With childhood obesity on the rise it is very important as parents to start feeding our children right. There are so many meals that are messing our children.  From fast foods to even some foods advertised as ‘natural’ which happen to add empty calories on children. For example take the case of probiotics non fat yogurt that is super packed with sugar. What is healthy with that?? You can give your children probiotics supplements and give them some healthy yogurt on the side.

The fight for childhood obesity must start with us parents, it is one home at a time, one parent at a time, one child at a time. We cannot let this epidemic rise when we have the weapons to fight it within our reach.

One of the best weapons to fight childhood obesity is the knowledge. Knowing the right food to feed our children, where to get the food, how to prepare them and why are they important.

This led me to my library to find out some of the books that you can use. I also looked in amazon to see which books are popular and here is a list I would love to share with you. If you click on the book you will be able to see the reviews in amazon.

The first book is quick meals for healthy kids and busy parents

Double Delicious!: Good, Simple Food for Busy, Complicated Lives $9.85 The follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestseller Deceptively Delicious goes beyond purees and kids’ foods to make family mealtime more delicious, more wholesome, and simpler than ever. In her bestselling book Deceptively Delicious, Jessica Seinfeld inspired millions of parents to improve their kids’ eating habits by giving everyday classics a nutritional boost with hidden vegetable purees. Now i…

The book has sections on soups, snacks, chicken, beef, veggies, grains, stir fry and much more.

The book is written by three leading child nutrition experts. Many people love it and you can read more about the book quick meals for healthy kids in amazon.

The next book is

The next book is

The mums guide to meal makeovers. I love this book Janice Bissex and Liz Weiss. It is fun. They have a  5-Step Meal Makeover Plan which begins with a hands down advice on how to market good nutrition to kids, establish food rules, and make life easier in the kitchen. With 120 recipes for family favorites.

I will continue to add onto this list as time goes, finding out more good books. For now check those ones in amazon.

All the best.

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We all want to be successful, we want to make more money, give money and just plain-rich. It is richness in all aspects of life not just money. Richness in wisdom, love, peace in our lives and having happiness among other virtues.

I have been reading the book the The Greatness guide, powerful secrets for getting world class by Robin Sharma, he is also the author of The monk who sold his Ferrari. In chapter thirty six of the book, the greatness guide he has the above title, success is not sexy.

I loved that section, we associate success with glamor and beauty but the road to success is not glamorous. It is full of ups and downs, failures and trials. The people who get there enjoy the fruits but it sure is not sexy.

Here are some powerful tidbits I picked from the the greatness guide book.

“Most people give up too early.Ttheir fears are bigger than their faith” By Robin Sharma. We ought always to work on our faith, that way when opportunity appears we will have the faith to believe we can do it. And never to give up.

He also mentions that creating an extraordinary existence takes work which include

• Being positive.
• Responsibility
• Treating people well.
• Working hard.
• Getting up early.
• Setting goals.
• Speak your truth.
• Self discipline.
• Saving money.
• Caring for your health
• Valuing your family.

He conclude by saying that getting your best in life is simple. Not easy but simple.

All the best as you live your best life now.

Sandema.

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Remarkable Story About Living Your Dreams $14.99 With more than four million copies sold in fifty-one languages, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari launched a bestselling series and continues to help people from every walk of life live with far greater success, happiness and meaning in these times of dramatic uncertainty. The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari celebrates the story of Julian Mantle, a successful but misguided lawyer whose physical and emotiona…

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In his new book change your brain, change your body that was released Feb 16 2010 Daniel G. Amen writes about taking care of your brain to get a better body and in the process lose some weight. Mental health problems can sometimes lead to weight gain, this is why I always say that to start the weight loss process it is important that you deal with your brain first, acceptance is the key. In addition to the book change your brain, change your body, Amen has also developed a 10 wee weight loss program that is based on the principles outlined in the book.

In Dr. Amens blog he states the following; One man lost 39 pounds by the end of the program! Another lost 35. Among regular attendees, the average weight loss was 9.9 pounds. Oh, and did I mention that we did this study group over the holidays when most people tend to gain weight? Our group actually lost weight during the week of Christmas!

This is how powerful the book change your brain change your body is when it combined with the program. This 10 week program will be availbale on their website for free sometime soon, you can keep on checking at lose weight the Brain Healthy Way – Amen Clinics
The ten week weight loss program has the following to offer

• Change Your Brain, Change Your Body book
• Change Your Brain, Change Your Body Daily Journal
• Change Your Brain, Change Your Body DVD
• Change Your Brain, Change Your Body Cookbook CD set
• BMI Wheel
• Change Your Brain, Change Your Body Questionnaire
• Ultimate Makeover CD set

For those in Newport Beach California the ten week weight loss program will be available on;

Newport Beach, California

February 23, 2010

Every Tuesday at 5:00 PM
Please contact Jaclyn Frattali
949-266-3710 or marketing@amenclinics.com

The ten week weight loss program will be available in Fairfield, California
March 22, 2010

Every Monday at 5:30 PM
Please contact Michelle Bass
mbass@amenclinics.com or 707-429-7181

The ten week weigh loss program will be availabel in Reston, Virginia on
March 4, 2010

Every Thursday at 6:00 PM
Please contact Nic Sanchez
nsanchez@amenclinic.com or 703-860-5600

I believe this is a great program and a great weight loss book too. The book change your brain, change your body is now available in Amazon from Feb 16 2010 for 17.15USD.

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The 150 healthiest foods on earth by Johhny Bowden is one of the food reference books in my house. It is a great book that cuts through the BS and tell you that vegetables are the best things that happened to mankind. He talks about beef and poultry too but the emphasis is on vegetables and some super fruits like blue berries.

While it is true that no one can grow fat on eating corn alone. The truth of the matter is, good healthy food will prevent you from adding more pounds on your body and it will prevent you from getting sick. You will also reduce stress and can use some food like coconut oil to cure diseases in the body.

The book has all the sections on food, from water, fruits, vegetables, grains, spices and oils. Some of the powerful foods that I found out in this book include.
Coconut oil.
Apple cider vinegar.
Blue berries.
Flax seed oil
Mangoes.
Papaya.
Kale.
And much much more.

This book, the 150 healthiest food on earth by Johhny Bowen is the go to place to find out the best foods to eat. In addition you will also find out which foods are safe and the one s that you need to stick with the organic kind.

I also got the idea about oat meal and that you can eat it raw. I loved the idea and since then I have been using oatmeal in my weight loss smoothie. Much easier and much healthy.

If you want to get this book then you can easily find it in amazon for about 16.49USD. You cannot go wrong with this book .

The only shortfall is that this is a book that you cannot read in a day, you have to take time to read the book and even keep it as a reference. There is also a section on different health experts revealing what they eat. You know, I have been feeling guilty eating avocado, I just realized it is one of the super foods. I used avocado to reduce cravings by eating it before a meal and it odes help me lose weight.

One of the customer reviews in amazon that nails the point home is this one. This book could not be any better. There are a million books out there that tell you what foods are healthy and, anyone that has paid any attention at all, can tell you what is healthy and what is not. But this book goes farther by giving you all the research and little known facts about so many different foods. And it presents both sides of controversial topics, such as soy. I now have a resource to see how I can correct problems through nutrition. This is highly recommended for anyone that has an interest in improving their health through nutrition. Thank you!!!

IF you want to check out the book and read more form amazon then follow this link The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why

Other books by Johhny Bowden include. Healthiest Meals on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What Meals to Eat and Why

The 150 Most Effective Ways to Boost Your Energy: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About Using Nutrition, exercise, Supplements, Stress Relief, and Personal Empowerment to Stay Energized All Day

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This makes my first nutrition book review in this blog. The book What to eat by Marion Nestle is getting raving reviews in Amazon. Maybe because she is saying the truth without political coatings or she is a nutrition professor and people trust experts.

From the reviews I have read,the book  has some very powerful but practical guides to everyday eating that can save you from adding tons of useless fat and sugar in your system and to help you make healthy choices for your future and your children s future.There is even a section on environmental degradation as related to food production.

In the amazon review it is stated that and I quote  “Nestle walks readers through every supermarket section–produce, meat, fish, dairy, packaged foods, bottled waters, and more–decoding labels and clarifying nutritional and other claims (in supermarket-speak, for example, “fresh” means most likely to spoil first, not recently picked or prepared), and in so doing explores issues like the effects of food production on our environment, the way pricing works, and additives and their effect on nutrition”.

For the most part there is always the confusion of the terms natural and organic and companies that sell packed food use the term natural to lure unsuspecting customers to buy their products. It is therefore wise to have a book that will walk one through the labels and make one a very informed customer.

Going through the customer reviews in Amazon, I was tempted to rush and buy this book. Here are some of the reviews that caught my attention.

On customer commented on her section on meats by saying this,” she notes well, those who cull (kill, slaughter) the meat Americans eat work for low wages in very dangerous conditions, with the buyer all to willing to ignore just what happens to get that piece of meat on ones dinner table or fast food meal”.

This comment is based on  Page 139 of the book in which she says that raising cattle consumes vast amounts of nonrenewable energy.

Marion  states that according to figures in the June 2004 National Geographic, it takes more than 200 gallons of fuel oil to raise a 1,200 pound steer on a feedlot. It is like we buy meat and the money goes to environmental destruction and well you thought this country was a ‘developed’ country’ that should have some developed ways to take care of the environment.

Another customer review that I loved was this one “What to Eat serves up 600 pages of indispensable advice, but the author is also willing to sum it up quickly: “Eat less, move more, eat lots of fruits and vegetables, go easy on junk foods.”

We all know this too well, it is a cliche, but maybe when it comes from the wise words of a professor there is value in it.

The best part in the book for me, is the section that looks at the different labels and ingredients. Knowledge is power. As a parent being informed means, less poison in my system and in my children too.  I will feed myself and my children right and not live in ignorant of the dangers of what I choose to consume.

However this book though popular and well praised by many there were some negative reviews that I noted such as this one “Her section on seafood is just plain scary. Pollution coupled with aquafarming make seafood — especially those on the higher echelon of the food chain — unsafe and dangerous to eat”. One reviewer commented.

And this is always my problem with some nutrition and fitness books, they tend to instill fear and can lead to some parents doing very crazy things to try and protect their children.  It is important as a customer to always find out what will work best for you and not to become a food extremist, if such a thing exists.

In conclusion I think What to Eat by Marion Nestles is  book to consider, mainly for the part that she exposes facts on environmental degradation related to food production and the part on scrutinizing labels in the supermarket. From the reviews it is an easy read aimed at everyday people who walk the aisles to buy food.

She also has a section on the dangers of formula milk and therefore coupled with the above powerful parts, I give it a five star and I a hope to grab it sometime soon.

The books sells in amazon for eighteen bucks, not so expensive considering we spend more than that on pizza and soda alone in one meal!

If you want to know more about What to eat by Marion nestle and read the first page then click on the this linkWhat to Eat
and head over to Amazon the online book store.

All the best

Sandema

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