If It's Not Food...Don't Eat It!: The No-Nonsense Guide to an Eating-For-Health Lifestyle

by Kelly Hayford

Unveils the pitfalls of the fake-food culture. From toxic, chemical additives to the unscrupulous antics of the food industry in concert with the media, this work takes a look at what we're eating,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 097656680X
• ISBN13: 9780976566809
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Kelly Hayford
• Length: 371 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

No hype, Just Common Sense and Good Information

Kelly Hayford's book is one of the best I've read on nutrition and truly natural health care. It is not about vitamins (which, by the way, are not foods, but at best only parts of foods) and it does not contain any strange, "new age" advice. Instead, it is filled with practical information that, if you follow carefully, will do wonders for your health, despite any health condition you may have. Or, if you are fortunate enough to have good health, Kelly Hayford's book is more than just an ounce of prevention - it's a whole guide to it. ALL health problems and diseases are tied to our diet, which is what makes this book the foundation of good health and healing.

If It's Not Food, Don't Eat It!

This is the only guide you will ever need for how to eat and live in a healthy way. The information was life changing for me and for my patients. Her easy to understand book takes the mystery out of what is and isn't healthy. I found the recipes at the end of the book especially helpful. Kelly shows you how to implement the suggestions into your daily routine immediately. You will not just lose weight, you will gain energy and stamina to enjoy life's passions. Dr. Elizabeth Decker Chiropractor

Down to earth advice

Clean up your diet and you will feel better. Sounds simple but without the guidance of where to begin and what to watch out for one gets trapped in the confusing cycle of supplements, shake mixes and health care providers. Kelly Hayford provides a way out of the trap in "If It's Not Food, Don't Eat It! She not only educates her readers as to the pitfalls of processed foods, media influence and role of food allegeries but also outlines several strageties for eliminating health problems with better nutrition.

A Must Read, Full Of Healthy Ammunition

Kelly Hayford has written an informative, eye-opening, and highly readable book that gives the reader an armload of reasons to improve their own diet and ample ammunition for gently encouraging their loved ones to do the same. Kelly makes a great case for avoiding what is artificial or processed and she does it in a thought-you-might-want-to-know way that presents solid data to give you food for thought. (Sorry, I couldn't resist the pun.) This is not a diet book! This is a book to help you achieve and maintain the dietary side of fitness and health. Kelly is no stranger to the kind of marginal health that can result from terrible eating habits. Her own story, presented at the beginning of the book, sets the stage for what has become a calling for her: helping ordinary folks create healthier habits around food in a doable and enjoyable way. Well done, Kelly!

If you care about your health read this book!

This book is a must read for anyone that cares about what they put into their mouth. "we are what we eat.." or what we don't. Unfortunately in the United States fresh fruits and vegetables have become almost foreign to us. We are not concerned that most of what we buy in the grocery store is loaded with ingredients that are not even pronouncable, much less are they actually food! With the rise of juvenille diabetes, heart disease, and an increase in cancer, not a decrease with all the treatments, this book brings us right back to basics. Start with your diet. Start with the food given to us by nature.Read the boxes. If an ingredient has more than two syllabels it probably isn't food. Kelly Hayford has a great writing style, and an excellent sense of humour so you won't find this book a dry or boring detailed account of what we should eat. You may actually laugh reading this book. Another excellent bonus is each page contains an excerpt from different books, and medical and scientific studies of astounding facts to the lack of health in this nation.(Make sure to read the margins). I highly recommend this book and am so surprised it is not a bestseller.