Fiber Fueled Plant Based Optimizing Microbiome Reviews Summary

Meal Plan and Recipes

Pros:

• "This book helped me understand how my gut had been damaged and how to heal it back up."
• "I love that there is a meal plan, too."
• "The recipes look remarkably simple, and I can only hope as I translate words into food that is so."
• "Really loved this book and have tried many recipes."
• "The recipes are delicious. For me they were easy to prepare and I don't usually cook from scratch."
• "The ingredients can be found in just about any grocery store."
• "The recipes are great! Many of them have become household staples."

Cons:

• "Having been through the entire meal plan, we have found numerous errors, ranging from incorrect page numbers to incorrect MEASUREMENTS."
• "Her plan may be very helpful and tasty, but the grocery list will require a great deal of money, probably time looking for items and kitchen equipment, and effort preparing the meals."
• "Some food items, like bell peppers were called for more then once but the grocery list quantity was wrong."
• "The grocery shopping list is not comprehensive. It was short by 2 bell peppers and several other individual items."
• "The 'prepare ahead' sections lacked major items that needed to be prepared in advance."
• "The meal prep is just TOO MUCH."
• "The four week food plan is not attainable or maintainable, in my opinion."

Health and Nutrition Information

Pros:

• "Finally, a REAL science based book, with mountains of quality and applicable evidence on how to eat for health and longevity."
• "Very informative and easy to read. Anyone looking to learn about gut health, must read this!"
• "This easy to read book has so much information and from a trusted source."
• "I now understand the importance of fiber & eating a diversity of plants!"
• "A critical book for those wanting to put a stop to chronic disease and cancer."
• "Best guide on how important it is to eat vegetables and fruit to get fiber so you have a healthy microbiome (gut bacteria) to maintain your overall health!"
• "Dr. B does not offer a fad diet. His program is solidly backed up by decades of peer-reviewed clinical studies."

Cons:

• "The suggestions made by this author are not only expensive but contradictory."
• "If you have an auto immune disease, this isn’t a great book to follow, recipes use harmful ingredients like flour and everybody doesn’t eat tofu and other items listed."
• "Not including meat and animal derived fats leaves out some very important and necessary proteins and essential minerals."
• "He obviously has a vegetarian bias, anti-diary, including fermented foods which are raw, and from other ruminants such as goats and sheep."
• "His science and citations are scattershot and superficial (not to mention out-dated)."
• "He cherry-picks from outdated information and ignores new objective peer-reviewed research studies."
• "But much to my chagrin, in a book with 'fiber' in its title, insoluble fiber is mentioned on only 5 pages, and soluble fiber on only 2."

Lifestyle and Diet Changes

Pros:

• "Fiber Fueled is not just for folks that want to lose weight. It is a lifestyle change about eating that has allowed me to lose 10 lbs - without trying."
• "After reading this book, and with my increasing age, I have begun emphasizing even more plants, and a less animal-based foods."
• "I have lost a craving for meat and cheese, which shocks me!"
• "The Whole Plant Based Diet not only 'CHANGED' my entire life but touched those I 've known for over 40 years."
• "I am pleased also to be a 98% plant based eater now - I love animals and that is such a bonus to not be eating meat products."
• "Since I’ve started incorporating info from the book I can now tolerate beans with zero gas and bloating (hallelujah!) and have a flatter stomach and overall better more constant energy."
• "I am no longer pre-diabetic and no longer need my CPAP!"

Cons:

• "If you have unlimited income to buy food and unlimited time to cook, this book is for you."
• "I noticed I would get bloated after eating raw vegetables and beans, and I almost gave up..."
• "Ultimately eating the recipes in this book made me very sick and I developed a new type of chronic migraine as a result."
• "There is a lot of Coconut used in week one."
• "This book may have been cutting edge 15 years ago, but the author is stating things about nutrition and the American diet that have been proven to be false."
• "This book is part of an ongoing agenda that vilifies the way our ancestors ate for thousands of years."
• "The amount of shopping and cooking is overwhelming."