This programme from America's favourite family doctor is extraordinary for its ordinariness... There is no lecturing or preaching; his aim is simply to show how easy it is to change your lifestyle and boost your body's own healing system'.

Full of common sense ... What is comforting about the Weil philosophy is that he recognises conventional medicine has its uses'.

Eating Well For Optimum Health, from New York Times bestselling author Dr Well, is a comprehensive book that satisfies the public's craving for a reliable, practical guide that covers every aspect of diet and nutrition.

food everything you need to know about fats,protein, carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins,and the effects they have on your health.

diet Dr Well shows how an optimal diet should help reduce the risk of disease.

nutrition the book contains a feast of recipes, conveying Dr Well's opinion that food should provide pleasure and be satisfying to the senses.

Introduction

1. The Principles of Eating Well

 A Healing Story: From French Fries to Kale

 A Healing Story: The Knife and Fork Are Powerful Tools

2. The Basics of Human Nutrition

 I The Macronutrients: An Overview

 II Carbohydrates Revisited:Staff of Life or Stuff of Sickness?

 III Fat Revisited: The Best Part of Food or the Worst?

 IV Protein Revisited: How Much Is Enough?

 V The Micronutrients

 A Healing Story: A Successful Encounter with Integrative Medicine

 A Healing Story: Overcoming Allergies

3. The Worst Diet in the World

 A Healing Story: Learning to Make Healthful Food

4. The Best Diet in the World

 A Healing Story: A Healthy Civic Leader

 A Healing Story: I Gave Up Fast Food

5. A Matter of Weight

 A Healing Story: Conquering an Eating Disorder

6. Buying Food and Eating Out(With a Word About Vibrations)

 A Healing Story: Nothing Is Easy

7. An Alchemist in the Kitchen

 A Healing Story: Why I Eat Healthy

8. The Recipes

 Soups

 Salads

 Appetizers

 Fish

 Vegetables

 Pasta, Rice, Potatoes

 Desserts

Appendix A: The Optimum Diet

Appendix B: Dietary Recommendations for Common Health Concerns

Appendix C: Answers to Common Questions About Food and Nutrition

Appendix D: The Possibility of Surviving Without Eating

Appendix E: Sources of Information, Materials, and Supplies

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index