Prevention's Health Guaranteed Cookbook: Custom-Tailored Eating Plans for Men, Women and Dieters

Including full-color color photographs, a guide to healthy, vitamin-rich meals and desserts helps those trying to lose weight, control and prevent heart disease, or just stay at peak health eat right and save cooking time.

By now the word prevention on any health-related book has become a seal of approval for consumers. In general, the editor here provides exactly what is expected--straightforward information, good accompanying visuals, and recipes that deliver low-fat, low-calorie portions with flavor. And, occasionally, a taste of ingenuity and innovation creeps in. At the beginning of each of 80 menus (evenly divided among the seasons), the reader can choose a 1,500-, 2,000-, or 2,500-calorie-a-day meal, shown in at-a-glance chart format. Four well-known chefs (Graham Kerr, Diana Shaw, Lora Brody, and Wolfgang Puck) contribute their ideas for three meals and a snack; explanations and nutrition and kitchen notes are thorough and clear. For the most part, dishes reflect ethnic cuisines, with easy-to-cook directions; sometimes, though, the kitchen prep time is too long. Barbara Jacobs