The How Not to Die Cookbook: 100+ Recipes to Help Prevent and Reverse Disease

Not sure about how to do the whole going vegan thing? Want to prepare simple recipes that are easy enough for a novice yet still delicious and interesting enough to satisfy a Seasoned Chef? Want a cookbook that features ingredients that are likely already in your pantry? Want the recipes to be made of wholesome ingredients that are good for health and healing? Want to eat dishes to satisfy your taste buds and don t make you feel like you are denying yourself in any way? If you answered yes to these questions this is the cookbook for you. I have not stopped using this book since I bought it. Recipes for breakfast lunch dinner dessert drinks smoothies spice blends sauces & dips. I highly recommend the pumpkin pie smoothie.

Beautiful book with great recipes that hit the healthy and tasty balance! So hard to achieve.You must own this if you want to live longer and feel better while not feeling deprived.

This book is amazing! I saw the book in my local bookstore and at the time had no idea it was vegan/vegetarian. I am a nurse practitioner and was just interested in learning to make food that has the power to combat and reduce disease. My fiance LOVES salt and meat and I never thought in a million years he would be excited about the food in here. So far -- it s been a HUGE success. I ve made the black bean burgers which my fiance said are better than Bubba burgers (mind you the black bean burgers and I m pretty sure every recipe in the book requires no salt or very minimal salt). I also made the kale (also a huge hit) and recently made the Lentil-Cauliflower Shepherd s Pie. I ve also made a few of the smoothies. This book is revolutionizing the way we approach food in our home and has allowed us to eat delicious meals throughout the week with minimal effort. I ve tried a few different diets this year most notably the slow carb diet and I regret wasting so much time on that now that I ve found this cookbook!

My boyfriend got the recipe book and started making meals for us without telling me where they came from or that they were vegan. I loved everything he made and decided to purchase this for a friend who is vegan! I m not vegan but I ve been trying to incorporate plant based meals into my diet. This book makes it so easy!! The recipes are delicious. I have a big sweet tooth and all these healthy recipes are absolutely wonderful without the added sugar ! Just all natural goodness. Love it !

Research shows that the healthiest diet centers around whole grains fruits and vegetables. A plant-based diet low in sodium and saturated fat but high in fiber and anti-oxidants. The recipes in this cookbook are built around some of the healthiest nutrient dense foods available. As a gardener who loves science this book is a dream come true.Dr Greger s recipes include a variety of colors and textures. Those colors make for a beautiful arrangement on your dinner plate. But they also result from powerful phyto-nutrients and anti-oxidants. That means cancer fighting properties!Something missing from Dr Greger s recipes is a calorie fat content sodium content label. WHY??? Well because cooking these recipes means cooking with whole foods. Coming from a world of processed foods we read labels to limit our exposure to fat or salt. We may only eat two of those cookies or ten of those chips (even though we would like to eat more).But with Dr. Greger s recipes it is much harder to overdose on the bad stuff. Simply because: HE DOESN T USE IT! Low sodium low fat. He s factored it all in. And the calories are derived from whole plant sources rich in fiber and phyto-nutrients. So the more you eat the healthier you become!This book is full of recipes from entrées to desserts and even the base components used throughout (like spice packs). There s a healthy sprinkling of health-related nutrition highlights as well. And at the end there are six pages of references to back up all of his research. We truly are what we eat. And there are thousands of medical publications that can attest to this.Dr. Greger and his research team have spent years sifting through the evidence. And this cookbook is the embodiment of that knowledge. True it is vegan friendly. But the tone and intent is not one of activism. It reflects a genuine concern for the health and welfare of others. Do you care about your body and the health of your family? If so pick up this book and try a few recipes!

So far so good with this cookbook! We ve only made three recipes so far but all three were divine. My husband and I are both plant-based but he s a lot pickier than I am. He said the black bean burgers were the best he d ever had and I agree! I m actually writing this review because I read another review on here that specifically called out the black bean burgers as being bad and I just can t imagine why unless the recipe wasn t followed exactly although I do know we all have different tastes! I think the person who wrote these recipes with Dr. Gregor is very very good at flavor combining so you can get the most flavor along with the most nutrition. I was careful to follow his instructions exactly for his savory spice blend because that is used in several recipes. I made a big batch and stuck it in the cupboard. It was a necessary ingredient in both of the savory recipes I ve made from the book and I think it adds a lot.Last night I made the smoky black-eyed peas and collards and those were delicious and very easy as well. I did sub regular ole Texas Pete hot sauce in this one rather than his homemade option though. :pThe dessert pictured is a berry pie that was easy and delicious. I made it on the fourth of July as a festive dish for my husband and me. It was the first time I d made a homemade pie crust and wow! How easy and delicious. The crust was only three ingredients - pecans walnuts and dates!One thing I LOVE about plant-based cooking is how delicious REAL food is. All of the spices and veggies are bursting with flavor and from what I can tell so far this cookbook does a great job of combining flavors together. I am looking forward to trying out more recipes!

This diet will help heal Lupus. Dr. Gregor has created an evidence based meal plan based on research that proves the health benefits of the ingredients in his meals. The most important aspects of the diet being that foods included in this diet are high antioxidant high anti-inflammatory fruits vegetables nuts and spices all in doses that are easy to digest and provide immense health benefits to everyone especially Lupus patients with the daily dose of fresh tumeric root. Dr. Gregor has a video on the subject of Lupus and tumeric on his website as well as every other ingredient in the book. The recipes are absolutely delicious! Minimal grains white potatoes and rice which by themselves don t have much nutritional value (other than the fact that eating them is certainly better for us than eating animal based foods). The meals are whole food balanced meals with a lot of brightly colored high antioxidant foods which is the only way to heal lupus. Trust me I know. I want to add that when you re diagnosed it s very important to take the medication as prescribed by your doctor. The results can be fatal if you don t take the medication as prescribed. The medication helps calm the inflammation. The combination of both the medication and the evidence based diet will speed you into remission (this may take time based on your ANA). Once you have been in remission for a prolonged period of time and are strictly consuming only the evidence based diet without oil salt (damages the immune system) or sugar (suppresses the immune system) you can then start to have a conversation with your doctor about when to start tapering down your medication. This will take a very long time depending on how many medications you are taking and how high the doses of each. But know that the whole food plant based diet works. It will literally save your life. To have productive conversations with your doctor read the Lupus Encyclopedia.

I have purchased many copies for my friends and family. I have read the book three times and refer to it often. My doctor wanted me to start cholesterol medicine. I told him that i wanted to try to change my diet first and after four months on the plant based diet i had another blood test.My doctor was so surprised and pleased that he told me to continue whatever i was doing because my cholesterol levels had dropped to normal!I am a sixty-nine year old woman and have suffered with diverticulitis and irritable bowel syndrome for most of my adult life These problems have gone away and I am pain free and so happy! I m just sorry that it took me so many years to find this. My life could have been so much better if i had found this sooner!I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants better health and a better quality of life!!!!!

I just had a blood test and had a scare with high cholestrol. I m in my 30s! Upon research and repetitive articles about eating lots of greens and eating clean I think incorporating a lot of vegan recipes even if not vegan 100% of the time will be the best way to lower my bad numbers. Some people may be disgusted by the numerous recipes that use nutritional yeast as a substitute for cheese. You can always just use real cheese. I plan to make the meals as is for myself but have protien on hand to top off my partner s meal because he can t do vegan. Although I am not in love with all the recipes this recipe book shows me a way of life and how I have been eating wrong for years. Grabbing recipes here and there off the internet doesn t always put into perspective what meals you choose to be comfortable with even though research shows those meals are no longer heart healthy. I am looking at you hearty eggs and bacon breakfast. Best wishes to everyone else on their health journey!

I grew up vegetarian then in college and fro travels I started eating meat. My dad was vegan but I never considered once trying vegan even when I was little and determined not to eat meat on my own accord I figured dairy was fine. But I later developed autoimmune issues and also realized how lactose intolerant I was and only then with failing health preeclampsia and a fracture from my autoimmune disorder did I start looking into dietary changes. I circled back to veganism and did some research on animal cruelty in the dairy industry again something I d never considered. And only then did I stumble upon this book. My mom is a stress eater diabetic and my dad is vegan and I ve seen how big kifestyle choices have affected them on all levels physical and emotional and mental. This book provided insight and research and the motivation to finally go vegan and it s changed my life.