ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine: A Food Lover's Road Map to Losing Weight, Preventing Disease, and Getting Really Healthy

I've read all kinds of books on nutrition and health from "What to Eat" by Marion Nestle to "The Sunfood Diet Success System" by David Wolfe.

This book provides a delightful balance of scientific research, humor, and practical tips on how to get healthier. I was excited to learn that combining foods properly will allow for better absorption, and grateful to find a book that I can reccommend to my friends who aren't nutrition nuts.

While this book may not have the look and feel of a traditional cookbook, you can find videos of recipes at http://www.chefmd.com

All in all, It's an excellent guide that should live in your kitchen and be used whenever you need a quick, delicious, healthy meal.

I like the topics this book covers, recipes and medicine but the combination offers lots of medical trivia on recipes I can find anywhere.

My suggestion, stick with "Prescription for Nutritional Healing" for a more thorough reference on the health benefits of food
and "The World's Healthiest Foods" for great recipes. (Love the Indian Curry Green Beans (p181))

As an athlete dutifully concerned with nutrition, I read this book thinking that I knew everything already, but Dr. La Puma proved me wrong. Not only did I learn a lot, this book is a delightful, down-to-earth read. What it may lack in illustrations it more than makes-up in wisdom and joie de vivre.
Although I am a vegan and this book is not aimed directly at the vegan community, the recipes still rekindled my love for everything health-food related.
My inner skeptic also appreciated the research citations in the back of the book.
The environmentalist side also applauds Dr. La Puma's efforts to return to local foods, organic foods, and generally just slow down with food and enjoy.

Overall, a solid book that I would definitely give as a gift!

*Oh and I guess if you want to look at pictures, his website has little video clips and other bells and whistles.

This book is a guide to improved health through informed food choices. Certain foods contain healthful components that can be used to combat specific medical problems. Food can play an important role in getting well.

Healthful foods are best appreciated when served in delicious meals. That's where the word "Chef" in the title comes from. Recipes are provided for presenting these foods in chef-quality meals.

The book has a pleasant tone; it's enjoyable to read. A companion website - chefmd.com - provides supplementary information.

My girlfriend had heard about this book and I ordered it for her as a surprise, as we both try to eat healthy...This book was a disappointment to both of us in that, like the lady above said, the information here can be found elsewhere, and more in-depth. But if you're unfamiliar with eating healthier,etc, maybe this is a good starting point, I don't know... But that leads into the biggest problem I immediately noticed with this cook book...

There's NO pictures, aside from the author. Maybe I missed them? Every other cookbook we own has beautiful pictures of each dish, to give you an idea of what you're in for. Some of the dishes/recipes listed...don't sound good because...well, you can't see them. Some of the dishes sound good...but overall, it was a let-down.

I too suggest borrowing a copy, or flip through it at a store so you can check it out more in-depth for yourself. Maybe it just wasn't "our kind" of cook book. Any cook book to help people live better is a good thing, so it has at least THAT going for it...but in my opinion, there's better ones out there.