The Super Antioxidant Diet and Nutrition Guide: A Health Plan for the Body, Mind, and Spirit [Paperback]

Robin Jeep (Author), Richard B. Couey (Author), Sherie Pitman Ellington (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 22, 2008

A diet rich in antioxidants helps prevent cancer, diabetes, arthritis, excessive weight gain, and premature aging. The Super Anti-oxidant Diet and Nutrition Guide is a total health plan that helps readers adopt and live a lifestyle that unlocks the natural power of antioxidants for superior health.

Gourmet chef and former marketing director for Whole Foods Market, Robin Jeep offers a plan that is reasonable, easy to follow and acknowledges that eating for whole health can include some meats, poultry, and fish. In addition to 171 Vibrant Cuisine recipes, the book also includes: Three weeks of high antioxidant, simple, easy-to-follow menus, including menus for people in need of an anti-inflammatory regime; a seven-fold plan that helps readers follow a super antioxidant diet for seven weeks, and developing a lifestyle that includes getting enough water, physical exercise, rest, awareness, fresh air and sunshine, and practicing natural personal hygiene; and a kitchen make-over that can transform the way readers cook and eat.

The Super Anti-oxidant Diet and Nutrition Guide is not only for those who want to eat a more healthy diet--it's for those who want to enjoy the many benefits that come from living a totally healthful lifestyle.

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About the Author

Robin Jeep is a chef and former marketing director for Whole Foods Market. She also conducts whole health lectures and workshops as part of her quest to help people discover a level of health they never imagined possible. She lives in Texas.

Richard B. Couey, PhD is a Baylor University health sciences professor and author of almost two dozen books about nutrition, wellness and spirituality.

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Hampton Roads Pub Co; 1 edition (February 22, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571745572
• ISBN-13: 978-1571745576
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #180,880 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Robin Jeep, nutritional chef and wellness author shows how to turn life's obstacles into advantages with the right recipe for vibrant life. She is the author of The Super Antioxidant Diet and Nutrition Guide and the creator of a new and delicious super antioxidant cuisine called Vibrant Cuisine® www.vibrantcuisine.com.

As a personal chef Robin has prepared meals for such celebrities as Paul McCartney, Peter Max, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Seal. She credits Joel Fuhrman, MD and Richard Couey, PhD with much of her scientific nutritional education.

Robin compassionately guides people through the difficult transition from a stressed-out lifestyle with unhealthy eating habits to a transformed vibrant life. She weaves nutrition science, spirit-mind-body connection, and life coaching into her book and programs. She often teaches Vibrant Cuisine cooking instruction at the Whole Foods Culinary Center in Austin, Texas. Her mission is to help people recover the healthful ingredients for the recipe of vibrant life. www.vibrantcuisine.com

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tried it, got healthy, February 2, 2008

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Arlene Dodson "Arlene" (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Super Antioxidant Diet and Nutrition Guide: A Health Plan for the Body, Mind, and Spirit (Paperback)

My husband and I tried the eating and exercise from this book. We not only shed pounds quickly, we feel healthier than ever--less pain and allergies. Blood tests before and after showed reduced inflamation, lower triglycerides, huge increase in red blood cells and infection fighting T-cells. I finally feel like I'm cooking in a healthy way. Dr. Couey has the science behind it and Robin's recipes and hints on buying and cooking healthy really help me transition to a lifestyle I think we can keep. A nice sidelight is that this helped my lifetime reflux and constipation.

I gave my first copy to a friend and referring my friends. Now I'm ordering another one.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I was expecting, August 22, 2009

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Healthy Foodie (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Super Antioxidant Diet and Nutrition Guide: A Health Plan for the Body, Mind, and Spirit (Paperback)

I'm pretty surprised no one else has mentioned how religious this book is. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but it's a pretty significant portion of the book. I thought I was buying a book based on nutrition research, but instead I got prayers and Bible verses mixed with inaccurate nutrition facts. For example, they state that any heating of oil is damaging in your body. This is only true if you heat the oil over its smoke point. There were several other statements made in the book that left me scratching my head.

If they wanted to make this a religious-based nutrition book they should have at least let the reader know BEFORE they buy it. I was expecting something completely different than what I received. I think this book is best for Christians who are beginning to learn about nutrition.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A single volume course of informed instruction, March 2, 2008

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Super Antioxidant Diet and Nutrition Guide: A Health Plan for the Body, Mind, and Spirit (Paperback)

The collaborative work of culinary expert Robin Jeep, nutrition expert Richard Couey, and health/nutrition writer Sherie Pitman Ellington, "The Super Antioxidant Diet And Nutrition Guide: A Health Plan For the body, Mind, And Spirit" is a single volume course of informed instruction specifically designed for the non-specialist general reader seeking to maximize their physical health, well-being, and disease prevention. Enhanced with the inclusion of 171 gourmet quality recipes rich in antioxidant factors, "The Super Antioxidant Diet And Nutrition Guide" will enable anyone to naturally attain and maintain their ideal weight, develop a natural desire for healthy foods, learn how to reduce stress and increase physical energy, enhance memory and mental clarity, strengthen their body's immune system, slow down the aging process, and maintain the highest quality of life they can. In addition to 'kitchen cook friendly' recipes ranging from an Indian Vegetable Curry, to Pomegranate Poached Pears with Berry-Berry Sauce, to a Tofu-Vegetable Chili, "The Super Antioxidant Diet And Nutrition Guide" also features meal plans, step-by-step instructions to consistently achieving improved health, a plan for moderate physical fitness, and practical advice for working for (and achieving) personal growth. Nicely organized into major sections dealing with Reclaiming Health, Vibrant Cuisine (with a section of full-color photographs), and a 'Journey to Wholeness', "The Super Antioxidant Diet And Nutrition Guide" concludes with extensive Endnotes and a Resources section, making it an ideal and strongly recommended addition to personal, family, and community library Health & Medicine reference collections and supplemental reading lists.