Beirut November 2000It is a great pleasure for me to introduce my latest work “Al Regime Al Sarih “ ( The fast Diet ) which is a nutritional guide addressed to the youth as well as to the adult population. The book promotes scientific awareness in a simplified manner, plus it provides the basics of the healthy diet to prevent the appearance chronic health problems or even to alleviate the symptoms of health complications common to the modern man.
The book is divided into six major parts:
Chapter 1: The Importance of the “Food Guide Pyramid” to healthy eating and a reference for the daily food choices. In addition, it gives a resume about the 7 Dietary Guidelines for a healthy living and the maintenance of a healthy weight.
Chapter 2: “The Nutrients of a Healthy Meal”. It provides specific nutritional properties of macronutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins & fats. Moreover, it explains the importance of micronutrients ( vitamins / mineral salts ) and water in our daily lives.
Chapter 3: “The Complications of Overweight and its Drawbacks”: It defines the state of being overweight , its causative agents ,the standards used to determine desirable weight and the measurement of body fat. In addition, it gives a preview of the drawbacks of being overweight in our age, the social perceptions and its impact in every-day living.
Chapter 4: “The Basics of the Weight-Loss Diet”: It gives the baseline for the success of the weight loss diet and a comprehensive resume about the most popular diets. Moreover it provides the latest news about weight loss pills, surgical operations, fad diets, the classical equilibrated Diet with different calorie levels. Last but not least it stresses the importance of exercise in any weight loss program.
Chapter 5: “Preventive & Curative Diets for common health problems”: It begins with a general overview of Preventive diets, prescribes the regimen of different types of chronic complications such as the cardiovascular diseases and elevated blood cholesterol, hypertension, osteoporosis, cancer, anemia, diabetes and gastro-intestinal complications.
Chapter 6: “ Healthy choices for Social Occasions”: A Practical guide to choose the appropriate food from the “Cuisines of the World” ( Chinese, French, Greek, Middle Eastern, etc… ). In addition, it provides special recipes for the Holy Month of Ramadan. The last pages of the chapter are dedicated to table of calories and nutritional facts of fast foods