One of the recipes came out good--after I fixed it

Breaking the food seduction:
The Hidden Reasons Behind Food Cravings--and 7 Steps to End them Naturally

Neal Barnard, M.D.

Frustrating book!  The first part explains the biology behind the cravings and offers some insights as to why some cravings may be beneficial to our species.  After all, if mother's milk didn't taste good to babies they'd be disinclined to put up with it, right?   It's full of fun stuff about the opiate effect of chocolate and dairy products and sugar.  He didn't include salt for some reason.

So after the fun stuff, here comes a chapter subheading: Is it Good to Break a Chocolate Habit?   The answer he proposes is overwhelmingly, YES--chocolate can trigger migraines, increase irritability, it's full of fat, etc, etc.  Definitely a habit to break.  So why, in the last part of the book, out of 21 dessert recipes,  7 recipes are for things like "ultra-fudge brownies" and "creamy fudge frosting"  using cocoa powder?  And other five use carob powder but say,  cocoa powder can be substituted?  Someone wasn't listening to himself.

In his descriptions of vitamins, and at various other places throughout the book, he recommends fortified breakfast cereals--Corn Flakes, Product 19, Total, Special K....  But his chapter on the glycemic index of foods and lists Cheerios at 106 and Corn Flakes at 130.  Anything over 90 is considered high glycemic index and theoretically should be avoided.  So you should get your vitamins from highly processed, pre-digested and often sugary breakfast cereals instead of from fruits, vegetables and whole grains?   And worse still, he recommends a daily multi-vitamin, because it will provide vitamin B12 and also ease your mind in case you're worried you're missing something.   I'm okay with the latter, but if you're filling your body with a cocktail of synthesized chemicals to provide only one vitamin, something's screwy.

So I have some serious issues with the details, but I can't fault the content.  And he has a delightful writing style, for example in quoting the Coca-Cola Company's "Myths and Rumors" web site about the non-addictiveness of caffeine, he says:
       Caffeine is not addictive?  This is what your mother used to call "a lie."