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How to Feel the Fear and Eat It Anyway
A game-changing narrative for anyone who has struggled to find a balance between healthy and happy, between empty and full. The principle is very simple: eat what you like and don't worry about it.
'One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.' - Virginia Woolf.
The definition of 'healthy eating' has been chewed up, spat out and re-digested enough times to make Joe Public give up and seek out their nearest branch of McDonald's. Our mindless obsession with eating 'right' is such that we're now more concerned about what our Instagram followers think of a poorly lit picture of our dinner than we are of its effect on our own palate. Or, indeed, our happiness. We seem to be living in a time where we no longer eat with our hearts, emotions or heritage - but with what our waistlines (and followers) in mind.
Not Plant Based are on a mission to help you love food again. The principle is very simple: eat what you like and don't worry about it. It's a menu that's especially delicious, 'guilt-free' and requires a hell of a lot less money spent in health food shops. Throughout the book, Laura and Eve call on experts to debunk myths and provide a balanced exploration of our attitude towards food, with some delicious recipes thrown in along the way. They discuss their own experiences of eating disorders and offer personal tips and coping mechanisms to help rid you of anxiety linked to food. No one is saying healthy eating is bad; there is simply a lot of misleading information out there. More to the point, food is so much more in the grand scheme of life than health: it's family, friends, enjoyment and memories.
So go on, take a bite out of How To Eat Everything and learn to love your food all over again. It's SO mouth-wateringly good - we bet you'll be back for seconds.
'One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.' - Virginia Woolf.
The definition of 'healthy eating' has been chewed up, spat out and re-digested enough times to make Joe Public give up and seek out their nearest branch of McDonald's. Our mindless obsession with eating 'right' is such that we're now more concerned about what our Instagram followers think of a poorly lit picture of our dinner than we are of its effect on our own palate. Or, indeed, our happiness. We seem to be living in a time where we no longer eat with our hearts, emotions or heritage - but with what our waistlines (and followers) in mind.
Not Plant Based are on a mission to help you love food again. The principle is very simple: eat what you like and don't worry about it. It's a menu that's especially delicious, 'guilt-free' and requires a hell of a lot less money spent in health food shops. Throughout the book, Laura and Eve call on experts to debunk myths and provide a balanced exploration of our attitude towards food, with some delicious recipes thrown in along the way. They discuss their own experiences of eating disorders and offer personal tips and coping mechanisms to help rid you of anxiety linked to food. No one is saying healthy eating is bad; there is simply a lot of misleading information out there. More to the point, food is so much more in the grand scheme of life than health: it's family, friends, enjoyment and memories.
So go on, take a bite out of How To Eat Everything and learn to love your food all over again. It's SO mouth-wateringly good - we bet you'll be back for seconds.
288 pages, Paperback
Published March 17, 2020
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April 26, 2019
This is such a good book for anyone recovering from an Eating Disorder. They talk such sense! I'm deducting one star because I'm vegan and there's a lot in there about meat and dairy. But, that's just personal preference. If I'd have had this book 10 years ago it would have been so bloody helpful!
October 1, 2021
Thought-provoking and interesting read from the perspective of those who have battled eating disorders.
April 4, 2019
A MUST read for anyone wanting to understand what it’s like to have anorexia! Depicts the truth and some aspects are very very relatable to me. Amazing book!
August 8, 2019
This was fine. It felt more like a collection of blog posts, which I believe it is, rather than a coherent book. Nothing particularly new or revelatory in here but I appreciated the message and, at times, the delivery.
October 7, 2024
Really fascinating insight into our eating habits. As someone who's a classic yo-yo dieter I felt A LOT in this book. A lot of "been there, done it" in here. SO sad to think of how much pressure we put ourselves under to achieve the perfect "figure."
READ IT!!!
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