Eating Your Way to Better Health-The Prostate Forum Nutrition Guide

by Charles E. (Snuffy) Myers, Jr., M.D. Sara Sgarlat Steck, R.T. and Rose Sgarlat Myers, PT., Ph.D.

This is a must-read book for prostate cancer patients and their families. Dr. Myers has taken the scientific approach to nutrition; emphasizing a diet that has been shown to slow prostate cancer.

The first four chapters of the book deal with:

What is known about the role diet plays in the biology of
            prostate cancer.

A list of nutritional supplements that may be of help to the
            prostate cancer patient.

Warnings about certain dietary practices and nutritional
            supplements that may fuel the growth of prostate cancer or
            harm your health in other ways.

Instructions and recipes to help you use nutritional information,
            intelligently on a daily basis.

Ms Steck and Dr. Rose Myers wrote Eating Your Way To Better Health as an easy-to-use guide for changing your diet, with well thought out menus and easy to follow recipes. The book includes lists to help you stock your kitchen with staples and a guide for equipping your kitchen for preparing healthier meals. It also includes sections on cooking grains and beans, helpful tips on food preparation and storage, and an easy to use spice and herb table. The recipes are in an easy to follow format and cover a large variety of complete meals including beverages and desserts.

Sara Sgarlat Steck is an avid body builder and trainer and has been a vegan for many years. Dr. Rose Sgarlat Myers, a physical therapist, is an author and an editor. Rose and Sara are of Sicilian descent and for most of their lives have cooked in the traditional Mediterranean style. They have both experimented with low-fat vegetarian cooking for many years.

Read the Forward section of the book, contributed by Kate and Bill Hamiltion.

What others have said about the book:

‹Snuffy Myers is one of the most creative and pioneering physicians in the world. This book š particularly the oil-free Vegan recipes š may save your life.Š

Dean Ornish, M.D.

Author, Dr. Dean Ornish‰s Program for Reversing Heart Disease

Clinical Professor of Medicine, 
        University of California š San  Francisco
        President, Preventive Medicine Research Insititute

‹EATING YOUR WAY TO BETTER HEALTH - THE PROSTATE FORUM NUTRITION GUIDE is extremely valuable to prostate cancer survivors, their families, and others simply because Dr. Charles E. "Snuffy" Myers, Jr. has now joined us as a fellow prostate cancer survivor.

Dr. Myers has taken the scientific approach to the analysis of nutrition and the many foods that can serve to slow prostate cancer. Snuffy is unabashed in pointing out dietary practices that can exacerbate the prostate cancer condition.

EATING YOUR WAY TO BETTER HEALTH is of great value because Rose and Sara have gone to great lengths to identify meals and dishes that will not only promote better health, but are also tasty and attractive.

Hank A. Porterfield

Chairman/CEO

Us Too! International, Inc.

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A sample recipe from our new book follows:

Mexicano Salad

SHOPPING LIST

Beans
2 15-ounce cans black beans
1 15-ounce can garbanzo beans

Vegetables 
1 green bell pepper, diced
1 red bell pepper, diced
3 plum tomatoes, diced
1 1/2 cups frozen and thawed corn
3/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped 
1 large red onion, finely-chopped 

Dressing
3 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar
3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1 lime, juiced
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 teaspoons cumin
1 teaspoon coriander
1/2 teaspoon black pepper, freshly-ground 

PREPARATION
Drain, then rinse the beans in cold water. In a large bowl, combine the beans and the vegetables. In a small bowl, combine the dressing ingredients. Pour the dressing over the vegetables and toss gently. May be made in advance. Keeps well in the refrigerator. 

Prep time: 20-25 minutes. 

Serves: 8 to 10.