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The Omega Diet: The Lifesaving Nutritional Program Based on the Diet of the Island of Crete Kindle Edition
The medically proven diet that restores your body's essential nutritional balance
"Good fats"--essential fatty acids--influence every aspect of our being, from the beating of our hearts to our ability to learn to remember. There are two types of essential fatty acids (EFAs), omega-6 and omega-3. The problem with our modern diet is that it contains far more omega-6 fatty acids than omega-3s. This hidden imbalance makes us more vulnerable to heart disease, cancer, obesity, autoimmmune diseases, allergies, diabetes, and depression.
The Omega Diet is a natural, time-tested diet that balances the essential fatty acids in your diet. It is packed with delicious food that contain the "good" fats, including real salad dressing, cheese, eggs, fish--even the occasional chocolate dessert--and an abundance of antioxidant-rich fruits, vegetables, and legumes.
The Omega Diet provides:
- seven simple dietary guidelines for optimal physical and mental health
- a concise guide to the foods you need to restore your body's nutritional balance
- a diet plan that lets you eat fat as you lose fat
- fifty delicious recipes that are quick and easy to prepare
- a comprehensive three-week menu to help you get started
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHarperCollins e-books
- Publication dateFebruary 15, 2011
- File size2083 KB
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Of all the diets this is the one most apt to make most Americans feel better, live longer and stay healthier. Dr. Simopoulos absolutely knows what she is talking about. The book is full of gems of dietary wisdom and practical advice. -- -Jean Carper, USA Weekend columnist and bestselling author of Miracle Cures, Stop Aging Now, and Food-Your Miracle Medicine.
"This is the most solidly-based nutritional program currently available. The information is easily understandable, not obscured by technical jargon. And the recipes produce dishes that actually taste good! The Omega Plan is a major step forward for readers concerned with their own health."'S. BOYD EATON, MD, author of The Paleolithic Prescription andclinical associate professor of radiology, Emory University School of Medicine"I'm not a betting woman, but if I were, I'd put my money on Dr. Artemis Simopoulos as most likely to be remembered as the great nutritional/geneticist breakthrough genius of our age. For those of us 'at sea' between the high carb diets that may point us toward overweight and diabetesand the high protein/high fat diets that may be anathema to our heartshere, at last, is good sense and great eating, based on serious science." -- BARBARA SEAMAN, author of The Doctor's Case Against the Pill, Co-founder, National Women's Health Network and Contributing Editor, Ms. magazine.
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- ASIN : B003JBI36A
- Publisher : HarperCollins e-books; 1st edition (February 15, 2011)
- Publication date : February 15, 2011
- Language : English
- File size : 2083 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 530 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #893,586 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,574 in Healthy Cooking
- #1,984 in Weight Maintenance Diets
- #2,140 in Weight Loss Diets (Kindle Store)
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About the authors
I am an investigative journalist who specializes in science and health. In my most recent books, I have mined the scientific literature for information about how we've diminished the nutrient content of our diet, when and why we did it, and how we can recoup the losses by making more informed choices at the supermarket, farmers market, and in seed catalogs. My latest book, Eating on the Wild Side, a New York Times bestseller, explains how to select the most delicious and nutritious varieties of fruits and vegetables currently available. I live on Vashon Island, an island a short ferry ride from Seattle, where I have a demonstration garden showcasing some of the most stellar varieties.
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The author was born in 1933. She is still giving scientific lectures, mostly to science professionals, with words most of us never heard of. She is brilliant.
Her principles are now catching on. Many of the current health gurus are exclaiming how bad seed oils are for you. Where have they been? Dr S told us 20 years ago.
Her plan is not complicated. She gives you workable meal plans. Of course, once you know the principles, just add foods and recipes you like. Expand your palate.
I wonder how many of the negative commenters will live healthfully and as brilliantly as she has. A full head of great hair, and look at her hands. No knots from arthritis. (YouTube has several of her lectures.)
I am nearly her age. Most of my friends are younger and sick. They eat incorrectly snd refuse to make the effort while they trot off to the next dr appointment. . But I am not sick. I take a low dose thyroid pill I must take because of an issue I had at age 27. That’s all.
I live independently, drive, cook all my meals from scratch, eating a healthful high plant, modest protein, balanced diet. No processed food.
Recently someone proudly offered me a bottle of homemade sunflower oil. I refused it politely stating I could not include it in my diet. I would not touch that stuff. Seed oils should have a black box. They are killing Americans and they are hidden in everything. Just read labels. And I’ve almost stopped eating in restaurants because they use vegetable oil so freely.
Give the Omega Diet a chance. You may be surprised at the health you will achieve.
The picture is of her Flax Seed Honey Bead. So easy to make. I use it for breakfast with a no sugar Apple Sauce Raspberry spread. Delicious.
Thank you Dr Artemis for dedicating your life to our good health and so generously sharing.
By the way, her co-author has written a great book on food choices. Worth reading.
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2021
The author was born in 1933. She is still giving scientific lectures, mostly to science professionals, with words most of us never heard of. She is brilliant.
Her principles are now catching on. Many of the current health gurus are exclaiming how bad seed oils are for you. Where have they been? Dr S told us 20 years ago.
Her plan is not complicated. She gives you workable meal plans. Of course, once you know the principles, just add foods and recipes you like. Expand your palate.
I wonder how many of the negative commenters will live healthfully and as brilliantly as she has. A full head of great hair, and look at her hands. No knots from arthritis. (YouTube has several of her lectures.)
I am nearly her age. Most of my friends are younger and sick. They eat incorrectly snd refuse to make the effort while they trot off to the next dr appointment. . But I am not sick. I take a low dose thyroid pill I must take because of an issue I had at age 27. That’s all.
I live independently, drive, cook all my meals from scratch, eating a healthful high plant, modest protein, balanced diet. No processed food.
Recently someone proudly offered me a bottle of homemade sunflower oil. I refused it politely stating I could not include it in my diet. I would not touch that stuff. Seed oils should have a black box. They are killing Americans and they are hidden in everything. Just read labels. And I’ve almost stopped eating in restaurants because they use vegetable oil so freely.
Give the Omega Diet a chance. You may be surprised at the health you will achieve.
The picture is of her Flax Seed Honey Bead. So easy to make. I use it for breakfast with a no sugar Apple Sauce Raspberry spread. Delicious.
Thank you Dr Artemis for dedicating your life to our good health and so generously sharing.
By the way, her co-author has written a great book on food choices. Worth reading.
The first third of the book explains why the diet is good for you, gets into the Omega 3's and 6's and why balancing them is important, and provides food-choice recommendations. The rest of the book is recipes and an eating plan to get you started. This is not a difficult diet to follow; you can basically take the concepts behind it and eat what you want as long as you aren't eating the junk that got you in trouble in the first place. The Omega Diet fits in very well with the cardiologist's recommendations for lowering sodium and trans- and saturated fats.
This book is not going to magically make somebody who needs to exercise start doing it, but it helps a lot in the heart-healthy diet department. I'm going on the same diet, and already we both have lost a decent amount of weight without doing any exercise.
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