Heal Your Gut: Supercharged Food

by Lee Holmes

A healing protocol and step-by-step program with over 90 recipes to cleanse, restore and nourish...Heal Your Gut is a beautifully designed and photographed step-by-step protocol for restoring your inner gut health, via a treatment program and detox regime, supported by over 90 anti- inflammatory recipes to heal and nourish. Whether you're suffering from a health issue aggravated by diet and a poorly functioning digestive system, or whether you have an auto-immune or digestive disorder, food allergies or intolerances, IBD, IBS, Crohn's disease, coeliac disease, leaky gut, inflammatory issues, thyroid problems, neurological disorders, obesity, diabetes, arthritis or fibromyalgia, this book will provide you with information, meal plans and recipes to really heal your gut and get back on track with your health. By following the protocol you'll feel more vibrant and alive, with energy to burn. This book isn't just another fad diet: it contains recipes that have been specifically created to heal and also deliver vital nutrients, vitamins and minerals to get your body systems functioning optimally. Heal Your Gut shows you how you can nourish yourself like a nutritionist, with a host of exciting options to devour. Healing recipes include: coffees, teas, toddies and tisanes; smoothies, juices and milks; bone broths and stock; healing and sealing soups; easy-to-digest bowls; fermented foods for when your gut is strong; and even some delicious desserts...

Genres: Nonfiction, Cooking

280 pages, Paperback

First published July 6, 2014

About the author

Lee Holmes is a holistic nutritionist, yoga and meditation teacher, wholefoods chef and author of the bestselling Supercharged Food series, which includes Eat Your Way to Good Health; Eat Yourself Beautiful; Eat Clean, Green and Vegetarian; Supercharged Food for Kids; Eat Right for Your Shape; Fast Your Way to Wellness, Heal Your Gut and the 2018 follow-up, Supercharge Your Gut. She runs a four-week 'Heal Your Gut' program, a two-day a week 'Supercharge Your Gut' program and a 6 week ‘Fast Your Way to Wellness’ program on her website www.superchargedfood.com and has a range of gut friendly powders and blends at www.superchargeyourgut.com

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

okay...nothing new. all things I have heard before.

[Carol - Reading Writing and Riesling · Rating 5 out of 5]

My View:
“The Road to health is paved with good intestines.” Sherry R Rogers, M.D.

A well designed, easy to read reference book and healing protocol for anyone who has concerns about their gut health. I am amazed by the number of modern ailments that are directly related to gut health and the balance of gut flora in your digestive system, “The world within your gut involves a multifaceted, interconnected, interdependent relationship between living organisms called microflora. Microflora is the complex, diverse group of microorganism species that live in your digestive tract…know as gut flora...’good bacteria’ or ‘bad bacteria’…’Good’ or ‘friendly bacteria’ perform a multitude of tasks…including working to regulate the gut by neutralising some of the toxic by-products of your digestion; preventing the growth of harmful, pathogenic bacteria; controlling your metabolism; reducing harmful substances such as carcinogens and toxins; gleaning and absorbing energy, nutrients and fatty acids from the food you wat; recycling hormones; training the immune system and communicating with your brain.” (p. 6) Gut health is critical to overall health, we are what we eat, read a label on any of the processed food you consume and release the extra stress we put on out bodies and the gut in particular to digest and eliminate the chemical cocktails we ingest in the name of ‘food’.

We (our immediate family) have long been aware of the relationship between a healthy body and eating healthy “real foods”. For many years we have been making a determined effort to reduce our consumption of processed food (you may have noticed I cook ‘from scratch’, am a fan of slow cooked tasty meals, we grow most of our own vegetables - and maybe this year will have some fruit on our trees to pick and I preserve by bottling or freezing our excess produce.) Lately there has been much interest and research on the benefits of establishing and maintaining healthy gut flora – the building blocks of good health. “Lee Holmes knows firsthand how important a healthy gut is to feeling your best, and in Heal You Gut she shows the reader in a logical, stepwise fashion how healing your gut is the gateway to healing your health issues.” Dr Vincent Pedre (foreword Heal Your Gut.)

Lee Holmes provides the reader with a template for improving the ratio of good gut bacteria in the gut and provides an easy to follow protocol to heal and maintain a healthy gut barrier. Juices, smoothies, milks and bone broths are healing and soothing, removing and replacing certain foods in your diet will help correct the balance of ‘good to bad’ bacteria in the gut, and when the gut is stronger there are foods such as fermented veg to help keep your digestive system on track. In Heal Your Gut Lee Holmes provides the reader an easy to follow, beautifully illustrated practical guide to a healthier you from inside out. What extra steps am I taking to help heal my gut? Using bone broths as stock where and when I can in my cooking (and this stock adds such great flavour to your meals too – you will really notice the difference), I have replaced margarines, hydrogenised fats and corn based cooking oils with olive oil and coconut oil and butter, I use only pink Himalayan salt if I use salt in my cooking/on my table, I drink rooibos tea, I have almost eliminated processed food from my pantry…and we buy and consume freer range chicken and grass feed beef and lamb and recently have added ferment veg in the form of sauerkraut to our meals; small changes can make a difference.

This is a great practical guide to help you get your gut health back on track!

[SA Lillie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have thoroughly enjoyed this book, working my way through about 47 recipes in 2 months. Though I do not suffer any personal health complaints and cannot advocate for this book on a scientific or medical basis, I've found the book to be well-rounded, informative, with recipes for everyone. The suggested foodplans are well thought out, the desserts are healthy. I would recommend vegan options for egg-based desserts, and personally found the salmon recipes not to my liking. These meals freeze well and use a huge variety of vegetables that keep your stomach engaged and healthy. The personal care program is also considerate, and the book is a holistic joy to read. Taking the pressure off your gut by reducing such a variety of meals into blended soups is worth it and your body will appreciate it if/when you transition back to a 'regular diet'. The skin will appreciate the spices, just be careful to not overdo their usage. I'd gladly toss general cookbooks out in favour of keeping this creative collection. Be prepared to spend some time in the kitchen (hint: freeze as much as you can) and kick back afterwards.

[Chloe (thelastcolour) · Rating 3 out of 5]

was hoping to be inspired with recipes but the idea of going on a liquid diet for four weeks is not feasible for me and i just don't have the time in my life to mess around with extravagant recipes and difficult to source ingredients. hopefully her newer book will be more helpful.

[Ash · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very good reference book with practical steps to heal your gut. Holmes explains the science behind the 'gut microbiome' in an easy to understand way. She also provides a comprehensive list of foods & additives to avoid and gives explanations as to why. I am currently using the recipes and I really do believe they are healing especially for my skin. However, I recommend tailoring the healing plan to suit your own needs. For example, after the first few days of avoiding grains I felt too weak so I added brown rice and quinoa back into my diet which made a huge difference. For anyone who is looking to improve their overall wellbeing, understand the stomach/mind connection and get back to eating basic unprocessed food, I highly recommend this book.

[Beatriz Lucas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great recipes, tasty, easy to use and very effective.

I've also learnt what ingredients I can use for cooking - which has been a huge life saver.

Great book!