Product Description

Contrary to popular belief, healthy food does not need to be boring. In this invaluable cookbook, Patrick Holford, bestselling author of The Optimum Nutrition Bible, has teamed up with top cookery writer Judy Ridgway to create sumptuous and imaginative recipes using the ultimate in healthy superfoods. In THE OPTIMUM NUTRITION COOKBOOK, what tastes good does you good! Beautifully designed with over 35 pages of outstanding colour photographs, THE OPTIMUM NUTRITION COOKBOOK contains over 200 recipes and menu ideas. From exotic feasts to fantastic fast food, and from hearty winter warmers to delicious desserts, these dishes are designed to appeal to everyone. The recipes are specially coded so you can easily eat the perfect balance of proteins, carbohydrates, essential fats, vitamins and minerals each day. You will also find general guidance on eating a healthy diet, including how to balance your diet, which fats are vital to good health, how to boost your immune system and eating for a healthy heart.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7727 in Books
• Published on: 2000-10-26
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

About the Author
Patrick Holford is one of the world's leading authorities on new approaches to health and nutrition. He is the founder of The Institute for Optimum Nutrition (ION), a charitable and independent educational trust for the furtherance of education and research in nutrition.

Customer Reviews

Healthy, inspiring recipes which taste suprisingly good.
The best cookbook I have read, its primary concern is your health, yet none of the recipes compromise on good taste.

A useful introduction explains the importance of a healthy diet and how best to achieve this. Unlike many "healthy" cookbooks which use sugar, fatty meats, deep fat frying, and high gluten foods in recipes The Optimum Nurition Cookbook is solely focused on foods that do you good. Inspiring recipes with a smidgen of exotic ingredients combine to make wholesome meals with a little difference, which have you coming back for more.

Gone are the days when you force cereal down yourself at breakfast, and in comes the ultimate power breakfast - a fruit and seed yoghurt smoothie which takes minutes to make. Breakfast for me is now something to look forward to. The main course meals and desserts would impress any dinner party guest.

Not an inspiring cookbook
I ordered this book full of excited anticipation, as I am a big fan of Patrick Holford and his outstanding nutritional expertise. I had read the other review and as I am not a vegan I was looking forward to some super recipes. I was disappointed to find that most of the recipes used ingredients that just aren't easily available. Most recipes would entail a jaunt to at least three different shops for me. I was expecting to find recipes that involved "everyday" foods that I can buy in my supermarket. The recipes are very impressive for "dinner party types" but not for everyday cooking. I also returned this book (hardback - cost about a fiver to return!) So unless you fancy quail & quinoa , I'd think carefully about buying this one! Or get it from the Library before you buy!

The Optimum Nutrition Cookbook
This is a superb recipe book. It is easy to follow and the recipes I have followed so far looked just like the pictures! The food content codes really help ensure you eat a balanced diet.

The only disappointment is that there are nt enough vegetarian recipes but otherwise a splendid book, I have now bought four copies of it as friends keep taking mine!