The Tao of Healthy Eating: Dietary Wisdom According to Traditional Chinese Medicine Paperback – July 1, 1999

It is satisfying to read this book and have it serve my need to know how to eat properly for well being. I am 68 and have been receiving acupuncture treatments for allergies. They call it damp condition. As I understand, my diet has a lot to do with it. This book explains and shows how to have a balanced diet. I am still reading it and enjoying the information that is most helpful to me.

This book was very insightful and easy to read and follow. Would definitely recommend.

i really love this book, it was exactly what i was hoping for. it does have some good info for the professional, however it is mostly written for the layman. it is not a huge book, could have a little more in it if you ask me. nonetheless i didn't think it was incomplete or anything either. it is very useful, and very practical. it seems to have very good explanations, a really good guide for tcm students or just those with an interest in this theory of diet.

Received my book pretty quickly, and it was well packaged -- but was surprised that it was actually a previous library item! Don't believe this was mentioned in the description of the book, only that it was like new. Good condition and this was fine, just not expected and I would have preferred a more current printing of the book.

I had an earlier edition of this book and it wasn't as extensive or well-written. This edition is excellent. For anyone who has injured themselves from eating too many cold, damp, raw fruits and vegetables from a vegetarian or vegan diet, this book explains why your digestion is a mess and what to do about it. I feel better already and have lost 5 pounds.

This has earned a permanent place in my library. The presentation is clear and complete. This is a gem! Highly recommended.

I recently ordered this book to learn something about TCM and nutrition. Given the title, the description, and the reputation of the author, it seemed like a good deal. But don't be misled by these facts without noticing that the book is only 114 pages without the index. The print is huge, the margins are wide--I'd have been laughed at by professors in college had I used such wide margins to extend the length of my papers. Not to mention all the headings and chapter dividers. The supposed grammatical errors didn't bother me, although they seem to suggest that the book was hastily written. Lots of interesting ideas are contained here, and Bob Flaws cites many of the principles I've read about elsewhere, but he fails to put these claims together in a coherent and logically sound way. For a guy who claims to be a doctor and therefore a scientific minded person, he fell far short of my expectations for reasonable arguments for and discussions of his observations. And for a guy who's written over 60 books, I expected more than brief summations, unfounded and startlingly unsupported claims (I really wanted this to be a great book on the subject, but his entire "conclusions" chapter is bogged and invalidated by gross misestimations and weak claims based on insufficient statistics.). Perhaps I should have realized that having written 60 books is perhaps an indicator of the kind of thought and organization being put into each individual work. Boy, this is sounding really negative, so I'll say this. I DID like the last part of the book: lists of common foods, the merdian through which they're absorbed, their post-digestive temperature, and general effects according to traditional chinese medicine. Overall, this book is a very short, very brief introduction to TCM nutrition. But just like watching a suspensful movie on an old TV that keeps fuzzing in and out, at the end of this one you're going to wish you'd just sprung for the model with rabbit ears.

Boring!