Eating well for optimum health
Subtitle: the essential guide to bringing health and pleasure back to eating
By: Andrew Weil, M.D.
Edition: First Anchor Books edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780525431794
Subjects: Food; Nutrition; Nutritional aspects; Health
Notes: Various printings.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1. The principles of eating well (A healing story: from french fries to kale ; A healing story: the knife and fork are powerful tools); title: 2. The basics of human nutrition (The macronutrients: an overview ; Carbohydrates revisited: staff of life or stuff of sickness? ; Fat revisited: the best part of food or the worst? ; Protein revisited: how much is enough? ; The micronutrients ; A healing story: a successful encounter wioth integrative medicine); title: 3. The worst diet in the world (A healing story: learning to make healthful food); title: 4. The best diet in the world (A healing story: a healthy civic leader ; A healing story: I gave up fast food); title: 5. A matter of weight (A healing story: conquering an eating disorder); title: 6. Buying food and eating out (with a word about vibrations); title: 7. An alchemist in the kitchen (A healing story: why I eat healthy); title: 8. The recipes (Soups ; Salads ; Appetizers ; Fish ; Vegetables ; Pasta, rice, potatoes ; Desserts); title: Appendix A: The optimum diet; title: Appendix B: Dietary recommendations for common health concerns; title: Appendix C: Answers to common questions about food and nutrition; title: Appendix D: The possibility of surviving without eating; title: Appendix E: Sources of information, materials, and supplies.