Callahan Maureen - Eat, drink, and be healthy :b the Harvard Medical School guide to healthy eating

MEDICAL AND NUTRITION EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON THE GROUNDBREAKING NEW EATING PLAN BASED ON HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL RESEARCH

EAT, DRINK, AND BE HEALTHY

by Walter C. Willett, M.D.

Dr. Willett describes a way to eat that is both delicious and healthy. Many nutritional scientists will strongly dispute Dr. Willetts contention that our national symbol of healthy eating, the USDA Food Pyramid, is unhealthy. However, very few will deny that the prescription in this book is a good one.

Susan Roberts, Ph.D., senior scientist, Energy Metabolism Laboratory, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center at Tufts University

Finally we can step away from the hype and confusion of fad diets and turn instead to a solidly researched guide we know we can trust. I am grateful to Dr. Willett and his associates for making this information so clear and accessible. Throw away your other volumes; this is all you will need.

Mollie Katzen, author of The Moosewood Cookbook

True to the implications of its title, Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy provides comprehensive evidence of the links of proper nutrition to better health and extended longevity. Professor Walter C. Willett and his learned colleagues describe new scientific work on the cardiovascular benefits from n-3 fatty acids found in nuts and some oils; on the cancer-fighting substance lycopene, found in tomatoes; on the potential hazards of consuming too much calcium; and on the advisability of taking a standard multivitamin daily. Well written and well reasoned, this book identifies a total diet that affects satiety, meets the bodys needs for energy and nutrients, and prevents or delays some specific chronic diseases.

Ralph S. Paffenbarger, Jr., M.D., Dr.P.H., Professor of Epidemiology, Emeritus (Active), Stanford University School of Medicine

Willett has studied real women (not rats) over many years in the Nurses Health Study and distilled it into a readable guide for healthy living. This is the book on nutrition every woman should read.

Susan Love, M.D., author of Dr. Susan Loves Breast Book and Dr. Susan Loves Hormone Book

Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy is a welcome beacon of clarity among the fog of misleading claims that make up the vast majority of diet books on the market. Dr. Willetts recommendations for healthy eating are based on a sound interpretation of current scientific knowledge, flavored by a joyful appreciation of traditional food-ways. Unlike most diet books, he does not emphasize manipulation of one isolated physiological mechanism as a cure-all. Rather, he applies a commonsense interpretation of wide-ranging scientific studies on diet and health. In the process, he challenges widely accepted but poorly supported ideas about nutrition and health, whether they come from the popular press or from federal government committees. The ultimate winners are the readers of this book, who will come away with the tools, guidance, and rationale they need to explore new ways of eating that are delicious, health-promoting, and based on the best of science and tradition.

Lawrence H. Kushi, Sc.D., Associate Director for Etiology and Prevention, Kaiser Permanente

CRITICS NATIONWIDE APPLAUD THIS PIONEERING GUIDE

This excellent and controversial book offers a modified food pyramid thats heavy on fruits, vegetables, and monosaturated oils and nuts. [Dr. Willett] is a heavy hitter in the world of nutrition, so expect his book to exert influence beyond your bookshelf.

Detroit Free Press

[A] standout health book. Particularly insightful is Willetts revised version of the U.S. Food Guide Pyramid.

Chicago Tribune

Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy wins with easy-to-digest research information and lots of tempting recipes.

Copley News Service

Toss out your old diet books, forget the governments famous but flawed food pyramid, and get your hands on Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy , by Walter Willett.

The Boston Globe

[Willetts] new theory threatens to upend the governments food pyramid, [which he says] is outdated and doesnt reflect the latest food research. Willetts criticism may prompt many people to view it more skeptically because of his clout in the nutrition field.

USA Today

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Willett, Walter C.

Eat, drink, and be healthy: the Harvard Medical School guide to healthy eating / Walter C. Willett; written with the assistance of Edward Giovannucci, Maureen Callahan, and Patrick Skerrett.

p. cm.

A Harvard Medical School book.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. NutritionPopular works. I. Giovannucci, Edward. II. Callahan, Maureen. III. Title.

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