All-in-all readers will take a journey through history, before obesity was a health crisis, and examine the science in what kept our grandparents and great-grandparents healthy and trim. Readers will also be relieved to know that no food groups are banned, rather it focuses on a plan that is nutrient dense that will help benefit your overall health so that you can not only look better, but you will feel better too. -Jodi Valdez RDN, LD

[The Farmhouse Diet] lays out background information on why people from a few generations past were not plagued with obesity, why obesity is a problem in our current society, and how there is really no science behind the diet recommendations that many authoritative bodies have published. This is a diet in which the key is moderation, exercise, and the avoidance of foods that are of poor nutritional value. The diet phases are laid out in an easy-to-follow format with many tips to help successfully comply with each step … It ends with advice on how to redirect the reader back into healthy action should they find themselves laxing on their efforts and favoring unhealthy habits. -Chris McNair, D.O.