Mediterranean Meals: 25 Delicious Recipes and the 7 Sicilian Superfoods to Lose Weight and Stay Healthy for Life
Having received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine, Dr. Angelo Acquista is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, and tropical diseases. He is a clinical instructor in medicine at New York University Medical Center and managing director of the Pulmonary Critical Care Group LLC in Manhattan. New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani named Dr. Acquista to the position of medical director for the New York City Office of Emergency Management. Dr. Acquista also served on the Mayor’s Task Force on Bioterrorism. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Survival Guide. Throughout his medical career, Dr. Acquista has been aware of and concerned about the many ways in which obesity and being overweight negatively affect health and longevity and has tried to help his patients lose weight and eat healthier. His book, The Mediterranean Prescription (Ballantine 2006), has sold more than 40,000 copies in hardcover and continues to sell several hundred copies every week. Mediterranean Meals picks up where The Mediterranean Prescription leaves off: bringing the scientific research up to date, providing 25 brand new, delicious, healthy recipes, and focusing specifically on the proven “Superfoods” that Dr. Acquista grew up eating in his native Sicily. For more information about Dr. Acquista, about the Mediterranean lifestyle, and for even more recipes, please visit his website, www.mediterraneanrx.com or follow him on twitter: @DrAcquista.