The Autoimmune Plant Based Cookbook: Recipes to Decrease Pain, Optimize Health, and Maximize Your Quality of Life

Easy to follow with great tips and lovely pictures. Enjoying it! Thank you.

This book does not use vinegar, which is great because I cannot tolerate it, nor dairy, nor sugar, nor oil, nor gluten-based grains. I like the simple recipes - it takes effort until you get into a routine, then it’s easy! I also like the 7-day meal plan for two meals a day. This book is exactly what I’d been looking for!

Coming from a family where two members are currently dealing with auto-immune disease (Crohn's), I was interested in this plant-based cookbook with recipes for healing the gut. The thought is to avoid foods that commonly irritate/inflame -- aka food sensitivities. I'm intrigued by some of the "new to me" concepts such as the health benefits of sprouting grains at home. So far I have tried a couple recipes. First, a modified version of the Pumpkin Seed Protein Smoothie (I was too impatient to wait to soak the seeds (my fault it was a little grainier than it should have been and not as healthy I guess), I also added a little bit of stevia, and omitted the carob powder which I didn't have on hand); still, I quadrupled the batch and it disappeared. Two of my children asked, "Can I have more?" I also tried sprouting and dehydrating a double batch of quinoa. Of course I've done regular sprouts for salads, but I've never thought of trying to sprout grains to use for cooking or dehydrating them then grinding to use in baking. I actually love the taste of the sprouted, then dehydrated quinoa -- crunchy, earthy and satisfying. It was worth the time to sprout/dehydrate it, just to nibble on it. I think I'll try topping salads or my granola with this quinoa. Yum. But my next recipes to try will be the tortillas and flatbread (both with my dehydrated quinoa). It will take me some time to learn some new techniques/routines, but I'm willing to try!Whether you are wanting to take time to de-tox from common food allergens (sensitivities) or to find additional healthful grain-free, nut-free recipes, this is a cookbook to take you to a new level of health and understanding.

Excellent! Good information, easy to understand, comprehensive plan. Easy to follow weekly menu for first phase of healing. Though it's difficult to leave off favorite foods, the recipes in this book are satisfying, simply prepared and absolutely delicious. They are also unique. I am a cookbook collector, I love to cook, and have been Vegetarian/Vegan for some time. My gut health has been destroyed by long term courses of antibiotics after being exposed to TB and traveling overseas. It's a nice surprise to try new food items from the grocery stores in the US like Yuca with coconut milk. I also have never cooked with young coconuts before, but these types of foods are at the grocery store and turns out they are delicious! There are also substitute items if you're not feeling brave enough to try Yuca etc, but I'd say go for it, food adventuring is fun! The buckwheat waffles on the first day were excellent. So far my family has loved every recipe I have made from this book so far, which is great, because it's hard to cook a special diet for yourself and also prepare meals for the family who might not be on a food sensitivity diet. I have been able to overlap and serve recipes from this book and they don't even notice we're missing the gluten, corn, soy etc for breakfast and lunch. So happy at this point, and will plan to update after 4 months to report if it's helped my symptoms.

I highly recommend this book for anyone suffering from an auto-immune condition or even food sensitivities. The authors do a great job of explaining what auto-immune disorders are and their rationale for including/excluding certain foods. The 7 day meal plan is wonderful because you don't have to try to figure out which recipes to try first. I also appreciate their encouragement to only take one or two steps to improvement if that is all you feel you can do at first. If you don't think you can do the whole meal plan to start, then start with adding a smoothie to your day or adding more raw veggies. I think it would be hard for me to follow the meal plan completely especially since I have some meat-lovers in my family. But in reviewing the recipes I realized there were quite a few simple recipes..ie sweet potatoes that I could easily add to our diet. I'm looking forward to trying many of the recipes, especially the buckwheat waffles.In my family we seem to have a diverse range of food sensitivities but I see recipes that we all should be able to tolerate. I also bought a copy of the book for my sister-in-law who seems to have a lot of the leaky gut symptoms. I'll also be recommending it to friends who suffer from chronic fatigue.

I was so excited to get this cookbook to help with autoimmune disease but am disappointed 😞. The educational part of the cookbook states that nightshades can worsen inflammation from autoimmune disorders but almost every recipe calls for potatoes, peppers, etc. Also, a lot of the recipes call for the meat or milk from fresh green coconuts or mature ones. I live in a very rural area of N. Arizona. The closest Costco, Whole Foods or the like is 3 hour a away. I priced young green coconuts online and the least expensive ones were here on Amazon. Three coconuts for $47 dollars. That is ridiculous and never happening. I will enjoy making several of the recipes in this book but most of it is simply impractical and not suited for real life auto immune disease or not.

When I first started on the program I thought it seemed more daunting than it actually turned out to be. It involves soaking your seeds, peudo-grains and legumes before cooking or consuming them but it's actually very simple and I love this clean, eating diet (I've been on it for about 6 to 7 weeks so far and will continue to the end). I hope to start sprouting very soon as that also is a simple process and releases healthy nutrients. While on the healing part of the program (healing the gut) there are foods that are necessary to avoid but I have not felt hungry or bored with the diet or that it is lacking in any way. I'm also very motivated to keep my focus because I'm determined to get healthy. I've also lost about 20 lbs. so far and hope to continue to lose more but my real focus is on getting healthy. The weight loss is a happy side effect of eating clean, healthy, plant-based, healing foods.

This is the best book ever! I have arthritis for 9 years and I have been studying hard to find a way to reverse the disease. I learned a lot on this years and I can tell based on all the real and false information towards diet this is the best book ever. Summarizes the most important things you must know to care about yourself. I’ve been practicing the tips and having a much better life, not healed yet because I’m adapting to the lifestyle the book proposes, but I know based on the improvements that I’ll be completely healed in a matter of practicing and time. Doctor Mercy is awesome.

Love this book.