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The DASH Diet Younger You: Shed 20 Years--and Pounds--in Just 10 Weeks
The DASH Diet Way to a Younger You - Ranked #1 Best Diet 5 Years in a Row! The most trusted name in diets-the DASH diet-has helped millions of people lower blood pressure, lose weight, and improve their health. Now, in this groundbreaking new program, it can help you look and feel 20 years younger! Marla Heller, New York Times bestselling author and premier DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) dietitian, has pumped up the DASH diet with the latest cutting-edge research to develop a program that can halt and even reverse many of the effects of aging by improving blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, and helping you easily reach a healthy weight. Based on the diet rated the #1 Best Overall Diet by U.S. News & World Report for 5 years in a row, THE DASH DIET YOUNGER YOU reveals five age-defying strategies designed to target the root causes of aging, including Oxid-Aging, Inflamm-Aging, and Glyc-Aging. You'll lose weight and turn back the clock while enjoying a delicious diet of antioxidant rich superfoods, satisfying plant-based meals, and foods that promote healthy gut bacteria and decrease inflammation and cravings. Featuring a natural detox that fights aging at the cellular level and proven blood pressure "busters," this powerful program will help you erase years with visible and measurable results. In just 10 weeks, you can: Complete with 28 days of meal plans and over 75 delicious recipes, THE DASH DIET YOUNGER YOU has everything you need to look and feel years younger!
272 pages, Hardcover
First published December 30, 2014
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April 13, 2017
First off, DASH -- which stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension -- is an excellent diet. It's based on scientific research, and can be boiled down to the formulation Michael Pollan espoused in In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. 1) Eat food [whole, not processed -- food your great grandmother would recognize], 2) Eat mostly plant-based food, and, 3) Don't eat too much.
It doesn't have to get much more complex than that. And Pollan captures the essence of the Dash Diet in those three sentences. Further, since he's a top-notch write and excellent researcher, his book is captivating.
Marla Heller, on the other hand, writes like a self-help guru. Which is to say shallow, spunky, full of feel good soundbites and flirting with pseudoscientific nonsense. So The DASH Diet Younger You: Shed 20 Years--and Pounds--in Just 10 Weeks takes a simple, scientifically sound diet and cheeses it up.
Instead of focusing on the boring, white-bread nutrition science, she makes some spurious claims that seem silly. Like, "Following the DASH Diet will make you genetically younger!!!!" How? By lengthening your genes' telomeres, which are the ends of our strands of DNA that shorten as we age. It's a claim sort of based on science, but Heller takes it too far. And repeats it over and over like a mantra. Until I questioned the veracity of her claims. And, sure enough, it turns out that the research, while thought-provoking, is not as dramatic as Heller would have you believe.
She also makes unsubstantiated claims about GMO's, which research have found to be as healthy as non-GMO foods. While I have my reservations about GMO's -- they encourage overuse of agrochemicals and funnel money away from local agricultural enterprises, like seed shuckers, to Monsanto and Wall Street -- Heller's health objections alarmist and non scientific.
But I don't want to be too critical. Since Heller's very scientific when it comes to the core diet when you strip away the hype. Eating healthy will improve your life. If you eat fruits and vegetables instead of chips, you're going to be healthier and probably lose weight. Ditto if you eat cold-water fish and lean poultry instead of a fatty burger. And this healthy eating pattern will also lower your blood pressure naturally by omitting much salt and most or all refined sugar from your diet.
So I applaud Heller for popularizing the core diet.
But The DASH Diet Younger You just goes too far. And gets too eye-roley and corny.
So the diet, which rates well with health and nutrition experts, gets 5-stars. But this treatment gets 3.
Disclaimer: I checked this book out from the library in error. I wanted lose weight, and DASH won USA Today's Best Diet six years in a row. I had wanted the basic DASH Diet book, but got this and didn't realize the error until I got home. So the review may read more negative than the book warranted.
It doesn't have to get much more complex than that. And Pollan captures the essence of the Dash Diet in those three sentences. Further, since he's a top-notch write and excellent researcher, his book is captivating.
Marla Heller, on the other hand, writes like a self-help guru. Which is to say shallow, spunky, full of feel good soundbites and flirting with pseudoscientific nonsense. So The DASH Diet Younger You: Shed 20 Years--and Pounds--in Just 10 Weeks takes a simple, scientifically sound diet and cheeses it up.
Instead of focusing on the boring, white-bread nutrition science, she makes some spurious claims that seem silly. Like, "Following the DASH Diet will make you genetically younger!!!!" How? By lengthening your genes' telomeres, which are the ends of our strands of DNA that shorten as we age. It's a claim sort of based on science, but Heller takes it too far. And repeats it over and over like a mantra. Until I questioned the veracity of her claims. And, sure enough, it turns out that the research, while thought-provoking, is not as dramatic as Heller would have you believe.
She also makes unsubstantiated claims about GMO's, which research have found to be as healthy as non-GMO foods. While I have my reservations about GMO's -- they encourage overuse of agrochemicals and funnel money away from local agricultural enterprises, like seed shuckers, to Monsanto and Wall Street -- Heller's health objections alarmist and non scientific.
But I don't want to be too critical. Since Heller's very scientific when it comes to the core diet when you strip away the hype. Eating healthy will improve your life. If you eat fruits and vegetables instead of chips, you're going to be healthier and probably lose weight. Ditto if you eat cold-water fish and lean poultry instead of a fatty burger. And this healthy eating pattern will also lower your blood pressure naturally by omitting much salt and most or all refined sugar from your diet.
So I applaud Heller for popularizing the core diet.
But The DASH Diet Younger You just goes too far. And gets too eye-roley and corny.
So the diet, which rates well with health and nutrition experts, gets 5-stars. But this treatment gets 3.
Disclaimer: I checked this book out from the library in error. I wanted lose weight, and DASH won USA Today's Best Diet six years in a row. I had wanted the basic DASH Diet book, but got this and didn't realize the error until I got home. So the review may read more negative than the book warranted.
April 16, 2015
Even though I didn't lose 20 pounds in 10 weeks (not even close), I think I could have if I were more consistent in following the DASH diet and the exercise and meditation habit recommendations instead of visiting Taco Bell and Dunkin' Donuts so often. I need a low salt diet to keep my feet from swelling, etc. so the DASH diet is great for me. I also appreciate the vast quantities of fruits and vegetables included in the suggested menus.
I depend on the menus and recipes in this book so much that I did not return it to the library when overdue until I had bought my own copy.
Drawbacks:
1. Pages are not at all water resistant as many cookbooks are, so it really shows the kitchen spatters.
2. Much of the text is repetitive and/or "fluffy".
3. Many of the recipes could use more testing and refining with regard to cooking methods and times, etc. They are good, but often are not delicious. (I made the Caribbean Chicken using thighs instead of breasts, and that one was a hit with my husband. The salads are pretty good too.)
I depend on the menus and recipes in this book so much that I did not return it to the library when overdue until I had bought my own copy.
Drawbacks:
1. Pages are not at all water resistant as many cookbooks are, so it really shows the kitchen spatters.
2. Much of the text is repetitive and/or "fluffy".
3. Many of the recipes could use more testing and refining with regard to cooking methods and times, etc. They are good, but often are not delicious. (I made the Caribbean Chicken using thighs instead of breasts, and that one was a hit with my husband. The salads are pretty good too.)
June 5, 2018
Really glad I read this book. Some new ideas to consider along with an in-depth coverage of nutrition principles & practices as well as lifestyle choices that promote & maintain health & vitality. This wasn't necessarily new stuff but a great presentation & summary of how to live well. Not everything fits for me but overall it's sound for anyone.
January 8, 2015
This book explains the Dash Diet which has been around for many years and claims to have a brand new Dash Diet anti-aging program. The diet is one of the only diets proven to improve health and help with weight loss and is a very healthy diet. Despite the claims of new research and new food choices to benefit anti-aging, I see very little new information in this book. The author claims that new research shows that having healthy gut microbes will reverse the aging process and that her new plan can promote a healthy gut leading to weight loss, healthier skin and a longer life and more.
While this plan is excellent, and I do highly recommend it, I don't think it is new or remarkable. I think it is being marketed that way because that is what people tend to want. The concept behind this diet plan is to eat a whole foods plant based diet and get a proper amount of exercise. The diet is healthy and should be very beneficial to everyone. I think that by now, most people should have heard that if we stop eating processed foods and eat real foods, mostly plants, we will be healthier. The problem is that it is much easier and more convenient to eat processed foods. I was hoping that the "Younger You Meal Plans" would be helpful, but they are not very practical. The serving sizes of the recipes range from 4 to 8 servings and the weekly plans don't allow for leftovers or using up the rest of the ingredients if you chose to cut a recipe in half of quarter it.
Despite that and despite the fact that I think the anti-aging claims are over the top, and the 10 weeks time period is rather random and just put in to get people interested, there are many things that I like about this book and this plan. The diet is well balanced and healthy and the foods included are not outrageously expensive or hard to find. Sugar is discouraged and probiotic foods are encouraged. Juicing is discouraged and so are dietary supplements.
I think that the whole book could be summed up by saying eat healthy whole foods, mostly organic if possible and exercise. I received this book free to review from Netgalley and I recommend it.
While this plan is excellent, and I do highly recommend it, I don't think it is new or remarkable. I think it is being marketed that way because that is what people tend to want. The concept behind this diet plan is to eat a whole foods plant based diet and get a proper amount of exercise. The diet is healthy and should be very beneficial to everyone. I think that by now, most people should have heard that if we stop eating processed foods and eat real foods, mostly plants, we will be healthier. The problem is that it is much easier and more convenient to eat processed foods. I was hoping that the "Younger You Meal Plans" would be helpful, but they are not very practical. The serving sizes of the recipes range from 4 to 8 servings and the weekly plans don't allow for leftovers or using up the rest of the ingredients if you chose to cut a recipe in half of quarter it.
Despite that and despite the fact that I think the anti-aging claims are over the top, and the 10 weeks time period is rather random and just put in to get people interested, there are many things that I like about this book and this plan. The diet is well balanced and healthy and the foods included are not outrageously expensive or hard to find. Sugar is discouraged and probiotic foods are encouraged. Juicing is discouraged and so are dietary supplements.
I think that the whole book could be summed up by saying eat healthy whole foods, mostly organic if possible and exercise. I received this book free to review from Netgalley and I recommend it.
December 11, 2014
This book came to me as a winner of a Goodreads giveaway and a winner it is. Many health and diet tomes offer vague or widely general statements exclaiming improper diet will cause your body to ail. This book, while not overly long on the page numbers, is amazing in it's comprehensive depth. It doesn't just tell you to eat this way because we have researched it and we know it's good for you, it explains how different foods affect your body, why and what you can do about it. This book is the first health book that I have found (and believe me when I tell you I have read many)that I can follow based on my body's current needs. The doctor's have told me the specifics of digestive and other problems, and based on the diagnosis', I can find in The DASH Diet Younger You book exactly what I need to improve my condition to make a healthier me. Don't let the title fool you! This is not just about looking younger...it is about taking the years off on the inside as well as the outside because we are usually healthier when we are younger.
January 27, 2015
First off I got this book through Goodreads First Reads
I think for weight loss/diet books this is one of the best I have ever read. There is a detailed meal plans with recipes which I think is a great thing for some people. Not so much me as I am a pretty picky eater but I did enjoy looking at the meal plan that was available.
Also, there were different charts at the end of the book which I found super helpful.
I think for weight loss/diet books this is one of the best I have ever read. There is a detailed meal plans with recipes which I think is a great thing for some people. Not so much me as I am a pretty picky eater but I did enjoy looking at the meal plan that was available.
Also, there were different charts at the end of the book which I found super helpful.
April 17, 2015
I looked into some of the references in this book and they don't support her stance very well in my opinion. Some of the research has small sample sizes and aren't very diverse. She also has false information regarding saturated fats and cholesterol; recent research is proving her wrong. I don't doubt that this plan can work for people, but overall it's just like any other diet fad out there.
January 5, 2015
No gimmicks, sound research, plenty of vegetarian options. I could do without the 20 years and 20 pounds marketing malarkey, but all books of this kind need a false promise on the cover.
March 30, 2019
There are several recipes in the book that satisfy my dietary needs and are tasty enough that the rest of the family enjoys them too.
December 18, 2018
I started reading this book while I was in cardiac rehab after open heart surgery to replace my calcified aortic valve. I also read Heller's The DASH Diet Weight Loss Solution, and I had an easier time sticking to its recommendations at first. Now, I think the easier time I had with that book was because I still had little appetite and my husband was doing most of the cooking for the two of us.
I grew stronger while I completed my three-times a week formal exercise program. While we exercised, other members of my cardiac rehab group discussed meal options they used, and my husband and I attended a nutrition session with a nutritionist as part of this formal program. As I returned to the task of meal planning and making a grocery list, I found myself becoming resistant and objecting to information in this book. This was the same kind of resistance I formerly encountered from friends and members of my extended family during the years (1981-2003) I was a lacto-ovo-vegetarian, and I cooked that way when they visited me. My progress with this book was stuck . I was stuck until I started reading Kevin Horsley's book, Unlimited Memory when one of his questions challenged me: "What excuses are you going to make for not using the information that I am going to learn?" That woke me up to the idea that the excuses and objections I had with this book were not my own excuses; these were other people's excuses and objections that I heard so many times that I had been manipulated to agree with them. It was not only the people I knew, the food industry has advertised enough to convince me to agree to use their "vegetarian" options that contain too much high-fructose corn syrup and other sugars, too much sodium, and too many other ingredients that are not really necessary to preserve the food while making my choices for meal preparation "easier" and "more convenient".
I finished the book, and now I am ready to use these menu planners and suggestions with no excuses, only with more information about what works for me and my husband. Now my only objection to this book is the lack of nutritional analysis with each recipe. I rely on MyFitnessPal to track for sodium content.
I strongly and fervently recommend this book and other books by Heller to all readers.
I grew stronger while I completed my three-times a week formal exercise program. While we exercised, other members of my cardiac rehab group discussed meal options they used, and my husband and I attended a nutrition session with a nutritionist as part of this formal program. As I returned to the task of meal planning and making a grocery list, I found myself becoming resistant and objecting to information in this book. This was the same kind of resistance I formerly encountered from friends and members of my extended family during the years (1981-2003) I was a lacto-ovo-vegetarian, and I cooked that way when they visited me. My progress with this book was stuck . I was stuck until I started reading Kevin Horsley's book, Unlimited Memory when one of his questions challenged me: "What excuses are you going to make for not using the information that I am going to learn?" That woke me up to the idea that the excuses and objections I had with this book were not my own excuses; these were other people's excuses and objections that I heard so many times that I had been manipulated to agree with them. It was not only the people I knew, the food industry has advertised enough to convince me to agree to use their "vegetarian" options that contain too much high-fructose corn syrup and other sugars, too much sodium, and too many other ingredients that are not really necessary to preserve the food while making my choices for meal preparation "easier" and "more convenient".
I finished the book, and now I am ready to use these menu planners and suggestions with no excuses, only with more information about what works for me and my husband. Now my only objection to this book is the lack of nutritional analysis with each recipe. I rely on MyFitnessPal to track for sodium content.
I strongly and fervently recommend this book and other books by Heller to all readers.
November 2, 2025
DASH diet is one of the very best rated diet when you review the scientific literature.
Prevents or helps to reduce: blood pressure (as quickly as 2 weeks), diabetes, obesity, help telomeres,metabolic syndrome and other issues.
Only comment that did rub me up the wrong way, was talking about big pharma, and while the wording was correct that there are some side effects, and that diet and exercise can often produce better health outcomes than medication. While this is correct, I'm very wary of people making statements that could be bagging the positive impacts that customised medication makes, and how blanket statements can make people drop their medication without GP advice.
But the rest of the book was fantastic, science based, lots of good info on how and why the diet works.
This is not a recipe or meal plan book at all.
There is an associated PDF.
Listened via Libby at 3x speed. 5 hours.
Prevents or helps to reduce: blood pressure (as quickly as 2 weeks), diabetes, obesity, help telomeres,metabolic syndrome and other issues.
Only comment that did rub me up the wrong way, was talking about big pharma, and while the wording was correct that there are some side effects, and that diet and exercise can often produce better health outcomes than medication. While this is correct, I'm very wary of people making statements that could be bagging the positive impacts that customised medication makes, and how blanket statements can make people drop their medication without GP advice.
But the rest of the book was fantastic, science based, lots of good info on how and why the diet works.
This is not a recipe or meal plan book at all.
There is an associated PDF.
Listened via Libby at 3x speed. 5 hours.
December 31, 2022
I wanted to learn more about the DASH Diet and how it can help lower blood pressure as well as other health concerns, and this was the only book available on the subject in my library. I am not concerned with looking younger just being healthier. This book goes into a lot of detail on the how's and why's of the diet, breaking things down into understandable information. Gives you a meal plan to follow if you want and recipes for many of the items mentioned in the meal plans. I got what I feel is good information and a starting off place. Many of the recipes I can easily bring into my own meal planning and are adaptable for my family. Worthwhile read for improving one's health.
January 8, 2024
I like the encouragement to eat more fruits and vegetables, and organic and hormone free where budget allows. Was surprised to see low fat dairy suggested. Really surprised to see canola oil suggested over coconut oil. An offered meal plan suggested many breakfast meals with fruit juices, and then wine with dinner most every night. Many recipes actually had added sugars - and rice and pasta. Many nice recipes, great push of vegetables and fruits, but not sure I’d succeed with this as a weight loss diet.
July 28, 2018
The clearest and simplest to understand book I’ve read about food and health and how they go hand and hand. I can honestly say I understood everything she said and agree with about 85% of it so that’s pretty close to as good as it could get.
I think everyone who truly wants to lead a healthy life needs to read this book and get their families to read it!
I think everyone who truly wants to lead a healthy life needs to read this book and get their families to read it!
August 21, 2023
I am a physician fan of the Dash Diet. This book makes unsupported scientific claims that are not accurate. Some information presented is supported by research and some is author opinion but the difference is not clearly stated. The recipes are helpful. Eating a healthy diet is a great choice but will not "reverse aging" in the dramatic ways the the author claims.
March 1, 2026
I found this at the library, hoping it would give me a better understanding of DASH.
While it did, it also felt like the longest sales pitch based on shaky data. Oh and conflicting at that. Example? The author goes on and on about how juice is not a good choice but the proceeds to include juice for almost every single breakfast in her meal plans. What??? Pick a side and stick with it!
While it did, it also felt like the longest sales pitch based on shaky data. Oh and conflicting at that. Example? The author goes on and on about how juice is not a good choice but the proceeds to include juice for almost every single breakfast in her meal plans. What??? Pick a side and stick with it!
October 30, 2020
I was told by my doctor to follow the DASH diet and I decided to read about it. This book was great explaining the reason why they are recommending particular foods. It was easy to read and convinced me to give this diet a chance.
February 24, 2018
Worthwhile read and reference.
August 6, 2018
I think this sounded like a decent diet to try. It will fit in with my high blood pressure.
October 4, 2018
Great book for a novice like me!
October 22, 2018
My favorite thing is the red wine facial recipe on page -I think- 38. I've been using it a couple nights a week. 👍
Otherwise nothing too earth shattering.
Otherwise nothing too earth shattering.
January 22, 2021
Excellent. Lots of good info, different recipes and what to do to reduce BP; diet, cardio, strength training, and flexibility.
May 4, 2021
#telomeres
July 5, 2021
I helpful guide to healthful living. Great recipes.
Did Not Finish
May 6, 2024I thought this might be dry enough for my insomnia but instead the pseudoscience BS padding this book out was super irritating.
July 17, 2024
As a RD I will recommend the DASH eating plan all day long. I will not recommend this book. So much toxic diet culture distorting the science!
October 22, 2024
Repeat repeat repeating of lists of veggies with studies backing up why you should eat them don’t believe me, let me tell you about them again in another chapter 😉
July 27, 2020
Wanted some recipes
January 24, 2016
DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) has been named the Best Overall Diet and the Healthiest Diet by U.S. News & World Report for six years in a row. I am a fan of the Mediterranean diet (very similar to DASH) and healthy aging, so I had to pick up this book to see what all the fuss was about.
Marla Heller, MS, RD is a bestselling author and registered dietitian who has written four books on the DASH diet. Heller's fourth book on the subject, "The DASH Diet Younger You" is written from the perspective that if we follow a DASH diet, and live the DASH lifestyle program, we will help prevent diseases that come with age (hypertension, stroke, dementia, cancer, etc.). Heller does a great job of convincing me that DASH is a great program by highlighting several scientific studies and quite a few testimonials from people who have had success with the program.
The book is full of reminders to eat lots of plant-based foods (and reasons for doing so) and to keep moving. Heller includes a 14-week meal plan complete with recipes (Chapter 8 is loaded with her favourites) and she tells us it's okay to drink a glass of wine daily. DASH encourages us to choose foods with flavinoids (colourful foods), antioxidants and probiotics. We are discouraged to eat added sugar, added salt and processed foods. In order to help eliminate toxins and help us feel (and look) younger, she says it's better to eat organic and to choose food that is "clean" or in its natural state.
One of the differences I noticed when comparing the two diets, is that Greek yogurt is preferred by the Mediterranean diet and discouraged in the DASH diet. Heller states she "discourages Greek yogurt...because much of the potassium and calcium is lost during the filtration process, and these are the key mineral you need for the DASH diet to work." Instead, she recommends low-fat and nonfat dairy and states yogurt is a source of "good bacteria" for your gut.
Overall, the book is easy-to-read, informative and very convincing. The DASH program for a younger you (by lengthening telomeres) appears to be very easy to attain. I plan to implement some of the ideas I learned in this book to my own dietary and lifestyle habits in pursuit of healthy aging.
Marla Heller, MS, RD is a bestselling author and registered dietitian who has written four books on the DASH diet. Heller's fourth book on the subject, "The DASH Diet Younger You" is written from the perspective that if we follow a DASH diet, and live the DASH lifestyle program, we will help prevent diseases that come with age (hypertension, stroke, dementia, cancer, etc.). Heller does a great job of convincing me that DASH is a great program by highlighting several scientific studies and quite a few testimonials from people who have had success with the program.
The book is full of reminders to eat lots of plant-based foods (and reasons for doing so) and to keep moving. Heller includes a 14-week meal plan complete with recipes (Chapter 8 is loaded with her favourites) and she tells us it's okay to drink a glass of wine daily. DASH encourages us to choose foods with flavinoids (colourful foods), antioxidants and probiotics. We are discouraged to eat added sugar, added salt and processed foods. In order to help eliminate toxins and help us feel (and look) younger, she says it's better to eat organic and to choose food that is "clean" or in its natural state.
One of the differences I noticed when comparing the two diets, is that Greek yogurt is preferred by the Mediterranean diet and discouraged in the DASH diet. Heller states she "discourages Greek yogurt...because much of the potassium and calcium is lost during the filtration process, and these are the key mineral you need for the DASH diet to work." Instead, she recommends low-fat and nonfat dairy and states yogurt is a source of "good bacteria" for your gut.
Overall, the book is easy-to-read, informative and very convincing. The DASH program for a younger you (by lengthening telomeres) appears to be very easy to attain. I plan to implement some of the ideas I learned in this book to my own dietary and lifestyle habits in pursuit of healthy aging.
July 15, 2015
I know the book is just throwing out suggestions to encourage people to exercise, which is good, but "Think exercise is boring? Get a dog and walk it." C'mon, that's just an irresponsible suggestion. Want to lose weight and look younger? Buy a dog for your needs, then once you've met your goal, who cares about the dog. If you don't believe that there are people foolish and ignorant enough to actually take up that suggestion without realizing how much responsibility a pet is, look up pet sales of certain animals after a big Hollywood hit movie featuring said animal hits theaters. There are often reports of how many owners will then get rid of said pet once they realize keeping a pet actually involves "work". Get a dog because you want one and are willing to properly care for it, not because "exercise is boring."
Other than that, I guess the book says good things that you've probably heard before: Eat real foods, less meat, and exercise more. It doesn't cover anything very extensively, however, and the author says "she doesn't believe in" or is "opposed to" certain elements in a couple of sentences here and there without going into much description, while I've read other books that are pro-whatever it is and have gone into much more detail as to why it's good for you. Conflicting opinions and even research will always be present if you read multiple health books, but I'm less likely to listen to something when it doesn't give much reason behind why you should or shouldn't do something.
Other than that, I guess the only thing I took away from the book is to look into the taking of Vitamin E supplements (not that I was taking any in the first place), as it's supposedly more damaging than it is helpful.
Other than that, I guess the book says good things that you've probably heard before: Eat real foods, less meat, and exercise more. It doesn't cover anything very extensively, however, and the author says "she doesn't believe in" or is "opposed to" certain elements in a couple of sentences here and there without going into much description, while I've read other books that are pro-whatever it is and have gone into much more detail as to why it's good for you. Conflicting opinions and even research will always be present if you read multiple health books, but I'm less likely to listen to something when it doesn't give much reason behind why you should or shouldn't do something.
Other than that, I guess the only thing I took away from the book is to look into the taking of Vitamin E supplements (not that I was taking any in the first place), as it's supposedly more damaging than it is helpful.
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