culinary creations, such as her "Mexican Bean Pie," "Pineapple Ginger Ice Dream," a macrobiotic "Shepherd's Pie," "Seductive Salmon with Rainbow Salsa," "Pumpkin Coconut Bisque," and "Hawaiian Sunset Soup."

The recipes in this book are organized into several sections, including "Food for One," "Food for Love," "Healthy Kids," "Picnic & Finger Foods," and "Festive Foods." By addressing these different considerations of the cook, Recipes to Nurture offers dishes for many types of situations and makes it a cookbook to return to for any occasion.

Recipes to Nurture is the most beautifully designed cookbook I have ever come across. Bobbi Fabian's photographs are alluring and seductive, and the elegant typography throughout the book quietly enhances its high-class appeal. It is no surprise that with such delectable recipes and riveting imagery this book won the prestigious Gourmand World Cookbook award of "Best Health and Nutrition Cookbook in the World" last year in Barcelona.

Macrobiotics is continually dogged by its popular characterization as an ascetic approach for only dietary extremists and the terminally ill. Recipes to Nurture challenges this stigma through its broad variety of mouthwater dishes that can appeal to anyone. "For many people, the idea of `healthy food' doesn't exactly conjure up images of sensual delights," Aine writes in her introduction, "It's my mission in this book to dispel that myth." n|c


-Yogen Kushi

This book contains much useful dieting information which is thoroughly backed up. For a life time dieter who has read dozens of books, this one has the most definitive method for projecting weight, and fat, loss. Very helpful, with many facts and incventives that I had not read elsewhere.

This book contains much useful dieting information which is thoroughly backed up. For a life time dieter who has read dozens of books, this one has the most definitive method for projecting weight, and fat, loss. Very helpful, with many facts and incventives that I had not read elsewhere.

Dr Heber is the first doctor to ever write a book that makes sense. It's not a diet, it's a way of life and looking at the things and stress we're under in the '90's (almost 2000). He's an extremely empathetic doctor, realizes that people are people and his book shows it. If you need or would like to lose weight, this is your book. I have had weight loss surgery and read his book to keep up with my 130 pound weight loss (yes, you still have to watch what you eat after weight loss surgery)! He's a genious (and nice to boot) ... this book is easy to read, easy to understand, has working sheets after several of the chapters and is not a million pages of reading. It's a smaller book which doesn't make it boring to read. Five (yes, five) people in my office have already bought and read the book and are following his diet (hate that word) and are doing very sucessful on it. Money well spent.

The book mentioned by the reviewer from the Netherlands is Adrian Weales "Fighting Fit".

If you like to see how to get fit the military way this is a very great book. This one is twards the sas forces. Contrary to the US forces which emphasises a lot of upper body strenght you see here the total approach. SAS troopers need to marsh endlessly. (read about their gruelling selection course). This books tells how to get fit, using circuit training, weight programms (not used for the beach boys who just wants to look pumped up, but this program is just to be prepared for the rigours of combat). More is told to train for endurance by running, swimming, cycling and of course the famous endurance marches. At the end a total programme is given for the beginner, intermediate and the advanced. This great book is finished with telling you more about nutrition (I said nutrition NOT pills for those beach bubbles) and mental approaches. I really recommend this book together with Andrew Wheales fighting fit (which gives sas, paratrooper and royal commando programmes) and Steward Smith's the complete guide to navy seal fitness.

With those 3 books you cannot go wrong and be the fittest and mental (because of this training) toughest person.

So buy these 3 and be FIT and combat ready.

This book was the first military fitness program that I followed. The results were amazing, in 8 weeks I went from 245lbs down to 205lbs and never looked back. I am now addicted to military fitness programs (books) and swear by them. This book is one of the best and so are the SAS. The program is well rounded with running, swimming, and weight training/calisthenics. There is even a section on self defense which is very handy. The professional program is a killer and I would suggest tackling the less intense programs first. If getting physically fit is your goal then you will have a hard time finding a better book! In fact the only thing tougher than this book would be to actually enlist in the SAS! Being a fitness writer myself (Backyard Sports for Kids), I can fully appreciate a book like this one and my hat goes off to John Wiseman on an excellent piece of work!

If all you can do is buy one book, this is the one! This book is warm, understandable, thorough, educational, and worth every penny. To make things even better, it is full of wonderful recipes! I consider this book a companion, and I am not alone anymore.

I have been diagnosed with diabetes for almost a year. I have struggled through materials from different sources, doctor visits, and nutritionist visits for months and was still confused. With this book in hand, I feel more positive, more grounded, and more capable of managing my disease.

If I could rate this book freely, I would give it more than 5 stars.

This book provides me with meals that are as delicious as the resturants I frequent in Beverly Hills. It is different from other cookbooks in that, it is not typical Diabetic "American." You do not feel as if you are preparing or eating a meal for diabetes. This cookbook is romantic, especially when you are planning passionate evenings and breakfasts. Another equally import ingrediant of this gourmet book are the educational guidelines for explaining how to critical think through what your goals are and how to achieve them in a chapter by chapter "diabetes 101" support style. Mary Donkersloot wrote a very savy book for everyone to feel as if they are dinning in Beverly Hills or at the Chez Panisse!

Diabetes is a major part of every family physician's practice. Though the DCCT in Type 1 diabetics and similar evidence in Type 2's mandates better control, the patient must do the bulk of management with our guidance. Unfortunately, the amount of time we have for education and the coverage for diabetes educators may be limited under managed care. I found a solution to this dilemma with The Simply Gourmet Diabetes Cookbook. The first 116 pages of the book contain the best, most concise, patient friendly explanation of diabetes and its management I've read. With nary a wasted word author Mary Donkersloot covers the New Guidelines for diabetic nutrition, the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, carbohydrate counting, weight loss, exercise and cholesterol. In the next 300 pages, she has written a complete cookbook from breakfast to desserts. A very helpful appendix contains the traditional exchange system values for common foods, a guide to reading the new nutrition labels and lists of lean, medium fat and high fat meats along with "free" foods.

Besides clear writing, the formatting is clear with well organized tables. For Type 1 diabetics, the chapter on carbohydrate counting explains how to maintain a consistent caloric intake and match one's insulin requirements for any changes. One big help is advice on compensating for sweets like occasional desserts (for which the author includes a variety of recipes). Also helpful are recipes for various ethnic foods like burritos, quesadillas and enchiladas along with information about eating out at regular restaurants and fast food restaurants. For Type 2 diabetics, chapters on weight loss and exercise essentials are superb.

The recipes are quite varied and well organized. They all contain ten or less ingredients and most have just three steps so they are easy to make. Each recipe lists total calories, percent of fat, sodium, carbohydrate choices and food exchanges for easy calculations.

The cornerstone of good diabetes control is consistent caloric intake and this book tells patients how to accomplish this. It contains everything I want my patients to know. As you all know, after informing patients of their diagnosis, the first question they usually ask is, "What should I eat?" Rather than searching through my files for my diabetic diets, I'm going to be recommending this book to answer their questions, to start them with a good diabetes education, and to save me time.

This book is a gem. Staying Sane When You're Dieting skips over the usual overweight-American litany of yo-yo dieting and dieting schemes. Instead, it's filled with real life weight-watching stories that will have you laughing out loud and cringing in recognition.

A perfect gift (who among us doesn't think about our weight at least once a day) for yourself or a friend. Here are tales of the Occasional Dieter, the Chronic Dieter and the Never Dieted. A delicious read!

It's nice to know that I'm not alone in going absolutely NUTS tying to lose 10 pounds...okay, 15 pounds. The humorous anecdotes somehow make it easier to continue the battle, knowing I'm not alone in the insane world of dieting. Loved the book.

Fazio & Brodowsky are geniuses at delivering truly great yet very funny, practical advice, and in the most enjoyable, painless format! Where have they been? How clever and imaginative! I'm going to get all their other books!

Wonderful recipes with a huge variety of foods (fish, meats, desserts, vegetarian, etc.) and also a large section with great advice on lowering your cancer risk (antioxidants, vitamins, etc.). Highly recommended for all cooks!

So much of cancer today is the result of environmental contaminants and high-risk lifestyles -- including diets. The Strang Cancer Prevention Center Cookbook: A Complete Nutrition And Lifestyle Plan To Dramatically Lower Your Cancer Risk is the collaborative effort of Laura Pensiero (dietitian, nutrition educator, restaurant owner, and graduate of the French Culinary Institute in New York); Michael Osborne (President of the Strang Cancer Prevention Center and faculty professor at Cornell University Medical College); and Susan Oliveria (faculty member at Strang, Cornell University Medical College, and Memorial Sloan Kettering). A complete and very highly recommended single volume course of information and instruction, readers will learn how the phytochemicals in certain foods; how to make delicious eating plans an integral part of a cancer-prevention regimen; as well as lifestyle modifications designed to minimize the risk of cancer. Enhanced with more than one hundred recipes drawn from world-renowned restaurants, The Strang Cancer Prevention Center Cookbook reveals how a healthy diet and a healthy lifestyle can keep us physically fit and cancer-free.

I have read a lot of nutrition and health related books. This one ranks very high on quality and quantity of good information included in the book. I highly recommend it to others.

Since reading this book I've had solid sucess in weight loss and am eating healtheir and feeling better. The book Sugar Busters for Kids did accomplish several key elements in my personal weight loss program.

This book helped me greatly to understand the "why" of my life long struggle with weight and obesity. It has given me a tool in the understanding of "how" certain foods affect my wieght loss. And it has provided me with the "what" to eat and feel good at the same time.

The Glycemic Index Tables provided an easy and useful referance to the everyday control of my diet and food intake. Dr. Andrews and team have made the concept easier to understand and workable.

The recipes work, and I love the use of Creole seasoning to put flavor into some of the dishes.

My daughter who is a sophmore in college also uses the info found in this book very helpful.

This book should be included in every dieters libray, know matter what the age.

We just loved this book. We have been followers of the Sugar Busters concept for over five years and have never been healthier. Since reading the original Sugar Busters book, we have been concerned about all the sugar and processed carbohydrates that children eat these days. This book has really allowed us the share the benefits we have received with our children. The book is informative and easy to read and the illustrations are great, but one of our favorite things about the book is the recipes which, I might add, are not just for children. They are great for the whole family.

This book will be most appealing to adults who have had success with the Sugar Busters! approach to weight control through reducing the amount of high glycemic foods (ones that raise insulin levels and thus slow down the metabolism) that they eat. Now, you will know how to integrate this approach for the whole family!

If you have not yet discovered the Sugar Busters! approach, it is well worth your time. As the authors (three M.D.'s and a former Fortune 500 CEO) point out, many diseases are related to overweight and obesity (such as Type 2 diabetes which is caused by insulin resistance, and cardiovascular diseases). Two terrible things are happening now. First, childhood overweight and obesity are growing rapidly as a percentage of the population around the world. Second, what were once adult diseases related to overweight and obesity are showing up in children. The authors point out that these trends are closely associated with the rise in the use of refined sugar. These trends run in families, suggesting both genetic (homone related) and environmental causes.

As to changing, the book is filled with directions for how to shop, menus (along with acceptable substitutes), and recipes (on the spicy side to appeal to the adults too). You can also use the recipes in any of the other Sugar Busters! series books. The recipes are almost all simple to prepare. Most include ingredients available at most food stores. There also seemed to be an attempt to keep the cost reasonable. I do think that households with younger kids will probably use fewer seasonings (but remember that no-sugar ketchup!).

There is a separate section with rhymes for kids at the back, which illustrates some of the key concepts. You can use this like a standard children's book for those in the 3-6 age range. My only criticism about the back is that the letter to kids uses gasoline for a car as the analogy to the need to eat better. Prior to the age of driving, I doubt if that analogy will work

One of the best parts of the book is that it keeps it as simple as possible. The authors also emphasize making better choices rather than treating this like a diet. They also point out that there are few long-term studies of the effects of diet on youngsters, but they have used the few that are available. For example, a low glycemic breakfast reduces what youngsters eat in calories for lunch. They also discuss how to introduce new foods (assume it will take at least 10 efforts before acceptance occurs, so be patient and persistent!). The menus are adjusted separately for the 6-8 and 9-12 year old groups. Over 12, they can use the adult Sugar Busters!

This book was recommended to me by my mother, who researches everything thoroughly. I take various medications for various conditions and had no idea what other effects they were having on me until I read this book. What an eye-opener! Anyone who has been prescribed medications should review the information Dr. Cass has given. It will be a smoother ride to the management of and recovery from their illnesses.

This book is easy to read and very informative and helpful about common conditions for which most of us take medication. Really does tell you things your doctor doesn't know so you can make better choices for treating illnesses.

For every dollar we spend on prescription drugs, we spend a dollar to fix a complication. Understanding how nutritional supplements affect these drugs could make them safer and more effective.
--Mehmet Oz, M.D., Professor of Surgery at Columbia University and author of bestsellers YOU: The Owner's Manual and YOU: On A Diet

As Dr. Cass makes crystal clear, what you don't know can hurt you. In this age of pharmaceutical-based medicine, this book is a must-read for patients and physicians alike.
--Julian Whitaker, M.D., Founder of the Whitaker Wellness Institute and author of the Health & Healing newsletter

Medications have been reported to kill over 200,000 Americans a year, with most physicians sadly being clueless about how to avoid this. Dr. Cass once again does an outstanding job teaching us how to reclaim our birthright of optimal health---easily and naturally!
--Jacob Teitelbaum, M.D., Medical Director of the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers and author of From Fatigued to Fantastic!

This subject is so timely and the implications so powerful, that Dr. Cass's new book deserves to be read by everybody taking prescription meds, and more importantly, by their doctors.
--Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D., C.N.S., award-winning author of The Fat Flush Plan and Before the Change

Supplement Your Prescription breaks new ground in the previously unexplored terrain of how nutrients are depleted by prescriptive drugs and how to use them together wisely. A boon for both conventional and integrative medicine, this book eliminates the confusion and the guesswork. Both physician and patient will benefit tremendously from Dr. Cass's research, insight, and practical application.
--Gerald M. Lemole, M.D., heart surgeon, Medical Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine Christiana Healthcare System and author of The Healing Diet


From a recognized leader in the field of integrative medicine, Supplement Your Prescription is a vital resource to help patients avoid drug-nutrient depletion, and even enhance the benefits of their drugs with synergistic nutrients. A must-read!
--Ronald L. Hoffman, M.D., Medical Director of the Hoffman Center and author of How to Talk with Your Doctor (about Complementary and Alternative Medicine)

If you are taking prescription medications, you must protect yourself, and Dr. Cass tells you how to do it.
--Stephen Sinatra M.D., F.A.C.C., Medical Director of the New England Heart & Longevity Center and co-author of Reverse Heart Disease Now

This book is a must-read for anyone who takes prescription drugs and doesn't want to suffer needless side effects.
--Marcus Laux N.D., author of Naturally Well Today newsletter

This book empowers people to take control of their health by knowing what their medications are really doing. It contains a huge amount of information, like an encyclopedia, but an easy read. A must read for everyone taking a medication!
--Dwight Lundell, M.D., heart surgeon and author of The Cure for Heart Disease.