When Mehmet Oz or any of New York's leading doctors has a patient whose life depends on losing weight, they call on Joel Fuhrman, M.D. In EAT TO... read full description
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Aug 15, 2011
Marisa
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As a dietitian, I hear about diet books, fads and recommendations from celebrity doctors often. I usually dismiss them, as they are not based on science or healthy eating. This book, however, caught my attention because it actually outlines a healthy diet, not based on fads or misinformation. The premise is that one's diet should be based on vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds and whole grains. This is definitely sound advice, however I have several problems with the book.
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Feb 06, 2012
Lisa
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Eat to Live is such a life changing book!!!! It's changed the way I look at food. This isn't a fad diet book. It's a book that examines the American diet and exposes it to the truth it really is.......disease causing.
Now here is the downside to the diet:
1. It's extreme compared to the American diet so unless you are very motivated to change, the diet will prove to be foreign and challenging.
2.Since no one really eats like this, it's hard to find health More...
Now here is the downside to the diet:
1. It's extreme compared to the American diet so unless you are very motivated to change, the diet will prove to be foreign and challenging.
2.Since no one really eats like this, it's hard to find health More...
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Nov 10, 2008
April
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Life changing for me. It's marketed as a diet book and I NEVER would have picked it up based on that but Jenna swore it would change my life. . .and it did!
This book is great because it provides basic nutrition information and provides summaries of medical/health studies to help educate you and provide motivation to eat healthy. You can tell me a million times to eat my fruit not drink it but if you tell me exactly what happens in my body suddenly I think "Oh! I don't want to do More...
This book is great because it provides basic nutrition information and provides summaries of medical/health studies to help educate you and provide motivation to eat healthy. You can tell me a million times to eat my fruit not drink it but if you tell me exactly what happens in my body suddenly I think "Oh! I don't want to do More...
Sep 08, 2008
Heather
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So, this book almost convinced me to become a vegetarian. It is very well written, but a tad preachy. The author does a great job explaining why vegetarianism is good for you, but then goes on and on about how dumb you must be to not believe him. Or something like that.
I was shocked to learn the nutritional value of some foods. I had no idea lettuce had protein or fat. I loved all the tables which showed me how ignorant I've been my whole life on the real make-up of food.
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I was shocked to learn the nutritional value of some foods. I had no idea lettuce had protein or fat. I loved all the tables which showed me how ignorant I've been my whole life on the real make-up of food.
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May 18, 2009
Stephanie
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Things I learned from this book:
- olive oil is NOT a health food
- cancer is a fruit- and vegetable-deficiency disease
- 2% milk is 35% fat (by weight it is 2%, which is irrelevant)
- fruits/veggies contain THOUSANDS of phytonutrients that make them superior to any derivative foods i.e. fruit juice, apple sauce... further proof that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
-all medications are toxic to varying degrees, whether side effects are experienced or not
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- olive oil is NOT a health food
- cancer is a fruit- and vegetable-deficiency disease
- 2% milk is 35% fat (by weight it is 2%, which is irrelevant)
- fruits/veggies contain THOUSANDS of phytonutrients that make them superior to any derivative foods i.e. fruit juice, apple sauce... further proof that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts
-all medications are toxic to varying degrees, whether side effects are experienced or not
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Mar 24, 2011
Jason
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(Apple iBookstore ebook on iPad)
With the information in this book, and following Dr. Fuhrman's advice I took off at least 30 lbs during the first 30 days of the diet. It works, which isn't surprising considering his advice is based on nutritional science and having used it himself and watching the results of hundreds (thousands?) of his patients over the decades. I am sleeping better, and could stop taking the sleeping medication I was prescribed. I even stopped the ADHD medication w More...
With the information in this book, and following Dr. Fuhrman's advice I took off at least 30 lbs during the first 30 days of the diet. It works, which isn't surprising considering his advice is based on nutritional science and having used it himself and watching the results of hundreds (thousands?) of his patients over the decades. I am sleeping better, and could stop taking the sleeping medication I was prescribed. I even stopped the ADHD medication w More...
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Dec 23, 2008
Celeste
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This is one of those books that you don't want to read because it might be true, and then you read it, but you don't want to try it because it might be true, and then you try it, but you still don't want it to be true because if it were true, you'd have to change your lifestyle, and after you changed, you know that you'd never want to go back to your previous bad eating habits because you'd feel fabulous, lose a ton of weight and be disease free for life - if it's true. Most of the premises in t
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Dec 16, 2009
Elias
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The nutrition/eating book I recommend to the majority of my patients, and one of the only nutrition/eating books I recommend to anyone, since it's one of the only ones that doesn't require a major suspension of disbelief when it comes to physiology. The book gives a solid foundation in nutrition and foods and helps you understand why you're making the food choices you are. Requires a major lifestyle change for most people, but with serious payoffs -- I lost 50 lbs, went down 3-4 pant sizes (arou
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Sep 20, 2011
Brandy
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It's harder for me to rate a non-fiction book for some reason. If the topic is one of interest to me, then I often find even a relatively bad book worth reading because it helps me refine my thoughts as I argue with it. I've been gathering information on nutrition for a while as I think about changes we need to make to our eating, and this one fits in well with most of the information I've found as far as getting closer to a plant-based diet. I think the recipes will be useful, and at the moment
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Jul 23, 2011
Alanna
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I'm only giving this four stars until I can try it for myself and see. If I like it, I'll up it to 5 stars later.
Basically, Fuhrman's theory is that we should be eating mostly vegetables, fruits, beans, and nuts. Everything else (dairy and meat, oils and fats) is mostly not very good for us. A little bit is okay, but not much, whereas it's nearly impossible to overeat fresh produce. He recommends a six week period of only eating the good stuff in order to cure your body of the addi More...
Basically, Fuhrman's theory is that we should be eating mostly vegetables, fruits, beans, and nuts. Everything else (dairy and meat, oils and fats) is mostly not very good for us. A little bit is okay, but not much, whereas it's nearly impossible to overeat fresh produce. He recommends a six week period of only eating the good stuff in order to cure your body of the addi More...
Mar 10, 2011
Riannon
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This book was much better than I expected. Having had an interest in nutrition for quite a few years, it's fairly rare that I actually get some new information, as opposed to the same old nutritional information repackaged. There is a lot of useful advice in here, but the best part is that it is so well researched and cited. I especially liked the section that discussed many popular nutritional fads today.
The one thing I did not like about this book is that the author assumes that ev More...
The one thing I did not like about this book is that the author assumes that ev More...
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Aug 27, 2011
Kate
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This is NOT about a diet. Which is what all the diet books say, I know, I know. I believe this truly is the exception, focusing on nutritional excellence, disease prevention, and backed by serious research.
If you ever had a suspicion that there was something really wrong with a 100-calorie portion pack of cookies getting a "thumbs up" from your Weight Watchers leader, or felt kind of freaked out that a doctor was recommending several months of protein shakes laden with fa More...
If you ever had a suspicion that there was something really wrong with a 100-calorie portion pack of cookies getting a "thumbs up" from your Weight Watchers leader, or felt kind of freaked out that a doctor was recommending several months of protein shakes laden with fa More...
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Jan 25, 2012
Didi
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This book doesn't have quite the number of scientific references as some other works (see The China Study) about the link between dietary choices and health, but it benefits from being a much more approachable read. The author is also less rigidly tied to veganism. The author recognizes that any change in this direction is to be applauded, and getting meat protein down to a minimal component of one's diet is a significant improvement over the standard American dietary average. He also created a
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Jan 14, 2012
Geralyn
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So far, it's a great book. This doctor breaks down the common American diet, and shows how damaging it really is to the human body. He discusses how if we as a society continue on this self-destructive path, we will end up regressing to days where death came early in life, but not for the same reasons as in the old days. He remarks about how we could take advantage of the advances that humankind has made over the past few decades, such as refrigeration. We have the ability to keep foods at t
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Dec 31, 2011
Miriam
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There is a lot in this book that rang true for me, but I think the approach that he takes is more extreme than it needs to be, and I think that any rapid weight loss is going to be dangerous, even if it is done with healthy foods. Also, I think that a lot of his foods would end up being very expensive. His soup recipe, for example, requires the juice from a couple pounds of carrots and celery, in addition to the many other vegetables that go into the soup, and could easily cost $2 or $3 dollars
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Jul 02, 2010
Bill
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Fuhrman is a pretty hard-core vegan, saying you should only have 1-2 portions of animal protein per week. He says all varieties of animal protein seem to be almost-equally bad for you in terms of cancer potential, etc.
He wants much of that intake to be RawFood.
On the plus side, he says you can eat just about any quantity you want, and says that studies showing vegans to be malnourished are because people don't compensate by eating a lot. (This is also his counter to argum More...
He wants much of that intake to be RawFood.
On the plus side, he says you can eat just about any quantity you want, and says that studies showing vegans to be malnourished are because people don't compensate by eating a lot. (This is also his counter to argum More...
Jun 05, 2010
Deanna
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Very similar to "The China Study," "Fit for Life" and "The Original Fast Foods." I think I'm needing a lot of repetition in this area.
I think that I like to be entertained by my food too much (ya think?) and so it's hard to eat raw, whole foods. Good things in life do not entertain, they enrich your life. This book continued to hammer away, like the others listed, as to why I need to eat whole foods. Lots of education.
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I think that I like to be entertained by my food too much (ya think?) and so it's hard to eat raw, whole foods. Good things in life do not entertain, they enrich your life. This book continued to hammer away, like the others listed, as to why I need to eat whole foods. Lots of education.
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Feb 07, 2012
Jennifer
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I really like this book. On the down side, it is very repetetive, but I think he does that on purpose...for those who pick and choose certain chapters to read.
He does his research...and cites all of the research if you want to check it, which gives you inspiration to eat better.
To me, the part that hit home is the fact that we have such a good standard of living...but can't manage to change our diets for good health because of our 'food addictions'. Since I've started eating based o More...
He does his research...and cites all of the research if you want to check it, which gives you inspiration to eat better.
To me, the part that hit home is the fact that we have such a good standard of living...but can't manage to change our diets for good health because of our 'food addictions'. Since I've started eating based o More...
Jan 24, 2012
Sarah
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Eat to live. What a concept.
While most diet books promote the idea of weight loss as the cure to all of your problems, Eat To Live focuses on weight loss AND health (say goodbye to the Atkins!) With ideas that are backed up with science, Joel Fuhrman promotes the idea of eating 90% or more from a plant based diet. Vegetables and fruit are the main groups, and little bits of nuts, seeds, and whole grains are thrown in for balance. Meat is discouraged but "allowed" in his d More...
While most diet books promote the idea of weight loss as the cure to all of your problems, Eat To Live focuses on weight loss AND health (say goodbye to the Atkins!) With ideas that are backed up with science, Joel Fuhrman promotes the idea of eating 90% or more from a plant based diet. Vegetables and fruit are the main groups, and little bits of nuts, seeds, and whole grains are thrown in for balance. Meat is discouraged but "allowed" in his d More...
Feb 14, 2011
Tiffin
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In general his vegetarian views on the fact most americans aren't eating enough fresh fruits and vegetables and that's why there's so many sick people is a valid view. But he's making claims off outdated information (the rda of vitamin c for example) or straight up wrong information. You should avoid some farm raised fish and choose wild as farm raised has more toxin and pesticides than wild. He also claims that ALL animal products are bad and cause cancer. He also claims that all animals eat pe
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Dec 13, 2009
Kimberly
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My idea of healthy living? Eating what I want, when I want in whatever amount I want. Oh, and getting some sun while I'm at it, but not in the arena of exercise. Sometimes I go outside and stare at the "butterfly tree" in my backyard or walk out to the roadside to collect the mail from the post box. That's it for me. Reading this book has made me realize that I need to eat better, exercise more and live life more fully. Everything I thought I knew about health was turned upside down as
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Sep 18, 2009
(My Kindle says I'm 22% into this) Very different view of health and nutrition, although consistent with what you have read of the latest reserach. Instead of altering the American diet to improve health, Fuhrman suggets scrapping it and taking on a diet that is mostly vegetables, fruit and and beans - more like what we were designed to eat. Instead of adding supplements and searching for the magic combination of antioxidents and vitamins, etc to improve health, he suggests that we just look a
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Nov 27, 2010
Steven
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Makes a pretty convincing case, with tons of citations of research papers, that a mostly-vegetarian diet heavy on green vegetables dramatically reduces the likelihood you'll suffer from a whole host of diseases. Along the way, Fuhrman demolishes a lot of nutritional myths, e.g., that the U.S. RDA values for various nutrients are based on sound science (or really any kind of science at all). The sad thing is that a lot of the internal damage caused by poor diet is done during childhood, so it's t
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Dec 10, 2010
Hawley
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I recommend this book with excessive enthusiasm. I kind of want to carry a copy on me at all times and tell people all about it, but that has a way of getting annoying. I think the part I really love is the first 2/3 of it - which is essentially straight up logical, factual, no-brainer nutrition facts that our American society has made foggy over the years with lacking information and misleading diet trends. I found it so compelling to read that my husband had to ask me to stop telling him every
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Sep 10, 2011
Donna
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The eating style advocated by this book is not very far off from my normal diet although I eat a lot more whole grains than Dr. Fuhrman recommends. After a summer spent away from my home in the middle of nowhere and out in the world of endless restaurants and fast food, I gained 15 pounds. I have been having a hard time losing it (in this respect, middle age sucks) so I read this, not to discover a new way of eating (since I knew it was similar to how I usually eat) but as a motivator and a way
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Nov 10, 2009
shannon
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This is my favorite book on food and diet. It bases its research on The China Study, the most expansive study to date on the correlation between diet and disease. So it's the farthest thing from a fad diet ever. That said, I'm personally not ever strict enough to follow the diet it advocates (which is basically vegan- vegetables, legumes and fruits). BUT it's more realistic than saying just 'be a vegan', e.g., it's better to eat some turkey than a vegan donut.
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Feb 06, 2010
Ted
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2nd time through this book
Lots of science up front, followed a couple references to valid info... Dr. F does NOT seem to be selling ANYTHING (except a number of related books... but NO expensive meal plans, etc--there is a subscription-based website, but the book does NOTHING to promote it).
So, mostly vegan, mostly raw, is absolutely the best way to good health... but can I do it? I do best with "all-or-nothing" schemes--I was able to do (stinking) Medifast for 4+ months More...
Lots of science up front, followed a couple references to valid info... Dr. F does NOT seem to be selling ANYTHING (except a number of related books... but NO expensive meal plans, etc--there is a subscription-based website, but the book does NOTHING to promote it).
So, mostly vegan, mostly raw, is absolutely the best way to good health... but can I do it? I do best with "all-or-nothing" schemes--I was able to do (stinking) Medifast for 4+ months More...
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May 13, 2010
Susan
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Dr. Fuhrman is certainly full of enthusiasm for his plan, but I'm not sure how realistic it is for most people. He makes a good case for food being the best medicine, but I think it's rather insulting to imply that cancer is caused by not eating right. He makes some odd statements too. It's sort of beside the point that 100 calories of spinach have more protein than 100 calories of steak.
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Jan 17, 2011
Sandi
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I have been vegan for about 4 months now, so a lot of things in this book don't surprise me, but I feel there is a tremendous amount of good information about total nutrition and healing your body. The author recommends you don't start on the eating program until you finish reading the book. I am almost finished reading and ready to begin. It is a stricter form of veganism recommended to lose weight fast, so I am anxious to find out how I do. The advice about staying away from junk food and
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Nov 30, 2010
Michele
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I saw Dr. Furhman on one of the Raw for 30 days videos and really liked what he has to say. I had been wanting to read this for awhile and finally bought it on Mike's Sony Reader. Lot's of reasons why we should make changes in our diets for better health. A very simple plan in that it's not hard to understand. And an explanation of what to expect when making drastic changes (both good and bad). I think for the average standard diet eater, this plan is a drastic improvement. He does offer a less
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