The Power Foods Diet: The Breakthrough Plan That Traps, Tames, and Burns Calories for Easy and Permanent Weight Loss Hardcover – March 26, 2024

Reading through "The Power Foods Diet," and I can say, it's Dr. Barnard's best book yet. If you've read any of his other books, you know the book is very well-researched and trustworthy. It's presenting a new approach to healthy eating, overall health, as well as weight loss, with concise and easy to read text and recipes. I read a lot of surprising things about foods I thought I already knew about. What's more, there are a ton of recipes in the book accompanied by really excellent food photography. These recipes look amazing! All seem easy to prepare and look really tasty, with an appealing layout for ease of reading. The book also doesn't back away from controversy. For example, it points out negatives about coconut oil, salmon, and other foods some might claim to be "healthy." This book is highly recommended for anyone of any age interested in healthy eating.

The first thing you notice with this book is gorgeous food photography (by Dustin Harder). The recipe ingredient lists are (thankfully) short and the ingredients are available anywhere, and I like the fact that the book has lots of information and tips for people who do not cook and want convenience foods. However, the most important thing about The Power Foods Diet is that it is (to me, at least) a completely new way of thinking about foods and using foods to get healthy and lose weight. It gets away from calorie-counting, fear of carbs, fat-shaming, etc., etc., and provides empowering information you can use. Who knew that cinnamon or ginger could help with weight loss or that fiber could trap calories in your digestive tract so you can’t absorb them? I like the fact that Dr. Barnard takes pains to show the scientific evidence and separate truth from fads, and does this without a lot of fluff.

I have eaten WFPB for 10 years and have read most of Dr. Gregor’s, Dr. Fuhrman’s and Drs. Sherzai’s books and apply their recommendations for all of our meals, with GREAT health outcomes. Even so we learned some tips from Dr. Barnard’s book.We especially appreciated his very brief summary of the portfolio diet, for extra tweaks to lower bad cholesterol.The recipes look delicious and I plan to try many of them. Beautiful pictures are included for many. They use conveniences of some canned foods and already prepared vegan foods, etc. as options. Busy people will probably especially like that.Wish we had got it when it first came out. Yes, it’s much like other WFPB author’s books. But it has some useful tweaks. And Dr. Barnard has a gift for clearly and quickly getting to the bottom line on some things that the WFBP world debates.

Informative at many levels

This book basically pushes a low fat, vegan diet, which is totally fine, but I felt it was more anti fat than pro power foods. Emphasis was placed on avoiding sources of fat, including avocados(!), meat, dairy, and extra virgin olive oil. I didn’t see many new recommendations, other than what we already (should) know: eat more fruits, vegetables, spices, and whole grains. I recommend reading this because the advice is sound and there are many good recipes. I recommend also reading Eat to Beat Disease by William Li for some less restrictive ideas.

Super helpful!

This book is filled with great information! I just thought it was different! I thought it was a full on cookbook. It’s more of a book with some recipes in the back. There are a few pictures scattered in but not for every recipe at all & actually not next to any of the recipes either. I ended up returning because I would rather just buy the audio version to listen to on my walks since it’s more of a book. The recipes looks good but it’s not written or organized like a cookbook at all. I still recommend this for anyone who is looking for more of a book set up though!

Great book. Recommended by my doctor. Highly recommended!!