The "Plan A" Diet: Combining Whole Food, Plant Based Nutrition with the Timeless Wisdom of Scripture

by Cyd Notter

“A great blueprint for changing your life . . . This book provides food for the body and for the soul.” —Pamela A. Popper, PhD, ND, author of Food Over Medicine   By combining her decades-long study of both nutrition and scripture, Cyd Notter has created The “Plan A” Diet to serve as a message of hope to those who are nutritionally confused, suffer with declining health, or continually flit from one failed diet plan to another. The book provides a simple, achievable answer for permanent weight loss and improved health, as well as useful insights for dealing with resistance to change.   Research confirms that plant-based nutrition is more powerful in restoring health than drugs or surgery, and is proven to be the only diet capable of reversing our number one heart disease. Readers ready to take an active role in their health are equipped with a meal plan, tips for evaluating conflicting information, and an optional transition strategy. Prayer and biblical support has also been included to encourage people of faith.   By correlating today’s unbiased science with the wisdom of applicable scripture, the book illustrates why God’s first prescribed diet for mankind—His “Plan A” Diet—remains the ideal food to this day.

281 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 2, 2019

About the author

Cyd Notter is a graduate of the Center for Nutrition Studies and a certified instructor for several dietary therapy courses, including The Starch Solution, Food Over Medicine, and Women’s Health. She has developed and offers a variety of health and cooking classes, provides nutritional coaching on both individual and corporate levels, speaks to local groups, and has worked with school district employees and a hospital’s fitness center.
Her column titled “The Nutrition Coach”—which ran in three local newspapers for seven years—featured general dietary advice, recipes, and answers to reader’s questions. Several of her articles have also been published in Cape Style Magazine, a Florida-based on-line publication.
Combining her decades-long study of both nutrition and scripture, Cyd founded The ‘Plan A’ Diet™ to illustrate the correlations between biblical principles and healthy eating and to encourage Christians to take an active role in their health. Her “Wonderfully Made” ministry offers nutrition coaching, health and cooking classes, and weight loss challenges.
Notter’s past accolades include being named Woman of the Year by the Morris Business and Professional Women in 1998, Entrepreneur of the Year by the Grundy County Chamber of Commerce in 2000, and having her business featured on several occasions in Décor magazine. She and her husband Steve live in Wilmington, Illinois, and enjoy outdoor activities, classic movies and old Volkswagens.

Reviews

[Kelsey Grissom]

I bought this book because I heard the author on a podcast, and she referenced God’s provision for Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden: God allowed humans to eat any plant, but meat was only an accommodation to humans *after* the flood. I had noticed that important point many years ago, but in my experience few Christians (and few Biblical interpreters) notice it (or maybe they do but they willfully ignore it). So of course I was curious about this author.
The book contains a lot of information I already knew because I read about nutrition a lot, but with a Christian/Biblical perspective to it. Although the author comes from a much more conservative tradition than I do, I still thought her exegesis was mostly pretty great. The recipes also look delicious, and I enjoyed her gentle tone. So, I’d recommend this to any Christians who are curious about WFPBNO.