What's new in Book 2

What's new in Book Two and what has changed since Book One was released.

• 21 October 2006 | Updated 14 October 2011

• What's in Book Two?
• What's changed since Book One?

What's in Book Two?

The CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet has been an extraordinarily popular publication for Australians with over 600 000 copies being sold in just one year.

We have been delighted at this success and hope that many Australians have used it as a guide to improve their health and wellbeing.

There has been much positive feedback, suggestions and questions in response to Book One. As a consequence, we felt a second CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet book was needed. Book Two is a companion to Book One, extending it with:

• a structured exercise plan
• answers to many questions
• more fabulous recipes
• a new 12 week menu plan.

This new book aims to renew enthusiasm for a healthy lifestyle for those that have already taken the initiative, and motivate others to take the first step to a better lifestyle.

It’s up to all of us to change our culture of overeating and inactivity for a healthy Australia.

What's changed since Book One?

The recommend requirements for vitamins and minerals have been revised by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). As always, the scientists at CSIRO assisted in reviewing these requirements. The major changes recommended by this review were an increase in calcium and folate intake.

The CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet given in Book One met the original requirements, but the revisions have meant that we now recommend one extra dairy unit in the basic plan each day, to ensure adequate calcium intake. The level of kilojoules is slightly higher, but this will make very little difference to your weight-loss.

The increase in recommended folate intake simply means that the minimum daily 2½ cups of vegetables are now even more important. We have also made other minor changes, mostly to make the eating plan easier to understand.

Purchase Book Two from CSIRO PUBLISHING.