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The Rotometer rating goes from five red stars (worst ROT) through to five green stars (NOT ROT - in fact EXCELLENT).
ESCAPE THE FAT TRAP FOR LIFE
ATTITUDE CHANGING, MONEY-SAVING AND HONEST,
ESCAPE THE FAT TRAP FOR LIFE
TELLS YOU:
• the truth about slimming diets – and all you really need to do for permanent weight control.
• how to use ‘body IQ’ to help you re-assess your shape and achieve your goals.
• who benefits from the diet industry - and why they don’t want you to change.
• how to beat the pitfalls, predators and lies keeping you from your ideal shape.
• how to avoid the exercise trap – and find out what will work for you.
“We spend a huge amount of time worrying about the way we look and feeling guilty about what we eat. But all our efforts are not working – we just get fatter. I believe this book can change that – and help you to enjoy your body and your food for the rest of your life.” says Judith Wills
Judith Wills' explosive new book was published on 5th January 2010 (Kyle Cathie, £9.99) and is due to be featured in The Daily Mail, Woman's Weekly, Woman Magazine, Zest Magazine and elsewhere in the coming weeks. Buy at Amazon.co.uk
Rot or not? *****
THE NEW HOME LARDER
'The essential storecupboard makeover - delicious recipes, invaluable advice' by Judith Wills, published May 2009 by Eden Project Books, £20.
"Judith has stacks of good ideas and delicious recipes to inspire you" - Cathy Court, co-founder, Netmums (www.netmums.com)
"A fun, practical guide which imparts much-needed information" - The Bookseller
"As always with Judith's books, I feel inspired enough to follow her advice!" - Joy Skipper, Guild of Food Writers.
"A well-stocked larder is a cook's best friend, and Judith Wills tells you everything you need to know. Remarkably comprehensive in scope and the recipes are enticing." - Richard Ehrlich, food writer and author of The Green Kitchen (Kyle Cathie, £12.99)
This timely book shows how you can stock even the smallest food storecupboard well so that you cut down on shopping trips and can prepare any meal quickly and easily using few - if any - fresh ingredients. Larder eating is also healthy and environmentally-friendly as it cuts down on energy use and means less food wasted, too.
Most importantly, the book contains over a hundred truly delicious recipes and a useful A-Z of storecupboard items, with plenty of advice on what to choose and what to ignore, and stockist details.
Rot or not? *****
THE GREEN FOOD BIBLE
Judith Wills, June 2008, Eden Project Books softback, price £15
This is the Diet Detective's full-colour in-depth guide to all you ever wanted to know about 'eating, shopping and cooking' green.
Judith spent a year researching and writing The Green Food Bible and, she says, "I wrote it for people like me - who want to eat in a green and environmentally sound way but are sometimes confused about all the issues involved. I set about finding simple answers - which was often quite difficult!"
In the title, Judith covers topics such as:
* The meaning of 'green' eating. * Organic food and whether or not it is planet-friendly. * Supermarkets - how bad are they really? * Food imports - should you ever buy imported/airfreighted food? * Local food versus fair trade - which to choose? * An A-Z comprehensive guide to choosing and buying green food and drinks, from apples to wine. * Seasonal eating - and pages of seasonal recipes.
There's nothing else like The Green Food Bible on the market; it's very user-friendly and will get even the most uncommitted person buying and eating green without pain.
Rot or not? *****
The Food Bible by Judith Wills, "The ultimate reference book for food and your health", published by Quadrille (3rd edition), January 2007, £12.99.
This is the completely revised and updated version of The Food Bible - the book described by the Sunday Times as having "all the answers for healthy eating". It is published by Quadrille at £12.99 but available on Amazon for £7.99.
DO NOT CONFUSE this title - The Food Bible - with the new Gillian McKeith book. She has ripped off The Diet Detective's title - which has sold nearly 300,000 copies worldwide since it was first published in 1998 - and The Diet Detective is not best pleased!
As cogniscenti will know, Ms McKeith is a great fan of limited and obsessive eating rather than the type of healthy but enjoyable and normal diet outlined in The Food Bible. The Sunday Times knows what it is talking about, and The Food Bible by Judith Wills is the 'original and best'!!!!!
Judith Wills' The Food Bible - Rot or not? *****
Gillian McKeith The Food Bible - Rot or not? *****
News
Hay Festival - brilliant fun!
Says Judith, "I was lucky enough to be offered an appearance at this year's Hay Literary Festival, and thoroughly enjoyed going along and talking about my work, books, food and even pop music!
My spot was shared with a great author, John Lewis-Stempel, who lives only around 20 miles from me in my homeland of Herefordshire, and who has written a marvellous book about his year living on wild food (The Wild Life, Doubleday).
I wish he would come round to my garden and help me to think of a good use for the wild rabbits who insist on arriving in my veg patch overnight and eating my lettuce, cabbage, chives, carrot tops - you name it. They even ate my sunflowers!
Only trouble is, John says he ate so many rabbits on his 'wild' year that they quite turn him off now....
Oh well, perhaps I will just have to share our produce with the bunnies until I can bring myself to get a gun. And before anyone says - I bought a trap and set it up for days on end and the only thing we caught was a poor little hedgehog."
Judith's new column in ZEST Magazine
Starting in the October issue, Judith will be writing a regular column in which she will test and give star-ratings to a variety of foods. "I'm looking forward to that," she says, "As there is nothing nicer than taste-testing new things. I am sure at least some of them will be delicious - and good for you!"
To kick off she will be giving sweet treats the once-over.
A whinge about wine ...
Those of you who enjoy a glass or two of wine may be horrified to hear about the latest research on your favourite tipple.
And, fellow wine lovers, it could be that you should switch to organic wine.
The Pesticide Action Network recently analysed wines from across Europe and found that they contained 148 pesticide residues from 24 different pesticides including those that pose serious health threats (eg cancer-causing or hormone-disrupting ones). Other less recent research by Friends of the Earth found over TWO HUNDRED chemical compounds in wines.
While not all organic wine is pesticide free, you are much more likely to escape this army of unwanted ingredients if you do buy organic.
This news- rot or not? : ***
Celebrity nonsense about food...
Judith is pretty mad at Nadine Coyle from Girls Aloud. "Much as I love Girls Aloud (well, they're my age group) I do think that they have looked increasingly emaciated over the past couple of years and what Nadine did at the Ivy the other week is beyond belief. (She ordered a piece of grilled fish (nothing else) and then weighed it at the table and sent half of it back).
"Why eat out if you're going to be so ridiculous? The worst thing is the waste of good food.
"My message to Nadine - stay at home if you can't eat a proper meal. But even better - start forgetting about crazy calorie counting and start enjoying your food. It's not all poison, you know!"
Diets for cats
A good idea
As someone who has always owned cats (here is Korky) I am pleased that there has recently been a lot of publicity about keeping our pets in trim. They deserve to be healthy and fit just as much as we do. And by the way, Korky is NOT fat - it is all fur.
Products
Chocolate that REALLY is good for you!
We were lucky enough to be delivered with some new chocolate bars called CHOXI the other day. Needless to say, they have now all disappeared. However, we're not feeling too guilty, as this chocolate has been scientifically proven to be high in anti-oxidants.
While in theory, dark chocolate in particular contains flavonols known to have health benefits including heart protection, the manufacturing process can render some - if not most - dark chocolates much lower in these anti-oxidants than was previously thought.
But CHOXI is made carefully and retains high levels - two small squares a day are enough to provide the flavonols we need. Even more important in our view is that the chocolate tastes wonderful. It comes in four varieties including an orange and a mint but our favourite was the milk chocolate. You can get it at most Tescos, or go to the website www.choxiplus.com for more information.
Spelt flour
According to some research, intolerance of, and allergy to, wheat products is on the increase and so sales of non-wheat breads, cakes and so on are rising fast.
Now Doves Farm - well-known producers of alternative grains - have come up with a healthy - and, thank goodness, delicious - alternative to wheat, spelt flour. This ancient grain has been used for many hundreds of years across the world but has been very hard to find in the shops.
Spelt originates from the Middle East and while it is closely related to ordinary wheat, it is a good substitute for many people with wheat intolerance. It's easy to digest and helps to stimulate the immune system. It works well in all recipes requiring wheat.
Organic White Spelt Flour and Organic Stone-ground Spelt Flour, 1kg £1.58, from Sainsbury, Tesco, Holland and Barrett and independents.
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