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The 10 Things You Need To Eat: And More Than 100 Easy And Delicious Ways To Prepare Them (2009)

by Anahad O'Connor(Favorite Author)

4.05 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0061780278 (ISBN13: 9780061780271)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

William Morrow Cookbooks

review 1: Five years ago, "The Abs Diet" book transformed my diet. Virtually overnight I turned into a "perimeter" grocery store shopper, only venturing into the middle aisles for things like canned tomatoes, coconut milk, and whole wheat pasta. Gone were the days of Pasta Roni, Lean Pockets, frozen pizzas and microwaveable dinners. It helped that this was right around the time I met my husband, who was clearly not impressed with my culinary skills, but really, my main goal in changing my diet back then was to improve my running performance. I started to realize that a piece of salmon over a bed of spinach was much more effective recovery for my muscles after a 20 mile long run than say, an entire frozen pizza followed up by the whole pint of Ben & Jerry's. Shocking, I know. Not t... moreo mention somewhat embarrassing that I didn't already know these things, but I digress.My purpose in reading this 'book' (it's actually mostly a cookbook) was not to change my diet, but to enhance it. Fresh fruits and vegetables are already a staple in my diet - what I wanted here, was to learn which ones packed the biggest nutritional bang for your forkful. And why. The goal I have now is to get the maximum health benefits from what I put in my mouth. This book definitely fit the bill of what I was looking for. After reading it, I feel much more knowledgable about which foods I should be incorporating into my diet and why. I'm pumped to go to the grocery store and put my newfound knowledge to work. I can't comment on the recipes yet, but the information thats given on each food is impressive. I think this book should be required reading for kids in our country.
review 2: When I heard these guys interviewed on NPR, I knew I had to check this out. It definitely does not disappoint. It was great to read about "superfoods" that one can actually find, afford, and use with some versatility. And the idea of pairing the information about those foods with recipes to try them out is a fantastic one. There were a number of recipes I plan to try, including the Triple Tomato pizza, which is made with whole wheat dough and fresh mozzerella. Yum! less

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