Disease-Proof Your Child: Feeding Kids Right

Disease-Proof Your Child does two things no other book has ever done. First, it clearly and persuasively presents scientific research that shows what our children eat now will more or less determine their risk of developing cancer and other killer diseases as adults. After reading the first few pages, you will never again view sodas, donuts, fries, pizzas, candies and other "All-American" junk foods as innocent again.Allowing and encouraging our kids to eat this garbage on a regular basis is excusable only when we don't know what we're doing. Now that Dr. Fuhrman has exposed the truth - we can cause or prevent 99% of all diseases by what we eat - no parent who reads this book will be able to allow their child to develop "cancer on the installment plan" through malnutrition. And if you're not into long-term thinking, Dr. Fuhrman also demonstrates the link between the Standard American Diet and the national epidemics of childhood asthma, ear infections, colds, flus, and allergies.So a warning: do not buy this book unless you're willing to exert your responsibility to protect your children. If you read it and do nothing, you'll go through hell as you watch your kids poisoning themselves with their favorite addictive substances and starving their immune systems by not eating nutrient rich foods.Which brings me to the second thing this book does that no other has: it provides tools and a roadmap and a philosophy for transitioning your family to a healthy diet. Remember paint by numbers? This is the diet transition equivalent. From practical ideas (the "refigerator advertisements" is a wonderful example) to over 50 recipes ("string beans and almost dust" will blow you away with its simplicity and how much your kids will love it) to lists of delicious "non-recipe snacks" that ensure you'll always have healthy alternatives to junk fod - Disease-Proof Your Child is a well-written and well thought out "operations manual" to your most important job as a parent: setting your child up for a lifetime of health and happiness.In Disease-Proof Your Child, Dr. Fuhrman explains:- how to prepare your home for eating healthfully before making the shift- why "three meals a day" is a recipe for failure when it comes to feeding kids right- why focusing on quality, not quantity, is the key to healthy eating- why "consistent but not perfect" is more effective than 100% "compliance"- when and where it's OK to compromise- how to teach your kids never to "diet"- how to reform the picky eaterDr. Fuhrman is not an armchair researcher. He runs a family practice, and offers many case studies that show exactly how families transitioned successfully to a healthy diet - even when both parents thought their child's eating habits were a lost cause.After reading the first half of the book, you will be shocked, angry, and motivated like crazy to do something to save your kids from a lifetime of obesity and disease. The second half of the book, the solution, is going to get dog-eared and underlined and photocopied and food-spattered. You're going to want to recommend it to your friends, mostly because you won't be able to part with your own copy. I already find I need two - one for my study and another for the cookbook shelf.There are few books ever written that have to potential to have such a huge positive impact on the well-being of your family. Is it easy to put this into practice? Not at first. But is it worth it? Try the following thought experiment:It's 35 years from now. Your child is a grownup, with a kid in elementary school and another in high school. You get to choose one of the following scenarios: a) your child is a healthy and vibrant adult, at the prime of life; or b) your child has just been diagnosed with cancer, possibly fatal within 3 years.I know that's stark. But the links between what we feed our kids now and their health as adults are that real. Try the thought experiment for 2 minutes and see what moves within you.If you're not able to link current behavior with the long-term future, here's another experiment:What if you were able to prevent most of the ear infections, allergies, colds, feveres, and severe asthma attacks that your child gets on a regular basis? The long nights up with a crying child, the endless trips to the doctor for another round of antibiotics, the missed events, the feelings of "when will they outgrow it"? That's a real outcome too.Please - as a health educator, as a parent, as someone who cares about the world we're sending our kids into - I urge you to get and study this book.

...which my husband happens to be and it's difficult having conversations with him when I don't really know what I'm talking about. And nutrition just happens to be one of the areas that, thanks to Dr Fuhrman, I can now have a coherent conversation with my pediatrician husband. Like stated in the book, doctors are rarely given a thorough education concerning nutrition, and I have always been appalled at this fact. Especially given the amount of money we paid to the med school and such a crucial part of his education was left out (well, in my opinion, that is). This is an excellent book, but as my husband stated, if you are looking for an easy route... this book isn't for you. If you are willing to overhaul your life for the sake of your child, then by all means, get this book! Eat to Live (a previous book by Dr Fuhrman) changed my life and now this book has changed my children's future.By the way: I have two girls (1yr and 3yrs) and they both eat the things suggested in this book without complaint. The food prep can be time consuming, but what isn't compared to popping something frozen into the microwave or oven? It's worth it, my girls are healthy!

Love this book.Yes...it will be stressful having those dinner/food time discussion with your children if you just throw a big plate of veggies at them and never let them eat a fast food meal again...I read other reviews that said it was not a good book because there is no way their kids would go along with this. I believe it is my responsibility, as a parent, to lay a good foundation now, in all areas, regardless of how hard it is to do.I know that making small changes, over time will do the trick and the kids will never know what hit them! Not too long after presenting more veggies and fruit as options instead of processed food/snacks my child asked for fruit instead...it was a pleasing shocker. Even better, I see the food choice trending in a whole foods direction and that keeps me motivated!I have first hand experience with curing illnesses with nutrition and I know that the information presented here is good, solid advice. I have most of Dr. Fuhrman's books and I recommend them all.The book is well written. Presented in an organized fashion and easy to understand.

Until recently I had no idea the real importance of diet. In 2009 I was classified as morbidly obese. I lost the weight in part due to Dr Fuhrman's work. He is informative and his work is eye opening particularly when it comes to the food pyramid. What we were taught in school was so wrong!This book goes into great detail explaining how disease occurs in the body, how diet can protect and reverse disease in children and gives clear dietry guidance including tasty recipes in the back of the book.I have used the guidance and recipes in this book with my son and myself. He loves the recipes as do I. He is rarely ill.I have bought this book as a gift for friends and family on a number of occasions and I'm sure will do so again.

Book arrived on time, well - packaged.The book was as it should be for a new copy.No complaints about the service at all.

This is a great resource for parents who really want to do the very best for their children. We are in the era of fake fast food and Dr. Furhman brings us back to real food and balance. We have used this information successfully to avoid antibiotics for an ear infection in our grand daughter. Her parents held firm and let her immune system do its work which it did beautifully. She is 15 months old, still breastfeeding some, and has one cold with an ear infection. We actually bought the book for her physician who has shown interest in nutrition. It would be wonderful if physicians were educated in health and prevention instead of illness and treating symptoms. Bravo Dr. Fuhrman.

fuer alle Eltern denen die Gesundheit ihrere Kinder am Herzen liegt!Der Autor hat nach jahrelanger Erfahrung viel zu erzaehlen.

Great book to help our children and meet their health needs.Highly recommended.