Eat Right for Your Sight: Simple, Tasty Recipes that He… (2024)

I am not sure how I came across this book, but I am so happy that I did.

Being diagnosed at age 50 with mild "dry" macular degeneration was not something I had expected. How could I have this when my 80+ mother-in-law was just diagnosed with "wet" macular degeneration? Lucky her, she had a treatment plan. I was told there was pretty much nothing I could do to slow the "dry" macular degeneration's progression.

The one thing I could do was take a specific "eye" vitamin and begin eating certain foods. Many of these foods were already part of my diet, but I educated myself with the help of the Macular Degeneration Foundation and crossed my fingers. I loved photography, reading, and the beautiful colors I found around me everyday. How could this be happening to me? I started to panic. I felt life had already dealt me enough hurdles. Why another one?

Seven years later and my vision has remained the same. I have mild macular degeneration in one eye and mild/moderate in the other eye. I am elated that my vision itself is unchanged.

This book introduces the basics of macular degeneration in a very understandable format.

The book is generous with beautiful photographs and easy to make recipes loaded with nutrients proven to help ward off degeneration itself, or the progression of degeneration.

The easy to follow recipes are in large print and generally speaking just really healthy dishes.

I originally borrowed this book from my library, however, I plan on purchasing a copy to have of my own.

Even if you don't have macular degeneration, I have to recommend this cookbook. Between the GORGEOUS photos and the mouth-watering recipes "Eat Right for Your Sight" is a cookbook for anyone who wants to have easy access to healthy, delicious recipes. While there are some recipes are a little labor-intensive, most are quick to average prep-times. "Eat Right" is also helpful and informative with nutritional information accompanying each recipe.

***Many thanks to The Experiment & NetGalley for a galley to be used for honest bookselling and review purposes***

Eat Right for Your Sight: Simple, Tasty Recipes that Help Reduce the Risk of Vision Loss from Macular Degeneration by Jennifer Trainer Thompsoson, Johanna Seddon
Lots of history and intro material about how to ward off macular degeneration and other eye illnesses.
Recipes start with a title and summary of the dish sometimes telling you nutrients they will provide.
Servings are listed. List of ingredients and I'd substitute for our healthier dietary needs: low sodium, low sugar, low fat products.
Side bar includes nutritional information and other tips: serving size is given, calories fiber, fat, sat. fat, sodium vitamin listings
Directions are given. Lots of tasty choices and easy to make that pack a wallop of flavor and nutrition.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).

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The recipes break down as follows: Small bites (e.g., 3 pepper quesadillas, deviled eggs, savory almonds, smoked mackerel dip); Soups (e.g,. white bean soup with kale, broccoli almondine soup, miso, Thai winter squash); Salads (grilled vegetable salad, Greek salad, caprese salad, roasted butternut squash and cranberry salad); Main courses (e.g., spicy fish tacos, mini meatloves, spicy udon noddles, Jacques Pepin's provence pizza); Side dishes (e.g., roasted tomatoes, Che Panisse's spicy broccoli vegetable saute, Alice Waters' canellini beans and wilted greens); Desserts (e.g., sweet oranges, mango sorbet, spa baklava, carrot cake); Healthy drinks (e.g., power juice, apple celery juice, homemade vegetable juice). Also included are introductions about macular degeneration, the best raw food items to use, metric conversion charts, methodology, nutrient table, foods to have in your pantry, and getting started.

The book is lavishly photographed with a strong New England feel. Many recipes have photographs of ingredients or the finished product. Each recipe is in large type (not surprising for a book of this subject) with a blue introduction, black ingredient list, unnumbered paragraph directions, and a nutritional profile. Some directions call for tips and tricks and those are typically on a separate page or in a call out box.

Contributors to the book include a long list of nutritionists, doctors, and chefs. Author Thompson is a cookbook author, and co author Seddon is a macular degeneration clinician.

I've found the recipes easy to follow and not too onerous to make. In all, a beautifully presented cookbook full of healthy but also tasty recipes with a great focus on preventing macular degeneration. Reviewed from an advance reader copy provided by the publisher.