The Fat Chance Cookbook: More Than 100 Recipes Ready in Under 30 Minutes to Help You Lose the Sugar and the Weight

by Robert H. Lustig, Heather Millar (Contribution by)

Overview

The companion cookbook to the New York Times bestseller Fat Chance

Fat Chance became an instant New York Times bestseller. Robert Lustig’s message that the increased sugar in our diets has led to the pandemic of chronic disease over the last thirty years captured our national attention.

Now, in The Fat Chance Cookbook, Lustig helps us put this information into action for ourselves. With more than 100 recipes as well as meal plans, nutritional analyses, shopping lists, and food swaps, he shows us easy ways to drastically reduce sugar and increase fiber to lose weight and regain health – both for ourselves and for our families. Lustig also shows us how to navigate the grocery store with handy lists for stocking the pantry as well as how to read a food label in order to find hidden sugars and evaluate fiber content.

Accessible, affordable, and geared toward lasting results, The Fat Chance Cookbook will be a fun and easy roadmap to better health for the whole family.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780698153639
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/31/2013
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	150,437
File size:	11 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Robert H. Lustig, M.D., M.S.L., is an internationally renowned pediatric endocrinologist. He lives in San Francisco.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

1 Cook or Be Cooked 1

2 Defensive Nutrition 27

3 Weapons in the War Against Toxic Food: Basic Cooking Techniques 47

4 The Basics: Dressings, Sauces, and Staples 73

5 Breakfast 111

6 Lunch: Soups, Salads, and Sandwiches 153

7 Beans, Grains, Pizza, and Pasta 201

8 Meat, Poultry, and Fish 237

9 Vegetables 271

10 Scratch Baking 295

Appendix: Special-Occasion Menus 321

Index 328

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Praise for Fat Chance:
 
“No scientist has done more in the last fifty years to alert Americans to the potential dangers of sugar.”
—Gary Taubes, author of Why We Get Fat
 
“The best book I’ve read on the relationship between diet and health.” —Andrew Weil, MD, author of You Can’t Afford to Get Sick
 
“Every American, politician, teacher, and business leader must read this book.” —Mark Hyman, MD, author of The Blood Sugar Solution

Editorial Reviews

12/23/2013
Director of the UCSF Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health, member of the Obesity Task Force of the Endocrine Society, physician and author Robert Lustig (Sugar Has 56 Names) returns with a collection of over 100 healthy recipes tailored to help readers take control of their diet. Opening with an examination of the root causes of obesity and repeatedly assuring readers that obesity isn't their fault; Lustig makes an impassioned case for readers to take an active role in their lives by preparing their own food and making informed decisions at the grocery store. He then moves on to the recipes—the bulk of which are familiar staples: pesto, homemade granola, chef salad, roast turkey. There are also a few interesting riffs such as "Veggie Brown Rice Frittata," "Chicken Tikka Masala" and "Quinoa and Black Bean Burrito Bowl." Nutritional information is provided for each dish, enabling calorie-counting cooks to keep track of their intake. Still, adding fruit or granola to cereals and yogurt is nothing new, and his "Almost Homemade Salsa" includes processed salsa, which runs counter to his advice. Those looking for a revelatory diet will likely find this to be all similar to other titles in the genre. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly

The best book I’ve read on the relationship between diet and health.”—Andrew Weil, MD, bestselling author of You Can’t Afford to Get Sick

“Every American, politician, teacher, and business leader must read this book.”—Mark Hyman, MD, bestselling author of The Blood Sugar Solution

“No scientist has done more in the last fifty years to alert Americans to the potential dangers of sugar.”—Gary Taubes, author of Why We Get Fat

From the Publisher