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The Mediterranean Heart Diet: How It Works and How to Reap the Health Benefits, with Recipes to Get You Started

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I cook for my father who recently had bypass surgery, he also has congestive heart failure. The Mediterranean diet was recommended for him. I love this book, so far every recipe I have tried from Artichoke/hazelnut soup to the Beef stew to the Meatballs mozerella has been wonderful. The description of the diet in the beginning of the book is helpful and thorough. A plus for me was that a Registered Dietitian was involved in the writing of the book. I think the recipes in the book are easy and doable for everyone. (I have read other Mediterranean cookbooks which have very difficult and exotic recipes.) Its a good starting book if you want to try a healthful diet.

The Mediterranean Heart Diet by Helen V. Fisher with Cynthia Thomson, Ph.D., R.D is written very clearly and is persuasive in its effort to help us be healthier. My doctor recommended it during a physical that I had recently when he let me know that I was too fat especially around the stomach area. As soon as the book arrived from Amazon, about four weeks ago, I started the diet and have lost about five lbs so far. It has been no great strain to stick with it which I plan to do from now on.

I love the food. I never realized there were so many different Herb and spices and what they were for. I always used Garlic salt instead of real Garlic. I replaced our regular salt with sea salt.Our cooking oil is now extra virgin olive oil. I am not only enjoying great food but healthier meals and I feel great.

I've enjoyed many of the recipes, easy and not a bunch of wild, weird stuff to buy. The information about the diet helps you make a change of life style and way of eating. I highly recommend this book.

This is a diet that the average person can live with and lose weight with for the rest of their lives. It isn't fast but steady, you're not hungry and you can have veggies and fruits, and pastas, chicken & fish. And occassionaly dessert and red meat. I only wish there were more sample menues or more about portions. I am losing weight at about 2 or 3 lbs. weeks and I love it!

If you want a cookbook this is it. Three fourths of this book is recipes. I haven't tried any yet since the book was such a disappointment. I bought the book expecting to be able to incorporate the mediterranean diet into my lifestyle, but mainly got nutritional information. There was very little information on how to eat this way. There are lists of foods that you can eat but every nutritional book I have gives lists of foods. I was expecting more. Like what should I be eating for breakfast, lunch and dinner....the book does give a one day menu for women and a one day menu for men but that's not enough. So if you are looking for a cookbook you found it but if you are looking for something to show you how to eat the mediterranean way this book barley scratches the surface. I will be searching for another book on the subject.

If you have never heard of the "Mediiterranean Diet" you will enjoy this book. I am almost 1 year into using this diet (and 25 pounds lighter). I am always looking for more "new" receipies. This book is light on receipies, but good on the theory and explaination.

This book has well explains the science behind the health benefits of the Mediterranean Diet. It also has wonderful easy recipes to get one started in modifying one's diet to reap these health benefits. A complementary book to this one is "Easy and Healthful Mediterranean Cooking" by Mary El-Baz.

I bought 3 different cook books at the same time. This is my favorite. The walnut topped portabello mushrooms are to die for. Everything in this book that I've tried so far has been excellent.

This book talks about why the Mediterranean people have lower rates of inflammatory diseases. I am a Registered Dietitian and I found the research intriguing. The recipes I have tried have been somewhat bland. Good short read, about half the book is recipes. I would not really consider this a fad diet since it is a based on observation of a healthy population's diet. Does not really have meal plans just recipes which makes me happy as a dietitian that this book is not promising quick or easy weight loss. This book focuses on how this diet may help prevent some diseases over the long-term.