Capstone The Art of Healthy Living: How Good Nutrition and Improved Well–being Leads to Increased Productivity, Vitality and Happiness

hmm, read the reviews before buying. Not impressed by the autobiography of author - though interesting for some, not for me! She isn't condescending, but likes to tell her stuff.. only when you get to the end does she have some useful recipes. Tips and motivation are good for people that need this, but quite frankly wish I had not bought it. Also she makes reference about diabetics and does not differentiate between type one and type 2 - I found it offensive that she suggested all types were under the same umbrella of a history of bad diet and should eat healthier. That is not the case and extremely wrong of her to suggest - some people get type 1 not through diet or bad lifestyle but simply because of pancreas problems... thought she would have known this as she refers to having so many useful doctors in the family!! She should have consulted them before writing that part for sure! better books out there if you are just looking for healthy recipes and nutritional advice.

I love reading and have reviewed loads of books. I especially enjoy reading health/diet books, even though most of it is common sense, having the reminder helps keep me on the right track, so I was very interested in this book.Unfortunately, it failed to live up to expectations, and I did something I haven't done for years - I gave up halfway through.The whole first half can be summarised as "do yoga and go vegan", which is absolutely fine if that's what you want to do, but certainly isn't the only way to be healthy. Nonetheless, I persevered until the science was getting worse and worse. Not incorrect, just totally misleading.I bit my tongue when she was talking about how vegetables can make cancer tumours shrink (really?! why the f does anyone put themselves through the horror of chemo if that was true? not to mention that there is no 'one' cancer, but many different types requiring many different treatments); and she says that drinking cow's milk is the equivalent of sucking a cow's udder in the field. You're vegan. We get it. Move on!The point I finally gave up was when she compared the amount of protein in steak and broccoli and says you might as well eat the broccoli. Her reasoning is that 100 calories of steak gives 5.4g protein, and 100calories of broccoli gives 11.2g of protein. Now, a quick google search will show that these quantities have been debunked, and 100cals of steak gives more like 12 g of protein and 100cals of broccoli gives 9g protein, so steak already beats broccoli albeit not by as much as you'd expect. However, when you realise that she is talking in calories, not grams, you realise that to get 12g of protein from steak, you'd only need to eat about 50 or 60g of cooked steak, whereas you'd have to eat coming up to 400g of cooked broccoli, ie a full eight portions!So I stopped reading there.I did skim read the rest of the book, but nothing jumped out at me as particularly useful. There are a few recipes within, but if you wanted to make overnight oats, vegetable soup or banana and strawberry ice cream (or any of the other recipes), you can google them for free, without wasting your money on this book.

I hadn't heard of this person before, and the book is one which is to be sat down and read - it's layout restricts it in a way to dip in and out to fully absorb it. It's a little bit pyramid-scheme esque, and dips slightly in to trying too hard to be profound, but I don't think it's terrible. I expected to dislike it but ended up agreeing with a lot of what is said.I'm not a huge fan of how it's written, there' a lot of words in place of what probably should be swear words, and as text it doesn't always work. It's slightly off-putting how conversational the writing is, and even though I do massively respect that it states a fact and then to some degree, backs it up with evidence, it's written more like a transcript to a seminar than a book.I love how other books and sources are recommended throughout the book, so you can do your own research by choice, and not just rely on the internet. I can't fault that she knows her stuff, or at least to the level of having every point well researched. Whether you choose to take it on board or believe it is up to you.It definitely delves in to preaching to a closed world of the middle classes. I wouldn't say it's entirely accessible advice for the everyday person, and perhaps doesn't consider that every lifestyle will be blessed with increasing money and slow relief of the real-life stresses that meditation can fix.However, I did find parts really interesting, particularly the pieces on Ayurvedic medicine, and the breakdowns of Vata, Pitta and Kasha types.The recipes in the latter third are a little basic and not the best use of veg and clean eating in my opinion, but they are easy and realistic for daily life.I did expect it to be a bit on the wavelength of a woman with a rich husband looking to do something so she's got in to nutrition, and it does delve slightly in to that, with a slight over-push on things like yoga and other woefully middle class accessible things. But now i'm actually more like, fair play for writing a book. I agree with most of what she says - movement is important, our ancestors bodies worked better when we moved our muscles walking, reaching, building, and cleaning - all very primitive things that actually we don't do much of any more. I believe in eating clean and fresh but not denying yourself treats in moderation.Overall, I think it's good if this is your entry in to healthy eating. Some of the idea I find comes across a bit preachy and strong, but you can take what you like from it that suits your individual lifestyle. The core concepts are good.

The "The Art of Healthy Living" aims to help you to achieve better mental, physical and emotional health every day. It teaches you how to balance fitness and fun in your diet and lifestyle and make simple adjustments to improve your quality of life. It also shows you how to include super foods in your daily diet and how to use herbs that will enhance your energy and vitality.This book measures 23.39cm in height x 18.59cm in width and consists of 231 full colour pages.  This is the soft cover version.Inside this beautiful book the information is separated into fourteen chapters full of valuable information and photographs.The fourteen chapters are as follows ...Keeping the balanceBelieve and achieveGet your ducks in a rowChange the simple thingsLet's stop the premature dyingTime to clean out the crapolaHard-core health factsThe top eight foods to include in your daily dietTop power superfoods for the unstoppable youHow too eat every dayUnderstanding moreMy tip 12 herbs and spicesExtra tools in your toolboxDevelop a strong life - the power of youDenise Kelly the author is a qualified Naturopathic Nutritional Therapist who runs clinics in the UK and seminars globally.I personally love this book, I found it interesting, informative and a thoroughly enjoyable read and to say I've learnt a lot about nutrition is an understatement ... everything written in this book makes sense, I can't wait to put what I've learnt from this book into action and hopefully baby step my way to better health.Highly recommendedI hope you found my review helpful.

I have throughly enjoyed reading this and am very happy that I ordered it.I was familiar with Denise Kelly, as I had read several healthy eating articles of hers in various magazines.The book is full of healthy living advice that feels as though it’s coming from the viewpoint of a friend. A realistic approach that is both easy to understand and enjoyable to follow.A fab book to keep for reference, especially when it comes to the delicious recipes and supportive advice.I like to live a life of ‘balance’ and this is full of great tips and inspiration.If you are trying to incorporate physical and mental balance in your everyday life, this could be a good book for you.