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Eat For Health: The Mind And Body Makeover (2008)

by Joel Fuhrman(Favorite Author)

4.21 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

097996671X (ISBN13: 9780979966712)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Nutritional Excellence

review 1: In some ways, when you've read one Fuhrman book you've read them all. This has a little bit more of a focus of gradually transitioning into eating in this style, and how to eat in this style for the rest of your life. What I got out of it that was new could have been summarized in one page or less--primarily that we are trying to have 1/2+ lb raw veggies and 1/2+ lb raw veggies or fruits once per day respectively, generally before our regular meals. There's also detailed meal plans and recipes, but they're not to my taste--I get the impression that I wouldn't have liked the unhealthy version of these dishes either, there's a definite '50's made healthy' feeling to them, for me. Even then, it helps to see an example of how it can be done. As I was saying, even though there'... mores not much new stuff, whenever I recommit to this general style of eating it helps as well to have a motivating refresher course in the basics as well.
review 2: My takeaways were scary health effects of consuming fish three times a week due to trace amounts of mercury that will build in body (takes years to detox), talking point to folks on milk not having the perceived health benefits (exercise needed to prevent osteoporosis), and maybe I will try to go cold turkey away from coffee. Although typically high fat in nature, seems nuts can deserve mention after all if you are athletic as my current state. (Had been mainly flax seed from time to time and looking toward chia and sunflower, so not completely out of the loop there. Remember: To get any nutrients, GRIND IT)Also interesting notes on him ripping Mediterranean diet where it is only healthy by comparison to American diet (and adverse health is becoming increasingly common over there as they Americanize), saying they get the raw plant-based aspects right, while pasta and other grains are bad. Ties in too with discussions of red wine, which he says it is like an aspirin but overall if you had optimal (or close to) nutrition, you would not need it and it would be rather sub-optimal.Post-mortem as anyone who knows me, I am extremely healthy on the nutrition and quite athletic so just a case of trying to get the perfect health everyone should strive for. Wish I had read Fuhrman's "Eat to Live" book when it was featured in a scene on a Boondocks episode many years back when I still desperately (as so many American "dieters" do) needed such advice. Still though, after my weight peaked back at age 21 (ironic that it is also the age bro began getting serious on health after seeing this text as I type it), it more or less had slid with some hiatuses without me putting on weight which few can claim to the point now where fat people will tell me I "shouldn't" lose anymore weight. Might just be something interesting to being handed a size medium shirt about three and a half years ago and at the time being surprised it fit me only a little snugly versus being of the usual fat American attitude where getting older just means moving to bigger shirt sizes, versus now fitting into size small t-shirts and medium producing a looseness on me. (Contrast that to age 21 where an XL or two began to feel a little less than comfortable.) less

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