Eat to Live, Joel Furhman

Jules

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Has anyone followed this Eat to Live Diet? I invited friends for dinner next weekend and they said they’re starting this diet. For many years I was a vegetarian, not vegan though. Since this book was a best seller, there might be some here who tried it. Does anyone still follow it? Thoughts?

Now I have to come up with some tasty dishes. Since it’s the end of fresh summer vegetables, it’ll be a little challenging. She thinks it’s just about eating salads.

I read some of Joel’s recipes - loaded with kale - yuck.
 

Jules said:
Has anyone followed this Eat to Live Diet? I invited friends for dinner next weekend and they said they’re starting this diet. For many years I was a vegetarian, not vegan though. Since this book was a best seller, there might be some here who tried it. Does anyone still follow it? Thoughts?

Now I have to come up with some tasty dishes. Since it’s the end of fresh summer vegetables, it’ll be a little challenging. She thinks it’s just about eating salads.

I read some of Joel’s recipes - loaded with kale - yuck.
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I followed "Eat to Live" 12 years ago. It works very well for weight loss. But it's very difficult to follow 100%. What I like about it is there are many benefits even if you follow it 50-60%. It gets you thinking about the nutritional content of foods before you make food choices.
 
Hello, Jules

Until your post, I was unaware of this “vegan-type-diet,” so I researched it, and read about it.

I’m pleasantly surprised to discover that my food preferences run parallel to this particular food plan, with slight deviation; I embrace eggs, sweet unsalted butter, sharp cheddar cheese, and real cream … lol

One last thing: Your Kale-comment reminded me of something quite fascinating I saw on the news recently.

I thought you might appreciate the insight, and a hearty belly laugh. Yet, living in BC, you’re probably already quite familiar with the remarkable study.

Babies in Womb Smile When Mother Eats Carrots, Frown over Kale: Study
 

While I haven't specifically followed Fuhrman's advice, I read his book and have incorporated some of his recommendations into my daily diet. I generally follow a plant based diet, avoid added fats and keep animal products to a minimum.

I'm meh about kale and prefer other vegetables and leafy greens so that's what I eat. Today's breakfast was an oil-free stir fry of onion, zucchini, bell pepper, bok choy, cabbage and power greens. Added a few already prepped ingredients from my freezer: brown rice, a few chunks of mango, and some apricots I pureed and froze over the summer. Also put in a tablespoon-ish of oyster sauce.
 
Great Book!! It's been years and years but when I had cancer (early and survived) my daughter sent me the "Eat to Live" book before she even knew about the cancer. Perfect timing.

Dr. Fuhrman had a recipe for Bone Broth which I did for a short time, and then his Veggie Soup that I made in huge batches and filled my freezer with about 20 some servings at a time. I tweaked it. Eventually burned out with the all the prep involved.

Then bought a juicer and and made his fresh juice recipe everyday. Super delicious and healthy. I was obsessed with that too. But it was labor intensive so I eventually burned out of that too. Then just ate mindfully from what I had learned.

I moved on to Intermittent Fasting as a way of life now and taking a probiotic capsule 15 minutes after each meal.
Two meals a day within an 8 hour period of time. Big breakfast, lighter 4pm meal...I do that now. It really is working to manage my health and weight management as well...an expensive supplement though so I may look for a cheaper probiotic some day.
 
Any suggestions for a dessert for next weekend. I’m not going to stick to his ideas 100%; I know they’ll be ‘cheating’ within a week. They’ve been on many diets.

It’ll take me enough time putting together a menu for the rest of the meal. Any dishes I make have to be large. They have voracious appetites.
 
Jules,

The beauty of this scrumptiously delicious cake recipe, I’m about to share, is, that it’s mixed in the same pan you bake it in!

Literally, a “a piece of cake” to make: plus, if you lean towards premade frosting in lieu of homemade frosting made from scratch, the task to assemble is next to zero effort involved.

Cockeyed Cake, A.K.A as: “Lazy-Azz Cake”

Cockeyed Cake - YouTube

The video illustrates use of canned “white frosting”; I prefer a homemade rich chocolaty frosting.

*At age seven, I baked this tasty little cake for the very time.
 
Thanks @Old_Dame It definitely does look simple. They’re trying to avoid sugar and white flour. Considering it’s vegan, I might use it.
 
My daughter substitutes dates for sugar, and cashews soaked overnight and then pureed for cream (also used by Dr. Fuhrman to thicken soup). But in moderation because they're fattening if too much.

She also used unsweetened coconut milk but that is fattening too. And pure honey.
I thicken sauce with "Oat-ly!" that is like cream but is only oatmeal (the dark blue container because it's creamier). I use that in my coffee too.

She is focused on healthy ingredients and doesn't have to watch her weight as much because she's young.I don't use any of that stuff.
And I don't use sugar or anything that smacks of sweet except a half of a frozen banana on a hot summer day...or an icy fruit smoothie
 
Ok, I’m getting off easy. She started prepping the recipes today and realized it’s too much work. They’ll find a different diet. I will plan a thoughtful menu. Since I purchased the dessert already, we’ll have that.
 
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