Henry Legere
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Total reviews: 1
Average rating: 1.0 of 5
Adds to the problem of healthy eating 1 out of 5 stars.
8 of 11 people found this review helpful.
This book is really a blown up pamphlet containing mostly fluff, with some curious ideas and egregious mistakes on healthy eating. Sugar-free Kool-Aid anyone? You know the stuff that contains aspartame-a known carcinogen. Or how about avoiding organic foods because the only thing they don't have are "artificial chemicals, pesticides, antibiotics, growth promoters, fertilizers and no genetically modified ingredients". Huh? Or avoid organic foods because manure is used as fertilizer and contains e-coli. Whoa! turn this around-in organic farming, when farmers raise a small quantity of animals they can compost the waste. With industrial farming there are way too many animals resulting in excess manure that can't be composted. This raw manure as well as sewage is used to fertilize fields bringing pathogenic bacteria into contact with grains, vegetables, and fruits not usually contaminated with such organisms. (See the recent media story on e-coli in conventional spinach).
For a real book on nutrition see "Six Arguments For A Greener Diet" by Michael Jacobson.
Editorial Review:
One of the most important steps that parents can take to prevent childhood obesity or simply to get their children to a healthier weight is to teach them good eating habits. Establishing such habits at an early age will contribute to lifelong health. Indeed, when kids learn that a snack should be an apple or carrots instead of chips or a candy bar-a deceptively difficult lesson to teach-they are better equipped to resist the temptation of junk food on a regular basic. In Raising Healthy Eaters, Dr. Legere offers 100 easy-to-follow and easy-to-implement tips for parents of children of all ages and eating preferences. He includes healthy, quick recipes that kids will actually like, as well as specific suggestions for parents who want to serve only organic foods or whose children have allergies or aversions. Raising Healthy Eaters is the essential resource for parents working to raise healthy kids in a fast-food world.
