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Eat to Treat: A Three-Step Plan to Reduce Inflammation, Detoxify Your Life, and Heal Your Body
USA TODAY BESTSELLER A three-step plan to beat inflammation! Identify your specific type, set your lifestyle up to avoid triggers, and cook tailored recipes designed to help you heal.Functional medicine practitioner Maggie Berghoff presents a personalized, accessible approach to fighting inflammation. Using thorough questionnaires to identify your specific ailments, Eat to Treat prescribes a targeted plan that will help you live free of the major types of inflammation, including those triggered by hormones, digestive issues, stress, allergies, rheumatoid arthritis, and more. From easy tips for healing, eating, and detoxing, to targeted lifestyle advice, Berghoff offers the most up-to-date instructions for living your best and healthiest life based on your specific inflammation type. Inside you’ll - How to supercharge your immune system and feel better instantly - How to set up an anti-inflammatory pantry - Quick and easy recipes to ease your specific inflammation type - The secret ways stress attacks your system and how to fight it - The ingredients in your daily products to avoid—including how everything from your personal hygiene products to your showerhead could be affecting you - Detailed detoxes tailored to your lifestyle - Cutting-edge and easy household remedies you may have overlooked
332 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 28, 2021
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April 5, 2022
If you’re new to learning about inflammation, this will be a great book to read, with a few caveats. Based on the title, I expected lots of recipes and/or that the book would primarily be about eating, but the vast majority of the book is about inflammation, the immune system, and overall immune stressors—including lots more than foods. There are only a few recipes for each meal time, and not really anything concrete in the way of suggestions for meals beyond that. As someone who's learned a lot about inflammation and immunity already, and who's looking for meal ideas and recipes, there wasn’t much here for me.
If you’re just starting out trying to manage inflammation, you will find some good information on lifestyle modifications, and the author's tone is very encouraging and supportive. You won’t feel guilty for doing it wrong or not wanting to quit all the things you love cold-turkey. She’s a health coach, and based on this book, I bet she’s good at helping people get healthier.
I appreciated the references to peer-reviewed studies and medical journals in the first several chapters, which set my expectations for the rest of the book, however, there are some spurious concepts referenced afterwards that do not have any good studies to support them, despite their popularity.
HeartMath is a big one. It’s a great thing to promote relaxation techniques, which do have obvious positive health effects supported by peer-reviewed studies. But the idea that someone can manipulate DNA that isn’t even theirs, that's in a vial, in another building, just by thinking about it with the right mindset? Ok, that is really far-fetched to say the least, and you would want multiple studies showing the same results in order to believe it. But this concept is touted as having been "proven" after one single, small "study" performed by the main advisor to the heartmath company, and one of the main subjects was a founder of the company (talk about conflict of interest). To date, no other scientists have replicated this result. And that's not the only spurious thing about the heartmath business. This book would have been more credible if this concept had been left out, or at least explained in terms of its limitations.
Various other mistakes undermine credibility, too, such as the statement that most canned food is canned in aluminum (not true in the US, where I am and where the author lives, where foods are canned in steel and drinks are canned in aluminum). There are enough others like this that just feel a bit sloppy—maybe an editor should have caught them? So readers need to be aware that not everything can be taken at face value.
But overall, it was easy to read, the information is well organized, and the tone is very encouraging and accessible.
If you’re just starting out trying to manage inflammation, you will find some good information on lifestyle modifications, and the author's tone is very encouraging and supportive. You won’t feel guilty for doing it wrong or not wanting to quit all the things you love cold-turkey. She’s a health coach, and based on this book, I bet she’s good at helping people get healthier.
I appreciated the references to peer-reviewed studies and medical journals in the first several chapters, which set my expectations for the rest of the book, however, there are some spurious concepts referenced afterwards that do not have any good studies to support them, despite their popularity.
HeartMath is a big one. It’s a great thing to promote relaxation techniques, which do have obvious positive health effects supported by peer-reviewed studies. But the idea that someone can manipulate DNA that isn’t even theirs, that's in a vial, in another building, just by thinking about it with the right mindset? Ok, that is really far-fetched to say the least, and you would want multiple studies showing the same results in order to believe it. But this concept is touted as having been "proven" after one single, small "study" performed by the main advisor to the heartmath company, and one of the main subjects was a founder of the company (talk about conflict of interest). To date, no other scientists have replicated this result. And that's not the only spurious thing about the heartmath business. This book would have been more credible if this concept had been left out, or at least explained in terms of its limitations.
Various other mistakes undermine credibility, too, such as the statement that most canned food is canned in aluminum (not true in the US, where I am and where the author lives, where foods are canned in steel and drinks are canned in aluminum). There are enough others like this that just feel a bit sloppy—maybe an editor should have caught them? So readers need to be aware that not everything can be taken at face value.
But overall, it was easy to read, the information is well organized, and the tone is very encouraging and accessible.
June 12, 2022
Any book that encourages positive personal change is probably net-good, and I'd give this a 3rd star if Berghoff didn't market herself as a "health consultant to the stars", which when I saw it at the top her goodreads blurb just confirmed my expectations, and disappointment in the usefulness of this book.
On credentials, Maggie is a nurse practitioner (NP) with a fancy sounding certificate, and this hasn't empowered her to read through the health literature any better than me, or even better than the average reader.
The author is empowering rich middle-aged women to feel better about whatever changes they choose to make, even minimal ones that cost a lot but have minimal health impact. The "inflamation types" questionnaire is pseudoscience at best, and meaningless as designed, since inflammation is dynamic and just has countless contributing factors, personal triggers and is a shifting gradient not a categorical concept. The toxic burden inventory isn't worth a serious review.. just drink good water and don't obsess about the idea of bodily internal cleanliness or purity.
Instead read "Fiber Fueled" and follow @theguthealthmd for much more concise, science based, actionable and inexpensive health advice.
On credentials, Maggie is a nurse practitioner (NP) with a fancy sounding certificate, and this hasn't empowered her to read through the health literature any better than me, or even better than the average reader.
The author is empowering rich middle-aged women to feel better about whatever changes they choose to make, even minimal ones that cost a lot but have minimal health impact. The "inflamation types" questionnaire is pseudoscience at best, and meaningless as designed, since inflammation is dynamic and just has countless contributing factors, personal triggers and is a shifting gradient not a categorical concept. The toxic burden inventory isn't worth a serious review.. just drink good water and don't obsess about the idea of bodily internal cleanliness or purity.
Instead read "Fiber Fueled" and follow @theguthealthmd for much more concise, science based, actionable and inexpensive health advice.
March 31, 2022
Listened to the audio book which was read by the author. Lots of information within this book, much of which I had previously known as I had removed gluten and dairy many years ago. The environmental and household toxin side was interesting but I cannot see how the average person could eliminate many of these without huge expenses incurred. Will I take some additional knowledge from this book. Yes! Are all the recommendations completely realistic and doable…for me probably not. At least I am now a bit more aware of some other root causes. Worthwhile listen.
March 23, 2023
Not what I expected but the recipes at the back were quite good. It’s more of a quick look at the many types of inflammatory diseases and I know there are many. It took a while for my diagnosis but I had a very good and thorough rheumatologist who put me into hospital for a week to do many many tests.
January 31, 2022
Sure, a lot of this information is really general/common sense. However, it was written in a way that was both entertaining to read as well as inspiring. Also, I did learn a few new things about my health that I feel are valuable. All in all a great book that I would definitely recommend and may reference again in the future.
January 23, 2022
Interesting read, joint pain. I will try to incorporate helps into my daily routines.
December 15, 2021
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the advanced electronic copy of this book. This book discusses different types of inflammation, their possible causes, triggers, and suggestions on lifestyle changes, foods, and detox for better health and well-being. I believe that this book is best used under the guidance of the medical and/or integrative professional. I enjoyed the recipe section and definitely gained some ideas and recipes I would like to try.
March 6, 2022
This was a fun read and had some valuable insight. I can't rate it highly because of some of the claims the author made that are more fads and not science based. For example, the amount of times she uses the word detox,implying that things like lemon water detox the system. The body does this through its natural digestive processes. There was a little too much trendy diet info for me.
September 12, 2022
It is somewhat helpful, and I'm currently undertaking a lot of her tips, but it veers a tad into "kooky" territory (like EMFs and such!). My main complaint is the title indicates the book will focus on diet but that's only a small part of it. It's also not organized the best and suffers from some lax editing. Re-title the book and it would a bit better.
April 22, 2023
This book is fantastic! Even though it’s packed with lots of information, it’s easy to understand. The writer gives short quizzes to help you see where your inflammation may be coming from and then tells you what page to go to for the foods/exercises. You can also tell that she has experienced pain and other life changing health issues. Also, she doesn’t act like it’s a magic cure. I’m definitely going to purchase this book so I can reference it when i experience brain fog. Excellent book and highly recommend!
October 11, 2023
This book is your one-stop shop for understanding where inflammation in your body can be coming from, and the impact that has on your body. Knowing what’s going on in your body, and how that might be contributing to symptoms is key to understanding what needs to change, and Maggie explains this all in an easy-to-understand way. She goes beyond that by helping you to figure out how and what to change in your diet and lifestyle to start feeling better. The quizzes are a great way to personalize the wisdom in this book, along with recipe ideas to start feeling your best. Highly recommend!
October 11, 2023
Maggie’s book, Eat to Treat, simplifies cleaning up our lifestyle into a three-step, actionable plan so that anyone can improve their health and find true healing. This book is a MUST for anyone looking for tangible ways to improve their health, whether struggling with chronic health issues or just wanting to optimize their current health. I, personally, have been forever changed by the content of this book and learning from Maggie!
February 26, 2024
I was intrigued by the “inflammation type” so picked it up at the library. The books is pretty basic, and I skimmed the second half—once I read through all the different types of inflammation. It’s a decent introduction to inflammation, but you do want to check her sources before believing everything in here. I have notes on a couple of things to try, but it’s nothing I haven’t read before somewhere online.
March 13, 2022
This book contains good basic information written in a positive, easy to read style. Like any book of this type, it gets a bit repetitive if the reader is already familiar with the subject. I thought the swaps and recipes were good though the information wasn’t anything new - just well organized and approachable. I recommend this book as an introduction to inflammation.
October 13, 2023
Congratulation Maggie for an inspiring book addressing the challenge of inflammation in an easy to read and understand guide treat using a functional medicine approach. I highly recommended this book to anyone wanting to beat their inflammation challenges. Thank you Gail Davidson Wellness Coach coping with inflammation
September 1, 2025
A few pages in, and I find myself wiping away tears. The author's personal health story and commitment to finding answers to her health challenges were so inspiring! It's now officially a reference book. I now know why Maggie is such a leader in our field of functional medicine. This is an exceptionally well-organized and thoroughly researched book.
May 27, 2022
Wonderful and Informative Book
This is such a a great informative book. Thank you for sharing this helpful book for those with chronic inflammation. She is so insightful . Enjoyed reading . Thanks again.
This is such a a great informative book. Thank you for sharing this helpful book for those with chronic inflammation. She is so insightful . Enjoyed reading . Thanks again.
July 3, 2023
Useful guidelines about reducing inflammation in the body. Very few actual recipes. Some of the adjustments seem rather complicated. I would like to know more about the author’s credentials and training.
July 14, 2023
If you're looking for a book on a more holistic view point and natural cures this book is a great argument for the other side. I found the tips and advice refreshing and at the same time it has some great old wisdom.
October 11, 2023
Maggie Berghoff’s Eat to Treat is so well written! It’s easy to understand and you can immediately implement her health tips!
She easily explains how to eat for your body to feel its best! The graphics are fantastic!
This book is going to motivate you to take control of YOUR health!
She easily explains how to eat for your body to feel its best! The graphics are fantastic!
This book is going to motivate you to take control of YOUR health!
October 11, 2023
This book was such an easy and enjoyable read! It’s practical, to the point, and simplified in a way that anyone can read this book and start implementing these tips!! This will be my new go-to gift for friends and family who are striving for better health!
October 11, 2023
I love this book. It is a great lay out of how you can feel better, be the best you! It gives you suggestions, not just you can do it, but how! From the products you use on yourself and home, to the food you eat. Pick up your copy now!
May 11, 2024
The information shared in this book is knowledge I wish everyone knew. She was able to share medical names at times but always followed it up with an explanation anyone could understand. It was eye-opening, and learning about Total Toxic Burden was helpful. Cheers to a healthier future!
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March 29, 2025Started out promising... she sort of lost me along the way.. her whole thing now is helping people on social media to build their businesses and that's just not my vibe. There were some good nuggets of info in the book.
June 24, 2025
I really enjoyed this book. I learned a lot and it was easy to understand. The questionnaires in the back of the book help to guide you on what parts of the book are more specific to you and what you want to work on. The whole book in general was very informational.
January 10, 2022
A lot of this information is very general. Recipes at the back.
May 19, 2022
Very useful and informative!
May 25, 2022
Interesting. A reminder to drink water, use an air filter, eat more veggies, and meditate.
September 8, 2022
This book was OK, pretty basic. I guess if you're new to this subject, you might glean some good information.
February 3, 2023
Some good reminders, but I found the book to be lacking the why for some of her suggestions. It was a basic overview for someone new to inflammation and what to eat.
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