Nutrition Books

This is the single best book on nutrition and eating for peak performance that exists on the market. The Zone explains in simple terms how and why the body absorbs, stores and burns food. The book lets the reader know and understand complex physiology in an easy way. You will learn how hormones (insulin and cortisol) interplay with one’s metabolism and your ability (or inability) to lose weight. The Zone is a MUST READ for people who are obese.

A wonderful read for both men and women, this book appropriately puts the real villain “sugar” in the spot light. Filled with wonderful recipes and helpful information, this nutritional plan works for everyone. Somersize is the fast and easy way to lose weight by eating delicious, home-cooked meals that are perfect for the entire family!

This diet book, written by a cardiologist, gives a nutritional plan in three phases. Focusing on proper nutrition and how you can use what you eat as a method of preventing disease, it is a good read for everyone. It contains a number of tasty recipes as well.

Holistic, organic and biblical, The Maker’s Diet is a book that combines good nutritional advice, personal experience, a spiritual aspect and basic recipes for good health. It is a good book for those looking for a more “back to nature” type of plan.

The appeal of this book is that it is a quick and easy read. Good Carbs/Bad Carbs effectively and efficiently reviews the roles of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats and how they impact your body and your metabolism.

In Eat Right 4 Your Type, Dr. D’Adamo shows the relationship between food and your metabolism. It’s true, we are not all made alike, and our blood typing shows this. The correlation between the best foods for your blood type is interesting. Many of our patients at BodyLogicMD swear by this book, but to date, it has not proven itself.

The main problem that exists with the Atkins’ plan is that the reader gets “stuck” in the second phase of the program, and never moves on to the healthier third phase. This is a good method for dropping a few unwanted pounds quickly, but definitely not a nutritional plan one should consider for a lifetime.

Don’t be misled by the title, because this book is far more than simply a diet book. The only way to live a longer and better life is to control the hormones generated by the food we eat. This book represents a step in the right direction as we continually seek new information. Ann Louise’s Fat Flush Plan is dietary common sense for all the right reasons – it’s balanced, it ‘s a program you can stay on safely for life, and it works.