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Beef Busters
by Marissa Cloutier, Deborah S. Romaine, Eve Adamson
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Adams Media Corporation (2002-02)
ISBN: B00171509M
Dewey Decimal #: 641.563
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 263 pages
SKU: 49185
Condition: Collectable Like New
Comments: --THE HARDBACK BOOK-- A RARE TO FIND IN EARLY PRINT. THE UNABRIDGED 1ST EDITION. ADAMS MEDIA, 2002. HARDBACK BOOK AND JACKET ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION. PAGES ARE CLEAN AND TIGHT. GIFT QUALITY. SHIPS IMMEDIATELY WITH FREE TRACKING, WELL PACKAGED. SHIPPED BY PRIORITY AIR MAIL TO AN ADDRESS THAT IS OVERSEAS. PR
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Over the last few decades, nutritional authorities have transformed the way we experience the family meal. No longer is "meat and potatoes" considered the standard for what should be served for dinner. With incontrovertible studies concluding that excessive beef consumption may be a contributing factor leading to serious health issues, such as heart disease, obesity, diabetes, and even certain forms of cancer, health practitioners are convinced that reducing the amount of beef you eat can significantly improve your quality of life - if not prolong it by years. Now, with beef recalls headlining the news nearly every day, millions of people around the world fear startling threats, such as Escherichia coli infection, listeriosis, and mad cow disease. What can families - and the millions of people raised on hamburger, roast beef, beef sausage, and steak - do to prevent themselves from getting sick? Beef Busters, a comprehensive health plan for life, is a non-radical approach to help you and your family prevent disease, lose weight, and feel great. The authors of Beef Busters recognize that millions of people love beef and simply can't eliminate it from their diets "cold turnkey." Nutritionist Marissa Cloutier, M.S., R.D., and health writers Deborah S. Romaine and Eve Adamson present a simple, safe, and effective four-tier program to help you trim the beef from your diet. You can start anywhere in the Beef Busters program, or progress through it from beginning to end:
Reduce beef in your family's meals
Substitute other sources of vital nutrients for beef
Incorporate new elements in your diet
Eliminate beef from your table altogether Throughout this important work, the authors responsibly explain how to: Distinguish "good" beef options from "bad" in supermarkets, butcher shops, and restaurants Select leaner cuts of beef for reduced cholesterol, fat, and calorie intake Replace beef with healthier sources of protein and iron Choose and prepare tasty and nutritious alternatives to beef Protect against food-borne illnesses associated with beef products Understand the potential risks of mad cow disease The book concludes with dozen of delicious and healthy recipes specially created for the Beef Busters program, along with a 14-day menu planner Whether you're seeking to reduce, substitute, or eliminate beef from your family's diet, Beef Busters provides you with real solutions to ensure a lifetime of good health for you and your family. The Scary Facts about Beef: 1.1 million pounds of ground beef containing E. coli were recalled in the first six months of 2001 14.5 million pounds of lunchmeat, sausage, and hot dogs containing listeria were recalled the first six months of 2001 73,000 Americans become ill with E. coli infections every year; 600 of them die 60 million Americans-one in five-suffer from heart disease 70 percent of Americans fear mad cow disease 1,200 cattle in America ate meat and bone meal feed in 2001, which has been banned because of the risk of mad cow disease Over 200,000 tons of potentially contaminated meat and bone meal feed was exported by British feed manufacturers before mad cow disease was fully understood Could Mad Cow Happen Here? "From 1988 until 1996, Britain used the current U.S standard . . . an estimated 60,000 cattle were infected as a result." -Newsweek (cover story) "The United States, which has looser feed policies and lax enforcement, is playing Russian roulette." -Reader's Digest "Scientific uncertainty surrounding the disease is still significant." -Gourmet
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Customer Reviews
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Finally get your diet straight!!
Rating  (5)
Date: 2002-10-06
2 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
I'm so glad I bought this book! I knew I needed to eat better, but found it tough to break the fast food cycle. This book gave me the incentive and the motivation to take control of what I eat. It gives you lots of options, including how to still eat beef in a healthy way, which is exactly what I do, in moderation and in small portions. It also shows you how to shore up your diet with more whole grains, fruits and vegetables. A previous review seems way off base--this book does NOT "push" soy recipes at every turn. There are very few soy recipes. It also doesn't say that beef is evil. On the contrary, the authors explain how beef can be a healthy part of a healthy diet...if you eat it in a healthy way!! I really recommend this book. Knowledge about the food you eat is ALWAYS better than ignorance, and this book is full of knowledge and sound, sensible nutritional advice. Read it and feel better the very first day.
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A life saver here! I feel better than ever!
Rating (5)
Date: 2002-07-30
1 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
I was skeptical when I first picked up this book, but I thought I'd give it a try. I had been toying with becoming vegitarian for a while (on my doctor's orders), but every time I tried, I went right back to an unhealthy diet. What I like about this book is that it doesn't expect the reader to eliminate beef from the diet, but it helps the reader to understand how to eat better meat, and to subsitute beef for other things. It's easy to follow, and I feel better than I have in years. My skin is clearer and I have more energy too. I recommend this book to anyone looking to improve their basic diet and health.
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A Truly Terrible Book
Rating  (1)
Date: 2002-07-10
5 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
The subtitle of this book says it all: "Less Beef, Better Health! Lose weight, Clobber cholesterol, Avoid cancer, E. Coli., and Mad Cow." At the outset, it should be pointed out that this book has no references, not even a bibliography, to back up its many sensationalistic claims. This book is a very poor example of scholarship. Dietician Marissa Cloutier continues the unfounded hysteria over Mad Cow Disease in this book which she blames on cattle-parts feeding in Europe. "The world is at risk!" she implies, so, "Stop eating beef and buy my book!" She hints that Mad Cow Disease threatens the USA, but there have been no reports of it in the USA. Additionally, the research of British organic dairy farmer, MArk Purdey, has clearly shown that Mad Cow Disease is a non-infectious condition caused by certain neurotoxic pesticides applied to cattle's backs. All of the usual false claims about beef's impact on health are here: Beef causes heart disease. Beef causes cancer. Beef causes obesity. Beef causes osteoporosis. All of these claims are false as other reviewers have shown--see, for example, Uffe Ravnskov's book THE CHOLESTEROL MYTHS, New Trends Publishing, 2000. She claims that the meat of yesteryear was much lower in "bad" saturated fat than today's meat--no references are given for this statement. In her discussion of nutrients in beef, she makes no mention of such nutritional factors like carnitine, taurine, and CoQ10 which act to protect and enhance the circulatory and immune systems she claims beef damage. In chapter four, she blames the saturated fats in beef for causing heart disease (wrong, wrong, wrong). She also mistakenly claims that beef elevates homocysteine levels because beef has a lot of methionine in it. She then rightly says that homocysteine levels can be reduced by adequate folate, B6, and B12 in the diet, but then she fails to tell readers that B6 and B12 are plentiful in beef! Folate is also found in organ meats like beef liver. Of course, the carb-heavy "Food Pyramid" is put forward as the way everyone should eat. She also pushes soy foods of every sort in her recipe section. This book is terrible...
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