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Framed | Home » » » Live in the Balance: The Ground-Breaking East-West Nutrition Program | | | | | | | Description: | | For over three thousand years practitioners of Chinese medicine have known that food is health-giving. Now path-breaking nutritionist Linda Prout synthesizes the basic principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with the science of western nutrition. With a clear focus to help readers achieve balance, Prout introduces the concept of balance and describes the signs and symptoms of various patterns of imbalance from a TCM perspective. She provides simple self-assessments readers can use to determine their own tendencies toward imbalance, and recommends foods, cooking methods, and lifestyle changes to balance each pattern. Fats, proteins, carbohydrates and sugars are each discussed from a western nutrition and eastern perspective, with beneficial and potentially unhealthful choices given for each body pattern. | | | Features: | |
• ISBN13: 9781569246153
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Linda Prout | | Paperback:
| 304 pages | | Publisher:
| Da Capo Press | | Publication Date:
| October 13, 2000 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1569246157 | | Package Length:
| 8.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.9 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 11 reviews |
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 FabulousDec 18, 2009
Linda is just brilliant. She is a great author and her ideas make sense...:) Thank you!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Good InformationOct 07, 2008
The author of this book provides extensive information about how to balance your diet from a combined Western/Asian perspective, however, the book would be more useful if she had provided comprehensive summaries of the information. She does give short summaries of specific sections, but since a lot of the information applies to several aspects of a person, a quick reference summary of types of people and their corresponding needs/solutions would be helpful. You are going to have to compile this for yourself, and it will be time consuming. I do think she gives useful information here though, so I would recommend this book.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 I had high hopes for this bookSep 23, 2008
I really hoped this book would have great information and help with my health. I read the reviews here before purchasing "Live in the Balance" but now I think most of them were not written by "real" people. According to the wet vs. dry, hot vs. cold quizzes in this book, I am both wet and dry, and hot and cold. It was all very confusing and vague. Don't get me wrong, there is some good information in this book and I think TCM is very helpful, but this one just wasn't for me.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Improve your health and diet: buy this book.Mar 15, 2008
I published a long review of the book on my web site, but to put it simply, this book could change your life. Anyone with even a passing interest in diet and nutrition will find it enjoyable and educational. It is a must read if you have any health or medical issues or if you are at all frustrated with your current eating patterns.
The book is full of information, with every sentence seeming to contain a new nutritional idea or fact. All the facts and figures are incredibly well researched and documented. If you are new to the concepts in the book, you will find it easy to follow and understand. If you are already well versed in the Traditional Chinese approach to diet and nutrition you will find it a wonderful source of new information and a great addition to your reference shelf.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Personalized NutritionApr 02, 2007
This is a great book if you are tired of the "one approach fits all" way of eating. It examines the time-proven message of Traditional Chinese Medicine: we can improve our health by changing what we eat. I have been following the eating plan for dampness for three weeks and have lost 5 lbs effortlessly. I have more energy and no cravings. Best of all, I feel in control of what I am eating and doing. Linda presents the information in a clear way that is easy to follow. If you want to make the right changes in your life to regain and maintain your health, this is the book for you.
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