ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine: A Food Lover's Road Map to Losing Weight, Preventing Disease, and Getting Really Healthy
by John La Puma, Rebecca Powell Marx
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Author: John La Puma, Rebecca Powell MarxEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-29
ISBN: 030739462X
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Crown Archetype
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Book Review: Brilliant new approach--definitely worth it
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this book after I heard Dr. La Puma give a women's workshop in San Francisco. Though he had the audience at "Dark Chocolate", the book is even better!
I have a lot of health books, including You on a Diet and the Zone ... and a ton of cookbooks too: Mark Bittman, Deborah Madison, Fannie Farmer, Joy of, James Peterson, and of course, Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking.
But ChefMD's Big Book condenses the best of each, and makes it easy. Plus it is pretty funny too: "What can perfume, some massage lotions, and a sex toy lead to? I know what you're thinking, but that's not it." (hint: plastics).
His approach totally makes sense: Eat broccoli with meats to detoxify carcinogens. Marinate for flavor and protection. Store your watermelon on the kitchen counter for extra beta carotene. Go organic when it counts: milk, potatoes, peanut butter, ketchup, apples. No microwaving fatty food in soft plastics (the phthalates sneak in). And 25 pages of scientific papers and books to back it up.
The fact that it has 50 recipes and a diet plan is just a bonus. I've already made the 4 ingredient Chocolate Blackberry Breakfast Smoothie (for depression) from The Today Show (how cute is that?), and Pasta e Fagioli (a perfect easy soup, very rich and thick and quick--for hair/skin/nails).
Plus there are more recipes for cholesterol, blood pressure, and losing weight that my family will eat, and are quick: most are less than 30 minutes, start to finish.
I think he is a next generation Dr. Oz, and his recipes are actually way better, but he doesn't overstate the case. Blend the art of cooking with the science of medicine, but keep the medicine too--and all the flavor-- too. Works for me!
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Summary of ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine: A Food Lover's Road Map to Losing Weight, Preventing Disease, and Getting Really Healthy
What Dr. Andrew Weil is to herbal medicine and Dr. Phil is to TV psychology, Dr. John La Puma is to culinary medicine. At thirty-five, after eating too much of the Standard American Diet (SAD, isn?t it?), Dr. La Puma had become SADly paunchy. So he decided to research the science of nutrition while also going to culinary school to learn to cook. He created the revolutionary new concept of ?culinary medicine??recipes, foods, and meals that prevent or control common health conditions without sacrificing restaurant-quality taste.Now you can use culinary medicine too. In ChefMD?s Big Book of Culinary Medicine, you?ll learn to stock the medicine chest in your kitchen, use the doctor inside of you, and create dishes that give you lifesaving benefits and truly dazzling flavor.
Dr. La Puma serves up a step-by-step eight-week plan to motivate you and help you change your life. Try Saffron Scallop, Shrimp, and Chickpea Paella. Or Sicilian Pasta with Swiss Chard, Goat Cheese, and Basil. Or Spicy and Rich Sausage and Kidney Bean Chili.
Anyone who loves food, wants to have more energy, wants to reverse his or her family health history, or wants to know what to eat to get and stay healthy should read this book. Its recipes, meals, and menus can work within minutes of eating them.
Experience food you can?t wait to make, and grab the energy and good health to reclaim your life.
Doctor, What Do I Eat for That?
Your kitchen needs a ChefMD. Renowned physician and professionally trained chef Dr. John La Puma has just the person for the job?you! By following the ChefMD Eight-Week Plan, you?ll find your inner doctor and learn to eat for optimal health and maximum satisfaction. Use ChefMD?s Big Book of Culinary Medicine to:
? Discover what and how to eat for forty health conditions?starting with Acne, ADD, Alzheimer?s, Arthritis, and Asthma
? Build a ?culinary medicine chest? with fifty amazing foods that prevent or control common health conditions without sacrificing restaurant-quality taste
? Conquer fatigue, supercharge your immune system, and look and feel younger
? Get the most nutrition from the foods you eat
? Find the ChefMD Essentials?thirty-six healthful and flavorful brand-name foods in boxes, bags, and cans
? Fall in love with food again with fifty easy ChefMD recipes?and no guilt!
Eat and cook the ChefMD way and discover just how delicious life can be!
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