Nutrition Books

From casual newspaper and magazine reading, I was aware Trans Fat were bad for you, but it was eye opening to realize how bad. Severson writes in a very calm, factual way. Also, there is just enough detail (versus deadly dull level of detail!). It is a very quick read, and I would recommend it for all harried moms and dads as we make alot of choices while pounding the aisles at the market, and I know I have changed my shopping choices based on the information I learned in this book.

This is the most well written and researched book that I've found on the subject of Trans Fat. Severson's tone is non-alarmist and spiced with humor. She presents scientific facts and research in an understandable and immediately practical fashion. This doesn't have all "the sky is falling! the sky is falling" rhetoric of Fast Food Nation, and for that reason alone is utterly believable--and sobering.

This book is presented in an easy-to-read format and is full of great information and fabulous recipes. I finally understand what trans fat is and why it is so bad for you. The recipe for Chicken-Tarragon Potpies is so delicious and easy to make it is going straight into my Family Favorites file. This book should be on everyone's cookbook shelf.

I am well-versed on the chemistry here and the book is right on target there. A nice explaination for the intelligent lay-person. What was useful to me was the exposure of all the places this stuff can be found. A few surprises there. Thanks! The last factor is the cookbook. Can't say I have tested that part, but it is great to have yummy stuff that is more healthy. Short and easy to read.

Trans fat takes the reader deep into the food asles of your groccery store- Buyer beware! If you step into any of the asles with food in boxes or wrapedup- your in for a really eye opener!
I learned a lot of ways to cook my food diffrently after reading this book and how to shop for food. This book has brought awarness to the number one killer in our fast food world. Some of the more common foods have trans fatty particles just waiting to enter your blood stream. Highly recommend.

Dear Jane King,

You are the Goddess of diet vets...trust me...I am YOU and YOU are ME and I am just amazed that someone out there understands the yo yo syndrome of trying to lose and gain the last 10, 20, 30 or even 100 pounds (over and over and over again)! The weird thing about this book is that not only does the author touch on every diet I have tried but her basic foundation includes all the diets I include in my foundation which are a bit of "Eat Right 4 Your Blood Type", Harvey and Marilyn Diamonds, "Fit for Life" and the idea of drinking just hot water - just to name a few. The biggest, coolest and best piece of all is that Jane puts a lot of attention on loving and appreciating ourselves in all of our many stages of achieving our weight loss goals. I actually felt okay about even my diet failures as a result of reading this book - so I'm just going to keep reading it - WHILE I EAT!

Oh wait! The part about looking at your hunger and not being afraid of it has lodged inside my brain like a little gem of an idea and dissipated that particular monster in a way I never thought possible.

Can you tell I'm excited about this book! I am.

Thanks Jane!

though not necessarily in that order. Buy this book and worship her as I do.

I am a slender man with little desire to overeat and it was purely by accident that I picked this book up at my sister-in-law's house. I started idly reading and soon I was hooked. Jane King is a gifted writer and I don't know when I've laughed so hard. Maybe P.G. Wodehouse. Little did I ever suspect I would find his rival in a diet book author?

I recommend this book to everyone. Oh, and by the way, I now view my "roundish" friends with far more compassion. Jane makes them actually look kind of smart for carrying a bit extra avoirdupois.

PS Rothschild

In her latest book, Trick Yourself Thin, Jane King turns her insightful observational skills to our continuing American fixation: how to stay thin and look sharp without undue suffering and self-hatred. Through years of experience, investigation, and experimentation, Jane has devised dozens of helpful hints that keep both the eternal search for weight loss and personal worth in clever perspective. Part how-to book, part autobiography, part morale booster, Jane delights the reader with her breezily honest style, amusing illustrations, and entertaining anecdotes from her life and the lives of her friends. With post-modern candor, Jane lays her cards on the table: Obsessed about food/eating/weight gain/loss? Yep. Obsessed about being obsessed? No way. The book is designed so that the reader can dip in and out of the suggestions, adding one or two solid ideas a day to our kit bag of poundage survival tips. Let's face it: we need all the hints we can get. Jane King shows us how to carry on the struggle while still enjoying the pleasures of life, love, and, above all!, food. Highly recommended.

Recently, a dear friend of mine bamboozled me into going to some party for a diet book. If you're anything like me, i.e.; lazy and irreverent, such a thing would fill you with disdain or, at best, indifference. Images of a girl in Juicy couture sweatpants with an overenthusiastic world-view and highlights would dance in your head and you might have to resort to that ever-successful food poisoning excuse.

Yet, bamboozled I was, drawn to the lure of the free wine and fancy cheese.

We walked in and there she was in all her glory: Jane King. Guess what. She wasn't anything that I'd expected. She was less, well...tan.

She was, in fact, much like many of my friends back at Bryn Mawr; poised, intelligent, droll and with just the right amount of irreverence for all hierarchical structures, consumer fetishism and social decorum.

I immediately liked her.

I, also, made a point to try to get in her good graces by drinking just enough wine to hit the balance between brilliantly witty and drunk.

(This is an ongoing experiment which doesn't always pan out...see back-dated catalogue of images of me getting dragged out of Soho House with platforms at a 45 degree angle to the sidewalk. In my defense, those cork platforms were high enough to have an entire airbrushed seascape on them. But I digress...)

The thing that I took with me, other than the free wine and snooty cheese (which I don't really count as taking with me, seeing that these things were in my stomach. However, this is a matter up for debate and I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on the issue.) Okay, so, the thing that I took with me was a signed green diet book entitled TRICK YOURSELF THIN.

To be honest, I was dreading reading it. I liked Jane King so much, an unusual phenomenon for naturally misanthropic me, that I was fearful the spell would be broken if I hated her book.

Alas! Alack! I had nothing to fear! Upon reading this book I felt a sense of relief I still cannot quite put words to...something between "Wow, I guess maybe I'm not the only inexplicably odd weirdo in the universe who still likes to wear weird clothes, go out and socialize." and "Oh my god! Amen! Praise the lord! I am not alone!"

Here's the thing: This book isn't just about dieting. It's kind of about existing in the universe. There are helpful hints about dieting, which, by the by, work like a charm, but it's more of a handbook about how to not hate yourself and be mean to yourself.

If you're anything like me, i.e., a spiraling vortex of destruction and narcissism, you may have possibly mayhap potentially picked up some bad habits, including eating weird, horrible food as a way to quench your inner demons and forget about the path of devastation you seem to have left behind you. Well, never fear, womankind, this book is actually a smart, witty guide to checking in on yourself and thwarting any and all of those bad, dumpy food habits that we all secretly have when no one is looking.

Now comes the "proof is in the pudding" part:

I know this book works because I have always fluctuated ten pounds either way from, say, super-hot-sexy to um-yeah-maybe-I should-get-a-cat. Ever since reading this book, I have completely avoided the cat-potential state. That's the honest to Betsy truth.

There's something about TRICK YOURSELF THIN that works because you don't get the feeling that the writer is wearing coral. It's as if a voice rings out of the darkness, saying, "The entire world hasn't gone to hell in a hand-basket. You are not alone!"

Do yourself, your body and your mind a favor and get this book, I guarantee it will make a difference. And by guarantee, I mean that I am in no way to be held accountable for your actions. Are you kidding me, I can barely afford sushi.

This is a fantastic book that should be in every household. Its full of easily accessable, researched information that every person should read. It also comes with over a 100 great recipies.

This book is so incredible! It is chock full of well-researched yet easily understood nutrition information. And the recipes--well, they are to die for! I'm so glad to have a whole chapter on salmon recipes (since we're supposed to be eating it every week!). I have tried out many, many of these recipes and there hasn't been a single one I didn't like so far. And many of them have already become family favorites. At first I was a little disappointed because I thought the number of recipes was a little low, but now I see that the authors have simply left out the "filler" and included only the to-die for ones, so I don't have to waste my time. Worth every penny.

My sister-in-law sent me this book and I have not been able to put it down since then. I have purchased several copies for my friends and relatives. I have just sent one out to my girlfriend in Calgary.

This book is the "ultimate" -- all those questions you've had nagging at you for some time -- butter vs. margarine -- are eggs ok? -- how to read a label -- which fish has the most/best omega oils -- what vitamins should you take and what should you not take -- what is one serving of fruit, vegetables, etc? -- which nuts are good/best for you and how many? -- even which spices are good for you! Not to mention the interesting information about research results across the world. I love, love, love this book! It's fun to read and certainly is down to earth, easy to understand and straightforward!

I especially enjoyed the chapter about chocolate. The sections are informative and easy to understand. I'm trying some of the recipes because they sound good (and healthy).

Double chocolate muffins are actually good for you! This recipe was worth the price of the book - I would recommend this book for everyone that cares about their health. There are wonderful healthy recipes that even the kids like.

The great thing about this book is it really explains Diabetes and and how Nutrition works and gives so much needed information. Very good and easy to understand and has all the Calorie, Carbohydrate Counters. It's kind of like Diabetes for Dummies...

This book is much more than just a list of carb counts. First, it teaches what carbs are, including the often confusing sugar alcohols. Then it gives you a choice of carb counting methods, from very basic to very technical. It teaches how to use each method, read labels, and estimate when necessary. There are food lists for each method and quizzes to make sure you're understanding the info. Of course, there is also a list of total carbs and fiber in 2500 different foods. I have been counting carbs for 4 years, but found new (to me) info in this book.

This book is well-written and contains much information that is very helpful for those who have the responsibilty for monitoring carbs for a person with diabetes. I especially appreciate the sections dealing with sugar alcohols and carb counts for ethnic and restuarant foods. What a help!

The information in this book is exactly what I was looking for. The author is charming, presenting the material in an entertaining way, but also very concise.

We have had several books on this topic but none have been as complete. This one book clearly teaches how to count carbs easily. There are exhaustive lists on foods and their "carb-counts". And there are even charts of many well-known eating establishments and how to count carbs when eating "in" or "taking out".

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! The epitome of what an introductory medical text should be. Very clear and concise. This should be required reading for Internal Medicine, Pulmonary/ICU, and Nephrology.

I have read numerous other books on acid base and electrolyte disorders, but this book helped to clarify many questions I have had about interpreting ABGs, and electrolyte abnormalities. This book should be required reading for all medical students and residents!

I have just finished reading this book. I am a second-year resident in pediatrics. This book is just * excellent *, it covers the topic effectively, it is well organized, easy to read, and it follows a logic and a thought. IIt comes with bunch of exercises to apply each unit content, and also different extra chapters for curious readers. I can't wait until read it again to consolidate this integrative knowledge. Dr. Abelow, great job!!

With this marvelous book, Dr Abelow has proven himself to be the proverbial "Bill Nye, The Science Guy" of Acid Base. Understanding Acid-Base is the perfect book for medical students, residents, and anyone hoping to gain a thorough understanding of Acid-Base quickly and painlessly! The text is clear, beautifully written, and surprisingly interesting. It reads fast, and - like Costanzo's Physiology - seems to anticipate your questions as you read along (the sign of a great teacher). Buy this book, AND KEEP IT! You'll find yourself going back to it again and again.

This is an amazing book. I wish I had it when I was a medical student and in my resident years. I am now studying for my board exam. for intensive care and I am absolutely loving it! This is a great book because;
1. It is written in plain English. The author has made a very difficult but important subject very, very understandable. Everything is very well presented and all the important terms, units and formulas are well explained in a non-intimidating manner. It is pleasurable to go through each page and make studying such a painless experience.
2. It is very logical and intuitive. Each concept is very well handled and explained before the reader is allowed to proceed to the next. This is so vital as our knowledge in acid base disturbance is built upon good conceptual understanding of the basic physiology.
3. You feel like talking to a great teacher, who is patient, understanding and guiding you through every step of the way. The author seems to know exactly where you might be having trouble with the grasping of the concept and he knowns exactly where he needs to elaborate in more details. This guy knows what he is talking about and he is a masterful teacher.

Overall, an extremely well written book on a very difficult topic. Essentail reading for medical students, residents and specialist of all areas of medicine, as acid base disturbance is one of the most important foundation of good patient management.

This lucidly written book corrects, in the US context, a serious flaw in most histories: the trivialization or omission of vegetarianism, a healthy, compassionate and environmentally sustainable way of life that has been adopted since ancient times by people of highly diverse beliefs and cultures around the world. Karen & Michael Iaccobo make this overlooked history come alive through well-documented details. The book shows repeatedly the longstanding ties between vegetarianism and social justice causes such as women's rights. As a vegetarian myself, I felt glad and proud to learn that I am a part, even though a small one, of this large and still-unfolding story. Even nonvegetarians may find it interesting and informative.

Vegetarian America: A History is a most entertaining history of the practice of vegetarianism in the United States, from the late 1700s to the present. Defying the notion that American vegetariasm sprang solely from the 1960's radical counterculture, Vegetarian America examines movements from a wide variety of eras, and the physicians, socialites, feminists and other prominent figures who embraced it, from Johnny Appleseed and the Bible Christians to John Harvey Kellogg and the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Exploring motives that ranged from religious movements to concern about animal rights to nutritional discoveries, Vegetarian America is a truly amazing, deftly researched and succinctly presented tour of the side of America that is not so commonly seen amid the thousands of turkey, beef, and ham commercials.

The Iacobbos' book is an excellent introduction to the vegetarian movement in the United States. The authors adroitly blend a sociological approach to vegetarianism with colorful, informative sketches of the lives of major historical figures in the movement from William Alcott, Sylvester Graham and John Harvey Kellogg to contemporary advocates of vegan and raw food dietetic practices and animal rights crusaders. The authors weave together various threads of health-related social reformism of the 19th Century such as natural hygiene, anti-tobacco and temperance movements along side vegetarianism in an intriguing and well-researched book. Students, culinary historians, and general readers alike will be well served by this source.

Karen and Michael Iacobbo are brilliant writers, tenacious
researchers, scribes of compassion whose pens are magic wands
touching all hearts by enlivening the vegetarian past of America. They describe the Bible Christian Church whose pastors Metcalfe and Cowherd had names which perhaps sparked their consciousness, the poetry of John Harvey Kellogg, MD, the dedicated life of Sylvester
Graham (after whom Graham crackers are named), the feminist
activism of Connie Salamone for female chickens and cows
who are in prison, the passion of Ellen G White and other
Seventh Day Adventists, the power of Srila Prabhupad whose
Hare Krishna movement has given out trillions of free vegetarian
meals around the world.

They delineate ethical, health, energy, environment, esthetic
and other reasons to take the plunge into a nonviolent diet.
Vegetarians now receive life insurance discounts as the average
abstainer from flesh lives 7 years longer.

The Iacobbo's cover Alex Hershaft, founder of the Great American Meatout,
PETA activists, Dudley Giehl, author and founder of Animal
Liberation in NYC, raw vegetarian meals for Congress, and
thousands more activists.

This poster has one point of separation, believing that
vegetarian diet began not with Pythagoras and the Greeks
but with Rama, considered by a billion Hindus to be the
first Avatar, about whose Spirit of which vegetarianism
was a part, the Ramayana was written 20,000 years ago.

Famous vegetarians include Buddha, Krishna, Jesus, Susan B
Anthony, Van Gogh, Da Vinci (a fruitarian), Tolstoy,
Einstein, Ramanujan. The vegetarian community, some estimate,
is now a billion souls in the world.

This poster put 2 books in her vacation satchel. This was one
of them.

This book is facinating. What a treasure!
If you are a vegetarian you will love this book.You will be surprised and in awe of those who have ventured the path before you.
Not a vegetarian but have a love for history especially presented in an entertaing and informative manner? If so, you will find this book rich with facinating information that can not be found anywhere in one volume. The first chapter for example, grabs the reader by describing the vegetarian path of our dear and beloved Ben Franklin.
This book is a must for both vegetarians and lovers of history.

I read this book and was blown away. Incredible stories, unbelievable, awe inspiring to say the least. This book describles stories of very sick people trying urine fasts, as a last resort, after years of traditional medical treatment and healing whatever ails them. I would also recommend "Your own perfect medicine" by Martha Christy and "the golden fountain" by coen van der kroon, two books I also read about urine therapy. I have done a few urine fasts and they really work to help you lose weight and junk in your body.

The universe keeps gifting us with blessings and we often miss them. Our education or culturization gets in the way. I really think the best things in life are free. The Water of Life by John Armstrong is a beginning, an opening door, that will hopefully change opinions. The cases presented are not only interesting they are convincing. My biggest complaint, is that there are not enough specifics for implementing. e.g. For application to the head/hair. How long should it remain on the hair. Should the hair then be shampooed, or just rinsed?

My fear has flown out the window, I'm convinced. Very easy to read guidelines for applying urine therapies, with testimonials.

It's very useful both for ill people but also for the others !
I recommend it !
Thanks !

THE WATER OF LIFE : A Treatise on Urine Therapy by John W. Armstrong. Saffron Walden, Essex : The C. W. Daniel Co.Ltd., 2nd Edition 1971, Twelfth Impression, 1998.

Since its first publication in 1945, 'The Water of Life' has achieved something of the status of a classic. Having just finished reading it, I can understand why. Armstrong, who was a British naturopath, was a very modest man who never intended to write his book. But after repeated requests, and after considering that he had a duty to his fellow men and women to reveal the details of the miraculous therapy he had discovered, he went ahead, and we should all be intensely thankful that he did. The book is a goldmine of good sense, practical advice, brief though fascinating case studies, and astute observations on a wide range of matters.

His discovery - or perhaps rediscovery is a better word, since urine therapy was and is known and practised in many cultures and is even known to the animals - came about in a curious way. As a young man he suffered from consumption, had been passed through the hands of a whole slew of orthodox medical practitioners, none of whom had been able to cure him, and some of whom made his condition worse.

But he seems to have been a religious man, and one day, while pondering Proverbs V.xv : "Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well," he had a flash of inspiration which led him to link this passage with a few tales he'd heard about the curative properties of urine. Could this reference to "waters," he wondered, be a reference to the body's own water - urine? Having nothing to lose, he decided to give it a try.

He began drinking his own urine, was restored to health, and went on to lead a vigorous and productive life by helping to restore the health of many others, both human and animal. Incidentally, one of the interesting features of his book, which indicates something of his kindly and unselfish nature, is that he has included a Chapter XVI 'Urine-Therapy on Animals.'

In 'The Water of Life' he has provided details of the threefold 'urine fast' method he worked out, details which will be found enough to go on by mature adults of average intelligence who have a bit of common sense.

The most important point to understand, which he emphasizes throughout, is that one should NEVER attempt to use or ingest any substance other than urine and pure water - whether chemicals, drugs, alcohol, denatured foods, etc., - when undergoing a urine fast or 'penance' as he liked to call it.

The whole idea is to allow NATURE to take her course with as little interference from us as possible. A fast of urine and pure water, plus frequent, lengthy, and thorough urine massages, and, if necessary, the application of urine compresses, would, he felt, cure pretty well anyone of almost anything if undertaken long enough for the body to rid itself of toxins.

Armstrong's 'The Water of Life' is a very rich book, crammed with fascinating and useful information, and interwoven with brief case histories of almost every conceivable ailment. I couldnt even begin to do justice here to the wealth of ideas it contains.

Four books on urine therapy are currently available : those of Armstrong, Martha Christy, Coen van der Kroon, and Flora Peschek-Bohmer. Of these, the Peschek-Bohmer may be ignored as being both superficial and highly misleading on essential matters. The remaining three all serve to complement each other in different ways, with one providing what the other lacks or hasn't gone into as fully.

The serious practitioner would be unwise to overlook Armstrong. True, his is an early book and we know more about the actual constituents of urine and how it does its work today. But he was a unique character, and in his own way he was a very wise man, and I think he will always have a lot to teach us all.

This is incredible! I've been "weighting" all my life for this! I've tried everything...Atkins, SlenderWeigh, Herbal Life, Fit for Life, The Zone, 4Types 4Diets, Weight Watchers. Talk about being weight loss resistant!! None of them worked for me, yet I know lots of people that were able to lose. But, they didn't keep it off! Which situation is worse? It's maddening, frustrating and depressing! Now, I can follow an eating plan that is customized just for me based on how my body metabolizes protein,carbs & fats!! Now, I finally know how much protein, carbs & fat my body needs on a daily basis. Size 7.....here I come!!!!!

This book explains in general terminolgy how to eat properly and burn fat fast with a customized test to scientifically prove your body's natural way to loose weight and inches in the most effecient way. It only makes sense to be tested on know how your body burns fat by eating a balance of carbohyrates, proteins and fat to promote a healthly lifestyle. Too many people are searching for the right diet and have no idea how it is harmful for their bodies. The FitTest will eliminate the guess work and will promote proper eating habits all based on scientific testing with a customized product to assist in this proper balance of nutrients. The guess work is over for weight loss!

This book has it all. It provides detailed information on WHY people are overweight. It provides a laboratory test to find out how to customize the proper protein, carbohydrate and fat ratios. It provides fabulous recipes that really work. And it's humorous. Most importantly, it provides deeper insights into nutrition that no other book has touched--insights that really make a difference in health. I've read other books by Dr. Tips and they all have been jam packed with valuable information. This book is undoubtedly his best work to date. He shares a nutritional clarity that is the result of experience and deep insights. In my opinion, everyone will enjoy reading this regardless of their weight situation. Finally, I'll say that this program really works. It's the easiest one I've ever done and the results stay with you. I know you'll like this book, too!

DIETS SEEM TO BE DESIGNED FOR WEIGHT LOSS AND,THEN, ALLOWING FOR SUBSEQUENT GAIN OF THE WEIGHT RIGHT BACK FOR THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF THE CREATOR OF THE DIET. DR. JACK TIPS HAS GIVEN US AN INDIVIDUALIZED AND CUSTOMIZED PLAN FOR PROPER EATING RECOGNIZING OUR BIO-INDIVIDUALITY AND BASED UPON SCIENTIFIC TESTING. HE SUGGESTS UTILIZING THE "FIT TEST" OFFERED THROUGH IDEAL HEALTH INTERNATIONAL AND METAMETRIX CLINICAL LABORATORY RECOGNIZING OUR BIO-INDIVIDUALITY. DIETS ARE ON THEIR WAY OUT! CUSTOMIZED EATING PLANS UTILIZING TESTING ARE ABSOLUTELY IN!

This book should be in every one's home, in every library and featured in the window of every book store. I not only bought and read the book but, I am using the "FitTest" and eating program suggested as a result of the testing. I am so impressed with the whole program of health I am also using the supplements suggested in the book. Please feel free to comment or ask questions. KCCOLONIC@AOL.COM

I love this cookbook! My husband and I are big time foodies, but too busy to cook for ourselves. Once we found out we were expecting, I was motivated to eat healthier and cook more at home. Based on the reviews on here, I had to go out and buy the book (I couldn't wait for shipping). I have only had the book 2 weeks and already have bought one for my sister in law, who is also expecting. My husband is a steak and potatoes kind of guy, but LOVES the vegetables and other non meat entrees in this book. The hummus recipe is his favorite, and I never knew how easy it is to make. The broiled salmon with carmelized onions and fennels ROCK! The recipes are easy to follow and pretty simple. I love the modifications listed for every recipe based on how you feel. I have been fortunate to not have morning sickness so far, so it is nice to know how to change a recipe if I need to later on. This book will be a staple in our family for years to come.

This book has wonderful easy to do, healthy recipies. You can customize your meal for how you are feeling in your pregnancy. My husband loved the meals I made following the recipies from this book. I highly recommend this book to all people, pregnant or not.

I really love this book for various reasons. What initially turned me on to it was the recepies and the variations GENIUS.... What's more the recipes are currant and hip and are what I am used to eat when I go out and not recycled. LOVE the tips and the real mothers stories. The Intimacy the author created by sharing herself and the other mothers stories gave such a personal atmosphere I felt very cozy as if this book was written just for my needs.
I am a second time mother and finally there is a book that is written by a Mother to a Mother who knows what it is to be pregnant and not by some professional PHD or some nutritionist, I like that.
On my first child I ate everything I wanted and it took me a some time to get back to my pre weight. Although I am not a big cook, I am this time around going to cook more and watch my weight with moderation and truly feel this book is a good companion.. My daughter LOVED the Jam dot cooies. They were easy to make healthy and she gobbels them up, its a great snack for all of us. My husband was really impressed with me (actually so was I) when I did the herb roasted chiken. Once again It was easy to make, and was delicious. I also did the variation of a few as well, it was great, made me feel that I can actually do this and also that I can cook....
JP

Highly recommended. My wife got this book few weeks ago and we both love it. She for the tips and the other mothers stories and myself for being able to cook meals that suites her fluctuating moods. Its sure does make life easy to know that you there is a solution for every mood. Also like the guidelines on how to stock up so that we never run out of food, this is key. Great book :o)

Although cooking has never been my strength being pregnant I question twice what I eat I looked for something that will give me easy recipes I can try making myself. I never imagined that there would be a cook book that will offer me easy recipes that I can adjust to how I feel that day, truly genius! I wish this book was available when I was pregnant with my first daughter. The recipes are easy and they are really delicious. I cant wait to try them all,and of-course all of my pregnant friends are getting a copy
LOVE IT!

I am thrilled to finally have read a book that examines the root causes of women's food and body issues in terms that I recognize. Finally I feel that I've read a book about what's REALLY happening in my mind as I struggle with dieting and self-image. What Are You Hungry For? closely examines the thoughts and beliefs that shroud women's perceptions of themselves. But the best part is that the book also provides easy, sound, step-by-step exercises with which to alter those perceptions and actually change your behavior, and ultimately your life!

"What Are You Hungry For: Women, Food, and Spirituality" is a true milestone. In a culture that seems to struggle daily with unhealthy, mixed messages, that cloud the perception of women and keep us from being all that we can be, this book cuts through the mire and offers us solutions to our own mental traps. Lynn Ginsburg and Mary Taylor don't merely stay in the "talking at you" mode either. they offer things that you can actually do - practical solutions if you will - that will gradually help undo unhealthy body image problems that many of us struggle with. It is worth noting too, that while the authors are quite serious about their subject, with good reason, they do not get bogged down by taking themselves too seriously. they are wry, witty, and in the process, quite wise. I highly recommend this book. It is certainly refreshing and altogether different than anything else that has been written on the subject of women and body image. It's a must have for women of all ages.

'Accompanying this underlying sense of suffering is a feeling of emptiness. We feel something missing. Inside if us is a void, a longing deep within for some elusive satisfaction. This empty feeling is often experienced physically as gnawing hunger, as if we have a bottomless hole inside. If we fill this void, we must start by asking: what is the source of this feeling of emptiness? For so many women its a longing for spiritual fulfillment that leaves us always hungry and dissatisfied--- We define spirituality as a belief in that which goes beyond our material, corporeal existence, giving us faith that there's more to life than everyday experience. Spirituality is a faith in God, Nature, a higher consciousness, or any other power greater than our singular mortal existence --- When we've lost a spiritual connection in our lives, we may eat and eat in an attempt to fill our inner world. But satisfaction comes only when we're able to rediscover our connection to whatever holds deepest meaning for us'.

This part on page 5 is what grabbed my attention and was a light bulb moment. The only clarification I would make is where she writes 'Spirituality is a faith in God, Nature, a higher consciousness, or any other power greater than our singular mortal existence'. I would have noted any positive God, higher consciousness or power per se, since I think like has yin yang, sun moon, good bad equals or opposites.

I like how the author seeks to educate western women or American women on how and why women in other areas of the world do not have the obesity or eating disorder issues American women have. Like on page 7 'Traditional Western diets fail to resolve the food body conflict because they don't deal with the root cause'.

Page 13 'Growing up in Western society, we're programmed to believe that every problem has a quick and easy solution. Have a headache? Take an aspirin. Coughing? Take a cough suppressant. Feel over weight? Go on a diet. Problem solved.' Of course Americans want it 'now' They want throw away diapers, fast food, and a remote control that changes the channel before you even know what is on.

Beginning on page 101 she shares some easy to do yoga exercises that I have found really do help energize me as well as relax me. More relaxed and energized I am the less interested in between meal eating. I also like her section on page 154 on the importance on becoming still and thankful BEFORE one eats. Some call it saying grace, I call it simply giving thanks and reflecting on the hands that created and brought the food to my plate. I also like how the author reminds the reader that one eating schedule doesn't fit all. I have learned that five small meals per day are best for me, whereas a friend of mine finds two larger healthy meals with two snacks mid morning and mid afternoon work best. And as the author notes on page 158 'a balanced meal is one that fosters good health'.

And finally a reminder in Chapter Ten that 'You are a work in progress' so don't beat yourself up but when you fall, get back up, and keep going.

...to get you thinking. The authors briefly share each of their previous eating issues and their recovery. They then carry you through the expirince of getting in touch with your deepest needs and desires, which begins with you identifying your "life purpose". You will then incorporate this purpose into the remanider of the exersizes in the book.

From a person who has battled body and food issues for some time, the authors present a new way of viewing my feelings and struggles. Take note that there are many exersizes (which they refer to as "practices") that are time consuming. In addition, to get the most out of this book, you have to be at a place where you are really ready to look at your food/body issues. It is not a diet book, it does not advocate weight loss. The goal, as I see it, is peace.

I personally have yet to follow all the exersizes but believe that when I am ready to truely confront my food/body deamons and take the time for the practices, this will be just what I need. (had i already done more of the exersizes I may have given the book 5 stars).

What Are You Hungry for? is a must on every womans bookshelf! Like every woman I know, I have experienced food /body issues. By opening the door to a spiritual healing ,Taylor and Ginsburg give me hope for a healthier future for myself and others. In following the body/mind exercises ,I am able to begin understanding my habitual patterns.As a result,I am changing a life time of unhealthy food /body patterns. As a mother of two; one being a daughter, I find What Are You Hungry For? ,invaluable for the future generation of women in America.Bravo!!