
A Conversation Between A Doctor And A Chef
What We Weren't Taught in Medical and Culinary School
The Why and How of Whole Food Plant Based Eating

Pull up a chair with Dr. Elizabeth George, a family physician with more than three decades of experience and Chef Nick Iula, who has served more meals than he can count - everywhere from elegant restaurants to university dining halls- and enjoy a conversation about everyone’s favorite activity – eating.
Is there a “best” way to eat to maximize health and wellbeing? Can the growing epidemic of chronic illnesses starting at younger and younger ages – hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, mood disorders, autoimmune disorders – be reversed? Yes! This book invites doctors, chefs, communities and individuals on a journey to a whole foods plant-based lifestyle.
Dr Liz and Chef Nick untwist the background of medicine, culinary practices and food manufacturing that have created this climate of declining wellbeing, and they present a solution in Healthy Eating Adventures. Since 2010, this community-based program has helped many persons choose lives of health and vigor through plant-based eating. This book shares their astounding testimonies of reversed diseases, elated mood, and newfound athletic strength.
Dr. Liz outlines the research and science behind these remarkable results in understandable terms. She explores the key connections between what we eat, our “magical microbiome” and our health. Once you know how our eating habits were led astray, and understand the science behind whole foods plant- based eating, you are ready to take on this health giving lifestyle.
Chef Nick explains how embracing plant-based eating literally saved his life and he offers practical tips on abandoning old ways of cooking in favor of a healthy eating adventure. Sort out your pantry with Chef Nick as he provides the “how to” and recipes for this way of eating. He provides tips on cooking with kids, and delicious recipes for popular meals, international cuisine, and elegant dining. With Chef Nick’s recipes you will reawaken your taste buds – leave behind the addictions of salt, sugar and fat, and instead savor the flavors, with appreciation of a variety of spices, umami and deliciously nutritious plant-based meals.
In their engaging part-memoir/part cookbook these two professionals write about how food factored in their early lives and what they did, and perhaps more importantly, did not learn when they attended medical and culinary school. Their stories and insights will have you recalling your own childhood memories of food and family, and then running to the kitchen to try out the new cooking techniques and enticing recipes included.
With Dr Liz and Chef Nick, you'll explore:
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How the Standard American Diet (SAD) forced its way into our lives.
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The research and science supporting whole foods, plant-based eating.
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How food can "be thy medicine"
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The "magical microbiome"
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Meal preparation tips and the “well-stocked pantry”
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Cooking with kids
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Recipes for popular meals, international cuisine, and elegant dining
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How Community-based Healthy Eating Adventures bring people together and transform lives.
Come join in the conversation, embark on your own Healthy Eating Adventure, savor the flavors and see what whole foods plant-based eating can do for your health and well-being.
WHAT IS AN ADVENTURE?
An Adventure is a community-based 28-day program that can kick-start you on a lifetime of healthier eating with a whole foods, plant based lifestyle.