The How Not to Diet Cookbook: 100 Recipes for Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss
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From Michael Greger， M。D。， FACLM， the author of the New York Times bestseller How Not to Die， comes a four-color， fully illustrated cookbook that shares the science of long-term weight-loss success。
Dr。 Michael Greger founded the viral website Nutritionfacts。org with the aim to educate the public about what healthy eating looks like and connect them with a community through food-related podcasts， videos， and blogs。 Since then， Nutritionfacts。org has grown and so has Dr。 Greger's platform。 How Not to Die and the How Not to Die Cookbook were instant hits， and now he's back with a new book about mindful dieting—how to eat well， lose， and keep unwanted weight off in a healthy， accessible way that's not so much a diet as it is a lifestyle。
Greger offers readers delicious yet healthy options that allow them to ditch the idea of "dieting" altogether。 As outlined in his book How Not to Diet， Greger believes that identifying the twenty-one weight-loss accelerators in our bodies and incorporating new， cutting-edge medical discoveries are integral in putting an end to the all-consuming activity of counting calories and getting involved in expensive juice cleanses and Weight Watchers schemes。
How Not to Diet Cookbook is primed to be a revolutionary new addition to the cookbook industry: incredibly effective and designed for everyone looking to make changes to their dietary habits to improve their quality of life， weight loss notwithstanding。
Dr。 Michael Greger founded the viral website Nutritionfacts。org with the aim to educate the public about what healthy eating looks like and connect them with a community through food-related podcasts， videos， and blogs。 Since then， Nutritionfacts。org has grown and so has Dr。 Greger's platform。 How Not to Die and the How Not to Die Cookbook were instant hits， and now he's back with a new book about mindful dieting—how to eat well， lose， and keep unwanted weight off in a healthy， accessible way that's not so much a diet as it is a lifestyle。
Greger offers readers delicious yet healthy options that allow them to ditch the idea of "dieting" altogether。 As outlined in his book How Not to Diet， Greger believes that identifying the twenty-one weight-loss accelerators in our bodies and incorporating new， cutting-edge medical discoveries are integral in putting an end to the all-consuming activity of counting calories and getting involved in expensive juice cleanses and Weight Watchers schemes。
How Not to Diet Cookbook is primed to be a revolutionary new addition to the cookbook industry: incredibly effective and designed for everyone looking to make changes to their dietary habits to improve their quality of life， weight loss notwithstanding。
Reviews
Lacey Marie
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Way more exotic， hard-to-find， and expensive ingredients than the first。
Noelle Merritt
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A great resource for healthy cooking/eating！ Many thanks to my good friend who sent this as a gift （xoxo）！
Samantha
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Rating 3。5 StarsThe How Not to Diet Cookbook is divided into 9 chapters:- Soups- Salads- Pasta- Mainly Vegetables- Beans- Grains- Breakfast- Fruit- Kitchen StaplesThe introduction suggests foods you should eat every day。 Some appear odd such as incorporating vinegar with each meal or sensible such as drink water before each meal or having some ground ginger， nigella seeds， garlic powder each day。The recipes themselves are in both metric and imperial measurements。 It lets you know how many portio Rating 3。5 StarsThe How Not to Diet Cookbook is divided into 9 chapters:- Soups- Salads- Pasta- Mainly Vegetables- Beans- Grains- Breakfast- Fruit- Kitchen StaplesThe introduction suggests foods you should eat every day。 Some appear odd such as incorporating vinegar with each meal or sensible such as drink water before each meal or having some ground ginger， nigella seeds， garlic powder each day。The recipes themselves are in both metric and imperial measurements。 It lets you know how many portions it is going to make and what level of difficulty it is to create。 It does not contain the nutritional information alongside the recipes which surprised me。Overall it's an interesting book of recipes to follow if you like meat-free eating。I received this book from Netgalley in return for an honest review。 。。。more
Laura Ralston
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After reading and loving How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease， How Not to Diet， and the How Not to Die Cookbook， I had to buy this one too。The introduction starts with a summary of How Not to Diet: The Groundbreaking Science of Healthy， Permanent Weight Loss， which is great refresher of the key points。 If you don't enjoy in-depth scientific explanations and you're willing to take Dr。 Greger's word for it， you can save yourself about 25 hours by After reading and loving How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease， How Not to Diet， and the How Not to Die Cookbook， I had to buy this one too。The introduction starts with a summary of How Not to Diet: The Groundbreaking Science of Healthy， Permanent Weight Loss， which is great refresher of the key points。 If you don't enjoy in-depth scientific explanations and you're willing to take Dr。 Greger's word for it， you can save yourself about 25 hours by skipping HNTDiet and just reading this。 It teaches you easy lifestyle changes that benefit your health and boost weight loss， then gives you the tools to actually implement them in your cooking。If you’re unfamiliar with whole food plant-based eating， this will have a lot of new terms & ingredients （apparently "groats" are the healthiest form of oats。。。who knew？ lol）。 Don't let that intimidate you—many like grains， beans， greens are easily swapped， and plenty of the recipes stick to standard pantry staples。 I love these cookbooks because I'm confident anything I make will be healthy and nutritionally balanced。I've had issues with the instructions in The How Not to Die Cookbook: 100+ Recipes to Help Prevent and Reverse Disease。 The treatment of certain ingredients and some cook times are confusingly off。 An example: one recipe recommends first boiling cauliflower for 8"， then roasting it in the oven while also steaming it in a pan full of water for 40"。 If you've ever cooked cauliflower， you know that's 3 different cooking methods for a cauliflower that only needed 1。 I tested cutting the boiling time in half and not roasting for the full recommended time， and it still disintegrated。The weird cooking directions don't bother me because I rarely follow them。 I love these cookbooks for the nutrition， so I use the ingredient lists， adjust to our liking， and cook according to my best ability， even if that means not boiling or steaming the cauliflower before we roast it。So many of these look delicious， I've flagged about half the recipes to test and will update my review with cooking-related notes sometime in the future。 。。。more
Christiane Esteinou
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Some recommendations are simply far too lofty to be realistic， such as:3 cups of green tea between meals90 mins moderately intense activity a dayPrediabetics and diabetics should start exercising 30 mins after the first bite of foodIf tilting your bed to sleep upside down makes you dizzy upon waking， drink water 30 minutes before you get up。In a world where being totally compliant to a 100% oil-free plant-based diet is inherently challenging， these recommendations make me question the author's a Some recommendations are simply far too lofty to be realistic， such as:3 cups of green tea between meals90 mins moderately intense activity a dayPrediabetics and diabetics should start exercising 30 mins after the first bite of foodIf tilting your bed to sleep upside down makes you dizzy upon waking， drink water 30 minutes before you get up。In a world where being totally compliant to a 100% oil-free plant-based diet is inherently challenging， these recommendations make me question the author's ability to bridge scientific info to realistic action。I do appreciate some of the recipes， however。 。。。more
Ariste Egan
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Excellent healthful recipes --
Sam
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This converted me to a plant based diet！
Angie
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Well written book which lays out clearly one of the best ways to lose weight - a wholefood healthy diet。In the first part of the book Michael uncovers why many people are so unhealthy and overweight or obese。 Then he presents the answer - and shows that eating a wholefood diet means that if you choose good nutritious food you can eat more， not less。 He introduces 21 weight loss accelerators & tweaks。 to help you。The tone of the book is one that sympathises and understands why you may be struggli Well written book which lays out clearly one of the best ways to lose weight - a wholefood healthy diet。In the first part of the book Michael uncovers why many people are so unhealthy and overweight or obese。 Then he presents the answer - and shows that eating a wholefood diet means that if you choose good nutritious food you can eat more， not less。 He introduces 21 weight loss accelerators & tweaks。 to help you。The tone of the book is one that sympathises and understands why you may be struggling with weight， （hint: it's not your fault， many of us live in an obesogenic environment; although we can become enlightened about the triggers and choose to change）。。If you have weight to lose and would like to eat a more plant-based and healthy diet， this would be a good book to read。 。。。more
Nick Salenga
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This is a great book that promotes idea of dumping dieting for lifestyle change， offering not just recipes but 21 natural weight-loss accelerators。
Angie Carter
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If you eat a whole food， plant based， no oil， no dairy， no added sugar， this is your book。 Interesting spice blends and combinations。
Jo-Ann Houde
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3 1/2 stars。 I'm a huge fan of Dr。 Greger and his science-based advice on nutrition and healthy eating。 After reading his previous "How Not to Die" and accompanying cookbook， we as a family incorporated lifestyle changes that have eliminated the meds my husband was taking for high triglycerides and has helped to keep his leukemia in remission。This book shares more ideas on how to incorporate whole foods into a healthy lifestyle。 While I may not follow the recipes exactly， I've taken away a lot o 3 1/2 stars。 I'm a huge fan of Dr。 Greger and his science-based advice on nutrition and healthy eating。 After reading his previous "How Not to Die" and accompanying cookbook， we as a family incorporated lifestyle changes that have eliminated the meds my husband was taking for high triglycerides and has helped to keep his leukemia in remission。This book shares more ideas on how to incorporate whole foods into a healthy lifestyle。 While I may not follow the recipes exactly， I've taken away a lot of good ideas and new foods to try。 。。。more
Deanne
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Excellent information at the front of the book。 Beautiful pictures of each recipe。 However， a great many of the recipes call for something unusual; escarole， green papaya， moong dal。。。 It is frustrating to see an enticing recipe and get excited to make it， only to find that I can't get these special ingredients locally or only very expensively online。 It is hard to rate the quality of the true recipes when I'm constantly having to figure out substitutions。 Also， almost all of the savory recipes Excellent information at the front of the book。 Beautiful pictures of each recipe。 However， a great many of the recipes call for something unusual; escarole， green papaya， moong dal。。。 It is frustrating to see an enticing recipe and get excited to make it， only to find that I can't get these special ingredients locally or only very expensively online。 It is hard to rate the quality of the true recipes when I'm constantly having to figure out substitutions。 Also， almost all of the savory recipes call for miso paste and nutritional yeast as a base。 That gets tiresome - especially if your family is not fond of miso paste and nutritional yeast。 I'm not sure whose standards are being used to rate the difficulty level， but to me， peeling， cubing and roasting a sweet potato for 30 minutes （turning each piece halfway through） in addition to grating and/or chopping 5 other vegetables， then spending about 20 minutes standing at the stove cooking is not an "Easy" recipe。 Plus， you need to make the multi-ingredient Umami sauce ahead of time。 This book is probably great for experienced vegan foodies who can get all the weird ingredients and for those who enjoy the craft of cooking， but for someone new to this lifestyle or for people who don't enjoy/have time for lengthy cooking processes， I think there are more user-friendly books out there。 。。。more
Lisa
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I love that the first several pages are basically a summary or highlight of Dr。 Greger’s book， How Not to Diet。 The pictures of each recipe are nice。 I’m excited to try some of them。
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Tim
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Fantastic plant-based cookbook。 Managed to cook a few of the recipes over the holidays。 The vegan scramble has already become a household staple。 :）
Kevin
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Dr。 Greger is a national treasure！ Unsure on many of these recipes but love the way I feel since I’ve been following his Daily Dozen app。 Quick summary: Eat more vegetables， more fruit especially berries， more beans， some nuts and seeds and more whole grains。 Life changing for me！ I had a heart attack seven years ago and since following Dr Greger’s Counsel I’ve reduced my LDL to under 50， blood pressure is 110/70， I’ve lost 10 pounds and I feel so much better！For more from Dr Greger read “How No Dr。 Greger is a national treasure！ Unsure on many of these recipes but love the way I feel since I’ve been following his Daily Dozen app。 Quick summary: Eat more vegetables， more fruit especially berries， more beans， some nuts and seeds and more whole grains。 Life changing for me！ I had a heart attack seven years ago and since following Dr Greger’s Counsel I’ve reduced my LDL to under 50， blood pressure is 110/70， I’ve lost 10 pounds and I feel so much better！For more from Dr Greger read “How Not to Die” or go to nutrition facts。org 。。。more
Jaime
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Originally got this from the library， but I’ll definitely be buying a copy！
Sentimentsbydenise
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So many great recipes that I can't wait to make！ Lots of quick and simple dishes too！ So many great recipes that I can't wait to make！ Lots of quick and simple dishes too！ 。。。more
Chantal
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I think the recipes in this book are tastier than in ‘the how not to die cookbook’ and there are more recipes that appeal to my whole family， though I do like that cookbook as well。 The only thing that lost this book a star （it almost lost it 2 stars） is that it is missing the ‘daily dozen food’ legend for each recipe。 I don’t understand why they got rid of it。 Is this not what this cookbook is all about？ It was so helpful in the last book and made it very easy to follow Dr。 Michael Greger’s sug I think the recipes in this book are tastier than in ‘the how not to die cookbook’ and there are more recipes that appeal to my whole family， though I do like that cookbook as well。 The only thing that lost this book a star （it almost lost it 2 stars） is that it is missing the ‘daily dozen food’ legend for each recipe。 I don’t understand why they got rid of it。 Is this not what this cookbook is all about？ It was so helpful in the last book and made it very easy to follow Dr。 Michael Greger’s suggestion。 When this book arrived in the mail， it made me feel ripped off。 I will keep the book and use the recipes， but I was really looking forward to an easy way of making sure I follow the daily dozen and 21 tweaks。 I tried so many recipes I would have not tired in the last book because I was trying to find a dinner that would help me fill in my missing check marks for the day。 It made meal planning so easy。 I’m really upset by this。 Probably more that I should be。 But I am the kind of person who gets confused easily and over thinks things， so it was nice to have a book where I did not have to think to follow the plan。 I really hope they fix this。 。。。more
Kathleen
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Great book by Dr Gregor。 A follow up book to his first book How Not to Die Cookbook。 Full of healthful information and recipes。 Also a follow up on his list of Daily Dozen and 21 Tweaks。
Kate Merriman
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Great recipes and gorgeous photos ！
M。 Lia
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I want to make everything！！ Already made the Three Sister Stew and Dr Greger's spice blend。 Excellent！！ I want to make everything！！ Already made the Three Sister Stew and Dr Greger's spice blend。 Excellent！！ 。。。more
Mari
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Waiting to give a review until I actually try the recipes， but I’m excited！ Not crazy about “dieting”， but also happy to try tasty， healthy plant-based meals。
Primrosebarks
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Wow wow wow！ Robin Robertson did it again！ My favorite vegan cook （I have 4 of her cookbooks）， I wondered what magic she could weave for vegan meals for weight loss。 I am so， so glad to have finally received this new， adventurous cookbook。Some of the recipes are the same as in How Not To Die Cookbook。 For me， that was welcome news and I was happy to know that these delicious recipes fit within a lower calorie gastronomic lifestyle。 （Yes， I love to cook。 The kitchen is my happy place。） （I gave a Wow wow wow！ Robin Robertson did it again！ My favorite vegan cook （I have 4 of her cookbooks）， I wondered what magic she could weave for vegan meals for weight loss。 I am so， so glad to have finally received this new， adventurous cookbook。Some of the recipes are the same as in How Not To Die Cookbook。 For me， that was welcome news and I was happy to know that these delicious recipes fit within a lower calorie gastronomic lifestyle。 （Yes， I love to cook。 The kitchen is my happy place。） （I gave a loud cheer when tahini was still included in some of these menus。 Humus without tahini simply isn't humus。 Sorry， Plant Strong。）Some of the recipes from How To Die have been restructured。 For instance， chocolate oatmeal in How Not to Die Cookbook has been transformed into Chocolate-Covered Cherry Brol。 A few other recipes have been presented untouched， and IMO deserve being presented once more。 This is especially present in the "Kitchen Staples" section。 This is a cookbook worth adding to any cookbook library。 （Yes， I have a library in my kitchen。） It is helpful to understand some of the claims being made in this book are explained in detail in Dr。 Greger's How Not to Diet。 Aside from that， this cookbook offers so many delicious foods it is well worth having。 I am so grateful to find such a treasure。I am reluctant to include this book as my final book to achieve my Goodreads Book Challenge for the nightmare known as 2020。 I will never make such a heavy challenge （50 books！） again！ But despite the crappy hooks I read to simply meet this stupid challenge， I am so very proud and happy to recommend such a great book。 So much great food， so many reasons to rethink our relationship with food and our health。 。。。more
Dawn
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I really like Dr。 Greger。 His books have been informative and his videos are useful。 But the recipes are most definitely not my style of food。 Definitely healthy， but they don't sound very appetizing。 I really like Dr。 Greger。 His books have been informative and his videos are useful。 But the recipes are most definitely not my style of food。 Definitely healthy， but they don't sound very appetizing。 。。。more
Paawan
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Best weight loss bookIf you want to loose weight with tasty food to eat all the time without any dieting go for this book
Janet
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Date reviewed/posted: November 15， 2020When life for the entire universe and planet turns on its end and like everyone else you "have nothing to do" while your place of work is once again closed and you are continuing to be in #COVID19 #socialisolation as the #secondwave is upon us， superspeed readers like me can read 300+ pages/hour， so yes， I have read the book … and many more today。I requested and received a temporary digital Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley， the publisher and Date reviewed/posted: November 15， 2020When life for the entire universe and planet turns on its end and like everyone else you "have nothing to do" while your place of work is once again closed and you are continuing to be in #COVID19 #socialisolation as the #secondwave is upon us， superspeed readers like me can read 300+ pages/hour， so yes， I have read the book … and many more today。I requested and received a temporary digital Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley， the publisher and the author in exchange for an honest review。 From the publisher， as I do not repeat the contents or story of books in reviews， I let them do it as they do it better than I do 😸。From Michael Greger， M。D。， the author of the New York Times bestseller How Not to Die， comes a full-color， fully illustrated cookbook that shares the science of long-term weight-loss success。Greger offers readers delicious yet healthy options that allow them to ditch the idea of 'dieting' altogether。 As outlined in his book How Not to Diet， Greger believes that identifying the twenty-one weight-loss accelerators in our bodies and incorporating new， cutting-edge medical discoveries are integral in putting an end to the all-consuming activity of counting calories and getting involved in expensive juice cleanses and Weight Watchers schemes。The How Not to Diet Cookbook is a revolutionary addition to the cookbook industry: incredibly effective and designed for everyone looking to make changes to their dietary habits to improve their quality of life。I am reallhy on the fence about this book - if there are actually " twenty-one weight-loss accelerators" in our bodies， why is this the first time we have heard of them？ Yes， dieting is a scheme at times and there are some concrete ideas in here but as with every diet， you need to take advice with a grain of salt。 。。。more
midnightfaerie
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