For anyone interested in health and nutrition, there's a book that just came out called TRANSCEND by Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman, MD. Most diet books out there are junk, but this is the real deal. The information here is the bleeding edge of peer-reviewed scientific understanding in the field much of which you won't find anywhere else, and based on an incredibly comprehensive consideration of research and studies. (TRANSCEND by the way is an acronym that stands for Talk with your doctor, Relaxation, Assessment, Nutrition, Supplements, Calorie reduction, Exercise, New technology, and Detoxification.)