Good Advce for Changing Your Diet
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I did not want a book that consist of a diet. I happened to be listening to the radio one day and tuned in on a conversation about this book. The author said some things that made me want to check it out. I'm looking for that book that will help me eat a healthy of diet and also as I should to give me and my body the most benefit.

This book has provided some good information. I'm not disappointed that I purchased it.
2099442
Enjoyed reading it, it has good sound advice and sound simple, I will start the diet on March 1, 2014!
1553332
For people who have had weight loss surgery, of any kind, this is a good source for recipies. It gives you serving suggestions for the different types of surgeries. I like that it gives all nutritional info, too.
3435476
Good straightforward diet plan that is easy to follow.
Great recipes and pictures.
I reccommend this as a nice short book to reference.
179124
Trying to lose weight by healthy eating. Needed new recipes . This helped
4061439
I find this book well laid out and informative. Please don't buy if you are looking for a quick weight loss diet because that is not the focus of this book or program. This program is to teach you to understand and evaluate your relationship to food as well as going through an elimination process to clean up your diet and eliminate know inflamitory foods. Then you reintroduce foods and evaluate your personal health. Many have found weight loss along with a host of other positve "non scale victories". If you are looking to make a change to a clean, whole food diet then you would enjoy this book.
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I like Dr. Perlmutter's approach and will try it.  That being said, I find that some of the dietary guidelines, such as "grass fed" meats to be a bit impractical for someone on a budget.  I don't know how strictly I can stick to the diets, as I love carrots (juice and whole)!  Surely, I like the oils listed (coconut and olive) and already have them on hand, as well as tumeric.  I don't really believe in eating large quantities of meats, but like chicken, turkey and fish, so will be glad to have them as well as shellfish.  I do love fresh fruit, so would have a hard time cutting back to his recommendations for that and for cutting out bananas and sweet potatoes.  I think both are healthy, though excess bananas can be fattening.  The supplements recommended are not prohibitive, so they be fine.  Sure glad he likes almond milk, because I already buy that!

I've already lost 20 pounds on an exercise regimin, so this isn't so much about weight as it is memory and depression.  But glad he likes exercise.

Bottom line is that I will try and incorporate principles from this book as much as I can and see where it goes!
Dr. Perlmutter does look good for his age.
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The recipes in this book are good and simple to follow. The thing I love is I did sign up for the "Custom Meal Plan" which is awesome, and since the book lays out the Macros (Protein, Carbs, Fats) specifically for each meal I was able to quickly find a replacement for any meal from my custom meal plan. This is great if you don't like one of the meals or you want something different.
4347983
A friend recommended this to me because he could eat what he wanted. I knew I needed to change my eating habits but hate starving myself. I have lost weight I needed to lose and I can eat as much as I want. I just stopped eating all those chemicals and various forms of sugar. My doctor is also happy.
1501723
I found this book very easy to read in terms of food choices and then simple food choice menu's.
This food plan has worked for me and I have since suggested it to other friends and they have been satisfied with the book.
110295
I liked the explanations as to how the ingredients work to help you lose weight and be healthier. I also like the fact the recipes where not too complicated
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Product Review - Meal for the Week: Anti Inflammatory Recipes and Diet Foods

The goal of this book is to provide tools to prepare healthy meals that can be planned ahead, thus reducing less healthy choices. The authors start with a basic introduction about what it will take for a person to make this kind of shift away from junk food and fast food, and towards healthier eating choices. That this will be a lifestyle choice that will require the decision to change other aspects of a persons lifestyle, a holistic transformation which will touch all aspects of a life and must be a mental decision, in the end, for true transformation to take place.

The book is broken down into two sections: Dieting Cookbook and Anti-Inflammatory Diet

Section 1 is broken down into nine chapters, with each chapter focusing on recipes catering to a specific goal or food preference. For example, Chapter 3 focuses on recipes for muscle building, while Chapter 6 focuses in on Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes.

Chapter 1 covers low fat recipes and it has a great recipe for baked salmon; simple and delicious, as well as some other recipes that include chicken, pork and beef stew. In Chapter 2, Low Carb Recipes, the authors remind us the importance of balance in our diet, that we should use commonsense in knowing when to eat certain kinds of foods. For example, the importance of resisting high carb foods late at night, which can become a cause of an increase in weight, if not moderated. Chapter 3 is a devoted to recipes that boost the metabolism to build muscle. A good reminder is included that eating certain foods alone will not gain you muscle; you need to hit the weights so the body can utilize all the nutrients to build strong muscles. A highlight recipe in this section is Chopped Steak with Mushroom Sauce (my mouth is watering even as I type this). Chapter 4 includes a nice variety of fish recipes. Chapter 5 includes Raw Food Recipes which includes, of all things, a recipe for raw pizza. I have yet to try this recipe, but it sure did pique my curiosity to see what the recipe entailed. Chapter 6 is all about Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes, showing how to cook without meat and other ingredients many of us are quite used to having in our diet. Chapters 7 through 9 cover the following: Paleolithic Diet (lots of meat, very little grains), Breakfast Recipes for Weight Loss (with a nice recipe for Eggs Benedict, Italian Style) and Healthy Desserts for those having a sweet tooth but not wanting to lose all the progress they have made dieting. This section of the book wraps up with a Five-Day Sample Meal Plan to take the guesswork out of transitioning to a healthier eating lifestyle.

Section 2 of the book covers the subject of going to an Anti-Inflammatory Diet. Some important foods to have for this kind of lifestyle change are fish, olive oil, kelp, blueberries, sweet potatoes, garlic and green tea, among others. Things to stay away from include sugar, trans and saturated fats, alcohol, dairy products, refined grains and other foods listed in the introduction to this section of the book. There is very good advice here on what to eat and what not to eat for lowering inflammation in the body. The authors included tips for preparing and cooking foods for eating an anti-inflammatory diet, including watching the carb intake and making sure to eat lots of fruits and vegetables. Included also are tips on how to cook foods so as not to cause the nutrients to be removed from the food. This section is rounded out with a nice selection of recipes, including Turkey Curry, Maple-Flavored Salmon and Cucumber Salad.

I think that for a book of this type and price point, the authors have provided a very good selection of recipes. They have also included enough basic information for a person new to these diets to have a basic grasp on what each entails.

Disclaimer: I received this book for free in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.
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This is a very good diet book--this from someone who has probably read and gone on all the major diets in the last 35 years!  And still trying.  I did a quick read thru first--there is a LOT of information and most of it relevant and helpful.  I got hungry reading the soup recipes and went out and got the ingredients for the energy soup and made it.  they suggest using an immersion or stick blender to puree the soup--I used my regular blender which is a pain but works.  I will save up for the immersion blender.  My blender left big chunks of the ginger in the soup which I will make sure to look for in the next batch and blend in.  I cant imagine that a stick blender would do any better.

Anyway I am going to build on my success with the soup.  The diet has a three week start up plan and the first week is adding in the "eats" as much as possible.  The eats are the foods you can eat as much as you like of--mostly veggies and beans.  So I am working on that part right now and not having any trouble with it.  I like veggies I just get tired of the way I prepare them so the recipes are really helpful. They also provide a menu with recipes for the first week if you want but you can also construct it anyway you want.  They suggest getting rid of foods that are problematic but you don't have to as you can eat them in moderation--the "cheats".  You get 10 100 calorie cheats a day and the rest is all the eats food.

I really like the flexibility.  I hate diets that provide a recipe that you must follow for each meal.  I don't have all that motivation to cook and the money to throw away all my food in the kitchen and buy a bunch of new food.  This way all I have to buy is produce which I would do anyway and work on cutting back on the foods that pack on the weight.  And I like having recipes as options to use if I can.

There is a lot more interesting stuff in here like exercises to help aid healing of injuries and  a three week stretch program to align the body and make it easier to exercise.  Also lots of motivational stuff.  A lot of info and you don't have to use it all.  The main thing is to eat more veggies and less junk--nothing new there people, but the way it is put together is very helpful and useful.  I feel like I will have success on this plan when I see how I can customize it.

I will keep this review posted on how I do!

PS make sure to log onto the authors website, the PEERTRAINER community at [...].  There are a bunch of articles and other resources to help out!
1368842
Very good and descriptive. Was able to use the diet easily.
4508643
This is a very informative book.  My husband and I both wanted to lose weight and following this diet we both lost all the weight we wanted to 1-2 pounds every 2 or 3 days and were never hungry.  The food was also really good.  We replaced the artificial sugars with Stevia and didn't use the diet drinks but otherwise followed the diet pretty much as suggested.
259215
This book has helped us see the necessity of changing our diet from the fast food mentality to real substance. Good resource.
4078486
It's help me lose weight, by learning what foods are good to take in.  This has made me look into foods that are not on the book.  It has giving me clarity, watch it's my decision to eat then not knowing.