At last, a book about eating (and eating well) for health -- from Dr.
Andrew Weil, the brilliantly innovative and greatly respected doctor who
has been instrumental in transforming the way Americans think about
health.
Now Dr. Weil -- whose nationwide best-sellers Spontaneous Healing
and Eight Weeks to Optimum Health have made us aware of the body's
capacity to heal itself -- provides us with a program for improving our
well-being by making informed choices about how and what we eat.
He gives us all the basic facts about human nutrition. Here is
everything we need to know about fats, protein, carbohydrates, minerals,
and vitamins, and their effects on our health.
He equips us to make decisions about the latest miracle diet or reducing
aid.
At the heart of his book, he presents in easy-to-follow detail his
recommended OPTIMUM DIET, including complete weekly menus for use both
at home and in restaurants.
He provides eighty-five recipes accompanied by a rigorous and reliable
nutritional breakdown -- delicious recipes reminding us that we can eat
for health without giving up the essential pleasures of eating.
Customized dietary advice is included for dozens of common ailments,
among them asthma, allergies, heart disease, migraines, and thyroid
problems. Dr. Weil helps us to read labels on all food products and
thereby become much wiser consumers. Throughout he makes clear how an
optimal diet can both supply the basic needs of the body and fortify the
body's defenses and mechanisms of healing. And he always stresses that
good food -- and the good feeling it engenders at the table -- is not
only a delight but also necessary to our well-being, so that eating for
health means enjoyable eating.
In sum, a hugely practical and inspiring book about food, diet, and
nutrition that stands to change -- for the better and the healthier --
our most fundamental ideas about eating.
