Disease-Proof Your Child: Feeding Kids Right
by Joel Fuhrman M.D.
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Book Reviews of Disease-Proof Your Child: Feeding Kids Right
Book Review: A must read for parents
Summary: 5 Stars
We, as parents, have to step up and start educating our children about healthy eating. As a mother of 3 boys I have to say you can do it.
Even my 3 year old loves fruits and veggies. We simply don't have junk food in the house. The boys eat on average 10 fruits and vegetables every day and they really enjoy them. When they occasionally eat junk food at parties they moan about feeling sick. As their bodies are no longer use to junk food.
Some of the recipes in the book seem a little hard and I consider myself a good cook. However, you can make modifications and still eat really healthy.
My kids are rarely ever sick and I truly believe that the healthy diet has something to do with that.
Book Review: If you have a nut allergy, don't bother getting this book.
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this book with great anticipation, and I was SORELY disappointed. One of my children has a severe (life-threatening) nut allergy, and most of the recipes/meal plans are filled with nuts. Since the author uses nuts as a main source of protein and doesn't offer nut-free alternatives, this book was basically useless to me. Book Review: Fascinating---but difficult!
Summary: 4 Stars
This book puts forth many, many convincing arguments for feeding children a mostly plant-based diet. I don't doubt that this would be extremely beneficial for my kids.
The chapter on how to actually accomplish this seemed insufficient to me. The advice boiled down to: just do it. Don't feed your kids unhealthy food, don't even have it in the house, and they'll have no choice but to eat their veggies. Perhaps this would work, but I don't feel able to follow this advice at this time. I have two-year-old twin boys, and I am often by myself. It's hard enough even to follow the routine as it stands now.
Perhaps someone with a more manageable situation could "just do it." My plan is to try a bit later, when I can reason with them a bit more (perhaps rewarding them for trying new things, and the like).
In the meantime, this book has made me feel constantly guilty about the diet I feed my children. I do keep trying to get them to eat vegetables, but of course, if they have a choice they choose something else.
I suppose I'd recommend this book with the caveat that for most people, eating this way would be a major change.
Book Review: Spread the Word!
Summary: 5 Stars
It is books like this one that fuel revolutions. Our society, now facing a frightening cancer and heart-disease epidemic, is hearing information from all sorts of "reliable" sources on how to find a solution, none of which seem to be working. Hospitals continue to overflow with disease-stricken patients (many of whom, unfortunately, are poorly-nourished children) who could have avoided medical intervention through better nutritional choices. We are blessed to live in a world where we can decide what kinds of food we put in our bodies; why do people keep bringing food into their homes that cause such harm to their families?! Our children are depending on us to provide them with food that fuels a healthy immune system so they have a chance at a disease-free and enjoyable life. You owe it to your family to read this book right away.
Our health-conscious and educated family has always been open to various alternative "remedies", but we have often felt confused as to whether they were helping promote our family's core health or if these approaches were just addressing the symptoms. Dr. Fuhrman goes STRAIGHT to the core of our health. "Remedies" are not necessary in our lives if we build a solid foundation for our body's immune system from the get go. This book explains, in a no-nonsense manner, how to do this through nutritional excellence.
I thought our family ate well. In comparison to most families, I'm sure we did. I still felt that there was room for improvement. I bought this book when my son became a toddler and wanted to drink things in addition to breast milk. We were told by nutritionists and doctors to "feed him whole milk, melt butter and cheese on everything he eats, feed him meat, and give him peanut butter" to "get his weight up". My instincts instantly screamed at me to research this because it felt wrong to me. I never thought the word "vegan" would have a place in our home, but after reading this book, we are now near-vegan, consuming mainly plant-based foods. We have totally eliminated dairy and sugar (except naturally occurring sugars found in fruit and dates). We still eat eggs and small portions of meat and fish on occasion.
If this type of diet sounds extreme to you, as it did to us, don't let it deter you from reading this book. If anything can convince and assist you in changing unhealthy eating habits or to revise semi-healthy eating habits, this book can. If you want to spend more time with your family free from illness and disease, read this book. If you want your children to use their bodies sand brains to their full potential, read this book. If you want to prevent or cure ear infections, ADHD, or cancer read this book. It is a quick and easy read but is packed full of information covering nearly every aspect of nutrition I wanted to learn about. It provides simple to follow plans to rid your home of junk food and recipes that will make your family squeal in delight.
This book is extremely well researched, drawing clear and precise conclusions supported by up-to-date scientific studies. It gave my husband and I ammunition to stand up to other family members who believed that children can't receive proper nutrients/fats without animal products in their diet. This book has inspired me to start studies to be a Nutritionist. Nutritional excellence truly is the key to better health and longevity. Enjoy!
Book Review: What about soy allergies?
Summary: 4 Stars
I found this book to be a good read, and generally helpful.
HOWEVER, his fairly liberal use of soy milk is definetly not helpful to my family. My daughter is allergic, and even if she was not I don't feel comfortable giving a [...] much soy at all. He discourages the use of rice milk, so i'm assuming he'd advocate for the replacement of almond milk?
Regardless, soy is difficult for many people to digest, and us a common allergin, and so i'm perplexed by his dependency on it when it comes to his recipes.