Nutrition Books

I got this as a gift a few years ago. Looking at the publication date, I would have to say I recieved it when it was fairly new. When I saw the title I was a bit put off...there a quite a few books that use *feng shui* as buzz words to rope in suckers looking to change their...well...chi...and inprove their lives...

But this many years down the road, I have to say, grudgingly, that there are many plusses to this book. The recipes are nutritious, delicious and *solid* in a culinary sense and the directions are clear and easy to understand. The recipes are decidedly Asian in nature. In my area most are easily available with the possible exception of dashi soup stock and tamarind paste which would require more of a hunt...

Several recipes stand out as ..well...outstanding. Berry balsamic parfaits (try it over vanilla ice cream with mint sprigs, unbeleivablely good)Seared salmon with horseradish butter (actually the horseradish butter is a winner all by its lonesome) easy and delicious. Chicken soup for a cold is a very good asian soup soup stock with the addition fo ginger and chilies. Adding your own touches makes it a whole soup meal for company... just pass around accompiments...

There is a lot of feng shui information in the beginning. Some I found interesting. Where is the best place in my home for the kitchen? What if it wasnt there? How to set up the kitchen so I didn't eat too much? (okay, i liked that part)...The yin and yang of eating...

There are different options on changing the recipes thru out the book, I like that. And how to serve the dishes. The book is more square than rectangle and is a hardcover that lies flat (yay!) The binding is in very good shape after all these years. It does tend to open to the recipes i have used more frequently at this point tho.... the paper isnt wipable unfortuantely...soy sauce stains from earier dishes are here and there. The color of the paper is a nice off white, very easy on the eyes... the pages are a bit thin, you can see shadows of the other pages through them. Ah well, you cant have everything...

There is a removeable and cleanable attractive book jacket and the artwrk inside is tastful with and asian flair... no bok choy running away from dancing knives thankfully!

Thinking back to my original objection, I was wrong. This was an excellent gift and an excellent cookbook. It's smaller size would make it an excellent addition to a themed gift basket with an asian flair (like some dried noodles, soy sauce, dried mushrooms, dashi stock, mirin...all inside a big wok!)

I'm not sure what I expected when my wife brought home this cookbook (not much though). We must have 30 cookbooks... but we keep coming back to this book for quick and easy recipes that are quite wholesome. I can't vouch for the Feng Shui aspects--I guess it's cool that the dishes have a purpose. But every recipe we've tried has been great. We also like the Moosewood series of books--but find those recipes often take way longer than estimated (the ones in this book are very fast).

From the Feng Shui book we regularly make the peanut noodle vegetables; the chickpea curry (mentioned in another review), and the grape gazpacho. There are a couple other stand-bys... but we're also up to try new ones all the time.

There are some pretty goofy "theme" cookbooks out there... and, on the surface, this may seem like one too. But don't be left out--it really is good.

I've heartily recommended this book to friends who are interested in Taoism and those who love to cook, and both groups seem pleased. I've cooked a dozen or so of the main dish recipes; none required cooking skills beyond the average meal-a-day home cook, and all the ingredients have been readily available at a well-stocked grocery. And every one has been a hit!

Having never been a person to play close attention to my yin, let alone my yang, I was understandably frazzled when my wife announced that our day guest had turned into a dinner guest. With two young children, dinner is on a set time-table. Now I pride myself on having dinner guests. Cooking is my hobby. (My wife told me I needed a hobby and her genius suggested cooking.)

So there I was with a few cans and a little over a pound of ground turkey meat. I rifled through my recipe books and came across one that I wasn't even aware of: Elizabeth Miles' The Feng Shui Cookbook. And there on pg. 167 was a recipe for Quick Chickpea Curry (containing the ground turkey). While the recipe promised to warm my qi and creative energy, I was glued to word quick.

Well in less than 20 minutes I had achieved both. The curry was fab, sprinkled with yogurt and cilantro. Our dinner guest went back for seconds and then thirds. And the conversation was robust. The Feng Shui part achieved its goal in spite of my cynicism.

Since I have enjoyed a number of the other dishes with other guests. Miles' text is as strong as her recipes. She has carefully crafted a book which tells you how certain food can feed certain moods and inspire different reactions. And this makes for immensely edible thoughts and results and of course, food.

This is a great book! It is full of factual information, grounded in real science and loaded with common sense. If you are fed up with the search for the "magic bullet" and ready to get serious about fitness this book is for you! This is NOT another best selling author promoting the latest fad. I was impressed with Ms. Greggains straightforward no nonsense approach to her topic and her honesty. While I was disappointed to learn that there really is no "magic" I was inspired by the authors belief in the power of good information to help people transform themselves. This book does the job quite nicely!

As an "old" fan of the Joanie Greggans video exercise tapes of the 80's I wondered if this book would give some new insights into the old question, "How can I be better all the way around - physically, mentally and emotionally?" She does a great job of putting common sense information in front of us in such a way that everyone can deal with it in a realistic manner. It was a great pick-me-up to know I was actually doing some ok things but it gave some wonderful insight on ways I could improve in areas of eating, exercising, and destressing. Believe it or not, it even had some great exercises to strengthen muscles to improve your sex life - way to go Joannie!

Fit Happens is wonderful: bright, positive, informative, and even funny in spots! One look at Greggains, and you know she knows what she's talking about. If you're tired of diets and fitness programs that make no scientific sense and never work in the long run, this book is for you. Greggains is a voice of reason and common sense. And an inspiration!

After reading a copy of Fit Happens from our local library, I had to purchase a copy for my home library. I had been looking for a book that presented overall fitness and nutrional information--not diet hype--and found it. Fit Happens presents a great balance of detailed information with tables and bulleted lists that make looking up information convenient. Information summarized in tables ranges from causes and remedies for such symptoms as heartburn and insomnia to calories burned during specific exercises and every day routines like vacuuming. The only drawback to this book was the presentation of exercises. There weren't very many and no pictures to demonstrate. She should have considered other reference books or videos for exercises. As far as nutritional information and the real reasons why we should exercise, this book is tops!

As a nephrologist and educator, I can say that this is the absolute best book available for learning and teaching fluid, electrolytes, and acid base. Takes a pathophysiologic approach throughout that facilitates true understanding of the subject. Drs. Haperin and Goldstein are the ultimate clinical educators in this area.

I was very happy with this book. The acid base chapters are excellent. Highly recommended.

Using patient-based problem solving, this text makes even the most difficult points of acid-base physiology clear. The writing style is breezy and entertaining and the layout allows you to pop in and out of various sections without the need to start from scratch. I have used the text for teaching medical students, residents and physician assistants. There is something in here for everyone. The authors' philosophy is obviously that acid-base problems are giant jig-saw puzzles and that you might as well have fun while working them.

This is probably one of the best textbooks on integrative physiology involving electrolytes on the market. Dr. Halperin is a phenomenal instructor and his prose makes learning interactive and interesting. Electrolytes are key to clinical medicine and surprisingly not very well understood by the medical masses. This textbook is full of examples, questions, and pearls.

The abundance of questions with thorough explanations is the strength of this book. An understanding of electolytes including urine electrolytes will be gained from the study of this text.

The target audience is really the physician with an already good grounding in acid-base disorders. It will allow one to build on past knowledge and to solidy any foundation that has already been established. I am really and truly impressed with this book and I refer to it often.

This book is a great introduction to food safety. It is accessible to a person who knows little about food safety without "dumbing it down." The book contains many credible epidemologial studies and warns the danger of food-borne diseases.

But the biggest strength of this book is the author's ability to translate all the information into practical and actionable advice. The book contains a series of checklists that you can photocopy and stick it in your kitchen.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who is serious about food safety.

Food Alert is a must for every kitchen. And should be placed right next to our cookbooks to remind us of the dangers of infected food.

During the last days in 1992, at the height of the Christmas season, several people on the west coast began to succumb to a lethal food-borne infection. Most of the unfortunate victims were children who had eaten hamburgers at a Jack in the Box restaurant. Toddlers who came in contact with the children who had eaten the burgers were also infected. It infected over 700 people in Washington, Idaho, California, Nevada. The really heartbreaking part of this whole mess was that several of the youngest victims died an unusually cruel and agonizing death, and a lot of those that lived have had to have repeated intestinal surgery and extended kidney dialysis, many will be infected for the rest of their lives. Food borne illnesses can happen at home also, and can be just as fatal and that is why this book is so important to have in our kitchens. More than 600 food borne diseases are known about today. Food alert provides everything that we need to know to protect our families

1) Learn about the 20 most causes of food contamination in your kitchen. 2) What steps you can take to lower the risk of food borne illness. 3) The causes of food borne disease. 4) How to avoid buying, handling, or eating contaminated food. 5) How to tell if you might be suffering from a food borne illness.

A very informative book that will open our eyes about what we are preparing and feeding our families and ourselves. This is an excellent book to have in our kitchens. Get informed now.

A book that describes how that which sustains you may also maim you. Light reading? Hardly, but it is also not a bad or difficult read. Dr. Satin's prose and ability to address sensitive topics without bludgeoning the reader makes this book enjoyable indeed. It would be easy to assume that food borne pathogens and the illness that they cause is the other guy's problem. Dr. Satin shines a bright light on food handling and shows that we can all improve. He exposes the reader to the best that science has to offer to help us avoid illness. He repeatedly shows food irradiation to be a valuable tool that the alarmists in the food activists groups have unfairly maligned. As food irradiation becomes more available in the local grocery and restaurant, it is my hope that rational voices like Dr. Satin's carry the day.

Proof of Dr. Satin's wit shows through while debunking myths and passing on advice.
-If anybody insists that a little dirt is good for you, take them out to the garden and have them swallow a thimbleful of the stuff.
-When you are finally sure you can eat off the floor, make sure you do not!

If you can stand to take a critical eye at your own food prep and local restaurant, this book will help you avoid the dangers in your food. Protect your children, pregnant and elderly with the ideas you will garner from this text.

This is an excellent book! Satin really seems to empathise with readers because he is able to explain very complicated medical and technical jargon in a way that anyone can easily understand. Not only is it a 'Who's Who' of all the causes of food poisoning, but it also a manual on how to avoid the experience. Although the book is crammed with an unbelievable amount of information on all the food-borne diseases and how to avoid them, it is an easy book to negotiate through. There is an excellent index, glossary and in particular the appendices on disease symptoms and food storage make this one of the most practical and convenient books I ever read. The book is a bit frightening because, despite the author's sense of humour, the book tells it all - the food poisoning problems in the home, in restaurants and fast food places, in school cafeterias, even on cruise ships, picnics and barbecues. Satin really gets into what goes on in the food industry. I was particularly concerned with some of the terrible long-term consequences of food poisoning. This really yanked the subject away from the typical image we have of food poisoning as being simply diarrhoea or an upset stomach. The book also talks about the added dangers of food poisoning for young kids, pregnant women, senior citizens and people who have AIDS. Satin always refers to actual recorded cases, which brings the matter much closer to home, because you can see how easy it is for anyone in your family to get food poisoning. Unless you know what you are doing, eating is like playing roulette. This book will definitely improve your chances of avoiding food poisoning. A good knowledge of food poisoning is a must these days. That's why I highly recommend this book as a 'must' read.

I feel very fortunate to have found this very enlightening book about the very serious ailment facing, mostly, the women of our society: OSTEOPOROSIS. Relying on her own family's years of natural bone health, she gives the reader many facts and field results on the "Nutritional Aspect" of treating, and improving our bones throughout our lifetime. Her 60+ recipes are original and sometimes very unique, giving a very encourageing start to, hopefully, a new awareness and lifestyle. I have greatly enjoyed reading, learning, and following her many examples and suggestions, and fixing her recipes...I know I feel better already. Please read this book, you owe it to yourself, and the ones you love!

I am thrilled to discover this book by Annemarie Colbin about such an important issue for me and many other women of my generation. I have a heart problem so when my Kaiser physician told me I should take Fosamax for my osteoporosis I decided there must be another way. When you take Fosamax, it sends calcium to your bones. But, your heart needs calcium too. So, how do you know if you are doing more damage to your heart and other tissues if you take this drug? What's more important - my heart or my skeleton.

With the information from this book, I have a way to improve both my skeleton and be good to my heart. I like the way she writes - with good data, lots of resources and references, but in a way someone not very technical, like me, can understand why things work the way they do. And the recipes look great. I haven't tried any of them yet, but plan to, once I get my own book (I found this in the library). To me one of the most important points she makes is that calcium isn't the entire answer - it's all nutrients and the amounts of them that are so critical. And, every body is a little different in the way it needs to receive these nutrients. If your ancestors didn't traditionally eat milk products, milk probably isn't the best way for you to get the needed nutrients for your body.

I learned that maybe my joint and back pains might be from eating too many tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants and peppers - these are nightshade vegetables and have 'alkaloids' which mess us the calcium metabolism. If cultures included a lot of these foods in their diets, they typically also included a lot of dairy products because "dairy and nightshades are opposite and complementary; if you eat one, you need the other".

I also learned that chocolate and "caffeine consumption increases the excretion of calcium (away from the bone) as well as magnesium through the urine, which indicates bone loss. Young women seem to be able to compensate for this loss and make it up faster through increased and more efficient calcium absorption from the intestines. Older women, on the other hand with age- and hormone-related calcium imbalances, do not seem to be able to compensate as efficiently, and are at higher risk for thinning bones, especially if their calcium intake is low." P34 - 35

She goes on to talk about studies of how much is too much, and if de-caf is an alternative (it isn't). This information is fascinating.

I plan to give a copy of this book all my friends and family.

Annemarie Colbin has writen a wonderful, concise and palatable manual for understanding the relationship between lifestyle and bone health. She systematically details the causes of bone deterioration and establishes a course of action to counteract its progression. I would recommend this book to anyone, practitioner or patient, who either has a family history of osteoporosis or will be older tomorrow than they are today. I guess that includes us all. Great job Annemarie!

As usual, Annemarie Colbin's voice of reason brings hope to a field of health awareness where hype and misinformation dominate. This book is fascinating and, like her other books, forces one to THINK about the things we put into our bodies every day. The approach she proposes is unconventional to most Americans but please don't dismiss it. Remember, osteoporosis is thriving in the countries (like ours) where dairy products are freely consumed by the majority. Give this book a read and you won't be sorry!

As a kid who likes science and math, I think Haduch rules! I have read several of Mr. Haduch's science books and they are always funny and full of good information. I even used his book on tornadoes for a school project (and got an "A".)The food book is very funny while telling you about science and how your body uses food. I hope he does a book on dinosaurs.

Now maybe kids will eat what's good for them!This book is one of the rare kids' books that addresses kids as people to be talked to and entertained....not to be talked down to or preached at. As a mom who has kids interested in science....and off-the-wall humor...I appreciate a book that combines both. Thanks!

What a marvelous book. It explains the functions of digestion in a fun way. It has a couple of "fart" and "poop" jokes which are entirely appropriate to a book about food and nutrition, and allows a kid to hear a little "naughty" joke, but the clean kind of naughtiness that a kid can laugh at, instead of the "dirty" jokes that they are probably being exposed to.

This hilarious and well-researched book is, by far, the best children's book on nutrition I've seen. Haduch's well-crafted prose both instructs and entertains; the book is filled with off-beat facts and wacky humor to keep kids laughing while they learn important health information. Every school and public library should have this book!

I always wondered why a cup of coffee gets me going every morning. After reading Food, Mood & Money, I understand the workings of my body and realize the importance of increasing my dopamine in the morning, which gets you up and going. According to the author, Helmut Julinot, drinking a cup of coffee gets your dopamine going. Also, I never knew about serotonin and how it's involved with making you calm and I learned that you can achieve that calmness by what you eat. I've cerainly changed my eating habits, especially dinner, so that I sleep much better. The advice and information on vitamin/mineral supplements is excellent and I've modified my supplementation. I know this sounds hard to believe, but since I have been following Julinot's advice, I have been making more money! Additionally, the book is well-written, an easy read and the stories are engaging. For me, it's the bible for a good life!

Throughout my life I have continued to read and study whatever I could pertaining to blood sugar regulation problems and how various supplements could help alleviate the problem to a great degree. I learned that poor insulin regulation is the major factor in many serious health issues such as diabetes, heart disease, weight control and depression. When I purchased my
first copy of Food, Mood and Money five years ago, I was excited to find how all the pieces of the puzzle fell into place. I was excited to learn how what we eat affects our moods and our ability to reach our full potential in today's world. It made perfect sense to me and I found it to be true and effective. After my first purchase of Food, Mood and Money I went back to
school and have achieved so much more in these last five years than I ever believed was possible. It still amazes me when I think of it. I have just bought my second copy, and I heartily recommend this book to anyone who wants to become a dynamic, successful human being by overcoming anxiety, apathy and shyness.

Being a late-bloomer it took me a few months after receiving a complimentary copy of this excellent book before I realized what a gem I had in my hands. Suffering from seratonin deficiency, Mood swings etc all my life I finally got a handle on what I saw as imbalances in my system and not a mental health issue.Going boldly forth I never looked back. I introduced this book to friends and even my Dentist (her holistic apprach to Dentistry made her open to this) who by removing my amalgam fillings made the Info in that book even more effective.To have an incredible amount of Information in Food, Mood, look at the supplement section,I say Bravo! and thank you for sharing a lifetime of research into energy,awareness and empowering us to make informed decision in regards to life and health.Highly recommend this book to all who like to take their sense of well-being seriously.

This book contains suggestions on healthy living that frankly I have never heard before. It combines the known benefits of exercising with not only proper eating habits but suggests what to eat and what time of the day to eat them. When you do these two things along with supplementing your diet with vitamin and mineral supplements, you may experience a much happier and longer life. This was a very eye-opening book for me. I would suggest that if you read this book, you also read "What Your Medical Doctor Does Not Tell You About Nutritional Supplements, May Be Killing You!" Another book everyone should have in their personal library!

I worked on this book with Bob. It is a masterpiece of creativity and will take you into the depths of your subconscious to create transformation. Excursions through the mind, body and soul await you when you utilize the inductions whether you read them from the book or listen to the CDs. Expect changes in your attitude toward food, relationships, and more!!

The lads have done well with this book. Not only do they bring home vocabulary tips, but also the history and underlying fun in talking like a bloodthirsty buccaneer. A trip through its pages'll have you confounding others in no time...

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Shiver me timbers! Ye should be weighin' anchor, raisin' the Jolly Rodger, and plunderin' this tome or ye be a scurvy bilge rat. We need to be helping Cap'n Slappy & Ol' Chumbucket.

Do you have Pirattitude? Learn how to talk like a pirate and bring out your inner Pirate. Witty and funny. Hysterical even. And a little educational, too (but it's not Mark & John's fault). An absolute MUST if you plan to celebrate "Talk Like a Pirate Day" (September 19th). http://www.talklikeapirate.com/ Not too bad for 2 guy who really weren't trying to create a world wide phenomenon - but did.

Ok now an English translation.... Nah. Buy the book and figure it out for yourself. You'll be glad you did.

I laughed at everything in this book! I heard about these guys on the radio last year and had a blast celebrating talk like a pirate day on September 19th. I loved the pirate quizzes and all the fun pirate lingo. This September I look forward to calling my boss "a scurvy bilge rat " and telling him to "dance the hempen jig" and other fine phrases found in, "Well Blow Me Down." I laughed so hard I cried when I read the last chapter where the Pirate Guys dream of winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Pure fun!

I learned of this book title and author mentioned on the ASAP horse rescue website, and I'm very glad I did. A lot of careful thought goes into the decision to take on the lifelong commitment of adopting a rescued horse. This book brought up many easy to understand details I may not have considered properly before making a decision. Nothing speaks more clearly than experience. With all of the helpful references, it's a very useful and enjoyable read.

This book is a fantastic read for those interested in the practical side of rescuing horses. It describes the various conditions rescued horses may be suffering from and how to recognize them. I highly recommend this book to anyone who might even consider starting a horse rescue or rescuing a horse from a bad situation.

This book complies basic information and is layed out well and a good starter book.. One thing I was disappointed is that it didn't really outline how to start up a Horse rescue but then again it didn't state that it did- A overall nice book !

I found this book extremely informative and an enjoyable read. The author obviously writes from experience and with a desire to encourage responsible horse ownership. She offers helpful advice for first horse owners and outlines the issues involved when taking on a horse in distress. For those of us with soft hearts and a lack of good sense, when it comes to an animal is trouble, this is a handy and humorous guide that will help us do the most good where it is desprately needed.

Michele O'Donnell's book was given to me to read, and it pierced my heart all the way through like nothing I'd read so far, and I've been struggling with the reality of our freedom, in Christ, from the law of sin and death. Somehow, in her book, she is able to put forth the realities of who God is and who we are in relation to Him in a way that I was able to finally KNOW that I don't have to accept sickness, pain, etc. etc., and I have been able to refuse my routine headaches, and so far have banished 5 away out of the last 5 that tried to come.I'm also learning the true meaning of forgiveness of others' transgressions against me, including refusing to buy into the lie that I'm supposed to be somehow "handicapped" as a result of abuse I suffered. I know that I am free from all that garbage! I thank God for reaching us through Michele!

I am so happy to have found this book. It really breaks through the false notions we all entertain about a punishing and menacing God which sustains our suffering because somehow we feel we deserved it or incurred God's wrath. NOT SO!!! Michele Longo O'Donnell has blessed us with this beautiful presentation of God's eternal love, a God who never sends us sickness, suffering, problems, unhappiness, or bad things but only is unchanging love and mercy and forgiveness. So we can begin to release the false hold all this misery has on us and on all mankind. A treasure to read and give as a gift!

Michele is a gutsy lady in all she has accomplished in her life and in putting herself out on a line to rebuke traditional, ill-logically, un-lovable concepts of God. As John stated, "God is Love", and that is the God Michele helps to reveal unto us. Really the only God that there is. My thanks to Michele. You will really enjoy this book.

I would recommend this book for anyone interested in their own health or the health of someone they love.