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Love Diet
From the author of The Beauty Diet comes a unique book designed to cultivate love and improve health and vitality for a happy and blissful life. In The Love Diest, Shonali Sabherwal, India's leading nutritionist, presents a refreshing approach to eating by sharing
260 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2014
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March 20, 2014
The very first impression of The Love Diet by Shonali Sabherwal india's best nutritionologist was of disappointment as the book was of questionable quality. Considering that it comes with a 250 Indian rupee price tag ( that's approximately a little now than 4 US dollars), I was disappointed at the off white or rather brownish paper and the less than premium front cover that the book featured. The paper brightness severely affects and compromises the readability and the feel of the book. What surprised me further is the fact that the book came from the stables of a globally reputed publishing house such as Random House. The book reflects very badly on them a degree greater than it does on anyone else.
But then again a book must not be judged by it's cover or it's paper quality alone but by the quality of the matter it's pages contain. Ms Shonali starts off with a lengthy description of the eastern history of medicine and it's many interpretations be it the yin and yang from China or the chakras from India. She goes on to elaborate the need for balance of forces and how food can achieve it and how food can in turn affect and alter your essential balance. Now history and information is good but where it goes out of hand is when it lasts for almost two thirds of the book and that's when it borders and then slowly crosses into rhetoric. She goes on and on about the nature of relationships and out of place rhetorics about mind and body and the healing power of the soul. Almost always they are the things that we are constantly hearing. But she does have some interesting sections of popular myth busting and much needed classifications on food habits.
The 130 page rhetoric lecture does finally move into the much awaited section on recipes of love and healing. Some them are quite interesting and not mention extremely delicious and mouth watering even on paper. Fascinating. If you ask me this is what I will say as the most appealing part of the whole book is to me. This is what the book was about and what all the drum roll led up-to. But again here I feel that much more could have been done. Brief descriptions of how the recipe works and why it's a love dish could have be more promising and useful than all of the 130 page rhetoric on things that already everyone knows and nobody gives a damn about.
My final verdict for the book is simple, it's not all a waste of money and effort. But at the same time much more could have be done to make the book a far better one. Frankly the book just feels out of place in it's avatar, its a coffee book trapped in a textbook. Random house turned what is clearly a coffee table book containing a lot of colorful dishes and their recipes complete with short meaningful descriptions of how they enhance you and your love into pages and pages of bubbling rhetoric on a less than impressive packaging.
As it appears on my blog : http://pagesofflife.blogspot.com/#LHR...
But then again a book must not be judged by it's cover or it's paper quality alone but by the quality of the matter it's pages contain. Ms Shonali starts off with a lengthy description of the eastern history of medicine and it's many interpretations be it the yin and yang from China or the chakras from India. She goes on to elaborate the need for balance of forces and how food can achieve it and how food can in turn affect and alter your essential balance. Now history and information is good but where it goes out of hand is when it lasts for almost two thirds of the book and that's when it borders and then slowly crosses into rhetoric. She goes on and on about the nature of relationships and out of place rhetorics about mind and body and the healing power of the soul. Almost always they are the things that we are constantly hearing. But she does have some interesting sections of popular myth busting and much needed classifications on food habits.
The 130 page rhetoric lecture does finally move into the much awaited section on recipes of love and healing. Some them are quite interesting and not mention extremely delicious and mouth watering even on paper. Fascinating. If you ask me this is what I will say as the most appealing part of the whole book is to me. This is what the book was about and what all the drum roll led up-to. But again here I feel that much more could have been done. Brief descriptions of how the recipe works and why it's a love dish could have be more promising and useful than all of the 130 page rhetoric on things that already everyone knows and nobody gives a damn about.
My final verdict for the book is simple, it's not all a waste of money and effort. But at the same time much more could have be done to make the book a far better one. Frankly the book just feels out of place in it's avatar, its a coffee book trapped in a textbook. Random house turned what is clearly a coffee table book containing a lot of colorful dishes and their recipes complete with short meaningful descriptions of how they enhance you and your love into pages and pages of bubbling rhetoric on a less than impressive packaging.
As it appears on my blog : http://pagesofflife.blogspot.com/#LHR...
June 14, 2015
In The Love Diet, Shonali Sabherwal, India’s leading and only Macrobiotic Nutritionist presents a refreshing approach to eating by sharing: Food secrets that can make you caring, loving and giving; Tips to enhance sexual appetite in men and women; Magical food and lifestyle factors needed for better sex and and love between the sexes; How to reach a place of love 24 x7 with the food and lifestyle you have; The Love Diet is your "go-to book" for advice and solutions on how to feel happy, healthy and full of love.
It is a unique book in a way to designed to cultivate and improve health and vitality for a happy blissful life full of love on all levels. It serves as an overall guide to healthier and happier life choices that can make you caring, loving and giving. It also provides recipes, insights and tips on effective workouts and how one can attain overall balance, both in your life through healthy eating.
I must admit reading books based on cooking or dieting is not my cup of tea and after reading this book, my views hasn't changed much. Don't get me wrong, it is a book written by an expert, launched by famous Bollywood celebrities and marketed extensively. But solely going by my low expectations, i still found it to be verbose, overwritten and took little solace in getting something out of it as an health benefit.
Problem here is that the material is too dense for a common person. It is written in jargon filled way suitable only for people who is extensively into training/dieting about their food habits. Multiple times during the book reading, i failed to connect the dots. I even found the complex relationships between sex and food way over the top and LOL variety. There are no clear examples based on a certain point and at times the non-fiction narrative completely loses the point and delves into personal relationships of the writer.
I am sure there will be people who will benefit more by reading this. Solely going by my reading expectations and experience, i found it to be a slog. Try it, if it suits your reading sensibilities, you may find it quite appealing.
It is a unique book in a way to designed to cultivate and improve health and vitality for a happy blissful life full of love on all levels. It serves as an overall guide to healthier and happier life choices that can make you caring, loving and giving. It also provides recipes, insights and tips on effective workouts and how one can attain overall balance, both in your life through healthy eating.
I must admit reading books based on cooking or dieting is not my cup of tea and after reading this book, my views hasn't changed much. Don't get me wrong, it is a book written by an expert, launched by famous Bollywood celebrities and marketed extensively. But solely going by my low expectations, i still found it to be verbose, overwritten and took little solace in getting something out of it as an health benefit.
Problem here is that the material is too dense for a common person. It is written in jargon filled way suitable only for people who is extensively into training/dieting about their food habits. Multiple times during the book reading, i failed to connect the dots. I even found the complex relationships between sex and food way over the top and LOL variety. There are no clear examples based on a certain point and at times the non-fiction narrative completely loses the point and delves into personal relationships of the writer.
I am sure there will be people who will benefit more by reading this. Solely going by my reading expectations and experience, i found it to be a slog. Try it, if it suits your reading sensibilities, you may find it quite appealing.
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