Fibre Fuelled: The Plant-Based Gut Health Plan to Lose Weight, Restore Health and Optimise Your Microbiome

All the last scientific research, and applied to lifestyle for health and longevity. Excellent information and guidance to recover and maintain a healthy body and mind.

I listened to a podcast by the author on repairing food intolerances and as the book was mentioned, assumed it covered similar topics, which seemed relevant to my work with eating disorders. If I had realised it advocated a restrictive vegan diet I would not have bought it, but if I noticed 'plant-based' on the cover I naively thought that meant 'predominantly plant' not exclusively. That this is a book for vegans should be made more explicit. Increasing fibre, improving the microbiome and reintroducing foods thought to provoke intolerance are all liable to improve health, but I'm not convinced a diet that excludes all dairy, meat and fish is either psychologically or physiologically beneficial. Other dietary research seems to contradict some of the advice here, especially relating to the benefits of full fat dairy, kefir, yoghurt and cheese. The evangelical tone is rather irritating at times - a more moderate approach might make this book valuable to a greater number of readers.

I found some of the information very interesting however some of his claims as to definite facts would not be supported by the medical community and the evidence is only just developing (not to say it is wrong, just that the evidence is limited). I suspect he has also ignored papers that are counter to his views as he never presents any information that would challenge his claims, which is surprising as there are not many areas in the medical field where this isn't some divergence.My other issue is that he is assuming that anyone reading the book has an American junk food diet. As someone who is vegan and mainly eats fresh produce I found this off putting.

Fantastic book that explains why an exclusively or predominantly plant based diet that is naturally high in fibre protects you from the many chronic illnesses plaguing the western world. The science behind the gut micro biome is fascinating and certainly compelled me to adopt a predominantly plant based diet. Listen to podcasts by same author they’re brilliant too.

The book is great and informative. The only issue is the tiny font size. It's ridiculously tiny. My eyes hurt trying to read, so I will be returning it and searching elsewhere for a different format with readable print.