Eat Everything
How to Ditch Additives and Emulsifiers, Heal Your Body, and Reclaim the Joy of Food
by Dawn Harris Sherling
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Pub Date May 02 2023 | Archive Date May 31 2023
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Description
Carbs aren’t causing your weight gain. Dairy may not be the reason for your upset stomach. And your liver isn’t fatty because of the occasional hamburger. It’s time to enjoy eating everything again—and to reclaim our health along the way. Eat Everything offers a better alternative to complicated, minimally effective, and highly restrictive diets. Physician Dawn Harris Sherling lays out compelling new evidence implicating food additives as the real culprits behind diet-related diseases and shares simple, actionable advice to heal. We’re constantly told to fear carbs, gluten, and dairy, and we turn to strict diets to solve our health problems. Yet Americans still have one of the highest rates of obesity and diabetes in the world, and millions suffer from digestive ailments like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Digging into emerging research, Dr. Sherling realized it’s not the foods but the food additives, especially emulsifiers, that are at the root of our problems. Our bodies can’t digest them, but they feed our microbiomes and they’re everywhere in the ultra-processed foods that make up about half of our daily diets. In this refreshing and accessible guide, readers will learn:
- How to lose weight without a restrictive diet
- Why so many popular ultra-processed foods are actively harmful to our bodies
- How to navigate eating at restaurants—for any meal or occasion
- Tips for filling our grocery bags with real food
- Why avoiding food additives is beneficial for our bodies and minds
- How to embrace healthful cooking at home, with 25 delicious recipes
Dr. Sherling lays out the research on food additives and offers a straightforward guide to eating just about everything (yes, even bread, pasta, and ice cream!) without pain, worry, or guilt. This isn’t just another restrictive diet in disguise; it’s a call to rediscover our love of real food.
Featured Reviews
Reviewer 850130
I have IBS and this book was a revelation ! It makes such sense of the problems that I have and I will be studying it and following the suggestions and strategies to see how it helps. Good straightforward advice.
Kelly P, Reviewer
I struggle with food and dieting and so I'm always trying to heal my relationship with the two. This book was great and provided a lot of helpful information about eating to improve how you feel. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. Five stars.
Abby G, Reviewer
This is a must-read for anyone dealing with inexplicable health problems, digestive or otherwise.
Dr. Sherling provides extensive research, anecdotal evidence, and specific guidance in avoiding food additives and regaining health. Her explanations are clear and easy to follow, and I really appreciate her balanced approach. There’s no “all or nothing” here, but rather tips for label reading, navigating social eating situations, and doing your best rather than striving for obsessive perfectionism.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read and review this book.
Christina N, Reviewer
A very thorough and well explained book on nutrition and the foods we eat. Most of it went over my head but she did a good job explaining the effects of eating foods with additives. I think it's worth reading if you are all into food, nutrition and a good diet. I also like she used her own personal experience.
Rae L, Reviewer
An easy to read book filled with personal stories, patient observations, and detailed explanations of what could be making us sick. It's not what you think it is, and you might not have to endure fad diets, eliminate your favorite food, or live a restricted diet. I
Dr. Sherling has written a book that is easy to read, categorized, and includes charts. Detailed chapters outline areas to focus on with examples to help support her findings. Throughout the book she states that this book is not gospel to self diagnose. Rather, we the reader if experiencing symptoms should seek professional help in diagnosing from a doctor whom we trust to ensure a healthier life.
Again, if you want to add to your resource library in your quest for a better gut and healthier life, check out this book. Dr. Sherling helps break down why eating the foods we love might not be the reason we have inflammation, bowel discomfort and other symptoms. If the europeans can enjoy the same foods and no issues it's time to figure out what is in our food and why we don't feel great after eating it.
I challenge you not to go through your pantry and freezer once you are finished with this book. The realization of what is in our food may shock some. However, don't panic. Dr. Sherling also recognizes that many of us don't have options to totally eliminate and should we find ourselves unable to totally get rid of everything, make better choices with the information you have. We need to advocate for what we consume and even a few changes can make a big difference.
An added bonus at the back of the book are recipes for those looking to find something new to help in this new food endeavour. I only wish grapeseed oil was not included in one of the recipes as that too is something to avoid unless it is cold-pressed. A fact omitted in the recipe notes.
Bright Book R, Reviewer
Eat everything by Dawn Harris Sherling, M.D. is a book which encourages us to eat real, whole foods and to free ourselves from the harm that can be caused by food additives—especially emulsifiers, thickeners and modified starch which can affect our microbiome and increase inflammation.
I found this book interesting and easy to understand. It presents real-life stories of people suffering from diet-related diseases and teaches us how we can eliminate food additives from our diet which is better for our health. Reading this book also helped me understand just how prevalent food additives are in American processed foods.
There are recipes in the back
of the book that you can try as well as an example of a week’s worth of additive-free meals you could make.
Thanks to Netgalley and BenBella Books for providing me the opportunity to read an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book.
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