Real Food Has Curves: How to Get Off Processed Food, Lose Weight, and Love What You Eat

This book is an education in food, eating well, and being well- and then some. I am in the final stages of the Opti-fast program ( medically supervised liquid fast), and this book is a great guide to re-starting my cooking habits. I have always loved to cook, and I really think this book is going to be an essential tool to keep me on track. So much of what the authors write, echoes what I have learned from my educator in Opti-fast. This book is filled with great information, wonderful recipes, and conveys such a great "food philosophy". LOVE IT!!!!

Eating "real" food really does work. I have lost almost 15% of my weight by simply doing this, and this book got me started on the right path. I am not skimping on meals, in fact, I can eat more. This books helps you really think about what you are eating. Being conscious of how you feed your body, respecting what you put in it, will simply make you healthy. This book has great meal and recipe ideas that I can use for my whole family. It provides versatility and creativity in its approach. Buying, cooking and perparing real food is easy, just requires a little forethought, and the payoff is worth it. Highly recommended!!

This book inspired me. It was basic and easy to read. I have learned how to really taste food, enjoy food, savor food and go for the good stuff. I have learned that taking a few more minutes not only to shop and prepare but actually eat my food is actually helping me lose weight. I have almost completely stopped eating processed food and junk and have focused on healthy whole foods. It wasn't that huge of a lifestyle change. This book taught me how to search for flavors in foods and when I taste them it is like a treasure hunt. I have been reading and following the steps for 2 weeks and have lost 8 pounds. I have not been counting calories, just eating better. I feel like I have not been depriving myself at all. I have been giving myself new opportunities. I have tried for years to lose weight and eat better and this is the first book that has made me happy to do it. It was written for me!

I have been following the blog for this book for the past year -- both the blog and the book are an absolute must read. There has been so much written in recent years about processed food, but this is like a primer for understanding and decoding all of that elitist chatter and taking real action. Their tone is accessible, non-judgmental and witty. Loving my copy, and logging on to send additional copies to friends & family.

I'm quite familiar with Weinstein and Scarbrough's work and I think that this one might just yet be my favorite. Maybe it's because it's the perfect combination of cooking, medicine, and basic food information. Maybe it's because it just make so much damn good sense and it's written so well. Whatever the reason, Real Food Has Curves (which I just received this afternoon and have not been able to put down) is fantastic! Everyone should have this book!