Well, Gillian McKeith was not wrong about the “changing your life” bit. If you were to follow the plan you would find yourself expanding your vocabulary with a world of new and unusual food and drink names. And if you are time depleted or not a type A personality, perhaps you should leave this book on the shelf!
And I’m personally not convinced that drinking the juice of 6 carrots or 5 cucumbers is neither necessary for optimum health nor even “natural” (in the fullest definition of the term).
This aside, and while the writing style is a little dull, maybe even stuffy, You Are What You Eat is a light easy read, well laid out and useful more as a reference book than a cover to cover immersion. It contains plenty of new food ideas and great recipes for those looking to pursue a lifetime migration towards a whole food regimen. McKeith’s views about making small changes align with my own and she reminds us that perfection in any nutrition plan is not real.
I didn’t buy into everything she has published and had difficulty digesting unreferenced potions about tongue reading and other “body signs” with accompanying nutritional recommendations for everything from pimples to a sore tongue to skid mark stools. This aside, I’m still going to buy a copy to try a few of the recipes and provide prompts for areas I’d like to research further.
McKeith succeeds in keeping a complicated topic simple and if you like soups, broths and juices, this may be “the one” for you.
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