The simple wisdom of eating good food

These days there seems to be so much conflicting advice about what to eat and what not to eat - what's good for our bodies and what isn't.

This book goes some way to explaining the key points we need to be mindful of when filling our supermarket trolleys with another week's shopping.

Laugh with Health is an illustrated reference book which gives detailed information about the most common foods in our diets and what nutrients they can provide us with.

For example, for most of us, the main grains we consume each day are wheat and the occasional serving of rice.

This book explains the health benefits that other grains can provide if we include them in our daily diet.

Likewise, the Kiwi obsession with our nightly meal of "meat and three veges" comes under fire. Although meat has some beneficial qualities, the number of detrimental factors means we should eat less of it and be aware of the number of other non-meat foods from which we can obtain vital protein.

This book has been a top-seller in Australia for a number of years and is now available for the first time in New Zealand.

If you are interested in improving your health through the food you eat, then this book is a must for your bookshelf.

Laugh with Health: Your Complete Guide to Health, Diet, Nutrition and Natural Foods

by Manfred Urs Koch, Exisle Publishing, $39.99