Let's Eat Right to Keep Fit

By Adelle Davis

Book Overview

Adelle Davis is an incredibly famous and popular author whose name and whose books have reached the household word status. Her recommendations are followed by millions today. She is the leading spokesperson for the organic foods movement. She is known for popularizing the phrase "You Are What You Eat." When you see organic food stores all over and special organic foods shelves in supermarkets, think of Adelle Davis as the person who popularized all of this. She was born in Lizton, Indiana on February 25, 1904. Her first book was Optimum Health published in 1935. This book did not have a publisher. The first book to make her famous was a cook book published in 1947: Lets Cook it Right. This was followed by Lets Have Healthy Children (1951) and Lets Eat Right to Keep Fit (1954). Her movement became popular because of the increased use of pesticides, chemicals, additives and fertilizers to increase food production. Davis wrote a series of four books, starting with a cookbook in 1947, that ultimately sold over 10 million copies in total. Although her ideas were considered somewhat eccentric in the 1940s and 1950s, the change in culture with the 1960s brought her ideas, especially her anti-food processing and food industry charges, into the mainstream in a time when anti-authority sentiment was growing. She also contributed to, as well as benefited from, the rise of a nutritional and health food movement that began in the 1950s, which focused on subjects such as pesticide residues and food additive. During the 1960s and 1970s, her popularity continued to grow, as she was featured in multiple media report. Her celebrity was demonstrated by her repeated guest appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, as she became the most popular and influential nutritionist in the country.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 4871879615
• ISBN13: 9784871879613
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Ishi Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding. Adele Davis wrote this years ago. A much needed book for anyone studying nutrition,

This old book is an easy read and great reference,

MD's today are coming around to Adele's advise.

At last our medical profession are giving us the same advise Adele Davis gave us years ago. It is such a shame it took them so long to understand that it is nutrition not drugs that keep us healthy.Before I ever paid a visit to my Doctor I always checked Adele's book first and nine times out of ten she saved me that visit . If I could purchase antibiotics over the counter it would have saved me that visit .

Classic Health Information that WORKS!

Adele Davis' classic descriptions of vitamins, minerals and what they do should be on every one's shelf. She got it right and her classic books are the standard for getting and staying well. After all, body structure and chemistry have not changed and her suggestions and remedies WORK. It is a shame she is not still around to apply her expetise to some of today's tough health problems, but, she has left us with the basics to keep our bodies and immune systems tip top. This is a "go to first" book for many major health problems or to just "stay fit." Chances are, what ails you is a deficiency or combo of one. Just what are you deficient in? Check to see if the information works for you!!! The best part of the whole book is the Index. Use it well.

A CLASSIC FROM THE MOTHER OF NUTRITION WRITINGS

Before Pritikin, Ornish, Brody, the New Pyramid, and all that no fat, low fat insanity - there was Adelle Davis. Through her writings she introduced a nation to good balanced nutrition. From her we learned what vitamins, minerals, essential amino acids, good fats, etc. were important for our health. She wrote in a no nonsense easily understandable and at times entertaining manner (she made learning about nutrition fun). Though there have been many new discoveries in nutrition since then, much of her writings remain basic and true today. I still often refer to this book and only wish that the publisher re-issues it - as my copy is barely holding together.

Deserves its reputation as a classic in its field

It may sound like hyperbole to claim that this book can change lives, but after 40+ years it's still a startling and informative work. I found this gem by accident in a book store, shoved to the back of the shelf, in 1976 when I was in such poor health that I was visibly upset when I looked in the mirror. After poring thru this classic from cover to cover in 2 days, I put its information to work. And did it work! Forget the fad diets and the beauty cranks, and find out how your body (and mind) react to typical American food fare, and how to change it. Glad to see that this venerable bible is still around. You don't have to be a health nut to get success from what's here, you just need common sense and the information in this great book.