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Take years off your looks by changing what you eat. --The Bookseller, October 14, 2011
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Eat Yourself Young is a practical guide to help you look, feel and live younger. Forget Botox, fillers and face-lifts - the quickest and most effective way to take years off your looks is simply by changing what you eat. On the Eat Yourself Young programme, you'll quickly lose weight and feel lighter, more energetic and less stressed. Your skin will improve, you'll sleep better. But most importantly, you'll start to look and feel younger - it's a real high when you suddenly realise it's not your age that's making you feel old, it's your food. The book kicks off with an exploration of the five most ageing body processes - you can't avoid them, but Elizabeth shows you how to minimize their impact using good food choices. Next, she outlines the five food types that are most ageing, and then the five superfood age-busters that research shows have a 'youthing' effect. The programme itself starts with a deep-cleansing detox to refuel the body; followed by Elizabeth's Youthing Eating Plan, with over 60 delicious, healthy recipes, plus strategies and tips to help you sustain progress. Two weeks into the Eat Yourself Young programme, you'll notice that you feel better; within a month you'll be full of energy; within three months you'll look five years younger - and within a year, well, that's up to you. This programme will not only change your body. It will change your outlook and your life. Welcome to a younger you.
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When I read this book through, I felt a great feeling of disquiet. It is a colourful and attractive looking volume and I have absolutely no problems with the recipe section. Some of these look delicious and simple, and I might even try them myself as they appear quick, easy and with a reasonable balance of ingredients.
Elizabeth Peyton-Jones, however, is trying to offer much more, for the title is "Eat Yourself Young" and this is a quite a claim. It is true that a balanced diet can assist in maintaining good health and there is reasonable evidence based research to suggest that eating your greens and fruit will assist greatly in this. The author, however, states much more - and does so without quoting the studies to back up her hypotheses. The fact that there is no bibliography so that we can read further and decide matters for ourselves is also concerning.
She suggests that the reader changes their diet to combat the five anti-ageing processes, namely, eliminative slowdown, inflammation, oxidation, acidification and hormonal imbalance. This involves an evaluation of current symptoms, a detox diet and the EYY eating plan. Apparently, you will feel better by following this - well, it does rather depend, I suspect, on how you were before, as you certainly will be taking your fruit and veg in copious quantities. Ms Peyton-Jones also makes some quite unequivocal statements to back up her dietary ideas and these worry me hugely.
When I received this book, I scanned it and then consulted a number of friends who work in a variety of scientific fields to assist in evaluating the text. We looked at, for example, oxidation. Yes, they said, the facts are there but there is an overplay when it comes to the effect of oxidative stress on DNA. There were also problems when it came to looking at sugar and its effect on blood glucose - yes, it does raise it but your body has a process to regulate this and, in non-diabetics, it does it most effectively.
There is also a recommendation concerning eating beetroot to lower blood pressure. This is based on a very small study, I think, and I did locate the paper. It suggested a hypothesis but this should not be taken as pure fact and inferences drawn. It is also worth saying that the study was done on normotensive subjects.
In summary, the problem with the rationale behind some of the statements in this book is that they simply are not explained sufficiently or with care. Two and two simply do not make five! Science tends to involve trials that suggest correlations but people need to be careful before regurgitating the results in the form of directives - things just do not work that way as the real story can be quite complex in this world.
I understand that the launch of this volume was covered by Tatler Magazine and there is some celebrity endorsement on the book cover. This does not, however, lend credence to the content and it certainly does not add to the believability of the statement that constipation gives you eye bags and forehead wrinkles!
...and finally. Ms Peyton-Jones suggests that if you are worried about the quality of your tap water, you should contact your local council to test it. Please do not. Your steps should be directed towards your water company as they took over this role long ago.
Elizabeth Peyton-Jones, however, is trying to offer much more, for the title is "Eat Yourself Young" and this is a quite a claim. It is true that a balanced diet can assist in maintaining good health and there is reasonable evidence based research to suggest that eating your greens and fruit will assist greatly in this. The author, however, states much more - and does so without quoting the studies to back up her hypotheses. The fact that there is no bibliography so that we can read further and decide matters for ourselves is also concerning.
She suggests that the reader changes their diet to combat the five anti-ageing processes, namely, eliminative slowdown, inflammation, oxidation, acidification and hormonal imbalance. This involves an evaluation of current symptoms, a detox diet and the EYY eating plan. Apparently, you will feel better by following this - well, it does rather depend, I suspect, on how you were before, as you certainly will be taking your fruit and veg in copious quantities. Ms Peyton-Jones also makes some quite unequivocal statements to back up her dietary ideas and these worry me hugely.
When I received this book, I scanned it and then consulted a number of friends who work in a variety of scientific fields to assist in evaluating the text. We looked at, for example, oxidation. Yes, they said, the facts are there but there is an overplay when it comes to the effect of oxidative stress on DNA. There were also problems when it came to looking at sugar and its effect on blood glucose - yes, it does raise it but your body has a process to regulate this and, in non-diabetics, it does it most effectively.
There is also a recommendation concerning eating beetroot to lower blood pressure. This is based on a very small study, I think, and I did locate the paper. It suggested a hypothesis but this should not be taken as pure fact and inferences drawn. It is also worth saying that the study was done on normotensive subjects.
In summary, the problem with the rationale behind some of the statements in this book is that they simply are not explained sufficiently or with care. Two and two simply do not make five! Science tends to involve trials that suggest correlations but people need to be careful before regurgitating the results in the form of directives - things just do not work that way as the real story can be quite complex in this world.
I understand that the launch of this volume was covered by Tatler Magazine and there is some celebrity endorsement on the book cover. This does not, however, lend credence to the content and it certainly does not add to the believability of the statement that constipation gives you eye bags and forehead wrinkles!
...and finally. Ms Peyton-Jones suggests that if you are worried about the quality of your tap water, you should contact your local council to test it. Please do not. Your steps should be directed towards your water company as they took over this role long ago.
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This is a well planned book, attractively put together and logically split into sections. It starts off with a questionnaire, where you answer a dozen questions on an a to e range. You then see an assessment of your physical and mental condition depending on if you got, say, mainly b's or mainly e's (oh dear!). There are then sections on the five processes that age you, the five foods to avoid and the five best foods to keep you youthful. We then get into the Eating Yourself Young (EYY) detox and diet and finish with some general tips on eating sensibly.
In the sections which precede the EYY part, there is quite a lot of science and to my mind this is the book's greatest failing. It is not at all clear from the text what the scientific basis for the various assertions made is. For example, certain things have been so widely researched and tested that most people would take as accepted wisdom that, for example, refined sugar, trans-fats and too much salt are not good for you and correlate to various adverse medical conditions. However, with the same apparent authority we are told that beetroot and lemons have overwhelming beneficial effects and are basically the best thing since sliced bread (oh sorry, I think that is actually bad for you!). I am not aware that there is anything like the research to back up these assumptions and certainly the book is not at all informative as to its supporting sources. Incidentally the heavy emphasis on beetroot really put my wife off as she cannot abide the stuff - for some obscure reason she says it reminds her of cockroaches!
There are some quite nice recipes included, but not very many that I could see us using in practice. This is the sort of book that wants to imply that it is life changing, as in 'I took up the EYY diet, and I have lost three stone and feel twenty years younger'. It may do that for some people, but for this to be a more general effect amongst readers, it has to engender a general feeling of enthusiasm and a wish to try it all out - for example people either love or hate Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution: The No-hunger, Luxurious Weight Loss Plan That Really Works!, but most gave it a go. For a book to work on this level you really need to finish it and want to get down to Tescos to buy a couple of kilos of beetroot etc to get going on it. Unfortunately Eat Yourself Young does not manage to create this sort of enthusiasm so, whilst it is interesting in parts, I doubt it will have many dedicated followers.
In the sections which precede the EYY part, there is quite a lot of science and to my mind this is the book's greatest failing. It is not at all clear from the text what the scientific basis for the various assertions made is. For example, certain things have been so widely researched and tested that most people would take as accepted wisdom that, for example, refined sugar, trans-fats and too much salt are not good for you and correlate to various adverse medical conditions. However, with the same apparent authority we are told that beetroot and lemons have overwhelming beneficial effects and are basically the best thing since sliced bread (oh sorry, I think that is actually bad for you!). I am not aware that there is anything like the research to back up these assumptions and certainly the book is not at all informative as to its supporting sources. Incidentally the heavy emphasis on beetroot really put my wife off as she cannot abide the stuff - for some obscure reason she says it reminds her of cockroaches!
There are some quite nice recipes included, but not very many that I could see us using in practice. This is the sort of book that wants to imply that it is life changing, as in 'I took up the EYY diet, and I have lost three stone and feel twenty years younger'. It may do that for some people, but for this to be a more general effect amongst readers, it has to engender a general feeling of enthusiasm and a wish to try it all out - for example people either love or hate Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution: The No-hunger, Luxurious Weight Loss Plan That Really Works!, but most gave it a go. For a book to work on this level you really need to finish it and want to get down to Tescos to buy a couple of kilos of beetroot etc to get going on it. Unfortunately Eat Yourself Young does not manage to create this sort of enthusiasm so, whilst it is interesting in parts, I doubt it will have many dedicated followers.
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I have little doubt that you ought to eat good stuff as distinct from bad. But what is bad? does this book tell you? Well, yes, it does, but you end up in such a complicated situation considering what you should and should not eat that I think you might well be confused, and need some extra funds to finance it. The healthiest person I know is 94, going strong. His secret? Restricted calories, little red meat, protein mainly supplied from vegetable sources (soy) and a little fish. No alcohol.
You can make things very complicated, and I think this book does that a bit. No doubt its all good for you. But the secrets of life are usually quite simple. The real difficulty is they are not easy to put into practice. And the more you overcomplicate things, the less chance of success. But give it a try by all means- I just think there are simpler ways to get the same result.
You can make things very complicated, and I think this book does that a bit. No doubt its all good for you. But the secrets of life are usually quite simple. The real difficulty is they are not easy to put into practice. And the more you overcomplicate things, the less chance of success. But give it a try by all means- I just think there are simpler ways to get the same result.
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Sound advice mostly
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bright presentation and some good recipes
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I like the ideas but the thesis is somewhat lacking
I must start this review by saying I like this book. I like the layout, the colours used, the style and the recipes. I like virtually everything about this book. Read more
Published 13 days ago by C. M. Cotton
Revolutionary? Rubbish!
Some of this book is plain common sense, and the actual diet plans are rather impractical to follow, and a bit too restricting, meaning that it would be more likely that someone... Read more
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