Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.85 (970 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743266420 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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The bestselling guide to healthy eating, debunking dietary myths, and proposing the radical benefits of low-carbohydrate diet, Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy is “filled with advice backed up by documented research” (Tara Parker-Pope, The Wall Street Journal). Willett offers eye-opening research on the optimum ratio of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, and the relative importance of various food groups and supplements. Exposing the problems of popular diets such as the Zone, South Beach, and Atkins, Dr. Dr. Walter Willett’s research is rooted in studies that tracked the health of dieters over twenty years, and in this groundbreaking book, he critiques the carbohydrate-laden diet proposed by the USDA. Find out how to choose wisely between different types of fats, which fruits and vegetables provide the best health insurance, and the proporti
Connects the dots of healthy eating habits. Eat, Drink and Be Healthy, by Dr. Walter Willet, has so many HOLY S*** passages in it, you may find yourself examining government supported dietary guidelines with a much needed microscope. The suggested seven healthy changes represent a rational approach to prolonged health: watch your weight, eat fewer bad fats and more good fats, eat fewer refined-grain carbohydrates and more whole-grain carbohydrates, choose healthier sources of protein, eat plenty of vegetables and fruit, BUT HOLD THE POTATOES, use alcohol in modera. THE starting place for diet and nutrition information. Eliot B. Muir A lot has been said about this book by reviewers who came before me, so I'll keep it brief. Whether you are interested in dieting to lose weight or just want to be better informed about nutrition, this is THE BOOK to purchase. It is THE starting place. Willett uses the whole of the literature and research to meld the most up-to-date, most science-based diet planning and information available. Further, his diet is moldable to most people, without offering the usual "too-good-to-be-true" or "no pain, no gain" advice. This . important information for every person Atheen Okay, so I've been overweight all my life, and like most overweight people, I've been dieting most of my life too. I've done most of the fad diets, diet clinics, and diet groups. I've read diet books and health magazines and reports in popular science magazines. As the author, Dr. Walter C. Willett, points out in his introductory chapter pf Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy, most health information is a confused, contradictory mess which almost seems "like reading pages torn at random from a book (p. 27)." The first thing that
You'll find some surprises as well, such as doubts about the overall benefits of soy (unless you're willing to eat a pound and a half of tofu a day), and that nuts, with their "good" fat content, are a terrific snack. Willett gets off to a roaring start by totally dismantling one of the largest icons in health today: the USDA Food Pyramid that we all learn in elementary school. --Jill Lightner. Willett combines research with matter-of-fact language and a no-nonsense tone that turns academic studies into easily understandable suggestions for living. Aimed at nothing less than totally restructuring the diets of Americans, Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy may well accomplish its goal. Dr. Walter C. His ideas are