The Return

Review: The IBS Elimination Diet and Cookbook: The Proven Low-FODMAP Plan for Eating Well and Feeling Great Patsy Catsos, MS, RDN, LD Harmony Books 2017 Eating well and feeling great captured my attention in this rather formidable title.   Both of those outcomes are high on my agenda.   IBS or Irritable bowel syndrome isn’t something that I find folks discussing openly in group settings, but if it afflicts you or someone you know this is a book to have.   Don’t let that big title put you off.   Catsos’ plan may be able to help.    That said, this will require some serious reading and planning to implement.   IBS is uncomfortable, inconvenient, embarrassing, and bunch of other descriptions of that ilk.   To have a means to leave that life and rejoin the “normals” might be worth it.    This book explains the current thinking on the causes of IBS, its symptoms, and how to plan and implement a diet that can ease the distr...

Review: Healthy Fats, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook: Delicious Recipes to Help Reduce Bad Fats and Lower Your Cholesterol, 5 th Edition Robin P. Loveman, Senior Editor Harmony Books 2015 I love to browse cookbooks, look for new ideas, and read some of the extra narratives related to those recipes.   This particular cookbook caught my eye because I had purchased one of the earlier versions and since misplaced it.   The older one had some good stuff in it, but this one is like a while new world.   I can have tacos, and crepes, and all sorts of yummy desserts now like a brulee.   Vegetables and fruit are still musts, but in new ways.   Green beans and spinach are still out there, but so are edamame and artichokes.   There are sauces to drizzle over nearly any category of food to enhance the flavors and appearance. This is not the regimented cookbook I remember from before.   Beef is back and more recipes for a larger variety of seafood, too. ...