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Food that tastes fattening - but isn't
I was just looking over my earlier cookbook reviews. They say things like "I have lost 70 pounds..." and "Now that I have lost 80 pounds..." Well, by now I have lost over 90 pounds and I've learnt a lot about nutrition along the way. I've learnt that "good fats" and "good carbs" are best for our bodies and sustained weight loss. Many low-fat cookbooks are full of recipes featuring sugar and other processed carbs, while low-carb cookbooks often overlook all the calories in fat. Spa-type cookbooks like the Canyon Ranch and Golden Door series give you the best of both worlds - food that is calorie-conscious, healthy and delicious.
One of the best cookbooks I've ever had
Everything I cook in this cookbook is delicious. I can serve the recipes for parties and no one knows it's "healthy" in a diet-like way. Very interesting sophisticated combination of ingredients create wonderful tastes that have helped my husband I keep our weight down without deprivation. I think I've made the majority of recipes, and this is from someone that doesn't cook a lot. Highly recommended!

This book could change your life...
If you are like me you struggle daily making compromises between great food and healthy living. This book and a week at Canyon Ranch in AZ taught me that you don't have to make that compromise!
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Subjects:  1. Cookery    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Health & Healing - General    5. Healthy Living    6. Nutrition    7. Regional & Ethnic - American - Western States    8. Cooking / Health    9. General cookery   

Reviews (30)

RECIPES THAT TASTE SO GOOD.
I have made so many of the wonderful recipes in this book, and they always turn out well. A great selection, especially the lemon poppy seed muffins. Delicious. A definite required book for all kitchens...vegan or otherwise!
Great Pancake Recipe
The "Diner-Style Pancakes" recipe on page 201 is the single best reason to buy this cookbook.The pancakes turn out light, fluffy, and delicious every time.My child is allergic to eggs so we use this recipe for everyone, including any guests, because no one can tell that these pancakes are egg-free.
Owners: If you want this book to represent your restaurant, please check the recipes -this is NOT the stuff you offer in NYC!
I totally agree with what some people have already said here:
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Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Regional & Ethnic - American - Middle Atlantic States    4. Vegan cookery    5. Vegan cooking    6. Vegetarian - General    7. Vegetarian - Vegan    8. Cooking / Vegetarian   

Reviews (16)

the best of cooking light
I love this book I have made several things and they all came out wonderful.My family and friends enjoyed everything and never knew it was light.

BEST COOKBOOK
I love all of the cooking light cookbooks, but especially this one!I like it because it has a lot of pictures (I believe that picturesare very helpful when cooking something new), and the recipes are fantastic.Cooking Light recipes are healthy, but don't sacrifice flavor.My husband, who hates anything even slightly "light" enjoys the food from this cookbook.I highly reccommend it, and all other associated books.

Very nice cookbook that doesn't sacrifice flavor or taste for nutrition
A passionate home cook that has been honing her cooking skills for the last 25 years, concentrating on Italian cooking for the last 10 years, writes this review. My favorite cookbooks are "The Professional Chef" by the Culinary Institute and "Culinary Artistry". With more than 500 cookbooks in my collection I tend to be critical of the new additions to my cookbook library.This book has turned out to be a little gem with only a few areas that I would change.
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Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Health & Healing - Low Fat   

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Ayurvedic Cooking for Westerners
I found this book disappointing, and much prefer her previous book.

Great Guide, OK recipes
This book is interesting to read and great help in deciding what to eat to balance your vikrities (imbalances).You start out learning some Ayurvedic basics and then you can test yourself to find out what your dosha (constitution) is.Then you learn what foods and tastes agrivate or calm that dosha.It tells you a little bit about what the symptoms of an imbalance might be, but I got more descriptive information about that on the Internet.One reason I like this book is because me and my fiance are different constitutions, and this book tells us which foods will calm/ balance us both.There are simple instructions on most recipes that explain how to modify the recipe so that it suits a person with a different constitution.It also has codes for what seasons to eat what food, and every chapter or so has interesting blurbs about different foods and philosophies.That part I enjoy.And from my experience, Ayurveda WORKS.Fast and precisely. Helpful!
This was one of the cookbooks used as reference for a six hour introductory workshop on Ayurveda that I attended. I had a chance to leaf through it, along with three other cookbooks, and this one seemed to be the most useful with a good background included on the basic concepts of ayurveda. I have USED it! As anyone who has a cookbook collection will recognize, this is the ultimate recommendation! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Consumer Health    3. Cookery, Indic    4. Cooking    5. Health & Healing - General    6. Macrobiotic diet    7. Medicine, Ayurvedic    8. Recipes    9. Vegetarian - General    10. Vegetarian cookery    11. Cooking / General    12. Health & wholefood cookery   

Reviews (46)

BEST LOW SODIUM COOKBOOK I HAVE FOUND!
This cookbook is a wonderful find for those of us with congestive heart failure or other reasons to restrict sodium in the diet.

The No-Salt, Low Sodium Cookbook
Very informative and easy to use.A great help when you are on a restricted diet.I have used many of the recipes and have been satisfied with all of them.

Timely and comprehensive book
Finally, some realistic advice about low salt cooking
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Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Diets - Special Conditions    4. Health & Healing - Heart    5. Health & Healing - Low Salt    6. Recipes    7. Salt-free diet    8. Cooking / Low Salt   

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A Change Your Life Book
If you have a problem with gluten this book can help change your life.I have and use the book and have given it to two relatives.

Gluten-free Gourmet Cooks Comfort Foods
The best selection of favorite foods converted so that celiacs and wheat intolerant people can once again enjoy cooking and eating.

Great Author, Great Recipes
Bette Hagman has several great books on cooking without gluten.My son is gluten, dairy and soy free so good cookbooks are a must.Best of luck in culinary arts class.I am in culinary school and am hoping to have a restaurant for people who have food allergies.If you are looking for books Bette Hagman has the best I have seen. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery For Medical Conditions    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Health & Healing - General    5. Health & Healing - Weight Control    6. Health & wholefood cookery   

Reviews (19)

Good but confusing
I have been using this book for a few months.The recipes I've tried are generally tasty, if sometimes bland, but it sorely needs an index by food, eg, beef, as another reviewer commented.Some of the recipes require creative thinking, and a bit of cooking experience. '3 large potatoes' can mean different things to different people, and if you want to use another type of potato?Equivalents in ounces or cups would be helpful. And "x cups of pasta" cooked?/uncooked?A novice would have a hard time with this.And some of the titles are more colorful than helpful.A meat salad doesn't mention the meat in the title, so finding it without an index is pretty difficult.

Losing the extra me
It is a helpful book for me while doing Weight Watchers....the recipes are well written and easy to follow.

LOVE this Cookbook!
This has got to be one of the best WW cookbooks that I have ever owned.The recipes are EASY and they are absolutely delicious! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Beverages - Wine & Spirits    2. Cookery For Medical Conditions    3. Cooking    4. Cooking / Wine    5. Health & Healing - General    6. Health & Healing - Weight Control    7. Recipes    8. Reducing diets    9. Alcoholic beverages    10. Cooking / Health    11. Diets & dieting    12. Food & Drink / Cookery   

Reviews (106)

Easier Recipes Needed
Hello-I really enjoyed reading this book. Heather's personal story and advice for IBS suffers is useful (at least for me). Although she does lay out the basic nutritional information on fiber and other trigger foods. Her recipes are far too complicated, I'm a graduate student with very little time for cooking. So the recipes are just too time consuming. I need easier and faster recipes. Some of the breakfast ideas fit into my lifestyle, but the dinners are complicated, although they sound delicious. Perhaps someday I will have time to try them. If Heather (the author) is reading this, please write a recipe book with easier and faster IBS safe recipes. I'd definately buy it! Thanks!

New lease on life!!
The information in this book has restored my health!!Not only do I feel better I have lost 13 lbs. in 5 weeks.This food program, plus the peppermint oil gel caps, allows my food intake to stay with me and I am benefiting nutritionally.I am so thankful that Heather Van Vorous shared this information.I haven't felt this well in three years!!

Eating for IBS- A Review
EATING FOR IBS is an excellent source of useful information for persons diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).The author (an IBS sufferer herself) writesclearly and with the compassion and understanding of a person who had lived with the symptoms of IBS for years before a correct diagnosis was made.However, she was not provided withinformation about managing the symptoms on a daily basis.On her own shedevised a regimen of safe foods, herbal teas and a natural soluble fiber supplement that (from my personal experience) works to effectively manage IBS symptoms.She identifies certain foodsthat can cause problems and should be avoidedor eaten very carefully,for instance with soluble fiber. The discussion of the differences between soluble and insoluble fiber and their effect on the digestive system and IBSis the most informative and thorough of anything I have read.
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Subjects:  1. Colon (Anatomy)    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Diet therapy    5. Diets - Special Conditions    6. Diseases    7. Diseases - Abdominal    8. Health & Healing - General    9. Health & Healing - Weight Control    10. Irritable colon    11. Nutritional aspects    12. Popular works    13. Popular medicine   

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Food is our Best Medicine
'As a health practitioner and advocate of Zone dieting for over 15 years, one of the most difficult tasks I face is getting my clients to comply to a low glycemic diet. Food is truly our best medicine, and Ms. Walker's book offers a delicious yet simple approach to accomplish a healthy diet routine. The book's cuisine facilitates a vital diet for all body types and shapes. I whole heartedly recommend her book and approach to all of my clients and to all who wish to receive the gift of health through fine dining made elegantly at home.' Chris Morris ND
Good Healthy Eating
I first came across this book at the library.I was looking for a diet cookbook.I am so glad I found this cookbook.The recipes are easy to follow and are so delicious.I only made one recipe that I didn't like and that is because I don't like dill pickles. This cookbook has helped me get started on eating healthy and enjoying it.Wonderful vegetable and fruit combinations.Best cookbook I ever bought.I would recommend this cookbook even if you don't need to lose weight.

Quick & Easy with a Touch of Class
Fantastic Cookbook!
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I've had Chron's for almost 30 years.
During those thirty years I have had three surgeries and have been on just about every medication under the sun. Nothing worked. Six months ago I started the SCD as described in this book and have amazed my Gastroenternologist with my progress. My bloodwork is all normal, my inflammation is just about gone and I am medication free for the first time in many many years. This diet may not work for everyone but for me it beats a fourth partial bowel resection!
We've had amazing results from this diet!
This has been a lifechanging book for my husband, who has UC.Although it can take months to see results, we saw amazing results from this diet the very first week.We have remained on the diet for more than 6 months now and plan to stay on it permanently.The Specific Carb Diet is not an easy fix, however.To see results, you must remain 100% dedicated to the diet with absolutely no consumption of "illegal" foods.It did require a major change in our eating habits and my cooking habits.But it becomes much easier and just a way of life after a few weeks of adjustment.Thanks to this diet, my husband is medication-free for the first time in years!We are now eating healthier than ever.I strongly recommend this diet to anyone with a digestive disorder.

I Didn't Believe It Would Work Until I Tried It!
My husband, with Crohn's Disease, was told by his doctor that food had absolutely nothing to do with his illness or his recuperation. We proved him dead wrong! The SCDiet has led to "health miracles" for six of my immediate family members:Me (Celiac Disease, FMS, Severe Allergies, Asthma), my husband (Crohn's), my 83 year old mother (Diverticulitis, Hiatal Hernia, Bleeding Ulcer, Arthritis), my two brothers (IBS & Celiac), and a son (Celiac).Each of us have no symptoms left and have been able to eliminate all drugs pertaining to each of these illnesses and also reduce blood pressure meds.We were each overweight and have easily lost to within about 10 pounds of our desired weight; three of us losing over 50 pounds each. We feel better, have more energy, and look better than we have in years!We find that it takes less food to satisfy and sustain us when we eat whole, natural foods . . . we have broken the cycle of overeating and binging. The SCD has been a God-send for us all!Please visit austinscdfriends.com to learn how we did it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1.  Nutrition    2. Diet Therapy    3. Diets - General    4. General    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health & Healing - General    7. Health/Fitness    8.  Nutrition    9.  Gastrointestinal system    10.  Indigestion    11. Crohn Disease    12. Diets - Special Conditions    13. Colitis, Ulcerative   

Editorial Review

Packed with recipes from the boldly original and highly successful Greens Restaurant in San Francisco that regularlyplease vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike, Read more

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Great hummus recipe!
I haven't tried many of the recipes in Greens, but anytime I need to make an appetizer for a party, I make the hummus from this book and it gets the highest praise. It's very easy to make (if you use canned garbanzo beans instead of starting with chick peas) and is much more flavorful than most hummus recipes. For this recipe alone, the book is worth it.

Leave It to the Pros
I've been to the Greens restaurant in San Francisco and I had one of the most wonderful meals of my life there. After buying this book and seeing how complicated and laborious the preparation process is, I have even more respect for the staff at Greens.But there's no way I can spend the kind of time and effort these recipes require. Oh my, the work and patience required for just about any recipe in this book! This is not a feel-good little vegetarian cookbook.It's a serious, creative, and demanding book. It's hard for me to rate it. The book is certainly full of marvellously imaginativerecipes for outstanding dishes (if properly made), and so the content rates five stars; but it was essentially useless in my kitchen because it's too complicated, so it gets one star for practicality.Actually, I gave the book away to a friend. I hope she has a lot of determination, because she'll need it. Myself, I'm looking forward to my next trip to San Francisco when I'll visit Greens again, and let the pros do the job much better than I can.

Important Insights and Techniques into Cooking. Buy It!
`The Greens Cookbook' by our foremost vegetarian cook and writer, Deborah Madison, with Edward Espe Brown, is, I believe, Madison's first book, yet it seems to be cited more often than all her others aside from her biggest book, `Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone'. On reading this book, I can see the attention to this volume is totally deserved. It is one of those rare restaurant cookbooks which effectively delve deep into the craft and experience of cooking to illuminate things which other authors consider unimportant of just give lip service to.
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Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Greens (Restaurant : Fort Maso    4. Greens (Restaurant : Fort Mason, Calif.)    5. Vegetarian - General    6. Vegetarian cookery    7. Cooking / Vegetarian   

Reviews (41)

You've got to read this book!
I received this book as a gift. There are quite a few books on this subject on the market and this one is the best. I too could not put it down and finished it in 3 days. It's a huge book, a great resource that is well researched and written.. I have a few friends who've purchased this book and really loved it too. I can highly recommend this book.
Great Book for Anyone Who Wants To Learn To Cook On a Budget
I have to disagree with FrootSmoothie's opinion that some of the recipes in this book are "silly."I have now had this book for 6 years and even though I am no longer in college, I use this book almost every day.I needed to be told how long to hard-boil an egg, and I just recently learned how to poach eggs using the recipe in this book.For people that haven't cooked much, if at all, this book is a life-saver.
Perfect for non-cooks!!
I absolutely love this book... The title - Quick.Cheap.Easy. is perfectly accurate. I am definitely a non-cook but this book makes it easy to cook interesting new meals without having to buy a ton of ingredients for one meal and without having to devote your day to it. I've tried 5 different recipes so far and each one of them has been a hit; this stuff is good! I definitely recommend this to those who are trying to learn to cook; this is a perfect first step. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery    2. Cooking    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Health & Healing - General    5. Methods - Quick & Easy    6. Quick and easy cookery    7. Quick and easy cooking    8. COOKING / Health & Healing / General    9. Cooking / Quick & Easy    10. General cookery    11. Health & wholefood cookery   

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Wonderful ayurveda book but just average cookbook.
I was excited to get this book. Read it attentively and tried two of the recipies. Kitchari for Vata and Spicy Vegetable Fried Rice. The explaination by Vasant Lad was good and detail. I like it very much. As for the recipies, they smells superb but are tasteless. I still recomend this book for those who like to learn to cook a ayurvedic balanced food. But if you are looking into cooking a delicious mouth watering meal. This is not the book. Still an excellent ayurvedic book.

Sometimes the recipes need modification
My main complaint is that some of the recipes create absolute mush. I found that it helped if I reduced the water in some of the recipes (for example for Kitchari, I used 5 cups of water instead of the recommended 6 cups) and/or washing/soaking the rice or beans only briefly instead of overnight. This may be because I live at sea level (?) but some of the recipes seemed to err in favor of cooking too long in too much water.
an excellent guidebook for healthy living
This is a book by Vasant Lad and his wife.They give easy to follow guidelines on the best foods for your body type, along wtih great recipes.I have tried a few so far, and all are excellent.The explanations for each recipe are very detailed and informative, and accurately give the best types for the recipe.
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Subjects:  1. Cooking / Health    2. Cooking / Indic    3. Cooking / Wine    4. Vegetarian - General    5. Alternative Therapies    6. Ayurvedic medicine    7. Ayurvedic therapies    8. Fitness & diet    9. Health & Healing - General    10. Health & wholefood cookery    11. Indian cookery    12. Medicine, Ayurvedic    13. Regional & Ethnic - Indic   

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A good edition to our weight loss libraries.
The Insulin Resistance Diet contains some very worthwhile suggestions. Limiting our carbohydrate intake to two 15 gram servings every two hours, and always eating 7 grams of protein with our carbohydrates, is an excellent suggestion to reduce the glycemic impact of our diet.
Great book for women with PCOS
This is a very helpful book for women that have been diagnosed with PCOS caused by insulin resistance.The diet posed by Dr. Hart is practical and fairly easy to follow.I would recommend the book to all who suffer from insulin resistance.

Finally, something that makes sense!
I bought this book a few days ago and have read it about three times already!I have suffered from hypoglycemia all my life. I'm not terribly overweight, about 20 pounds maybe. I've tried low-fat high carbohydrate, low carb diets, the South Beach Diet.This is such an EASY way to eat!I have not had one hypoglycemic incident since I started eating this way, and I usually have one a day at least.I have known for a long time (through many years of trial and error), that I have to eat anything with sugar with a meal or it triggers a hypoglycemic episode.Well, this book tells me exactly what ratio or carbohydrates to protein I should eat to keep this from happening!Just the thought that I can have whatever I want, as long as I keep the carbohydrate grams and protein grams balanced, is wonderful!Also, I am one of those who always ate in defense mode. I was terrified of being caught somewhere without food and having a hypoglycemic attack, so I would eat before going somewhere, even if I wasn't hungry.Now, I know that won't happen anymore, and I am finally free from worrying about food all the time.I can't say enough good things about this approach.Obviously I haven't lost any weight in only three days, at least not that I can tell, but I feel so much better already.That alone made it worth buying the book.
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Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Diets - General    4. Diets - Weight Loss    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Insulin resistance    8. Reducing diets    9. Weight Loss    10. Diets & dieting    11. Health & Fitness / Diets    12. Health & wholefood cookery    13. Popular medicine   

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A must-have!
I borrowed this book from my local library, to test a few of the recipes.I am very impressed!Every recipe that I've tried has turned out absolutely delicious!The book begins with an informative section about the meanings behind the buzz word "organic," and the recipes are neatly organized according to age (in case one needs a guideline).The author has even included little labels that point out which recipes are vegan, vegetarian, and allergy friendly.
Easy and informative
I bought this book along with Baby Blender Food,and I really like this one the best.It has practical informationRE: safe food handling, the meaning behind nutritional and organic terms on product packaging, suggestions for stocking your pantry, and ideas about how to incorporate meals for the family fromthe recipes for the baby.It's not rocket science,but sometimes I get caught up in the baby food process and don't think about how to modify some of the ingredients for my own meal.She also has a helpful key that lists vegetarian,vegan, gluten-free recipe options.The recipes are pretty simple,and I've found that it's easy and funto make food for my son.It also feels really good to know exactly what's going into his food.I like the layout of the book,and I appreciate the information in it. Another review mentioned that she doesn't outline food hazards like nitrates in the body of the recipes, but if you read the book fromthe beginning,she has pretty comprehensive explanations of what is safe to prepare and when it's safe to prepare it.

Raising a future "foodie"
I've had a chance to make zucchini and butternut squash purees for my 6 month-old and so far so good!I like that the recipies give you an option for how to cook each recipie, for example, you can either steam or microwave zucchini.Also, you can use a blender or food processer for most dishes.The book also gives really clear instructions for saving food for later.I put the squash in ice cube trays; it is so easy to pop a "cube" into the microwave.If you have an automatic ice maker and don't have any ice cube trays on hand, I highly recommend buying silicone trays.You can even buy pink ones from Sur La Table (www.surlatable.com).Cubes come out cleanly with no fragments left in the tray.Get this cookbook if you want a little work on the weekend with the rest of the week as easy as opening a jar!The only down side I can think of is she is not as explicit about foods to avoid because of allergies or nitrates (spinach, carrots, etc.) on the recipe pages. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children    2. Cookery    3. Cooking    4. Cooking / Wine    5. Health & Healing - General    6. Infants    7. Life Stages - Infants & Toddlers/General    8. Nutrition    9. Specific Ingredients - Natural Foods    10. Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General   

Reviews (7)

cancer cookbook
I use this book all the time and have found it extremely helpful while undergoing chemotherepy,all the recipes are very well thought out and very tasty.

Some good recipes
This book has some good recipes, though not enough emphasis on sugar-free cooking. It is well-written and includes nutritional guidelines with a lot of easy-to-do recipes. I found the question and answer section helpful.

Wealth of Information
I recently bought this for a dear friend who has been diagnosed with cancer.In addition to the good recipes, the book contains valuable explanations written by medical experts and increases one's understanding of what to expect and how to deal with the side effects of various cancer treatments. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cancer    2. Complications    3. Cooking    4. Cooking / Wine    5. Diet therapy    6. Diets - Special Conditions    7. Diseases - Cancer    8. Health & Healing - Cancer    9. Recipes    10. Treatment    11. Cooking / Health & Healing / Cancer    12. Coping with illness    13. Health & wholefood cookery   

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Book's info is obsolete and could cause harm
This book was written in 1985 (and printed in 1987)!That is almost 20 years ago and obviously not in line with today's knowledge about renal problems or failures.For instance, this book pays no attention/ignores "phosporus", the level of which a patient has to monitor very carefully to avoid serious additional health problems. Anyone with renal problems should review this book with their doctor before using any of its recipes, or better yet, the book should be totally revisioned or taken off the market before it hurts people.

Wonderful Cookbook!!
I have had this book for several years, we have tried just about every recipe in it and they are all great! I get complements all the time on the wonderful food, no one believes that the recipes are from the Renal cookbook. Creative Cooking for Renal Diets
I bought this book for my mom who is operating on less than 50% kidney function.The recipies are appetizing but a bit out of date.The recipes we tried were very good.The book needs to list the amounts of protein, salt, potassium and phosphorous in the servings.Elderly people who are restricted in those areas need that additional information to help them stay in compliance. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Diet therapy    4. Diets - General    5. Diseases    6. Health & Healing - Diabetic & Sugar Free    7. Health & Healing - General    8. Health/Fitness    9. Kidneys    10. Large type books    11. Recipes    12. Cooking, Food & Wine    13. Health & Fitness / General   

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You've got to read this book!
I received this book as a gift. There are quite a few books on this subject on the market and this one is the best. I too could not put it down and finished it in 3 days. It's a huge book, a great resource that is well researched and written.. I have a few friends who've purchased this book and really loved it too. I can highly recommend this book.
Hands down, Best complete vegan nutrition book!
This answers nearly every question about vegan nutrition that you may have. Although vegans may not need as much calcium, etc.... as carnivores....the authors address all nutritional needs from the traditional RDA's.
The Book - "Becoming Vegan"
This is an excellent book for beginners who are thinking of turning the tables on vegetarianism, & following a strickly non-animal product diet. I have read other vegan books & this one gives you guidelines on when & where to buy all your fruits and vegetables during the best seasons for shopping. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diets - Better Health    3. Health & Fitness    4. Health/Fitness    5. Healthy Living    6. Vegetarian - General    7. Vegetarian - Vegan    8. Vegetarianism    9. Diets & dieting    10. Vegetarian cookery   

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Yummy and healthy!
I've been a subscriber of Cooking Light for several years now, and I always try to buy the annual cook book at the end of each year. These recipes produce dishes that are delicious, adventurous, and satisfying. I've not only learned alot about eating healthy foods by using these cookbooks, I've become a much better cook! Also, since the magazine has features on different ethnic cuisines, I've tried foods that I never would have made previously, with great success. Some of the recipes are more time-consuming than others, so make those on the weekend rather than during the week. Lots of wonderful recipes, long prep time
I've been a subscriber to Cooking Light magazine for a couple of years and I love it.I decided to get the 2003 book to save some space.The photographs in the book are beautiful and mouth-watering, but there are not enough (I like to see what the final product looks like when I am cooking).I do like that the nutritional information including calories, fat, protein, carb, fiber are listed for each recipe.I do find that many of the recipes have a long prep time and this a deterrent for me at this busy stage in my life.For the "true" chef, though, there will be no problem and the recipes will be wonderful to make.Generally, the ingredients are readily available, but for some of the recipes, there are ingredients that I have no idea where to buy them.The book is organzied by month--like the magazine.Really, overall, a beautiful book.

total confusion
While there is a whole years worth of recipes in one book it will probably take a year to find a particular recipe. The index is very confusing. Cooks will just end up frustrated. ... Read more

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THIS BOOK SAVED MY LIFE!!!
As a person with allergies and asthma I should be more aware of my environs and intake than the average person.However, like most people, I simply go where I want and eat what I want and then suffer the consequences.Since reading this book, I have realized that I can eat whatever I want ... without any suffering!It has opened my eyes to a new world - you can eat well without penalty.This book is a must for anyone with allergies.The book is so effective, it made me realize that I had allergies I did not know about until I changed my habits!GOOD SHOW DR. BLACK!!

healthy, easy and great tasting
A great Christmas present for anyone and everyone. Healthy, creative, easy, and tasty recipes. From banana bread that my kids love to blackened fish that I love! Such a good book to reference for the recipes it holds, and also for creative ideas that can be applied to lots of cooking!
Naturally tasty-Only good side effects
This book not only has great natural recipes but it gives you great insight into eating for your health.I loved her first edition and this book is a great extention of the first.I am giving everyone in my family a copy of this book for Christmas.It is a great way for me to help take care of my family and let them know I care about them.Eat right and you won't have to worry about the side effect disclaimer on the pill bottle.Thanks Dr. Jessica for everything your great. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet therapy    3. Diet/Nutrition    4. Diets - General    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health & Healing - General    7. Inflammation    8. Recipes    9. Health & Fitness / Diets