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I've got to begin by outlining a bias: I don't like food fads. There's very good reason for avoiding gluten if you are coeliac, but if it's simply a food choice then you make life more difficult for people who ''must'' avoid gluten. The same point applies to a lot of other food 'intolerances'. I believe in eating a balanced diet, but will happily admit that I have my own no-go areas: I don't eat processed sugars because they're empty calories and after a couple of weeks without them I discovered that I don't actually like the taste. I don't touch caffeine and haven't done so since I discovered what it did to my blood pressure. Having said all this, I'm quite happy to read books which ''do'' advocate avoiding certain food groups, simply because (a) there ''might'' be something in it and (b) people who've had to the inventive to create a varied diet with restricted ingredients often come up with some excellent recipes. And that was how I came to ''Good Clean Food''. [[Good Clean Food: Plant-Based Recipes That Will Help You Look and Feel Your Best by Lily Kunin|Full Review]]
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===[[A Food Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure: 6 Simple Steps by Yuchi Yang]]===
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Yuchi Yang has been a registered dietitian for over twenty years and she's allowing us the benefit of her knowledge to help us to reduce our blood pressure ''without'' taking medication, although she does stress that if you ''are'' taking medication you shouldn't stop doing so without consulting your doctor. You can reduce your BP in six steps, which are actually a lot simpler than they sound. Does it work? Yes, it does: I've been eating this way for more than two years and I've gone from having 'very worrying' blood pressure readings to getting a smile when they're taken and being told that my BP is perfectly normal - and that's without taking medication of any sort. [[A Food Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure: 6 Simple Steps by Yuchi Yang|Full Review]]
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