I had held off reading this book, thinking it would be a rehash of Dr. Fuhrman’s previous books.
Not so. It is a fine, fine recap of earlier teachings plus much more.
His books always carry intriguing concepts and terms, suggestive ones such as “aromatase inhibitors” and “ellagic acids.”
In this volume we find striking terms: telomere erosion, gene silencing, insulin packaging, dopaminergic neuron loss, heterocyclic amines, DNA methylation, anxiolytic depression, down-regulated detoxification, thermogenic stimulants, glycotoxins, and intramyocellular lipids.
Exotic new nutrients are mentioned: terpenes, diterpenes, tocopherols.
We are strongly made aware of certain dangers: oxidized LDL, over-supplementation, excess salt in the diet, low IGF-1 levels in seniors, excessive fish oil, when cholesterol can be too low, and the triage hypothesis.
We are also given key points for health: the critical role of zinc, the ‘second meal effect’ of beans, how certain sprouts/ baby greens are more effective than the mature version; and five fundamental supplementation needs.
This book really gets down to biological nuts and bolts: we read of cell mitochondria, in which hydrogen ions and electrons transfer energy. We learn that the surfaces of our cells have cave-like structures called caveolins, that bind and uptake insulin.
A dozen increasingly dramatic personal accounts are carried, with full names (so they seem more credible than a personal narrative with just a first name.)
Some critical points: rather than the repetitive chapter summaries, I would rather see more inspirational personal narratives. The chapter on salt danger almost seems to have been copied and pasted directly from Dr. Fuhrman’s “The End of Heart Disease.” Dr. Fuhrman says frozen quality foods are okay, but the millennials-old Ayurvedic teachings on food would consider frozen foods and leftovers to be dead food. Finally, judging by this book, people seem to be awash in research studies. Some are 10, 15, and even 26 years long. The latter especially seems a bit implausible in light of population mobility and research organization turnover.
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I watched Dr Fuhrman’s videos on YouTube. After hearing Dr. Fuhrman’s logical approach to a healthful diet, I followed his advice closely for a year and a half with great success. I had lost weight and my health markers improved dramatically. This book thoroughly explains his dietary recommendations and the science behind his approach. I’m convinced that this way if eating provides the best chance of beating back the sources of chronic disease. Yes, you have to give up the fat promoting and disease causing foods in the terrible SAD way of eating. If you eat the foods that Americans eat, then you will get the diseases that Americans get. In this book we have the answer to regain our health. Many of the people that gave this book a bad rating don’t like the answer. Eating vegetables like greens, beans, onions, mushrooms, berries and seeds is the prescription to reclaim your health. People won’t like this book if they want to hold on to “moderation” in the consumption of junk processed foods, added sugars, added oils and animal products. People won’t like this book if you like the keto diet with a lot of meat and high fat animal products. Many studies show increased heart disease and cancer risk with the low carb and high animal protein diet over the long term. I was an American ticking time bomb eating in a way that was suboptimal. Now, I am on the path to nutritional excellence and feel protected against the major causes of disease and death. Thank you Dr. Furman. I tell patients that suffer from chronic disease about Dr. Fuhrman’s book every chance I get.
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