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Eating Clean For Dummies
The fast and easy way to eat clean Clean foods are natural; free of added sugars, hydrogenated fats, trans-fats, and anything else that is unnatural and unnecessary. Used as a way of life, clean eating can improve overall health, prevent disease, increase energy, and stabilize moods. Whether you've lived on white bread and trans fats all your life and are looking to clean-up your diet, or are already health conscious, Eating Clean For Dummies embraces this lifestyle and provides you with an easy-to-follow guide to a clean-eating diet, recipes, and budgeting. If you're part of the growing population of consumers coming to the realization of the harmful impacts that highly processed and unnatural foods have on your body, or are taking preventive measures to avoid metabolic syndromes and diabetes, this is your hands-on, friendly guide to clean-eating diet, recipes, and budgeting.
384 pages, Paperback
First published June 24, 2011
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About the author
Jonathan Wright
161 books36 followersJonathan Wright is a British journalist and literary translator. He studied Arabic, Turkish and Islamic civilization at St John's College, Oxford. He joined Reuters news agency in 1980 as a correspondent, and has been based in the Middle East for most of the last three decades. He has served as Reuters' Cairo bureau chief, and he has lived and worked throughout the region, including in Egypt, Sudan, Lebanon, Tunisia and the Gulf. From 1998 to 2003, he was based in Washington, DC, covering U.S. foreign policy for Reuters.
Wright came to literary translation comparatively late. His first major work of translation was Taxi, the celebrated book by Egyptian writer Khaled al-Khamissi. This was published by Aflame Books in 2008 and republished by Bloomsbury Qatar in 2012. Since then, he has translated several works including Azazeel and The State of Egypt.
Wright came to literary translation comparatively late. His first major work of translation was Taxi, the celebrated book by Egyptian writer Khaled al-Khamissi. This was published by Aflame Books in 2008 and republished by Bloomsbury Qatar in 2012. Since then, he has translated several works including Azazeel and The State of Egypt.
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October 15, 2016
Some time ago my husband was told he had diabetes and has since managed to refrain from taking medication by modifying his diet. This obviously meant that we needed to make changes as a household, which I hope has benefited all of us. As such, I was keen to read this, which is one of the ‘for Dummies’ series and is basically about healthy eating.
The book is split into six parts – Eating Clean, Meeting your Eating Clean Goals, Planning and Preparing your Eating Clean Adventure, Adapting the Eating Clean Plan to Fit Your Life, Morning to Evening Recipes and The Part of Tens (ten ways to tell if your eating clean diet is working, ten foods to always put into your shopping cart and ten ways to a cleaner world).
In format, this is a little dull to look at – although it has lots of recipes it contains no pictures and, as such, it seems quite uninviting. It is also very ‘American’ in terms of language and terms. However, it does have a lot of useful information and covers things like super foods, information on spotting hidden sugars, dealing with food allergies, achieving weight loss, preventing or managing disease and good tips about how to stock your kitchen. There was lots of information on diabetes in this book which I found very useful. A good addition to my bookshelves.
The book is split into six parts – Eating Clean, Meeting your Eating Clean Goals, Planning and Preparing your Eating Clean Adventure, Adapting the Eating Clean Plan to Fit Your Life, Morning to Evening Recipes and The Part of Tens (ten ways to tell if your eating clean diet is working, ten foods to always put into your shopping cart and ten ways to a cleaner world).
In format, this is a little dull to look at – although it has lots of recipes it contains no pictures and, as such, it seems quite uninviting. It is also very ‘American’ in terms of language and terms. However, it does have a lot of useful information and covers things like super foods, information on spotting hidden sugars, dealing with food allergies, achieving weight loss, preventing or managing disease and good tips about how to stock your kitchen. There was lots of information on diabetes in this book which I found very useful. A good addition to my bookshelves.
January 16, 2020
Well done. Informative and straight forward approach makes taking in the information easier to
Absorb. Has some recipes thrown in that I personally wouldn’t try but A for effort. A good reference guide.
Absorb. Has some recipes thrown in that I personally wouldn’t try but A for effort. A good reference guide.
June 1, 2025
Very informative book about clean eating and avoiding processed foods with recipes on clean eating menus.
Warning though the information within can seriously give you anxiety over the myriad of health risks and food pollution that’s out there truly eye opening stuff.
Warning though the information within can seriously give you anxiety over the myriad of health risks and food pollution that’s out there truly eye opening stuff.
August 25, 2011
Eating Clean for Dummies is what one would expect from the 'for Dummies' series. The book is cleanly laid out with great use of white space, text boxes, bullet points, and font changes. Symbols along the sides of the page highlight information that is extra important. It is not necessary to read the entire book from beginning to end because there is enough repetition of information that you can simply start with whichever section you are the most interested in.
Eating Clean for Dummies systematically approaches why and how to change your diet to include more fresh foods and fewer processed ones. Scientific explanations are used often but simplified so they are not overwhelming. The book addresses the best foods to eat to prevent certain illnesses and the best foods to eat if you have already been diagnosed. Organic fruits, vegetables, and meats are addressed but the authors do not feel that you have to switch to an entirely organic diet to eat cleanly. They do give a list of the foods that are best purchased organic because they are the most affected by chemicals while also giving a list of the foods that you don't need to be as concerned about.
One thing that I found very interesting is that throughout most of the book the authors seemed to be advocating a very balanced diet including fruits, vegetables, whole grains, meats, and dairy but in a few sections they referenced the health benefits of the Paleo diet which excludes grains, diary, and legumes. While I realize that some variations on diets do benefit different people in different ways (a point the authors do make), I wonder if they believe the Paleo diet is actually a better eating plan but were not willing to say that clearly because there would be so much resistance from people?
The book does include recipes in the last section. While many of them sound good, I haven't actually gotten around to trying them yet.
Overall the basic message is that the closer the food source is to its natural state, the better our bodies can make use of it. The authors do acknowledge the difficulty in transitioning from processed foods (which can be addictive) to a cleaner diet and offer suggestions to ease that transition. They also realize that most of us cannot eat 100% cleanly all the time so give goals such as starting with a 50/50 split and working toward making more clean meals and snacks each week.
Eating Clean for Dummies systematically approaches why and how to change your diet to include more fresh foods and fewer processed ones. Scientific explanations are used often but simplified so they are not overwhelming. The book addresses the best foods to eat to prevent certain illnesses and the best foods to eat if you have already been diagnosed. Organic fruits, vegetables, and meats are addressed but the authors do not feel that you have to switch to an entirely organic diet to eat cleanly. They do give a list of the foods that are best purchased organic because they are the most affected by chemicals while also giving a list of the foods that you don't need to be as concerned about.
One thing that I found very interesting is that throughout most of the book the authors seemed to be advocating a very balanced diet including fruits, vegetables, whole grains, meats, and dairy but in a few sections they referenced the health benefits of the Paleo diet which excludes grains, diary, and legumes. While I realize that some variations on diets do benefit different people in different ways (a point the authors do make), I wonder if they believe the Paleo diet is actually a better eating plan but were not willing to say that clearly because there would be so much resistance from people?
The book does include recipes in the last section. While many of them sound good, I haven't actually gotten around to trying them yet.
Overall the basic message is that the closer the food source is to its natural state, the better our bodies can make use of it. The authors do acknowledge the difficulty in transitioning from processed foods (which can be addictive) to a cleaner diet and offer suggestions to ease that transition. They also realize that most of us cannot eat 100% cleanly all the time so give goals such as starting with a 50/50 split and working toward making more clean meals and snacks each week.
September 3, 2015
A great deal of information resides within this book. Like all For Dummies books, the topically divided chapters are useful if the reader requires a specific piece of information rather than a chronological or sequential presentation. My trouble with "Clean Eating" was the author's constant use of "literally," as if the book was dictated orally and kept this insipid conversational filler being used constantly (and incorrectly!)
This was just a pet peeve, but enough of one to make me wince by the third chapter each time I saw it (go four pages without finding one. I dare you!).
That said, the menus are GREAT and the book was a great step in my journey to learning about better nutrition.
This was just a pet peeve, but enough of one to make me wince by the third chapter each time I saw it (go four pages without finding one. I dare you!).
That said, the menus are GREAT and the book was a great step in my journey to learning about better nutrition.
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January 28, 2017Exactly what a reader would expect.
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