Synopses & Reviews
Safeguard your vision with 85 simple, satisfying recipes rich in the nutrients that fight macular degenerationThe Bad News: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of central vision loss in adults over the age of fifty. It can wreak havoc on the ability to see faces, read, drive, and move about safely. Millions of people are at risk, and we still don’t have a cure.
The Good News: The latest research suggests that healthy lifestyle choices, including a diet rich in lutein, zeaxanthin, and other key nutrients, can delay the onset and progress of AMD. Eat Right for Your Sight provides a delicious way to add the best ingredients for eye health to every meal of the day. Feast your eyes on these appealing recipes:
- Sweet Pea Guacamole
- Chicken-Vegetable Noodle Bowls
- Garlic-Lime Pork Chops
- Carrot-Ginger Juice . . . and more!
Every recipe includes comprehensive nutrition information and has been carefully crafted to act like medicine, but not taste like it. Taking care of your eyes has never been easier!
With Recipes from
Lidia Bastianich,
Ina Garten,
Jacques Pépin ,
Alice Waters,
Andrew Weil, MD, and other superstars of healthy cooking.
Review
“I often call my medical thrillers ‘Cook Books,’ but Eat Right for Your Sight is a wonderful real one that proves Benjamin Franklin’s adage that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!”
—Robin Cook, MD, best-selling author and physician
Review
“A diet rich in lutein, zeaxanthin and other key nutrients may delay the onset and progress of age-related macular degeneration (the leading cause of central vision loss in adults over 50), and these recipes can help fit eye health into every meal.”—Food and Nutrition Magazine
“Eat Right for Your Sight is a beautifully illustrated, 240 page compendium comprise of palate pleasing, appetite satisfying, nutritionally enhanced dishes that would be appropriate for any and all dining occasions—and have the additional benefit of being impressive sources of the kinds of nutrients that healthy eyes and eyesight require.”—Midwest Book Review
“I often call my medical thrillers ‘Cook Books,’ but Eat Right for Your Sight is a wonderful real one that proves Benjamin Franklin’s adage that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!”
—Robin Cook, MD, best-selling author and physician
“This isn’t just a cookbook for eye health, it’s a blueprint for healthy eating in general. I love all the nutrition tips: combine spinach and strawberries to maximize your iron absorption; add roasted squash to hummus puree to boost your vitamin A intake. And it really should be called Eat Right Tonight. There are so many dishes I want to make right now. Grilled Oysters. Pumpkin Pappardelle. Pear and Raspberry Galette. If this is health food, I want to see the light!”
—David Joachim, author of Cooking Light Global Kitchen and collaborator on more than 40 other cookbooks
Synopsis
For the millions of Americans affected by or at risk for age-related macular degeneration, a cookbook to help combat vision loss
Nobody wants to lose the ability to drive, read, or recognize their children’s faces, but age-related macular degeneration (AMD) makes this the heartbreaking reality for more than 10 million Americans. We don’t yet have a cure for AMD—but we do know that its onset and progress can be delayed by a diet rich in good ingredients for eye health.
For those with a family history of AMD or in its early stages, Eat Right for Your Sight is an invaluable resource. Cookbook pro Jennifer Trainer Thompson, nutrition expert Johanna M. Seddon, MD, ScM, the American Macular Degeneration Foundation, and a host of celebrity-chef contributors present 85 simple but special recipes for every meal that act like medicine—but don’t taste like it! Here are savory choices (Roasted Red Pepper Gazpacho, Deviled Eggs, Spicy Fish Tacos), sweets (Mango Sorbet, Carrot Cake), and even healthy drinks (Kale-Banana Smoothie, Homemade Vegetable Juice)! For those at risk of AMD, this book offers not just recipes, but hope.
About the Author
Jennifer Trainer Thompson is a James Beard-nominated author of 10 cookbooks.Johanna M. Seddon, MD, ScM, is a professor of ophthalmology at Tufts University School of Medicine, and the founding director of the Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Genetics Service at the New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center. Her research has earned numerous awards and honors.