Book 41 of 50: Eat to Live
Book 41 of 50
Title: Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss
Author: Joel Fuhrman
Genre: Health, Weight Loss, Vegan
Summary (from Amazon.com): Americans spend more than $40 billion annually on diets and weight-reducing programs, many of which work temporarily, fail, or may be dangerous. Fuhrman’s nutrient-packed, healthful approach to nutrition combined with quick weight loss can be expressed in this equation, health=nutrients intake/calories intake. The more nutrient-heavy the intake, the less caloric and more healthy it is. Encouraging, engaging personal stories from Fuhrman’s treatment of over more than 10,000 patients demonstrate his supposition that eating ever-larger portions of healthful, high-nutrient foods decreases desire for low-nutrient foods, loosening their addictive hold on people. Pictures work effectively in this newly revised update of a nutrition-weight control classic. Drawings show, for instance, the stomach-filling efficiency of 400 calories of high-nutrition intake versus 400 calories of high-fat and oil consumption, which leaves a nearly empty stomach hungry. With FAQs, glossary, end notes, and an index for user friendliness. Pass the eggplant!
Comments: I picked this book up because I had seen it mentioned on a few different vegan blogs I follow (Fat Free Vegan and Choosing Raw). I finally decided to read it, and luckily, I was able to borrow it on my Kindle. I tore through this book in about a day. As someone who was already mostly vegetarian, this book made a lot of sense to me. It focuses a lot of getting nutrients, what hunger feels like, and how important it is to be aware of how many nutrients a food has versus volume of it (100 calories of cheese versus 100 calories of veggies). It seemed intuitive to me, and basically confirmed a lot of things I was already thinking on my own about the way I've been eating. Dr. Fuhrman lays out a plan for weight loss, which I haven't jumped on just yet. However, I've cut back to the point of focusing on a vegan diet with lower carbs, limited oil/fat, and loads of fruit and veggies. I think this book does extol the values of a vegan diet, but I don't think it would necessarily convert someone who wasn't already leaning that way. However, I think if you really are thinking about losing weight (and, as in my case, reducing your cholesterol numbers), this book would be at least worth looking at. Some of his plans do include meat. Overall, I think it's just a great book to get you to focus in on what you are eating. I plan to buy the book so I can read it again more thoroughly and consider doing the plan.
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Title: Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss
Author: Joel Fuhrman
Genre: Health, Weight Loss, Vegan
Summary (from Amazon.com): Americans spend more than $40 billion annually on diets and weight-reducing programs, many of which work temporarily, fail, or may be dangerous. Fuhrman’s nutrient-packed, healthful approach to nutrition combined with quick weight loss can be expressed in this equation, health=nutrients intake/calories intake. The more nutrient-heavy the intake, the less caloric and more healthy it is. Encouraging, engaging personal stories from Fuhrman’s treatment of over more than 10,000 patients demonstrate his supposition that eating ever-larger portions of healthful, high-nutrient foods decreases desire for low-nutrient foods, loosening their addictive hold on people. Pictures work effectively in this newly revised update of a nutrition-weight control classic. Drawings show, for instance, the stomach-filling efficiency of 400 calories of high-nutrition intake versus 400 calories of high-fat and oil consumption, which leaves a nearly empty stomach hungry. With FAQs, glossary, end notes, and an index for user friendliness. Pass the eggplant!
Comments: I picked this book up because I had seen it mentioned on a few different vegan blogs I follow (Fat Free Vegan and Choosing Raw). I finally decided to read it, and luckily, I was able to borrow it on my Kindle. I tore through this book in about a day. As someone who was already mostly vegetarian, this book made a lot of sense to me. It focuses a lot of getting nutrients, what hunger feels like, and how important it is to be aware of how many nutrients a food has versus volume of it (100 calories of cheese versus 100 calories of veggies). It seemed intuitive to me, and basically confirmed a lot of things I was already thinking on my own about the way I've been eating. Dr. Fuhrman lays out a plan for weight loss, which I haven't jumped on just yet. However, I've cut back to the point of focusing on a vegan diet with lower carbs, limited oil/fat, and loads of fruit and veggies. I think this book does extol the values of a vegan diet, but I don't think it would necessarily convert someone who wasn't already leaning that way. However, I think if you really are thinking about losing weight (and, as in my case, reducing your cholesterol numbers), this book would be at least worth looking at. Some of his plans do include meat. Overall, I think it's just a great book to get you to focus in on what you are eating. I plan to buy the book so I can read it again more thoroughly and consider doing the plan.
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