Beauty detox foods is about putting good health habits into practice.And knowing why each step is so important.It has several levels for people with varying social situations and committments. For example, I intend on eating meat at least a couple times a month - and that's fine, there's a plan for that.The recipes are easy to follow. Highly recommend the GGS and the Spiced Quinoa. Favorite salad: Kale. Advice: try to make 2-3 recipes and get good at preparing them fast. Then ALWAYS have them on hand. If you want to have fun making a new recipe every week, that's fine - but having those 2-3 foods will make it easier to stick to a healthy plan using this book. For a list of recommended recipes, see above paragraph.The only reason I didn't give it 5-stars is that it could have used more tips for preparing the dishes quickly. Sure a lot of it is common sense, but many people are not only starting veganism for the first time, they are also COOKING for the first time. Anything to reduce that learning curve helps.If you don't have this book, get it. Fifty different foods are said to help transform your body and reveal a more beautiful you. Who doesn't want to be fitter and more beautiful?In this fairly chunky self-help book the author, a clinical nutritionist who is said to be one of Hollywood’s top celebrity nutritionists and beauty experts, highlights these 50 beauty-boosting foods and gives nearly 90 recipes that incorporate them. The book's publicity material says that readers can "…stop wasting your money on fancy, expensive beauty products and get real results" - this review cannot comment on the veracity of the claims as what may work for one person might not be the same for another person.Certainly balance in one's diet and the quality of ingredients can play a big part in health and appearance. The author's various principles push towards a raw vegetable-based approach and the elimination of dairy products. For many it might be a radical step too far. Some people might adopt a hybrid approach and adopt some of the ideas.The book's text certainly features a lot of glowing, feel-good advocacy along with many portfolio-style pictures of a happy, smiling, healthy female who obviously has been following this route to the letter. To this reviewer, at least, the photography actually elicited more negative feelings towards the programme, things looked just too perfect, too stage-managed. It would be a little extreme to write this programme off as being more style over substance just because of the photography alone, but nonetheless many doubts, possibly irrationally, remain because of it. Featuring more "everyday" pictures of everyday people would have been a better choice. Subconsciously it would send a more powerful message too.Reading through the various recommendations and proposals as to how you can change your life through the programme sounded convincing and not far fetched or unachievable. If it works for you and you can accommodate the necessary changes that are clearly explained then you might be on to a winner. However you need to knuckle down and really study matters to overcome any superficial initial reactions and scepticism that may ensue. If you have been trying various diets without success you will know how frustrating it is to see "beautiful people" telling you how you need to change things, that would be "so easy to do"… reality is often different.It was interesting reading through the different beauty foods and learning what made the author choose them. Pumpkin seeds, for example, can help nourish the scalp as they are a rich source of essential fatty acids. They also provide a good source of protein, magnesium, calcium and other elements to help your body. You can throw them into a salad or even snack on them instead of peanuts. This reviewer could see how this sort of information could help even if you don't necessarily follow the full regime.Making a review about this kind of book is an incredibly hard thing to do, in part as it requires subjectivity rather than just plain objectivity. As a reference resource it was an interesting read, compelling even. As a means for a dietary change it is probably not for this reviewer but it might work for you. Certainly it is, with exception to the aforementioned photography, less of a gimmicky, effects-ridden book than many in its genre, but it didn't just click for this reviewer as an entire way forward. But it has left a positive mark in any case. This could be one programme (and book) that you should consider if you feel you are able to adopt your diet in the way the author recommends.The Beauty Detox Foods, written by Kimberly Snyder and published by Harlequin Enterprises Australia/Harlequin MIRA. ISBN 9781743564233, 316 pages. Typical price: AUD24.99. YYYY.// This review appeared in YUM.fi and is reproduced here in full with permission of YUM.fi. YUM.fi celebrates the worldwide diversity of food and drink, as presented through the humble book. Whether you call it a cookery book, cook book, recipe book or something else (in the language of your choice) YUM will provide you with news and reviews of the latest books on the marketplace. //
What do You think about Beauty Detox Foods (2013)?
Great information about nutrition and food...But I like food too much to do this program.
—DebBash
Part III has a great reference section and great recipes!
—Kelly
