Living the Healthy Life

by Jessica Sepel

Nutritionist and health blogger Jessica Sepel is fast becoming one of Australia's most sought-after wellness and lifestyle advocates. Living the Healthy Life is a practical and holistic 8-week plan of action to heal your relationship with food and provide a balance in your life. Expanding on the philosophy from her first book, The Healthy Life, Jessica uses her own inspirational journey to teach us how to quit fad dieting forever, and give ourselves the freedom to stop feeling guilty about food. She shows that by eating more of the good stuff, we nourish our bodies and optimise our cleansing and thyroid functions, which in turn stops us craving the processed foods that make us unwell. She helps us understand the key factors in overcoming stress and anxiety, and explores the benefits of sleeping and resting more. Here Jessica shares her expertly tailored, nutrient-rich meal plans designed to balance your hormone levels and increase your energy. Featuring over 160 new recipes, this book shows that healthy eating can be simple, delicious and fun!This is a specially formatted fixed layout ebook that retains the look and feel of the print book.

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Health

320 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 31, 2017

Reviews

[Esther · Rating 4 out of 5]

There wasn't much new information for me in this book, but it was wonderful to see a lot of great messages in one place - healthy foods, learning what's right for your body, addressing emotional and psychological sides of our eating habits, reducing stress, the importance of medicine and health practitioners rather than just making it all up as you go or expecting a healthy diet to completely heal you.

I know the importance of a whole foods diet for health, and that for those struggling with weight, health conditions, yoyo dieting, and those generally wanting to improve their health and energy, this is a great approach. At the same time, I actually don't want to change my diet forever in these ways.

I like finding healthy, accessible (not too expensive or tricky) recipes that help me really enjoy nutritious food. This book seems to have LOTS of those. I haven't tried any yet, but I've marked a bunch of them.

But I'm not at the point of wanting to overhaul my diet. Not when I'm at the point of trying to save money on food and find simple meals my 1 year old will actually eat (hint: he loves pasta). And not when I enjoy sweet treats a lot, but rarely have the patience to make healthy versions in advance with all the other cooking I have to do.

Not everything is well explained (as a friend pointed out, what's the reason for only eating organic dairy?), but it's a good starting point for lots of possible healthy changes a person can make.

And it offers a way to introduce those changes slowly over an 8 week period, for those who want that. (Me? I didn't like being told what to do. And I didn't like the assumption that I'm a stresshead, frequent dieter with body image issues. None of those are true of me. I just want easy ways to eat the food I know is nutritious so that I have reasonable energy.)

Also, for some reason this book smells amazing?! Like the last person who had it (it's a library book) worked in a health spa or massage clinic.

Also also, I found Jess and her writing a lot less irritating than Sarah Wilson (see my review on Simplicious).

And for those who want more about the emotional side of eating, I highly recommend Women Food and God by Geneen Roth.

[Paris Abell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love her ideas! No diets, just all-round wellness is her focus. So much healthier and smarter. There's so much packed into this book I'm going to have to go back and reread it a few times to absorb it all. It's going to be my new health bible.

[Everly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy to read and some good points that are a refresher to things I already know. Presented really nicely in the book.

[Tina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tasty recipes and sensible information on healthy eating and living.

[Brad McEwen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another amazing book by Jessica Sepel.

[Cherise · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful recipes, that are healthy and promote clean eating. Literally a life changing book.

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved how holistic this book is, it covers every aspect of health - nutrition, exercise, stress, mental health, getting enough sleep. My only issue with it is that it lacks explanation for a few things which I find frustrating, I don't want someone to tell me 'only eat organic dairy' or 'cut out cow's milk for four weeks' without explaining the why - I'm not going to just take your word for it. That's why I liked Sarah Wilson's I Quit Sugar, there were very clear explanation for why fruit juice isn't a healthy drink, or why agave syrup is worse than cane sugar. That's the only improvement I would make to the book, but will still use it a lot.

[Lisa McKercher · Rating 5 out of 5]

I highly recommend this book and the accompanying program to anyone who is looking to gently but positively change their diet, wellbeing and mindfulness. I have been a long time fan of Jess Sepel's work. If you want a honest review of the book and Program, plus the challenges you might face you can follow my journey here: www.livingthehealthylife.com.au

[Karen Cockerill · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book and can't wait to get started on the recipes. My kind of life-style, 'diet' philosophy I.e. Throw away the scale, fix your mind food connections, slow down, 80/20 principle and enjoy life. Great gift book too

[Emma]

dnf'd not because it's bad, but because upon reading I have realised it's for people whose issues with food are different to my own issues with food