Robert Crayhon's Nutrition Made Simple: A Comprehensive Guide to the Latest Findings in Optimal Nutrition (Hardcover)

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From Publishers Weekly

Crayhon, host of the nationally syndicated radio show "The Voice of Wellness," and a New York-area nutritionist who heads Designs for Health, an organization devoted to devising customized nutrition plans for clients, has surveyed his audience's most commonly asked questions with bearing on health and addressed them in this useful book. In a chapter titled"Is Sugar Bad for You?," for example, he explains the effect of sugar on the immune system: "When we are healthy and avoid sugar, our protective white blood cells circle the body like energetic prizefighters knocking out viruses and bacteria...yet these same protective pugilists can be knocked unconscious by sugar." Crayhon reconsiders the health benefits and drawbacks of alcohol (and lauds red wine for its antioxidants). He explains how to spur energy by natural means, such as aerobic exercise, quitting caffeine, and taking in "energizing nutrients" like magnesium and potassium. His writing, direct and concise, covers much ground in a well-organized and friendly manner that will bring current knowledge of nutrition to a broad audience.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

The author of this well-organized and easily understood book is a certified nutritionist who operates six clinics and hosts two syndicated radio programs about nutrition. Although many of his recommendations echo those in other recent titles advocating good health through nutrition (e.g., Gene Spiller's The Super Pyramid Eating Program, LJ 3/15/93; Dean Ornish's Eat More, Weigh Less, LJ 6/1/93; and Neal Barnard's Food for Life, LJ 6/15/93), he also recommends supplementation as essential to obtaining optimum health. Crayhon believes that a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet is not healthful for some population groups and suggests that individuals look to their own ancestry and personal situation in choosing an appropriate diet. He cites hydrogenated fat, rather than cholesterol, as the culprit in our epidemic of heart disease and other diet-related illnesses. His book offers a thorough explanation of all nutrients, with explicit guides for selecting a beneficial combination. Crayhon also discusses specific health problems and nutrition, including high blood pressure, PMS, and osteoporosis. An excellent addition to nutrition collections.
Carol Cubberley, Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 314 pages
• Publisher: M. Evans and Company, Inc.; First Printing edition (November 22, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0871317672
• ISBN-13: 978-0871317674
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,664,180 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quick and painless nutrietion information, February 8, 2000

By	Michele Flipside "Michele Flipside" (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Robert Crayhon's Nutrition Made Simple: A Comprehensive Guide to the Latest Findings in Optimal Nutrition (Paperback)

As a grad student, I didn't want to spend alot of time reading about nutrition. This book allows you to quickly skim the vitamin supplement guidelines, or read the entire book and learn a new approach to eating. Information is cited with scientific studies, so you know this isn't just his "philosophies." I am now taking what I've learned and have a whole new approach to nutrition and weight-loss. I have been a yo-yo dieter for years, and no longer have sugar or fastfood cravings. You'll learn that understanding the role of vitamins and minerals is really the key to living a healthier life. I understand now what I was doing wrong: too much carbohydrates and no protein, which was why I had no energy at the gym amongst other problems. Teaches the truth about saturated fats, why hydrogenated fats are bad, and about Omega-3/Omega-6 EFA's (flaxseed oil). Highly recommended. I've purchased 4 copies for family members.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I WISH EVERYONE IN AMERICA WOULD READ THIS BOOK, October 19, 2000

By	[e-mail] (Washington, DC area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Robert Crayhon's Nutrition Made Simple: A Comprehensive Guide to the Latest Findings in Optimal Nutrition (Paperback)

In the late 70's, I read Nathan Pritikin's books and adopted his guidelines. Coming from the typical junk food diet, it was a major step in the right direction towards good nutrition. Last November, I read Robert Crayhon's Nutrition Made Simple and adjusted my diet to comply with his guidelines where it disagreed with Pritikin. It has been the next major step for me in the direction of eating healthy. By following the guidelines in Crayhon's book, I lost 20 lbs without even trying and without going hungry (I'm 5'9'' and went from 200 lbs to 180 lbs). I attribute this to a fact pointed out in Crayhon's book that when a person eats highly nutritious food, his body doesn't need or want to eat as much as when eating typical American junk food. Plus the body's got the nutrients it needs to burn the excess fat. This book lives up to its title -- it takes a complex (and heretofor confusing for me) subject and makes it easy to understand. To me it clears up so much deception fed to us (pardon the pun) by the American media and food processing industry. I think everyone in America needs to read this book and put it into practice. It would probably bankrupt the health care industry because so many sick people would get well naturally. I wish I had known and put into practice what this book explains years ago. Unfortunately it took hypoglycemia and a host of other maladies to make me give up the typical American diet (by which I mean fast food, highly refined and processed food, long shelf life foods, etc). The only thing I did not like about this book is that it did not have a lot of material on herbs. (Anyone know of a good book on herbs?) And the index at the back of the book is rather poor. I hope Crayhon comes out with an updated version soon.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best reading on current and factual info on nutrition!, December 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Robert Crayhon's Nutrition Made Simple: A Comprehensive Guide to the Latest Findings in Optimal Nutrition (Paperback)

I have been searching everywhere for good book on all the basics of nutrition, and Robert Crayhon's Nutrition Made Simple is by far the most exciting one I have ever read. There is a lot of conflicting information on nutrition and supplements, and I'm glad to finally have a book that is backed up by over 500 solid scientific references! I use Nutrition Made Simple in my nutrition practice as a reference book for optimal supplement dosages, use of healing Fatty Acids, and to help treat a variety of common ailments such as heart disease, digestion, skin health, immune system strength, and PMS. This book formed the backbone of my nutrition knowledge and was the motivating factor which allowed me to pursue a career in nutrition. I recommend this book to both health professionals and the general public.