Staying Healthy with Nutrition, rev: The Complete Guide to Diet and Nutritional Medicine

This is a good one for your personal library. So much detail in this big book. If you are looking to increase your knowledge about diet and nutrition- above and beyond any article or book of the day style information, then buy this. It is well organized, has enough information to provide an education. It reminds me of some of the college text books I had to read, which I found appealing.

Excellent!!!! Very promp shipment and clean used book. Thoughtfully packaged. Will buy from again. Highly recommend!!!

There is a lot of useful information on the internet these days, however, when it comes to health, much of that information is trendy and subject to poor quality research. This book presents an extremely thorough and balanced approach to health and nutrition in a readable manner. This book isnt content with just telling you what to do, it breaks nutritional health down to basic elements and explains the functions with usable knowledge that will help you address situations that might not be directly covered in the book itself. I am going to use this book as supplementary material for homeschooling in addition to using it for practical health insights for myself and my family as a whole. This is a book that I would recommend every household to own.

I had the previous edition from when I was enrolled in a naturopathic college years ago; glad to have this revised copy. It is very thorough for my needs. Lots of details about nutrients that my other health books dont have. Being a medical doctor gives him the advantage of presenting both views, and he seems reasonable in his opinions; unlike some health writers who slant their comments as if all medical approaches were harmful and based on deceit. He expresses caution when warranted, whether about allopathic or holistic.

This is exactly the book Ive been looking for! Objective, to-the-point facts on nutrition, vitamins, eating habits, and other topics such as preservatives, toxins, etc. Ive seen too many fad nutritional books that are biased toward either vegan/vegetarian, low carb, low fat, high fat-low carb, etc. This book seems to be objective enough to allow the readers to decide on their own what diet path to take. This book, a good diet, and exercise can stand on their own and I feel this book can last a long time as a good reference book. Personally, I prefer a well-rounded diet (including some red meat), chicken, fish, fruits, vegetables, nuts. I lean toward organic or natural foods. Should readers decide to focus on another particular diet, they can supplement this book with one that follows their philosophy. I highly recommend this book as a stand alone or as a starting point to other diets.

not for those wanting non academic quick refernce..huge, takes up space and overloads your brain.

Written by a physician and a Registered Dietitian, these authors obviously did a lot research writing this book. They have included scientific information from both alternative and traditional nutrition camps but unlike the standard nutrition books written by most university trained dietitians, this book does show that nutrition can be used both to maintain health and help heal from disease. Tons of information about fats, carbs, proteins, vitamins and minerals and more are in this book. The authors tell you how the vitamins and minerals work in your body, what co-enzymes contain them, and even how they help your body function and heal. They even tackle the topics of additives and poisons in foods and the environment as well including sections on different diseases and conditions from alcoholism and cancer and how nutrition can help. I do disagree with some of the information on some of the nutrients such as the extremely small amount of vitamin D recommended and some of the views on Fluoride, and other items but it does not detract from the overall usefulness of the book Having said all that, reading a standard nutrition textbook first will greatly help with the understanding of the contents of this book. The author does seem to assume that most people have some basic understanding of how enzymes and cofactors function in the body and all that, and the reader has a basic understanding of the. metabolic pathways, and that is obviously not the case Overall, however, do yourself a favor and purchase this book.

I love vitamin books

I am studying dietetics and nutrition, and am always eager to read a different slant on things and explore various reference books. I was so, so excited to read this book, as it seemed from the other reviews that this author leaned in very much the same direction as I do in terms of considering the optimal diet. Unfortunately, my enthusiasm was short-lived. I will say that if you can weed through the authors ramblings to get to it, most of the information in this book is a great resource for people that are curious about nutrition and looking for an uncomplicated introduction. However, there is some information that is presented as fact, when it is simply the authors opinion, and I would advise other readers, particularly those who are using this as an introduction to nutrition, to be cautious. While every dietician has their own bias in terms of what they believe to be best for the general population, the author goes above and beyond in this book with his own beliefs, many of them without real, credible references. The funny thing here is that I *agree* with the author on most of the points I took issue with - the way they were presented was just unbelievable. My biggest issue with this book was that I was expecting this to be a scientific text, and that is one thing that it is not, Im afraid. The author has written this book in a weirdly conversational, oddly spiritual/Christian (why are you talking about god in a nutrition text book??) and really uncomfortably hubristic tone that just made me feel truly uneasy while reading it - as though I should probably look into other sources for anything I wasnt 100% completely sure about. Checking into things, unfortunately, is also difficult with this book, as the references are far from complete. I also feel that this should state very clearly that it is a Christian-oriented text that focuses on one person’s opinions and not be allowed to present itself as a “text book” for a science. What a wasted opportunity to present such a valuable standpoint. For me, the way it was written made this book largely unusable, and I dont think I will be using it as a reference in the future, which is a huge disappointment, as this is one of the few reference books that approaches diet from a similar viewpoint as me. I hope that anyone who used this book as an introduction to nutrition took the authors opinions with a huge grain of salt and has moved on to more substantiated texts.

I am a Health Educator with Total Nutrition Technology. We specialize in customizing healthy eating plans for sports performance, weight management, and health maintenance. Many of my clients suffer from diabetes, cancer, and some stage of heart disease. Not a day goes by, where I dont pull out this book and show a client something in it. This is a must have resource for any practitioner who wants to make a difference in their clients lives, or anyone with a basic interest in where our food comes from, what exactly is in it, and the impact it has on our bodies and the planet as a whole. Good food for thought.