The How Not to Diet Cookbook: 100+ Recipes for Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss
From Michael Greger, M.D., FACLM, the author of the New York Times bestseller How Not to Die, comes a four-color, fully illustrated cookbook that shares the science of long-term weight-loss success.
Dr. Michael Greger founded the viral website Nutritionfacts.org with the aim to educate the public about what healthy eating looks like and connect them with a community through food-related podcasts, videos, and blogs. Since then, Nutritionfacts.org has grown and so has Dr. Greger's platform. How Not to Die and The How Not to Die Cookbook were instant hits, and now he's back with a new book about mindful dieting—how to eat well, lose, and keep unwanted weight off in a healthy, accessible way that's not so much a diet as it is a lifestyle.
Greger offers readers delicious yet healthy options that allow them to ditch the idea of "dieting" altogether. As outlined in his book How Not to Diet, Greger believes that identifying the twenty-one weight-loss accelerators in our bodies and incorporating new, cutting-edge medical discoveries are integral in putting an end to the all-consuming activity of counting calories and getting involved in expensive juice cleanses and Weight Watchers schemes.
The How Not to Diet Cookbook is primed to be a revolutionary new addition to the cookbook industry: incredibly effective and designed for everyone looking to make changes to their dietary habits to improve their quality of life, weight loss notwithstanding.
Reviews (133)
Horribly disappointed it is not lay-flat-spiral-bound messy-cooking hands-friendly
I have begun several stages of healthful get-the-pandemic-weight-off-my-belly-and-butt lifestyle changes as outlined in HOW NOT TO DIET and happily pre-ordered the cookbook. Turns out ginger and black turmeric are easily accommodated in my morning smoothie and balsamic vinegar over an avocado and cucumber salad is a wonderful starter. Eating my way through an orchard of organic apples. As to the cookbook, however, I have some mixed review" words. Presentation, color photos for inspiration when I am craving sausage pizza and knowing it really should be kale and couscous for dinner; overall helpfulness to achieve goals: Pass Presentation of a stiffly bound, non-bendy cookbook and overall lack of ease of use for me, an admittedly messy cook: Fail! Why cookbooks continue to be published as actual books stupefies me. I want, I wish, I demand a lay-flat, spiral bound cookbook. Laiminated pages I can sponge off spice dust would be amazing. Oh, and those clear plastic, upright cookbook holdesr? The sharp, hard edges nearly severed a vein in my hand. Clean kitchen, messy, tumeric-thumbed cook -- that's me. Shall slice the pages and make my own 3 ring binder. I shall review the actual and most enticing recipes in due course; excuse me while I find a meat cleaver to begin the process of making the cookbook useful for ... me.
How not to die cookbook is better
I prefer the other cookbook. This one is gimmicky. I find it amusing that they wrote "less than 100 calories per serving!" on some of the recipes because that is literally the opposite message of what the book is about. If you haven't read How Not To Diet, Dr. Greger argues that not all calories are created equal due to the way our bodies burn fuel, what time of day, what quantity, how much fiber, nutrients, etc. After I got over my eye rolling, the recipes are similar to the How Not to Die cookbook, with How Not To Diet leaning more ethnic. I will work my way through this book but if given the option, I prefer the How Not to Die cookbook. The fonts are easier on the eyes as well in the first one.
Really Beautiful Cookbook
Such a stunning book!!! Recipes all look delish and simple. Change your health and your life with these yummy meals!!!
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!!!
I'm sitting here this afternoon looking through this cookbook as my family and I are eating three different recipes from Dr. Greger's previous cookbook, How Not to Die, for dinner. I have been waiting for this cookbook since I pre-ordered it about 6 months ago. Flipping through the pages, I sound like Chunk from the movie The Goonies when he found the freezer full of ice cream...they've got pumpkin pie!...and Jicama chips!....oooh, and look there's Paella, they've got Paella!! I can't wait to dig in and let the crumbs fly!! Thank you Dr. Greger, my family and I are forever in you debt! NOTE: If you are a nutrition nerd like I am, you can contribute to his organization, NutritionFacts, through Amazon Smile.
Fantastic tasting recipes
The recipes are extremely flavorful. I like these recipes more than the How not to Die cookbook. They can be a bit more involved but it doesn't take much more time, and the flavors are amazing. --- Summary of negative reviews: The 1-3 star reviews seem to have not tried the recipes, or because they didn't like their first recipe, or because it has miso paste and they don't understand why, or because one recipe has a ton of ingredients so it's too hard for them. They aren't all this way and there is a variety of recipes to choose from. One review didn't like that Dr Gregor recommends 90 minutes of exercise a day, or the font, because it's not spiral bound, or because it said less than 100 calories when the book is called how NOT to DIET. It just goes to show you can't please everyone. C'mon people loosen up! You're taking things too literally. There is a lot of good to take away from this book. Ignore the things that don't suit you.
Would gift to everybody if not a “diet” book!
Was so excited to receive this after pre-ordering! it’s even better than I imagined. Love all the beautiful pictures, tidbits on why each recipe is healthy, and every recipe sounds amazing not sure how to decide what to cook first!
Beautiful Photos for Almost Every Recipe
I preordered this book and already made the black forest chia pudding which is delicious. This book is definitely worth the money. The recipes are all a little unique and most include different spices which you can include or leave out. There are different spice blends at the back of the book which you can make ahead and keep on hand for many of the recipes.
love this cookbook
made a pledge to cook one new recipe a week - love this cookbook!
awesome wholesome recipes for WFPB eating
my favorite is the no sugar and no oil in every recipe This book would have received 5 stars from me if each recipe had a key to show which of the daily dozen and which of the 21 tweaks could be checked off if you ate that dish. The How Not to Die Cookbook had this key and I wrongfully assumed this one would too. I have been following Dr. Greger's daily dozen since Dec 1, 2020 (about 80/20) - I am down 10 pounds and I don't feel deprived at all. I really enjoy this way of eating. I have learned to meal plan and prep to make my busy work week so much easier. I have 25 more pounds to lose to reach a normal BMI. I plan to incorporate some or all of the 21 tweaks once I reach a plateau, but for now I eat eat eat green light foods. I made the Curried Lentil and Kale Soup found on page 31 tonight. So easy to follow and I had every ingredient on hand. For dessert I made the Ginger Roasted Pears - and again all items I had on hand. I make batches of his date syrup (page 217) every 8 - 10 days. I use it for recipes and on my Ezekiel toast. There honestly won't be very many recipes I do not make out of this book. Thank you, Dr. Michael Greger, for sharing your knowledge and time with us.
Great but time consuming recipes with Asian flavors
I absolutely love this cookbook. The original How Not to Die cookbook was good. It gave me ideas on how to incorporate plant-based food into my daily life. But the recipes in the first book were a bit bland. Very much geared to American / European taste buds. I prefer more Asian flavors. I struggled to convert my Asian favorites into healthy.versions. Then I found this book. The dishes are all tasty and bursting with flavor. I’ve made about ten recipes so far and have been thrilled with each one. My only complaint is that they are a bit labor intensive. The recipes rated moderate in complexity should be rated “complex”. The recipes labeled “easy” should be labeled “moderate”. Still, if you love to cook, and you want to feel your time spent was worth it when you taste the results, this book won’t disappoint. If you like bland fake “meatloaf” and “burgers type food, this might be too flavorful for you. But if you like Southeast Asian and Indian food, you will love it.
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