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体にいい食べ物を「おいしく」選ぶための最新戦略。栄養学の世界的権威であるウィレット博士が発表、全米に衝撃を与えた「ヘルシーフードピラミッド」を紹介。この本で非科学的なダイエットと手を切りましょう!

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ハーバードの専門家による、科学的エビデンスを重視した一般向けの栄養学入門書です。食文化などの違いのため、直接的に実践につながりにくい記述が多いですが、医療上の栄養指導におけるヒントを十分に得られると思います。我田引水が多いですが、比較的バランス取れた記述と感じました。所々に、アメリカの食品業界、ロビー活動に対する怒りが散りばめられています。
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この本は、多分一般のダイエット志向の人が読んでも自分が何を食べたらよいのか理解する前に投げ出してしまうだろう。しかし、食品業界に携わる人にとっては最高のバイブルになるだろう。
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食の世界にグローバルスタンダードは無い。ここに盛り込まれている情報を翻訳して開発し、日本人の嗜好にあった食品として提供するのは食品会社の商品開発担当者の役割なのではないだろうか。
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　この本は、どのような食物が身体に良いか、あるいは病気のリスクを増加させるかについて、豊富な調査結果をもとに詳細に記述しています。まだ、わからないことはわからないとはっきり書いてあり、根拠が明示してあるので、非常に信頼がおけます。（そういう大規模で長期間にわたる統計調査ができるところがアメリカはすごいです）。
　結論的に言えば「たくさんの野菜と果物を取る」などと常識的な部分も多いのですが、飽和脂肪酸と不飽和脂肪酸の違いや乳製品は無理に取る必要はないなどの目からウロコの知見も多いです。
　論理的に物事を考えたい人や丸元淑生氏の栄養学関係の本が好きな人にはお奨めです。食生活に気をつけようという気になりますよ。
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The book entitled: “Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy… ” by Walter C. Willett, MD was originally published in 2001 and updated with new scientific information in 2017. The book is worth purchasing and reading for those interested in having a better understanding of healthy eating or, better still, eating better. Much of the book mirrors what many of us already know about healthy eating and life style choices, still the book does a good job of explaining how science evolves and why scientific advancement doesn’t always line up with what the popular press is saying about eating. The author does an excellent job of clearly explaining the current scientific understanding of healthy eating including numerous examples of recipes. About a fifth of the book is suggested recipes.
Illustrative of the style and substance of the book, Dr. Willett writes: “[A] reason for writing this book was to challenge the misleading advice embodied in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s [USDA’s] Food Guide Pyramid, which focused on avoiding all types of fat and loading up with starch… I sent the USDA a copy of the first edition of Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy and said it was welcome to use the evidence based Healthy Eating Pyramid my colleagues and I had developed, and which I had described in the book. As usual… though, politics and business trumped science—the USDA’s new MyPyramid offered even less guidance on healthy eating than its predecessor… in this edition I incorporate additional, important details that have emerged, including new information on weight-loss strategies; the benefits of specific fruits, vegetables, and vitamin D; the harms of trans fats; and other elements of healthy eating.”
Dr. Willett writes: “Over the past thirty-five years, my colleagues and I have been continually surprised by the impact of diet on the risks of a host of chronic diseases… information on medical history, smoking, physical activity, and other lifestyle variables would be needed to isolate the effects of diet… one of the most important conclusions of our work is that healthy diets—and there is no single healthy diet—do not mean deprivation or monotony…”
Dr. Willett writes: “Chapter One: Healthy Eating Matters… You need food for the basics of everyday life—to pump blood, move muscles, think thoughts. But what you eat and drink can also help you live well and live longer. By making the right choices, you can avoid some of the things we think of as inevitable penalties of getting older. Eating well—teamed with keeping your weight in the healthy range, exercising regularly, and not smoking—can prevent 80 percent of heart attacks, 90 percent of type 2 diabetes, and 70 percent of colorectal cancer… A healthy diet can give you more energy and help you feel good today. Making poor dietary choices—eating too much of the wrong kinds of food and too little of the right kinds, or too much food altogether—can send you in the other direction….”
Dr. Willett writes: “[I] wrote Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy in 2001 to cut through the confusion about diet. Basing the book on the most reliable scientific evidence available then, I offered recommendations for eating and drinking healthfully. Sixteen years and thousands of scientific papers later, the recommendations in this edition of the book are fundamentally the same, though supported with more extensive evidence and enhanced with important new details… Here is the outline of my simple, actionable advice for healthy eating, which I describe in detail later in the book:… Eat plenty of vegetables and fruits, but limit fruit juices and corn, and hold the potatoes. • Eat more good fats (these mostly come from plants) and fewer bad fats (these mostly come from meat and dairy foods). • Eat more whole-grain carbohydrates and fewer refined-grain carbohydrates. • Choose healthy sources of protein, limit your consumption of red meat, and don’t eat processed meat. • Drink more water. Coffee and tea are okay; sugar-sweetened soda and other beverages aren’t. • Drink alcohol in moderation, if at all. • Take a multivitamin for insurance, just in case you aren’t getting the vitamins and minerals you need from the foods you eat. Make sure it delivers at least 1,000 international units of vitamin D… a partial shift away from a meat-and dairy-centered diet and toward more plant sources of protein is a big step in the direction of long-term good health for you”
Dr. Willett writes: “Using the blueprint laid out in the Harvard Healthy Eating Plate is a good way to improve your diet… how to put the omega-3 fats found in fish and some plants to work for you;… and why it makes sense to take a daily multivitamin… This book… ends with more than seventy tasty tested recipes… THROUGHOUT MOST OF HUMAN HISTORY, [most people] didn’t live long enough for diet-related conditions like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer to take root. That’s changed. Today the average American lives for nearly eighty years, so what you eat matters as much as how much you eat. We aren’t born knowing how to choose healthy foods. Most of us need some help, especially in this era when food, food ads, and dietary advice are everywhere. Consider this book as your personal guide for navigating the sea of information, misinformation, and disinformation that surrounds all of us… What’s good for American farmers isn’t necessarily good for Americans’ health.”
Dr. Willett writes: “What emerged fairly early from this work, and from studies by others around the world, was that the picture of a healthy diet was quite different from that portrayed by the USDA pyramid… One strand of this evidence came from Greece. In the 1980s, Greek men lived four years longer than American men and had remarkably low rates of heart disease... Their diet was thought to have something to do with this… we created in 1993 a pyramid to represent the traditional Mediterranean diet… It was built on a base of healthy whole grains, fruits, vegetables, beans, and healthy fats. At the time it was widely criticized by many in the nutrition community because it was high in fat, mainly olive oil. Since then, various streams of evidence have confirmed that olive oil is a healthy source of calories… After an average of five years, those who had been following the Mediterranean diet had a 30 percent lower rate of cardiovascular disease compared with those in the low-fat group. Further analyses showed that those following the Mediterranean diet also had lower rates of diabetes and breast cancer...”
Dr. Willett writes: “The Harvard Healthy Eating Pyramid… based on solid science, offers better guidance for healthy eating than the advice from the USDA… Women and men with high… scores (those who followed the eating strategies embodied in the Healthy Eating Pyramid) had substantially lower risks of developing major chronic diseases, especially heart disease or stroke, than those scoring low on the index.”
Dr. Willett writes: “RESEARCH ABOUT DIET AND NUTRITION seems to contradict itself with aggravating regularity. You stop using butter and start spreading margarine on your toast, only to learn later that margarine can be as bad for you, and then later that butter isn’t as bad as it was once thought to be… This makes following health news seem like reading pages torn at random from a book or, worse, reading the pages with misprints… The amount and quality of sound scientific information on diet and health have grown enormously over the past thirty years… today’s recommendations will probably be subject to some fine-tuning, even though the big picture is unlikely to change appreciably… medical science has its own special rhythm, one that doesn’t fit with the media’s need to tell compelling but simple stories… Men and women carry out studies and report their results. Evidence accumulates… randomized trials are often impossible to do when it comes to nutrition… The Women’s Health Initiative—which tested the effect of reducing dietary fat to 20 percent of calories and increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables on the development of breast cancer, heart disease, and other chronic conditions among almost 60,000 women in the 1990s—cost more than $ 2 billion and didn’t yield clear answers on this important question, in part because there was actually very little difference in fat intake between women assigned to follow a low-fat diet and those following the comparison “usual diet.”
Randomized controlled trials are sometimes held up as the “best” evidence. But cohort studies can answer questions that aren’t possible in such trials, such as long-term effects of diet… Dozens of cohort studies of diet and health are in progress. They have already provided us with important information on connections between diet and disease, and will produce a flood of data over the coming years”
Dr. Willett writes: “Careful journalists try to put new research into perspective. But it’s impossible to cram that kind of context into thirty seconds of air time or 250 words, so you often end up with little more than… sound bites or headlines. [None-the-less, it is] worth paying attention to: Studies done on people… Studies done in the real world… Studies that look at diseases, not markers for them… Large studies… Weight of evidence. [And] This body of evidence points to a firm conclusion that drinking moderate amounts of alcohol reduces the risk of heart disease… Given the flood of information from nutrition research, I suggest that you not make big changes in what or how you eat based on a single study… In fact, Mark Twain’s… view of health information is [still good today] “Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.””
Dr. Willett writes: “Healthy Weight… If you are overweight, change your diet and exercise pattern so you won’t add any more pounds and ideally will lose some… data indicate that with increasing body mass index—a measure that includes both weight and height—the risks of heart disease, high blood pressure, gallstones, and type 2 diabetes all steadily increase, even among those in the healthy weight category. Above a body mass index of 30, which is the boundary between overweight and obesity, the risks continue to increase… Carrying too many pounds… has a direct effect on your current and future health… WHAT IS A HEALTHY WEIGHT?... [is] difficult to answer… A number called the body mass index (BMI)… [a] measure of weight adjusted for height does a good job of accounting for the fact that taller people tend to weigh more than shorter people… Setting guidelines for healthy BMIs has traditionally been done by examining death rates in large groups of people and then picking the BMIs with the lowest death rates as the “healthy range.” Most studies have shown that range to be BMIs between 18.5 and 24.9… Still, drawing the line at 25 means that two-thirds of adult Americans are overweight or obese… If your weight corresponds to a BMI above 25, you will do yourself a huge health favor by keeping it from increasing and, if possible, by trying to bring it down… In reality, adult weight gain is neither inevitable nor innocuous. In many cultures, gaining weight during adulthood just isn’t the norm… In a pooled analysis of cohort studies that included 650,000 men and women, a larger waist predicted a higher risk of premature death at every BMI… A waist size of 35 inches for women and 40 inches for men is a worrisome signal… WHY WE GAIN WEIGHT Your weight depends on a simple but easily unbalanced equation: weight change equals calories in minus calories out over time… Chalk up why you’re the weight you are to a combination of what and how much you eat, your genes, your lifestyle, and your culture… It’s likely that our prehistoric ancestors shaped our physiological and behavioral responses to food. Early humans routinely coped with feast-or-famine conditions… eating as much as possible whenever food was available might have been a key to surviving the lean times… The source of calories can influence how satisfied you feel after eating. Some foods, like an apple, can fill your stomach and leave you content for hours, while a can of soda with twice the calories will hardly ease your hunger… While carrying too many pounds is a key threat to health, it’s important not to lose sight of the fact that diet affects health in many ways that aren’t related to weight.”
Dr. Willett writes: “Most fad diets fail in the long run. For that matter, so do many middle-of-the-road, commonsense diets. The ultimate diet is one that offers meals and snacks that rapidly make you feel pleasantly full (technically called satiety)… LOW-FAT DIETS AREN’T THE ANSWER… A common though absolutely false thread that runs through many diets is the idea that fat in food makes fat in the body… there is no evidence that calories from fat contribute more to weight gain than calories from carbohydrates or other sources… Eating chicken, beef, fish, beans, and other high-protein foods that are the staples of low-carb diets slow the movement of food from the stomach to the small intestine. Slower stomach emptying means you feel full longer and it takes longer to get… hungry. Second, protein’s gentle, steady effect on blood sugar smooths out the blood sugar–insulin roller coaster caused by the digestion of rapidly digested carbohydrates like white bread, white rice, or a baked potato”
Dr. Willett writes: “There are better ways to cut back on unhealthy carbs. Eating more nuts, beans, soy foods, fish, poultry, nonstarchy fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and vegetable oils… can work for weight control even as it reduces the risks of heart disease, diabetes, and several cancers… LOW-GLYCEMIC DIETS MAY BE AN EXCELLENT OPTION… You don’t need to religiously follow glycemic index and glycemic load tables in planning meals or snacks. There are simpler rules of thumb: Don’t eat highly processed sources of carbohydrates such as breads, pastries, cereals, crackers, and other foods made with white flour; white rice; and sugar-sweetened beverages. Instead, eat more intact grains and foods made from them, in addition to fruits, vegetables, and beans… HEALTHY EATING… As I mentioned earlier, there’s a solid connection between healthy eating and weight loss.”
Dr. Willett writes: “The foods linked to greater weight gain included: • soda (overall, the most important food or beverage for weight gain because it was consumed so often) • potatoes in all forms • red meat… refined grains • sweets • fruit juice… Foods related to less weight gain included: • vegetables • fruits • whole grains • nuts • yogurt… GO MEDITERRANEAN The most impressive evidence for the benefit of a Mediterranean-type diet on long-term weight control comes from the Dietary Intervention Randomized Controlled Trial (DIRECT)… Among the participants who finished the two-year trial, those who followed the low-fat diet lost an average of 7 pounds, those following the Mediterranean diet lost about 10 pounds, and those on the low-carb diet lost 12 pounds… I recommend this three-pronged strategy: 1. If you aren’t physically active, get moving. If you are, try to be even more active. 2. Find an eating strategy that works for you. Those offered in this book are a great place to start. 3. Become a mindful and defensive eater… You need to find what works for you and stick with it… different strategies… 1. Get Moving… Exercise counts most toward good health… Build muscle, burn fat… The more muscle you have, the more calories you burn, even at rest. Without exercise, fat replaces muscle… It is easier to prevent weight gain than it is to lose weight… The two big questions about exercise are these: How much exercise do we need each day? And what is the best kind of exercise?”
Dr. Willett writes: “Walk for health… For many people, walking is an excellent type of physical activity because it doesn’t require any special equipment… there is a very strong link between walking and protection against heart disease… Exercise at least thirty minutes a day… Most recommendations translate this into time: thirty minutes of physical activity on most, if not all, days of… the week. There is no question that this much activity is far better than inactivity… thirty minutes of activity a day isn’t much… So consider thirty minutes of physical activity as a daily minimum for maintaining your health and weight… sitting isn’t good for the body.”
Dr. Willett writes: “Find a Diet that Works for You… A diet must work for you… individuals respond differently to weight-loss strategies… Diets low in refined carbohydrates often work best… Giving up refined carbohydrates in favor of whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and healthy sources of protein and fat… will reduce the spikes of glucose and insulin that provoke hunger… Not eating red and processed meats and eating in their place fish, nuts, beans, and poultry will reduce the risks for colon cancer, prostate cancer, premenopausal breast cancer, diabetes, and heart disease, even if the total amount of fat you are eating remains high. Choose a healthy global diet. An eating plan that borrows heavily from the Mediterranean and other traditional diets offers a healthy nutritional foundation.”
Dr. Willett writes: “[There was a] time when many experts believed that all fats were bad for the heart. This belief has faded in light of findings that unsaturated fats can improve cholesterol levels, reduce blood pressure, and snuff out potentially deadly heart rhythm disturbances… On average, most people do worse over the long run on low-fat diets than on higher-fat diets… Low-carb diets tend to be better than low-fat diets at helping people lose weight… Traditional Mediterranean diets have a relatively low impact on blood sugar because they use plenty of fruits and vegetables, are relatively high in healthy fats, and are relatively low in easily digested carbohydrates… The truth is, everyone, overweight or not, needs to watch what and how much they eat and to exercise… Two things we know for sure about weight-loss diets: • Almost any type of diet works for a while. • No single diet works for everyone… One of the main messages from the registry is that successful weight loss is very much a “do it your way” endeavor… Don’t get too discouraged or beat yourself up because a diet that “worked for everybody” didn’t pay off for you. Try another… A good diet… should be something you can sustain for years.”
Dr. Willett writes: “The war on dietary fat ignored the simple fact that your body needs fat… Some types are essential for you, and it’s important to include them in your diet. These are the healthy unsaturated fats found in plant oils like olive, canola, soybean, and corn oils, and in fish. Cutting them from your diet is a bad idea. The true bad fats are trans and saturated fats… Dietary fats aren’t the only factors that affect the risk of heart disease. Smoking, being overweight or obese, and inactivity contribute a substantial share of deaths and disability. But managing the type of fat you eat is an important way to prevent heart disease… SIMPLER GUIDELINES AREN’T ALWAYS BETTER… influential groups decided that Americans couldn’t grasp a concept as nuanced as good fat/ bad fat. Instead they settled on the simpler “Fat is bad” message. There’s no question that the public heard and heeded this message… But we’ve thrown out the baby with the bathwater, mainly cutting back on beneficial unsaturated fats.”
Dr. Willett writes: “REPLACING FATS WITH CARBOHYDRATES CREATES A NEW PROBLEM… Equally harmful, white bread and other foods made from white flour, potatoes, pasta, and white rice cause large spikes in blood sugar (glucose) and insulin, something that doesn’t happen with fat, protein, and slowly absorbed carbohydrates like those from intact whole grains, beans, fruits, and non-starchy vegetables...”
The author continues in this manner with information that is valuable to men and women both young and old.
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5つ星のうち5.0 Best Advice
2021年9月19日にカナダでレビュー済み
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If you buy 1 book on what to eat this book is for you!
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5つ星のうち5.0 Alles war in Ordnung
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5つ星のうち5.0 Useful and great recipes
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Not hip, but very practical if you really want to know what to eat to stay (or become) healthy. Contains useful nuggets of information about topics that people who write for hype will just skip.

I actually bought the kindle version first and then got the physical book for the recipes.
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5つ星のうち5.0 Beyond the Food Pyramid: Harvard’s Blueprint for Healthful Eating
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“Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating” transcends its status as merely a book; it is an expansive manifesto that challenges entrenched dietary misconceptions and the prevalent misguidance on healthy eating, Authored by the internationally acclaimed epidemiologist and nutritionist Dr. Walter C. Willett, this book leverages his extensive expertise from his tenure as a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health. Since its original release in 2001 and its subsequent update in 2017, it has served as an authoritative source, enlightening readers with a clear, science-based framework for nutrition.

Let’s explore the distinctive features and uniqueness of this groundbreaking work to understand and appreciate its contributions fully.

Challenging Conventional Misconceptions. Dr. Willett adeptly dismantles prevailing dietary dogmas, particularly critiquing the USDA’s food pyramid that once dominated nutritional guidance. By dissecting the flawed emphasis on certain food groups without adequate consideration for quality and source, the book clears the confusion surrounding dietary fats, protein, and carbohydrates. For example, he scrutinizes common misconceptions, such as the overemphasis on carbohydrate consumption and the demonization of all fats, presenting a nuanced view of dietary fats and their impact on health.

Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights. The book excels in posing thought-provoking questions that encourage readers to critically assess their dietary habits and explore the rationale behind common dietary guidelines, thereby fostering a more informed and reflective approach to nutrition. Dr. Willett’s insights on the complex relationship between diet and chronic diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease, illuminate the profound impact of dietary choices on long-term health.

Authoritative and Science-Based Source. As a leading figure in nutritional epidemiology, Dr. Willett brings unparalleled expertise to the discussion. His authoritative voice, backed by decades of research at the Harvard School of Public Health, ensures that readers are receiving advice from one of the most credible sources in the field. The 2017 update integrates the state of the science up to that point, providing readers with new scientific findings and information.

Objective and Academic. One of the book’s strengths is its objectivity. Dr. Willett’s approach is devoid of hidden agendas or political bias, focusing solely on presenting academic, evidence-based information. This academic rigor makes the book a trustworthy resource for individuals looking to understand the why and how behind healthy eating, enabling them to make informed decisions about their health based on the latest scientific evidence.

Fully Informative with Clear Explanations. Not content with merely dictating what to eat or avoid, “Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy” excels in offering clear, thorough explanations about the mechanisms by which different foods and nutrients impact health. This level of detail empowers readers with a deeper understanding of nutrition’s complexities, moving beyond superficial dietary do’s and don’ts. This comprehensive approach demystifies nutritional science, making it accessible to the lay reader.

Practical Guidance. Beyond its academic rigor, the book stands out for its practicality. Dr. Willett provides actionable guidelines that readers can seamlessly integrate into their daily lives, making healthy eating an attainable goal rather than a tough challenge. This practical advice, from simple dietary adjustments to recommendations for meal planning, is tailored to fit the diverse needs and circumstances of the book’s audience.

Well-Structured and Accessible. With its well-structured content and easy-to-follow format, this book is both a joy to read and easy to implement. Its reader-friendly approach makes complex concepts understandable to a broad audience, from health professionals to individuals seeking to improve their dietary habits.

While “Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy” stands as a pillar of nutritional guidance, the evolving and dynamic nature of scientific research means that new findings continue to emerge. Readers may anticipate future versions of the book that include the latest developments, such as the debates on vegetable oils, saturated fats, and multivitamin supplements, further refining our understanding of healthy eating.

“Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy” is rightfully heralded as a bible for healthy eating. It is a must-read that deserves a place on every health-conscious individual’s bookshelf, promising not just a guide to healthy eating but a foundation for a healthier life.
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