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You Are What You Eat Cookbook | 
 enlarge | Author: Gillian Mckeith
Brand: Dr Gillian McKeith
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 10860
Media: Paperback
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 7.2 x 0.6
MPN: GMK-7976
ISBN: 0718147979
Dewey Decimal Number: 641
EAN: 9780718147976
ASIN: 0718147979
Publication Date: March 17, 2005
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 Bland July 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The mrs bought this book, but as I do most of the cooking I had to read it.
I'm all for healthy eating but the recipes in this book are completely devoid of all flavour.
I was particularly unimpressed with the bean chili recipe which doesn't contain any chili.
Healthy eating isn't rocket science, you don't need this book
 A second word of warning April 13, 2007
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
Amazon do not make clear that this is simply the "paperback" version of a previously published book of recipes.
If you already have bought the "You Are What You Eat" Cookbook: Over 150 Healthy and Delicious Recipes already then you will already have this book. It has been republished with a different cover, which makes one think it is 150 new recipes, but it is not.
Other than that I would recommend this book as it offers some fresh ideas towards eating healthily.
While Gillian may know a thing or two about nutrition, I don't think she is a very good cookery writer. The quantities to "serve four" are always way too much, and I always considerably reduce the amounts.
A Word of Warning April 4, 2007
41 out of 64 found this review helpful
A word of warning before you start taking Gillian McKeith too seriously.
I can't comment on how her recipes taste - but try reading a few reviews of her other books.
If you're looking for dietary advice you need a dietician. Nutrionist is a made up word - anybody can call themselves a nutrionist (and a lot of nobodies do).
Gillian McKeith is no longer allowed to call herself "Dr" after a recent ruling by the ASA. She has no medical qualifications, just a PhD from a non-accredited US college (you can get one for yourself for around [..]).
Yes somewhere at the heart of what she says in this book is sensible dietary advice - eat fruit & veg. not burgers and ready meals. Like most diet books this is just a faddish way of dressing this up with some nonsense pseudoscientific explanations of why it might work.
She insists it is better to eat food raw because we need the enzymes. These are destroyed in your stomach and broken down before you absorb them. However there are few more vitamins in uncooked veg. than in cooked. But why can't she say that instrad of making up nonsense?
She believes eating green vegetables will oxygenate your blood because of the chlorophyll. Even if the chlorophyll could get into you blood you'd have to shine a light up your bum for this to work! If it did work it would also be making glucose in your blood (oxygen is just a by-product as far as plants are concerned) which would be a real problem if you're diabetic.
She believes yeast will make you ill because you'll absorb it into your blood where it'll ferment. That really is nonsense, yeast is a living organism and can't possibly enter you blood unless you inject it.
This woman doesn't deserve your money.
If you really want to know what's going on read The Truth About Food or watch the BBC series instead of McKeith's nonsense.
 A Delicious & Completely Healthy Cookbook! March 30, 2007
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
I love Dr. Gillian's cookbook. I have her other book (Dr. Gillian McKeith's Ultimate Health Plan) which is the most helpful book for people wanting to get healthy.
She is very thorough in explaining the recipes, and they're delicious, so healthy, and easy to prepare.
If you're serious about improving your health while having things that taste delicious at the same time, this book is for you!
* An honest review * March 23, 2007
20 out of 33 found this review helpful
After watching Gillian McKeith's tv programme I saw the book as some kind of lifeline. I'm a size 10 but have a bloated stomach and love handles 24/7. I'm spotty, lethargic and every day I wake up feeling like I've had no sleep. I couldn't wait to get the book through the post.
The book unfortunately lasted half a day before I gave up. I started my first day with the Quinoa porridge. For a start I had to boil the mixture to death not simmer like she stated as after 15 minutes I still had a pan of water. It was like eating a bowl of cous-cous but without as much flavour!!! I managed to force down a palm sized amount before throwing the rest away. What the cinnamon is meant to do I've no idea - you couldn't taste it above the bird seed! Consequently I was hungry.
Snack time was celery with humous dip - absolutely disgusting. Way too bitter. I've never been so happy to see a stick of celery which I ate whilst throwing away the dip. Hungry again.
Lunch was courgette and asparagus soup - this was mildly acceptable only because I bought a ready made veg stock to go with it as opposed to making Gillian's stock which no doubt would of been rancid like everything else.
Another snack was pear perfection smoothie. It was gorgeous but only after I'd added a load of milk to it!!!! - not just for taste but to try and soften the pear up which was sat in the smoothie maker not even wanting to be mashed up. It obviously knew it was about to be made into a Gillian recipe!!!
By the end of all that I was done. Alot of people would say that I hadn't given it enough of a chance and I agree to a certain extent. But to be honest I'm not about to go out and waste any more money on it. I'm just thankful that I bought the ingredients as I went along and didn't stock up on a week's worth. My four year old daughter also had to eat meals virtually by herself whilst I was stood for ages in the kitchen trying to salvage any goodness from the ingredients. There has to be other meal plans out there that enable you to feel healthier and lose weight without eating these concoctions. This woman doesn't seem to know how to cook. If she eats these recipes herself (I have my doubts) then she quite obviously doesn't enjoy food. It must just be a neccesity.
I wouldn't waste my money on this book. I've started doing an exercise dvd once a day and this in itself has been making feel better and my stomach is not looking as bloated. I'm also cutting out obvious junk such as chocolate and crisps. The only idea I've kept from the book is to make smoothies more often.
Really disappointing :(
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