Beyond the Mediterranean Diet: European Secrets of the Super-Healthy

It is true! You can become slender and healthy while enjoying pasta, chocolate, cheese, bread and wine! Internationally recognised nutrition Expert Layne Lieberman, MS, RD, CDN, shows you how in this exciting book. Award-winning registered dietician Layne Lieberman discovered that three European countries were leaders in longevity, with very low rates of heart disease, obesity and diabetes. And yet, these countries -- Italy, France and Switzerland -- boast some of the world's most decadent foods. Layne travelled to Europe to learn first-hand just how these countries could combine superb food, a relaxed lifestyle and exceptional health. Now, she shares her findings with readers who face the daily temptations of processed foods loaded with fat, sugar and salt. To help readers avoid becoming part of the world-wide obesity epidemic, Layne has written this book. In it, she reveals how to make Europe's health secrets work for you -- wherever you live! Includes 50 mouth-watering and nutritious recipes with nutritional analysis.

About the Author :
Layne Lieberman, MS, RD, CDN, is an award-winning registered dietitian and member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She is a consumer advocate and innovator in the food, supermarket, restaurant and health industries. For 20 years, Layne has been a pioneering nutritionist guiding conventional supermarkets into selling organic and natural foods as mainstream offerings. Recently, she spent two years abroad to study food, health and the dietary habits of other countries. Collaborating with European chefs and locals, Layne discovered a way to prevent obesity and boost health without giving up the pleasure of enjoying the finest food. Layne holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutritional Biochemistry from Cornell University and a Master of Science degree in Clinical Nutrition from New York University. She completed both an internship and fellowship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and trained at the Culinary Institute of America. Judith A Gilbride, PhD, RD, FADA is Professor of Nutrition, NYU, Past President of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Review :
Cheese, chocolate and wine do have a place in a healthy lifestylethats what this debut author and registered dietitian says we can learn from Europes longest-lived populations.For decades, Americans looked to the traditional diets of people living around the Mediterranean as a model for healthy livingmaybe not following that model but definitely chattering about it in books and media coverage. Lieberman, who spent two years living in Geneva, writes that there are plenty of lessons to be learned from other countries in Europe. Switzerland, Italy and France have some of the longest average life spans in the world, as well as low rates of obesity, heart disease and other markers of ill health. The book examines each country one by one and lays out the governments official dietary recommendations, akin to the U.S. food pyramid, along with detailed descriptions of a typical day in the eating life of its citizens. Much of Liebermans background and advice will be familiar to anyone paying attention to the news: Americans are fat and getting fatter; were among the fattest people in the world; we eat a diet far too high in processed foods, sugar and fat; we snack too much and generally consume far too many calories. But Liebermans descriptions of the daily eating habits of her chosen European countries are downright inspiring: Lives marked by pleasurable outdoor exercise; a focus on local, organic foods so satisfying that they discourage overindulgence; regular leisurely sit-down meals that trump Americans predilection for on-the-go snacking; and, of course, daily indulgences in delicate portions (a square of good dark chocolate, a scoop of gelato, a single biscotto alongside a cup of coffee). It all sounds too romantic to be true, but Lieberman has lived it and brings an infectious enthusiasm to her writing. She concludes each chapter with a list of actionable tips for a European makeover of stateside eating habits and concludes the book with 70 pages of simple recipes, heavy on the whole grains, veggies and lean meats. -- Kirkus Book Review, Dec 2013