Eat Right-Electrolyte: A Nutritional Guide to Minerals in Our Daily Diet

By W. Rex Hawkins

Book Overview

""This book helps to set the record straight about minerals and their affect on health, an important yet frequently overlooked part of well-being."-The Plain Dealer(Cleveland, OH)"Dr. Hawkins's book will convince Americans to cut back on processed foods loaded with salt and eat more natural foods like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains that can restore a proper electrolyte balance in the body and go a long way toward reversing many of the most common health problems that plague so many Americans today."James J. Kenney, Ph.D., R.D., F.A.C.N.Nutrition Research Specialist, Pritikin Longevity Center" P]rovides an accurate summary of important scientific studies and their impact on reversing illnesses that may be diet-related."Neal D. Barnard, M.D.President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine"Hawkins fairly reviews and presents the accumulated scientific evidence showing that high-salt diets increase blood pressure and that diets high in salt, high in protein, and low in fruits and vegetables increase urinary calcium excretion rates and cause calcium losses from bone, thus contributing to the formation of calcium-containing kidney stones and to osteoporosis. He also points out the lack of critical data to support the benefit of various currently popular diets."Jacob Lemann Jr., M.D.Clinical Professor of Medicine, Nephrology, Tulane University

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591023645
• ISBN13: 9781591023647
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.7" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Great Book - Jump started my diet

This book came along just at the right time for me. Last time I lost weight, I still had problems with my blood pressure. The advice for me to reduce protein, increase fruits & vegetables, lower fat and reduce sodium to 1500 mg was god sent. I'm following a 1600 calorie diet using the Dash 2001 1500 sodium as a core. The weight's coming off and it's the healthiest diet I've been on in my life. I'm so glad I found this book. Other than this, I'm using the Diet Power software to track my nutrition.

Advises on how to overcome dietary deficiencies.

EAT RIGHT-ELECTROLYTE: A NUTRITIONAL GUIDE TO MINERALS IN OUR DAILY DIET comes from an MD in private practice and provides evidence that the usual American diet does not provide for a healthy balance of electrolytes. The common results of such an imbalance: hypertension, osteoporosis, heart disease and Crohn's disease: all common problems of modern society. Nutritional research documents what makes harmful doses of minerals, what happens when there aren't enough, and advises on how to overcome dietary deficiencies. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch

Changed My Life!

This book can change your life; it changed mine! Who knew how damaging salt is for you--and that it is hiding quietly in many of your favorite foods? Follow this book, cut back on salt intake, enjoy fresh fruits and veggies, and lose weight and feel so much better. Forget other health and diet books; this is the only one that "tells it like it is" and can start you on the road to a long and energy-filled life. Buy this book!

Light-hearted title, but important information about sodium!

Everyone knows, I believe, that excess salt in the diet is linked to high blood pressure, but this book goes further and discusses the role that sodium has in so many other medical conditions (osteoporosis, Crohn's disease, kidney stone, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and more). The author is a physician and backs up the text with medical studies (lots of them) done worldwide. This is the kind of book that you can pick and choose sections that interest you, but I found myself reading the entire book. Very informative.