So What Can I Eat!: How to Make Sense of the New Dietary Guidelines for Americans and Make Them Your Own

by Elisa Zied

Book Overview

A blueprint for developing a nutritious, balanced eating plan for life Every day, readers are presented with conflicting information about food, nutrition, and how to eat properly. Now, Elisa Zied, a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471772011
• ISBN13: 9780471772019
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Trade Paper Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Great way to change your lifestyle and become healthy

She makes this book easy to read & easy to follow. She breaks down the complex pyramid and makes it simple to undertand just how much of what you should be eating. An easy way yo get a good balance into your lifestyle. No quick fads, no "no this or that". Real life, real food with all the trimmings. Just the right amounts. The only way to lose weight and keep it off. Great book! Can't wait for her new one to come out in March!

A must have for todays Living

I felt that the author was writing in a very personal manner. She made it easy reading and definitly was not a preacher but a teacher. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to understand the basic importance of eating healthy.

A Refreshing Book on Eating Well!

What a great book on adopting a healthy lifestyle. Too many books out there try to push fad diets which people can't follow long term and often limit variety in our diet. This book offers a way to eat that doesn't deprive you and lets us know it is ok to include all foods as long as we watch the portion size. The author doesn't talk down to you which is comforting to those of us who struggle to find a way to eat that will keep our weight in check! An added plus are the recipes. I love the Lemon Garlic Chicken!

Just what the doctor ordered!

We finally have a book that we can recommend to patients that can help them modify their life styles in a realistic manner. There are no gimmicks and no hard and fast rules...just sensible nutritional advice. This book actually becomes a usable guide as normal people eat their way through their normal lives!

A "Must Read"

Finally! This is the first nutrition book that actually approaches diet and nutrition in a manageable way. Zied helps demystify the new nutrition pyramid, while creating a framework in which the reader can personally apply it to his or her daily life. The `Daily Food and Fitness Tracker' is by far the easiest and most flexible method of monitoring my food intake and activity level that I have come across. The author makes you feel as if she has been in the same place you have in terms of managing weight and eating habits. Unlike so many other books that seem to focus solely on weight loss, Zied seems focused on improving health and quality of life. By not eliminating entire food groups from your diet, she helps to promote a sustainable lifestyle change and not a `quick fix.' The stories and anecdotes throughout the book make it an easy read. Zied responds to every question you have before they even come up. The section on eating out and meal plans are very easy to follow and are useful. Unlike other books of this type, the recipes are actually foods you'd want to eat and enjoy in your everyday life....we tried `Linda's Chicken Meatballs' and loved them.