10 Essential Foods: A Sensible, Good-Humored Approach to Vitality, Health and Well-Being

by Lalitha Thomas

10 Essential Foods introduces the ten foods that cover all of your nutritional basics, and provides simple, delicious recipes for how to prepare them. Woven throughout this enjoyable book are book are funny stories, stories and tips for feeding children with the essential foods.

Bonus section: 10 Essential Snacks.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0934252742
• ISBN13: 9780934252744
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Hohm Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

LOVE this book

i really love this book, it's a very fun read and quite informative. Every morning I follow her recipe for the "green drink". It's one cup of pineapple juice, 1 cup (ish) of raw spinach leaves and 1/2 of raw curly parsley, then in a blender on high till smooth. It is so incredibly yummy - it basically just tastes like pineapple and parsley. SOOOO good for you. I will drink one every morning for the rest of my life. Thanks Lalitha! Any new books in the works? krista:)

Easiest book which explains what to eat and why?

This is probably the best book that I have read on "essential foods". It not only gives the benefits of the food recommended but also in a unbiased manner lists out the common accusations against it and explains the same.I have adapted it in my every day life and it has increase my energy levels.A must read.

Inspirational yet down-to-earth advice

Most of us who want to improve our health can benefit from Lalitha's entertaining, friendly, non-technical explanations of why we should incorporate these ten foods (or their substitutes) into our diet. She doesn't preach, but writes from an ordinary person's perspective. Her passion for health is obvious and I found it inspiring. Plenty of practical tips for using the ten foods, a few recipes, lots of good references and anecdotes about her experiences. An enjoyable, educational experience. Lalitha is not a doctor or scientist and tells you up front where she is coming from -- a refreshing book of common-sense advice!