This is a fantastic book written in a very informative manner. The recipes are good too. What I thought was most interesting is how the author explains how heart disease develops... the typical American diet starts building plaque on the artery walls as early as the teen years! You will be surprised when you read this book and then you will understand why heart disease is such a big problem in America. The diet in this book is the best diet I have come accross, not being able to easily loose weight myself. But this diet does it without hunger. I can't say enough about this advice. It has changed my life and the way I look at my health. I no longer feel like I am a ticking time bomb that will eventually need a coronary bypass operation ... an operation that has become very routine in America.