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3.84 AVERAGE
Another excellent overview of health from Dr. Fuhrman. I especially like the inclusion of "no time to cook" meal plans for busy families.
I really enjoyed this book. Great information and easy guidelines.
Overall I found the information very interesting. The studies and science Dr. Fuhrman sites makes for very compelling arguments to eat a more natural, unprocessed diet. He makes some inaccurate statements about paleo diets claiming that they promote meat heavy meals. Some versions may but others advocate a vegetable heavy diet with some animal products that come from healthily raised animals.
All in all, less (or no) processed foods make for a healthier person.
All in all, less (or no) processed foods make for a healthier person.
Another great book from Joel Fuhrman. He does repeat some information from his previous books, but this is still worth reading or listening to the audiobook. The audiobook includes a nice 148-page PDF file. The PDF has a lot of recipes, but it does include some success stories and nutritional information.
This is my favorite quote from the book:
“If we all understood that the secret to healthy eating and a long life was a steady diet of healthy greens and colorful vegetables, beans, walnuts, seeds, and fresh fruit, would the diet industry even exist? Our collective dietary ignorance is the only thing keeping that industry alive. If people understood the basic principles of nutritional excellence, they would understand that they need to eat healthfully and by doing so would achieve their ideal weight and never feel compelled to diet again. They would never jump from one popular diet book to another looking for a quick fix. They wouldn’t have to. When you lose weight and gain it back, you only end up fatter than before and this regained weight is harder to lose.”
I couldn't have said it better.
This is my favorite quote from the book:
“If we all understood that the secret to healthy eating and a long life was a steady diet of healthy greens and colorful vegetables, beans, walnuts, seeds, and fresh fruit, would the diet industry even exist? Our collective dietary ignorance is the only thing keeping that industry alive. If people understood the basic principles of nutritional excellence, they would understand that they need to eat healthfully and by doing so would achieve their ideal weight and never feel compelled to diet again. They would never jump from one popular diet book to another looking for a quick fix. They wouldn’t have to. When you lose weight and gain it back, you only end up fatter than before and this regained weight is harder to lose.”
I couldn't have said it better.
I didn't have this on my currently reading list because I never intended to read the whole thing. Surprisingly interesting. I have been slowly moving my eating in this direction but still not ready to commit.
One star less because some of the information was in odd places. For example, some vegans may feel better if they supplement taurine was not in the "plan" chapter which seems like the logical place. He really goes off topic when talking about popular diets.
One star less because some of the information was in odd places. For example, some vegans may feel better if they supplement taurine was not in the "plan" chapter which seems like the logical place. He really goes off topic when talking about popular diets.
3.5/5
I didn't buy everything in this book, but it does have some good information. My biggest gripe was the the emphasis on BMI as an accurate measurement of health.
I didn't buy everything in this book, but it does have some good information. My biggest gripe was the the emphasis on BMI as an accurate measurement of health.
First off, an update following my review of Eat to Live by the same author… I've been on the six week plan for only a week to 10 days, loosely for 3 days before that, losing nearly a stone in 2 weeks, and I feel great (except for some major back pain over the weekend, I'm not sure if this was related to the weight loss or what). So, yes, it works like crazy. I'm not sure if this really added much, and how helpful what it added really will be.
I said that the earlier book didn't offer a lot of new information (it's really just as simple as eat more greens, eat less crap, like they've always told you) but it put it in a way that I really took on board. This book presents most of the stuff in that book again, with random additions and refinements, but for at least its first half it's nowhere near as easy to read. There's lots of technical stuff in here which I suppose is in reaction to the kind of skepticism about his science in the earlier book like Penn Jillette covered in the podcast following the one that introduced me to Dr. Fuhrman 3 weeks ago.
Fuhrman also adds a lot of stuff to the list of things he doesn't recommend like eggs (as bad as cigarettes) and certain canned products, and uncooked mushrooms, sort of bordering on the old Daily Mail cliché of "everything causes cancer" and certainly making his revised plan in this book harder or more daunting to follow than the one he presents in Eat to Live.
That said, as with the first book, I took some parts on board, I'm staying mostly on the plan in the first book, but already made some of the recipes in this one… it all adds to the knowledge pool I guess.
I said that the earlier book didn't offer a lot of new information (it's really just as simple as eat more greens, eat less crap, like they've always told you) but it put it in a way that I really took on board. This book presents most of the stuff in that book again, with random additions and refinements, but for at least its first half it's nowhere near as easy to read. There's lots of technical stuff in here which I suppose is in reaction to the kind of skepticism about his science in the earlier book like Penn Jillette covered in the podcast following the one that introduced me to Dr. Fuhrman 3 weeks ago.
Fuhrman also adds a lot of stuff to the list of things he doesn't recommend like eggs (as bad as cigarettes) and certain canned products, and uncooked mushrooms, sort of bordering on the old Daily Mail cliché of "everything causes cancer" and certainly making his revised plan in this book harder or more daunting to follow than the one he presents in Eat to Live.
That said, as with the first book, I took some parts on board, I'm staying mostly on the plan in the first book, but already made some of the recipes in this one… it all adds to the knowledge pool I guess.
Another helpful nutrition book by Dr. Fuhrman!
3.5 Stars
3.5 Stars
https://www.allencheng.com/the-end-of-dieting-book-summary-joel-fuhrman/#Full_Summary_of_The_End_of_Dieting
https://bestbookbits.com/the-end-of-dieting-how-to-live-for-life-by-dr-joel-fuhrman/
^notes and summaries
Quick read, accessible and easy to understand chapters
https://bestbookbits.com/the-end-of-dieting-how-to-live-for-life-by-dr-joel-fuhrman/
^notes and summaries
Quick read, accessible and easy to understand chapters
Scientifically dense and as such hard to read at times, but overall very enlightening and informative.