The Healthy Diet

The Healthy Carb Diabetes Cookbook is aimed at people who want to eat more healthily while explicitly avoiding high sugar and high starch meals. The book has so many great ideas. Bestselling authors are back to show the healthy way to fit carbs into diabetic cooking!

Everyone is tired of hearing about carbohydrates—but carbs are important for people with diabetes like you. Not only do you have to count the carbs you’re eating, you have to make sure you’re getting the right kinds of carbs. The Healthy Carb Diabetes Cookbook is the answer. This unique cookbook with over 150 recipes shows you how to fit more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains into you diet without added fuss.

Now you don’t have to worry about healthy carbs—or great taste—ever again! Common fruits, vegetables, and whole grains—no weird ingredients that can only be found in specialty stores!

About the Author

Lara Rondinelli, RD, LDN, CDE is the Diabetes Center Coordinator at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, and is lead dietitian for the American Diabetes Association diabetes Triangle D camp in Illinois. Jennifer Bucko (Chicago, IL) is a Certified Chef from a Le Cordon Bleu program and an adjunct faculty member of the Robert Morris College Culinary School in Chicago.

Cardiologist Agatston (The South Beach Diet) follows up his blockbuster book on weight-loss with this volume of more than 200 recipes, a number of which are culled from the kitchens of chefs in Miami Beach and other cities.

Each recipe is designated as Phase 1, 2 or 3 to help readers discern the segment of the diet for which they are appropriate. Carbohydrates are off-limits during Phase 1, but “good carbs” (like whole grains) are gradually reintroduced in Phase 2.

Phase 3 segues into a less restrictive but still healthy eating regimen.

Among the Phase 1 recipes are the simple Reuben Wrap (which calls for cabbage leaves instead of bread; the author notes readers “will have to have a ‘rye’ sense of humor for this”), as well as more complex main dishes such as Coconut Chicken and Sage and Rosemary Pork.

Phase 2 and 3 eaters will find delicious options such as Sesame Baked Chicken, Crab Royale and Couscous Salad. Noting that a variety of foods and recipes combats the repetition and boredom that are many dieters’ downfall, Agatston presents a wide array of choices, with plenty of enticing fish and vegetarian dishes.

He also includes breakfasts, snacks and desserts, as well as ideas for home entertaining “South Beach-style” with a focus on fresh veggies, fat-free dips, shrimp and nuts for appetizers, and main dishes of grilled tuna or flank steak. Agatston leaves no stone unturned, even providing shopping lists and recipes for homemade condiments that forgo sugars.
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Product Description

The long-awaited cookbook is here!

Great food that’s good for you–that’s the foundation of the South Beach Diet and the reason millions of people around the world have adopted it as their lifelong eating plan, shedding unwanted pounds in the process. Created by leading Miami cardiologist Arthur Agatston, M.D., the diet emphasizes good fats and good carbohydrates, the kind that stave off cravings for unhealthy sugary food and promote long-term weight loss. It’s not “diet” food–it’s satisfying, flavorful dishes that are good for your health and your waistline.

Whether you’re already a South Beach Diet success story or brand-new to the program, you’ll find a wealth of inspiration in The South Beach Diet Cookbook to keep you on track without feeling deprived. The recipes are simple enough to make every day but delicious enough to serve on any occasion: Oatmeal Pancakes, Buttermilk Salmon Chowder, Caribbean Baked Chicken with Mango, Grilled Filet Mignon with Roasted Garlic Chipotle Pepper Chimichurri, Mexican Lasagna, Sage and Rosemary Pork, Red Snapper with Avocado Salsa, Thai Vegetable Stir-Fry, and Chocolate Pie with Crispy Peanut Butter Crust.

Each recipe is marked “Phase 1,” “Phase 2,” or “Phase 3,” so you’ll know immediately where it falls in the diet; there are also 25 all-new recipes from the top chefs and restaurants in Miami. Illustrated with 50 full-color photographs and packed with extras like shopping lists and a pantry guide, The South Beach Diet Cookbook is an essential addition to your kitchen shelf.

A top nutritionist provides, in this great book called The Raw Food Detox Diet: The Five-Step Plan for Vibrant Health and Maximum Weight Loss, her simple, proven five-level diet plan to safely make the transition to eating raw foods, and to detoxify and achieve a perfect body no matter how you eat now.

The raw food craze has taken off, as raw restaurants spring up and celebrities, models, and other fans tout the effects of eating raw.

However, many people who are intrigued by raw food simply don’t know how to make the transition from what they’re eating now, or how to achieve the benefits of eating raw without giving up their lifestyle or the foods they love. Natalia Rose, an in-demand nutritionist, shows how in “The Raw Food Detox Diet”.

Whether your diet is primarily made up of meat and potatoes, or tofu and tempeh, you can incorporate the flavor and lasting health benefits of raw food into your life with this groundbreaking diet book to energize and inspire you to achieve your goals safely and easily.
About the Author

Natalia Rose works with some of the world’s most health- and body-conscious men and women. Her private practice is in the heart of midtown Manhattan, where she is sought after by a wide variety of clients, including models, actors, socialites, and media personalities—primarily women ages 23 to 52. She has been in private practice for more than ten years and also served as the nutrition director for the Elizabeth Arden Spa on 5th Avenue and the FrÉdÉric Fekkai Salons and Spas.

There are many ways to eat healthy and look healthy and gorgeous. You do not have to starve or only eat vegetables and fruits either. It’s quite possible to have your cake and eat it too, argues dietitian-nutritionist Blum in this bubbly, vivacious approach to living well the healthy way.

Avoiding dietary absolutes and encouraging readers to make gradual changes in their eating habits rather than drastic ones (which are often hard to keep up), Blum’s sensible guide is sure to resonate with young women.

She makes compelling arguments for choosing organic foods-going so far as to list the top 12 most contaminated fruits and vegetables-and extols the virtues of grass-fed meat and dairy. An informative chapter detailing alcohol’s specific effects on women (including calorie counts for a long list of beers and cocktails) enable readers to make the most of their nights out without paying for it later.

Troubleshooting suggestions offer relief from the symptoms of everything from hangovers and herpes to smoking cessation and premenstrual discomfort. Rounded out with chapters on dietary supplements and depression, as well as a Q&A for frequently asked queries-”What kind of prepared foods (i.e., frozen dinners) are actually good for me?”-Blum’s guidebook complete guide to women’s health is an encouraging, smart and sisterly volume that deserves a place alongside other trusted go-to resources

Review

“Eat, Drink, and Be Gorgeous is filled with sound nutritional advice on what to eat and drink and how to repair the damage when our good intentions slip. A delightful book, as entertaining as it is educational.” Nicholas Perricone, MD

“You’ve heard people talk about the ‘feel-good book of the year’? Well, Eat, Drink, and Be Gorgeous is the ‘feel gorgeous book of the year’!” Karen Salmansohn, author of Hot Mama and How to Be Happy, Dammit

Impressively modern in design, The No-Grain Diet brings a realistic viewpoint to the problems of weight loss in a genuine effort to improve the health of an ever-growing number of obese Americans. Offering a variety of “food plans,” along with a set of techniques aimed at controlling emotional eating and cravings for “bad” foods, Dr. Joseph Mercola clearly understands how to motivate us–in one section, he suggests that rather than “living by the scale,” we measure our success in relation to the fit of our favorite pair of slightly-too-snug jeans.

Many recipes are included, most of which are free of the boring flavor substitutes so common in diet books. The diet itself combines several familiar concepts. The “no grain” model emphasizes organic vegetables and quality protein, with limited fruits and absolutely no simple carbs. Mercola’s idea of “quality protein” is somewhat startling–he is deeply concerned about toxins, and urges grass-fed beef over potentially mercury-filled fish. His main point is frequently reinforced: refined grains of any type are basically deadly and eating them should be viewed as an unhealthy addiction.

Here, the book veers off in a new direction: rather than gently nudging our habits in a new direction, he suggests we break what he insists is an addictive cycle with a method called “EFT,” or “Emotional Freedom Technique.” As a way to avoid surrendering to desires, his system of tapping acupressure points and repeating affirmations is used to overcome them. While repeat dieters will understand the necessity of examining emotional ties to food, Mercola’s voice becomes a tad strident, and possibly downright offensive to those with a different opinion on what constitutes an addiction. –Jill Lightner

From Publishers Weekly

“Don’t be surprised if you never again want to eat starches, sweets, and grains!” Osteopathic physician Mercola stands on the shoulders of Atkins (and gives a nod to Gary Taubes, author of the New York Times Magazine cover article many believe blew the lid off high-carb, low-fat diets forever) to make big claims in this guide for overweight readers. Mercola’s diet, which he’s honed for over a decade at his Illinois wellness center, offers “near miraculous results,” and will allow its followers to “permanently conquer food cravings,” he says. The secret to lasting weight loss, according to Mercola, is to cut out starches, sweets and grains entirely. (Dieters on the maintenance program are allowed “healthy” grains-buckwheat, quinoa, etc.) But though Mercola offers three different eating plans (The Booster, The Core and The Advanced Food plan) and plenty of no-grain recipes, his program goes beyond mere dieting: Mercola is a proponent of the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), a kind of “psychological acupressure” that he says is “the equivalent of AA for grain addiction.” Developed by Gary Craig, EFT involves tapping on pressure points in the face and upper body while repeating a healing, key phrase, such as “Even though I want to have pizza, I deeply and completely accept myself.” Mercola’s course for weight loss is an intensive one, with rigorous rules and plenty of additional components-lifestyle changes, supplements and self-affirmations-that take a lot more energy than calorie counting. But that’s the whole point, Mercola says, because cutting back on calories or carbs alone leads to temporary weight loss at best. For those willing to dedicate themselves to such a program, Mercola’s guide may offer real results, and the case studies he includes should certainly help with motivation.