The Plant Paradox Cookbook: 100 Delicious Recipes to Help You Lose Weight, Heal Your Gut, and Live Lectin-Free PDF
Preview The Plant Paradox Cookbook: 100 Delicious Recipes to Help You Lose Weight, Heal Your Gut, and Live Lectin-Free
Contents Cover Title Page Introduction PART ONE: WHAT IS THE PLANT PARADOX? One: Lectins and Your Health Two: “So What Exactly Can I Eat?!” Three: The Plant Paradox Program Four: The Plant Paradox Kitchen PART TWO: RECIPES Five: Appetizers and Snacks Six: Morning Meals Seven: Soups and Stews Eight: Noodles and Bowls Nine: Main Dishes Ten: Vegetables and Sides Eleven: Sweet Bites Twelve: Drinks Thirteen: Sauces, Condiments, and Dressings Acknowledgments Resources Endnotes Index About the Author Copyright About the Publisher Introduction This cookbook has been a long time in the making. Soon after I began giving my patients a now-infamous list of “just say no” and “yes, please” foods and sent them on their way with about ten recipes, I recognized the need for a more comprehensive resource that could help them maintain their new way of eating. And so for years, I’ve been collecting recipes from friends and patients and developing my own repertoire. It’s taken a lot of trial and error, tasting and testing, and plenty of dirty dishes, but I’ve finally been able to compile the collection of tasty, healthy, and diverse recipes that my patients—and you readers—deserve. But let me back up a bit. If you’re just coming to this book without having read The Plant Paradox, you may be thinking: what is this list you’re talking about, and why do I need it? For the past seventeen years, I’ve been treating patients with a combination of nutritional therapy and conventional medicine. People generally come to see me when they’re struggling with a chronic disease and just can’t seem to get better. They arrive at one of my clinics—in Palm Springs or Santa Barbara—on a personal journey to regain their health or their loved one’s health, or to take their “good enough” health to robust, vibrant health. As my patients and regular readers know, I saw and continue to see dramatic reversals of diseases I once thought impossible to manage; changes that we can track with sophisticated blood work and that my patients can feel and see. Many of these changes are directly linked to nutritional alterations we’ve made to their diets. And so I wrote The Plant Paradox to explain the philosophy behind the list: the idea that proteins called lectins found in many common “health foods”— including fruits, vegetables, grains, and beans—can damage the gut, cause inflammation, and contribute to disease. Removing major lectin-containing foods from the diet, combined with minimizing exposure to environmental toxins, are the practices at the core of the Plant Paradox program. The Plant Paradox Cookbook is written first and foremost for all of you who have applied my “rules” and regained your health, but keep finding yourselves asking that immortal question: “What the heck can I eat?” I know that you live in the real world of two-job families, commutes, after-school practices, and socializing, and that relatively few of you reside as I do in Southern California, where beautiful, fresh produce is available year-round. And I know that thinking about going lectin-free can seem impossible, or at least impractical, when you already have too many things to manage on your to-do list. That’s why I’ve written a cookbook with simple recipes anyone can master and accessible ingredients (and substitutions for less-accessible ingredients) you can source easily. I’ve also incorporated your feedback and suggestions for the types of dishes you most wanted to see. No eating plan that encourages deprivation or sacrifice has ever worked, and for good reason: eating is pleasurable! I of all people understand and appreciate that point—I love a good meal and am not immune to the temptation of my old favorites. That’s why you’ll find Plant Paradox–approved versions of all of your most-loved foods in this book, from bagels and pancakes to pizza and pad Thai, spaghetti and meatballs to brownies and ice cream. I know it’s hard to believe, but you can reap the benefits of the program while indulging in all of these seemingly forbidden dishes. That brings me to the second reason for The Plant Paradox Cookbook: the Plant Paradox program works! It’s just that simple. I’ve documented it in thousands of patients in my clinics and I’ve reported my results at major medical conferences, but the real joy I get is when I receive an email or a letter, or read a review online, saying that this program has positively impacted someone’s life. Whether it’s finally losing weight after many failed attempts; lowering blood pressure and cholesterol markers; improving heart health; reducing or going off of immune-suppressive drugs or thyroid medications; resolving MS or lupus (and the attendant painful symptoms); or slowing or reversing the progression of cancer or dementia, you’ve shared so many incredible successes with me that I am truly humbled. Your stories are why I get up and go to work each morning, and why I write books like this one: to make available to everyone the healing powers of the Plant Paradox program. And lastly, this book is written for you “holdouts” who may have heard about this crazy Plant Paradox thing, but are reluctant to give up your beloved grains and favorite foods. This cookbook was written maybe most of all for you, to make it easier for you to find out what all the fuss is really about and to give this lifestyle a try in the easiest possible way: by making delicious meals. So, even if you haven’t read The Plant Paradox, you can jump right in with this book and join the lectin-free (or at least lectin-light) club. Over the next few chapters I’ll offer a brief overview of the Plant Paradox plan so that all of us— old hands or newbies alike—will be up to speed and ready to dive into the kitchen! In case flipping through these pages and catching a glance of the gorgeous photos hasn’t persuaded you, let me assure you: I’ve got incredible dishes from James Beard Award–winning chefs, contributions from my recipe contest at GundryMD.com, and a bunch of out-of-this-world recipes from patients and followers that I know you will love. And they were all made with you, your health, your busy life, and your taste buds in mind. I can’t for you to try them. Welcome to The Plant Paradox Cookbook! Part One What Is the Plant Paradox? Chapter One Lectins and Your Health
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