Gary Null's WBAI radio show in the '80s and '90s had a tremendous impact on me for the better. I also read Fit for Life along with books by all the usual suspects: Ehret, Shelton, Lappe, and on to (relatively) new guys on the block like Fuhrman. I have to mention William Dufty and George Osawa's 1960's book We Are All Sanpaku, which introduced me to Macrobiotics, but I didn't stick with that system for long but brown rice became a staple for me as a result.
I was 23yrs old had moved from my country home to a big city, moved in with a girl from back home who turned out to be a bit crazy and she left. I didn't like my job then broke my ankle playing basketball and sat at home on my own depressed and put on a lot of weight eating junk food ( I normally was very fit and health conscious ). I moved back home and read this book and followed what it said and (not many people believe this) I lost 2 and a half stone in 2 weeks and 1 day with excercise as my ankle could handle cycling and swimming by then. True story, the thing I remember most is I was hungry more often as the food digested so quickly and easily leaving you with much more energy to spare.
Big fan of Fit for life. Fruit is natural, and food combining actually worked for me in the early nineties also. Things have been tweaked over the years, but basically, I respect Keto and all that except for not eating friut. If God grows it, we should eat it...Just dont be too extreme. Harvey warned: DO NOT OVEREAT. DO NOT OVEREAT. So listen to your body and do it properly and it is truly miraculous in the transformation of a healthy lifestyle. All due respect to Dr. Berg, fruit and food combining are most important to me. If I were to make a mistake and be extreme, I would rather eat too much fruit than too much fat.
I'm 65 so I've been around the block for a while. The first book that made me think about being vegetarian was "Diet for a Small Planet" by Frances Moore Lappe. Great book. That was in the mid-1970s. Then "Diet for a New America" by John Robbins at the end of 1988. Then "Fit for Life" in the 90s. After that, the number of books and even later videos and movies exploded. I am a pure vegan now, and I do not eat in the mornings. Like you, Margot, I do not feel like eating early in the day, so I don't. I find I can keep my weight at the low end of normal BMI by following basically a Dr. McDougall approach with a little Dr. Fuhrman thrown in (more veggies and fruit than McDougall recommends). That allows me to eat as much as I want and still never gain a pound, and remain totally healthy too. It has not always been that way for me. I have had terrible weight struggles all my life until adopting a whole foods plant-based diet with a bit of slant toward what McDougall calls starches.
I did raw foods and juicing for 3 years That Was the Best 3 years of my entire ADULT life I felt soooo healthy No pains No illness's I married a man who eats red meats Junk food etc So I fell back into the old bad habits . NOT Completely his fault He didn't Force me to eat this WAY I'm trying to get back to healthy eating again Because I feel like I'm Old Falling apart It's only been 1 year eating badly Amazing how fast it happens Definitely gotta get back to healthier habits
Hi Margot. I do have that book as well, but the first book that influenced me was by Adele Davis, "Let's eat right to keep fit". I loved her book and it had a huge impact on me. That was back in the 80"s. Many books have come along since then and a lot has changed since then. I strive to follow a WFPBD. My newest guru is Dr. Joel Fuhrman.
I also read that book in the 90s and it was the first entire book I used for trying to eat healthier! Especially about not drinking milk. My favorite, most memorable part of the book is the story of a person seeing a mama cow and they hop out of their car for a "drink!!" Ugh! Then came the movies like Food Matters, which made me want to eat vegan. Thanks for reminding me of this book.
Look into "Circadium Rhythm" which shows the best time to eat according to our physiology is between 7 and 9 a.m. and the second best time, which should be between 1 and 3, should be our last meal of the day as digestion slows dramatically as the day progresses.
This book crossed the threshold of food instruction. I could praise it all day long but until you actually try it for yourself you will never know. It works! Get the book and try it out, you will not regret it if you stick to what the book says
Fit for life was one of the very first books for me as well, back in the 90's,
Gary Null's WBAI radio show in the '80s and '90s had a tremendous impact on me for the better. I also read Fit for Life along with books by all the usual suspects: Ehret, Shelton, Lappe, and on to (relatively) new guys on the block like Fuhrman. I have to mention William Dufty and George Osawa's 1960's book We Are All Sanpaku, which introduced me to Macrobiotics, but I didn't stick with that system for long but brown rice became a staple for me as a result.
Same book for me at 25...just pulled it out again
Listening to McDougal and Fuhrman too now 62 years young;)
HERBERT SHELTON. SAME PERSON THAT INSPIRED HARVEY DIAMOND
I was 23yrs old had moved from my country home to a big city, moved in with a girl from back home who turned out to be a bit crazy and she left. I didn't like my job then broke my ankle playing basketball and sat at home on my own depressed and put on a lot of weight eating junk food ( I normally was very fit and health conscious ). I moved back home and read this book and followed what it said and (not many people believe this) I lost 2 and a half stone in 2 weeks and 1 day with excercise as my ankle could handle cycling and swimming by then. True story, the thing I remember most is I was hungry more often as the food digested so quickly and easily leaving you with much more energy to spare.
Big fan of Fit for life. Fruit is natural, and food combining actually worked for me in the early nineties also. Things have been tweaked over the years, but basically, I respect Keto and all that except for not eating friut. If God grows it, we should eat it...Just dont be too extreme. Harvey warned: DO
NOT OVEREAT. DO NOT OVEREAT. So listen to your body and do it properly and it is truly miraculous in the transformation of a healthy lifestyle. All due respect to Dr. Berg, fruit and food combining are most important to me. If I were to make a mistake and be extreme, I would rather eat too much fruit than too much fat.
I'm 65 so I've been around the block for a while. The first book that made me think about being vegetarian was "Diet for a Small Planet" by Frances Moore Lappe. Great book. That was in the mid-1970s. Then "Diet for a New America" by John Robbins at the end of 1988. Then "Fit for Life" in the 90s. After that, the number of books and even later videos and movies exploded. I am a pure vegan now, and I do not eat in the mornings. Like you, Margot, I do not feel like eating early in the day, so I don't. I find I can keep my weight at the low end of normal BMI by following basically a Dr. McDougall approach with a little Dr. Fuhrman thrown in (more veggies and fruit than McDougall recommends). That allows me to eat as much as I want and still never gain a pound, and remain totally healthy too. It has not always been that way for me. I have had terrible weight struggles all my life until adopting a whole foods plant-based diet with a bit of slant toward what McDougall calls starches.
I did raw foods and juicing for 3 years
That
Was the Best 3 years of my entire ADULT life
I felt soooo healthy
No pains
No illness's
I married a man who eats red meats
Junk food etc
So I fell back into the old bad habits
. NOT
Completely his fault
He didn't Force me to eat this WAY
I'm trying to get back to healthy eating again
Because I feel like I'm Old
Falling apart
It's only been 1 year eating badly
Amazing how fast it happens
Definitely gotta get back to healthier habits
Interesting book! Diet is a lifestyle. It's great to know why and how to lead the body.
Hi Margot. I do have that book as well, but the first book that influenced me was by Adele Davis, "Let's eat right to keep fit". I loved her book and it had a huge impact on me. That was back in the 80"s. Many books have come along since then and a lot has changed since then. I strive to follow a WFPBD. My newest guru is Dr. Joel Fuhrman.
I also read that book in the 90s and it was the first entire book I used for trying to eat healthier! Especially about not drinking milk. My favorite, most memorable part of the book is the story of a person seeing a mama cow and they hop out of their car for a "drink!!" Ugh! Then came the movies like Food Matters, which made me want to eat vegan. Thanks for reminding me of this book.
3:27 was great!
What are your thoughts on intermittent fasting - where you wouldn't eat until late morning early afternoon?
Look into "Circadium Rhythm" which shows the best time to eat according to our physiology is between 7 and 9 a.m. and the second best time, which should be between 1 and 3, should be our last meal of the day as digestion slows dramatically as the day progresses.
This book crossed the threshold of food instruction. I could praise it all day long but until you actually try it for yourself you will never know. It works! Get the book and try it out, you will not regret it if you stick to what the book says