Ian Marber (The Food Doctor) – Super Eating Book - First published in 2008 by Quadrille Publishing Limited

From the outset before we get to reviewing the book content, we should first highlight the beautiful design and presentation of the information in this book that immediately engages the reader and sets the tone of the book.  All credit to Quadrille Publishing and Ian Marber for making such a asthetically stimulating book that is almost as much fun to look at as it is to read!

This book starts by addressing some common misconceptions about healthy eating and setting out the right attitude that is essential for any healthy eating lifestyle. Healthy Eating is not about one-step approaches and get slim quick schemes instead Ian Marber sums up the whole ethos of healthy eating by saying

“In simple terms, the next big thing in nutrition is going to be an increased awareness of the complicated interaction between nutrients. When we fully understand this relationship – sometimes synergistic as one nutrient will activate or enhance others, sometimes antagonistic as nutrients fight for absorbtion – then we can truly derive benefit from nutrition.” -  Chapter 1 – Beyond the One-Step Approach

This book then continues to point out some very thought provoking facts about the foods we buy and the nutritional benefits they have, as opposed to the benefits we are being sold by clever marketing departments.

In our opinion, The Food Doctor – Ian Marber is making a very logical argument that no single food is a ’superfood’ it is the combination of foods and nutrients that help absorbtion of nutrients and vitamins and have the most positive effects on our bodies, this process coined “supereating” is the focus of this book.

Chapter 2 is all about the nutrients, whilst this is very useful information, it is quite scientific and can be quite heavy reading. We recommend this section is used for reference more than to rely on this as a basis for creating meals, we prefered to simply follow the Food Doctors meal plans rather than sit and work out our own. – Although saying that, those with special circumstances can find lots of relevant and specific information in this chapter.

In the following chapters, the author Ian Marber goes on to explain how to “supereat” to achieve specific goals such as to fight ageing, dealing with stress, improving your digestive system and more. Each section describes the foods you should eat to achieve your health goals and what types of foods you should combine to optimise the amount of nutrients that are absorbed from foods.

Unfortunately, this book does not contain any recipes to help prepare and cook meals, although it’s probably for the best as it would require significant reading and complicate the key message of this book.

Overall, this book is a fantastic source of knowledge on the specific benefits of foods, and their relationships together in the way they act when digested. If you have a specifc health goal, such as improving the healthiness of your heart, digestive system, immume system or other this is a very useful book to help you target your specific requirements. If you are looking for a user-friendly, cookbook, perhaps this is not the one for you. Despite this, we recommend that every health consious person reads this book and understands the relationship between foods. Perhaps one of the best uses for this book will be to help us improve everyday meals by adding a few extra ingredients that complement the dish and removing a few ingredients that hinder nutritional absorbtion.

In a nutshell – Buy it, it’s scientific, it’s logical, it’s useful and it has the potential to help improve our health with clever and complementary changes to our everyday meals.

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Gordon Ramsay’s Healthy Appetite - First published in 2008 by Quadrille Publishing

Gordon Ramsay Healthy Appetite is the exciting new healthy eating book from the super-fit three-star chef, marathon runner and high-energy television presenter.

This cookbook features over 125 healthy eating recipes, made using fresh, nutritious ingredients carefully designed to be packed full of tase and flavour. In this book, chef Gordon Ramsay has prepared a selection of healthy eating recipes for Breakfast, Brunches, working lunches, kids meals, barbecues, suppers, desserts and entertaining.

This book also introduces and demonstrates a range of healthy eating methods designed to optimise flavour and get to most out of the ingredients. It’s also probably worth mentioning that this is not a diet book, but does’nt really matter in the grand scale of things, as healthy eating is more of a lifestyle than a short term diet or fad.

Tasty Healthy Food – From a Top Class Celebrity Chef, what more can a healthy eating lover want!

Gordon Ramsay Healthy Appetite is all about simple, healthy food with great advice and straightforward recipes. On top of this, there are the highly enticing photographs so you can see what you meal should look like! It’s a good thing this book has a laminated finish, as you are definately going to be drueling all over these recipes.

Most of the recipes are based on fresh ingredients, so if you are a bit of a tinned meat and veg person, perhaps this book is not for you. However, if you love your fresh veg and fresh meat, then their are plenty of recipes in this book to cater for your healthy needs.

This is the 10th Cookbook from Gordon Ramsay, and probably his most healthy cooking book to date. Gordon’s unique style and flare for cooking bursts through in this cookbook.

As a seasoned marathon runer and a campaign for healthy and sustainable living, Gordon Ramsay’s latest cookbook is a definate winner.

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Indian Food Made Easy – Only £10.49 from Amazon.co.uk – First Published by Quadrille Publishing Ltd (3 Aug 2007)

Anjum Anad’s a clear and straightforward indian chef who has revolutionised the world of Indian Cooking. No longer will you be lost in a worktop full of spices and oils and creams. Indian Food Made easy contains many of the healthy eating recipes from the 1st serious of the TV show by the same name.

The presentation of these recipies is free of gimmicks and free of personal stories that are usually in celebrity chefs books to extend their careers. The instructions are concise and illustrated only with lovely pictures of the food.

The best part of this book is that Anjum Anand has found great low-fat alternatives to make these recipies as healthy as possible. Despite an emphasis on healthy recipies, the over-riding factor of this book is the focus on taste and sheer pleasure of eating.

This book is a must have for any aspiring cook who wants to produce fantastic, healthy indian food!

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Andjum’s New Indian - First Published by Quadrille Publishing Ltd (5 Sep 2008)

Britan’s most loved indian chef – Anjum Anand has created yet another great cookbook full of delicious indian meals designed for those with full and busy lifestyles.

Andjum Anand has created a great selection of light recipes, such as Kashmiri chicken and Rogan Josh, and some exciting Indian-English hybrid meals such as a excellent Indian Shepherd’s Pie and a interesting equivalent of Fish and Chips, with battered Amritsari sole.

All of these indian recipes are easy to make and simple to prepare, just remember to stock your spice cupboard, this may seem expensive but you should only have to refill your spices once every 6 months (depending how often you eat spicy foods)

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