Essential Eating The Digestible Diet: Real Food for Better Digestion and Weight Loss

by Janie Quinn, Ozgen Dogan MD FAAC (Foreword)

A preventative measure as well as a remedy for "dis-ease," this handbook outlines a nondeprivation eating plan for good health based on great-tasting, easy-to-digest foods. Beginning with an analysis of modern-day eating habits, the plan examines those food combinations, ingredients, and chemicals found in the standard American fare—white flour, sugar, and preservatives among them—which are typically at the root of indigestion and weight gain. Having exposed the culprits, the step-by-step guide identifies alternatives from each food category—including lots of fruits, veggies, and good fats—and offers time-saving recipes, streamlined preparation steps, and hints on what amount of food should be consumed and in what combinations in order to achieve and maintain good digestion.

Genres: Nutrition, Cookbooks

240 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2008

Reviews

[Stacy Miller · Rating 2 out of 5]

I got this book in a silent auction bundled with the 60 pounds of organic root vegetables that I was REALLY bidding on. Some very good principles, but weak on the scientific explanation behind the nutrition itself (eg why is chicken easier to digest than pork?). Lots of space devoted to recipes with sprouted grains, which I look forward to trying.

[travelmel · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. This lady is a guru for sprouted foods. The book is easy reading and has a lot of recipes. I'm not sure I really took away a solid understanding of HOW to sprout my own food and I wish I had. She tries to explain mostly the benefits of sprouted foods but in the process of saying how easy it is she makes it seem like it must be pretty difficult. I'd like to try it and I do believe she is right about a lot of things regarding the way sprouted foods are more easily digested. I just wish it was easier to do. Still a good read.

[Emilysa · Rating 1 out of 5]

When she emphasized the need to avoid eating more than one fruit at a time, as in no fruit salad or multi-fruit smoothie, as the body cannot digest it, I got a little skeptical. She also explained that eating sprouted bread was like eating a vegetable, I was done. Maybe it worked for her, but she had no references to back anything. Not my kind of book. Didn't bother finishing.