Publisher's Synopsis
Now you can discover exactly what those 21 powerhouse foods are that you should be stocking up your fridge with. Packed with delicious recipes from the celebrated BBC nutritionist, billed as the Nigella of Nutrition, Vicki Edgson. Vicki Edgson, the nutritionist who has a mission to get us all to love food, now moves from your screens in BBC's Fat Nation to your kitchen. She gives you a list of 21 special powerhouse foods that will revolutionise your health and shape and shows you how to cook and eat them. Glamorous 'Nigella of Nutrition' Vicki gives you 84 delicious recipes, each one with a GI and PH rating to get you learning how to love the foods that you need to make them your best friends in life. The foods in Vicki's plan are given a green, amber or red coding - green denotes the 21 superfoods; amber those you eat in moderation; red are those you should eat only in very limited amounts (like foods containing fast-release sugars - high on the glycaemic index - that are more acid-forming).;Vicki allows you to tailor the programme to suit your own body and personality type - simply work out what metabolic type you are with her questionnaires and find out which foods really will give you speedy benefits. The 21 special power-packed foods are: blueberries; soya; broccoli; almonds; peppers; kale; garlic; beans; oats; live yoghurt; wild salmon; tomatoes; spinach; carrots; bananas; apples; eggs; celery; cucumber; squashes; beetroot.
