Product Description

The original Plant Programme was written primarily with cancer sufferers in mind. Eating for Better Health contains over 150 new recipes, based on the same dietary principles but for a much wider range of chronic diseases. The book describes many of the chronic conditions that are acknowledged to be related to a poor diet and that are presently taking an enormous toll on the health, social and financial welfare of Western industrialised countries and, increasingly, the developing world. It explains how diet and different foods can help to prevent and treat conditions ranging from cardiovascular disease to diabetes and from anxiety and depression to bone disease. We know personally of people who have found our diet helpful for all of the conditions described in the book and, in some cases, the book is based on personal experience: for example, Jane has experienced bouts of anxiety and depression.

The book begins by explaining the principles of our approach, then discusses systematically which foods to eat and which to avoid, using ten easy-to-follow food factors. This is followed by a description of numerous illnesses and conditions in which the Western diet is strongly implicated as one of the major causative factors, and the book emphasises the foods that are particularly important for each condition. The second part of the book is a great cookbook, based on our four principles:

· The food is healthy and nutritious.
· The recipes are simple and easy to follow.
· The whole way of cooking is practical and the recipes are mostly inexpensive and quick to make.
· The dishes are tempting and delicious.

Within a few weeks of following the Plant Programme diet you will probably look and feel much better and wonder how your body managed to cope with your old eating habits. Eating for Better Health should help many people prevent or treat their chronic illnesses.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12156 in Books
• Published on: 2004-08-05
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
Bestselling author of the ground-breaking book Your Life in Your Hands now brings us The Plant Programme, a collection of recipes to fight breast and prostate cancer. Plant developed breast cancer in 1987 and as a scientist was frustrated by the lack of answers on why cancer develops--and what we can do to cure and prevent it. She discovered one fact that she couldn't ignore--that 1 in 10 women in the UK will develop breast cancer whereas the incidence in China is just 1 in 10 thousand. From this she went on to study the links between lifestyle and diet and made some controversial recommendations--most notably to avoid all kinds of dairy produce and adopt a largely vegan diet.

The Plant Programme is a collection of recipes and dietary advice that follows this approach. To start off, the principles behind the diet are re-explained and a shopping list of ingredients is given. The main body of the book contains recipes for everyday eating --including snacks and meals that will suit kids and the rest of the family. Without exception, these are simple, quite quick to prepare and though there are no illustrations, highly appetising. Those cautious about the absence of dairy needn't feel apprehensive--you really don't notice it. Mediterranean and Asian dishes feature prominently, with recipes such as Couscous with Rocket, Chicken and Pine Nuts, Sweet Potato and Coconut Soup or Stir-Fried Cauliflower, Zucchini and Fennel. Even the more virtuous ingredients such as tofu and lentils are made delicious through liberal use of fresh herbs and spices. And the recipes for smoothies, cookies and desserts (such as Orange and Almond Cake) will have the rest of the family keen to tuck in with you.

Readers of Your Life in Your Hands will know exactly how exciting Jane Plant's research has been to anyone concerned about cancer. Here though, she and Gill Tidey have scored a major success in translating this scientific knowledge into a collection of easy recipes that can be enjoyed on a daily basis by the whole family. This is a positive and much needed book that will empower all those affected by this cruel disease.--Rachel O'Connor

Women's Health
'Could change the way you view food forever'

Daily Mail
'Her message is one that every woman must read'

Customer Reviews

A new approach to healthy eating
In the forerunner to this book (Your Life In Your Hands) Professor Jane Plant CBE draws together some startling scientific proven facts that firmly points the finger of suspicion toward dairy produce as the trigger for breast and prostate cancer.

In this new book written with a fellow scientist and friend Gill Tidey the able Professor continues to explore the cancer / dairy food link concluding that it may also impact on statistics for testicular and lung cancers. Previously Professor Plant has offered criticism toward some of the various cancer charities, particularly in recognising they are all working toward the same goal, often they can't see the wood for the trees overburdened as they are with administration staff and often blinkered to the fact that others are working in the exact same area of the science. The message needs to be thrust upon health professionals and the charities that Professor Plant has probably at least loosened the nut they are trying to crack.

In The Plant Programme Gill Tidey and Jane Plant offer a clear explanation of how to live not only dairy free but also live with a healthy intake of all the nutrients necessary to sustain healthy life. A large number of interesting and varied menus are offered that can take the reader a long way toward achieving this health goal. A scoring system is laid out indicating just how "anti cancer" various approved foods are thought to be. This scoring system is linked to a particularly helpful suggested daily meal planner section listing how to achieve the 30 plus different food ingredients needed each day and achieve the optimum daily score.

As the son of a retired dairy farmer initially, I found the anti dairy message hard to accept. However, as I am myself allergic to dairy produce not that hard to agree with! As the book is equally critical of additive laden foods it gains my ringing endorsement. It will certainly be a book on my Christmas shopping list for friends and family. Perhaps a format more able to cope with the kitchen environment might be considered for future editions though?

Geoff Brewer BSc., M.I.S.M. Chairman of the Additives Survivors' Network (UK)