Eating Well for Optimum Health: The Essential Guide to Bringing Health and Pleasure Back to Eating

US: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2001. Very Good. At last, a book about eating (and eating well) or health -- from Andrew Wei l, the brilliantly innovative and greatly respected doctor who has been ins trumental in transforming the way Americans think about health. Now Dr. Wei l -- whose nationwide bestsellers Spontaneous Healing and Eight Weeks to Op timum Health have made us aware of the body's capacitiy to heal itself -- p rovides us with a program for improving our well-being by making informed c hoices about how and what we eat. Dr. Weil makes clear how an optimal diet can both supply the basic needs of the body and fortify the body's defenses and mechanisms of healing. And he always stresses that good food -- and the good feeling it engenders at the table -- is not only a delight but also necessary to our well being so tha t eating for health means enjoyable eating. Eating Well for Optimum Health is a hugely practical and inspiring book abo ut food, diet and nutrition that stands to change -- for the better and the healthier -- our most fundamental ideas about eating. Editorial Reviews Review "For a cutting-edge perspective on what we know about food and diet and making the most of them, [Weil's] the man."--" Dallas Morning News?Now considered one of holistic medicine's most authoritative voices, Weil provides a common-sense approach to healthy eating....[he] illuminates the often confusing and conflicting ideas circulating about good nutrition, addressing specific health issues and offering nutritional guidance to help heal and prevent major illnesses.?-- "Publishers Weekly?Clarity, pertinence, and reasonableness again characterize Weil's writing.?--"Booklist?A worth.