According to the authors of this book there is a growing epidemic of liver problems/disease in the world. It is reversible though. If you follow the diet and lifestyle changes that are outlined in this book (according to what body/metabolic type you have) you can not only prevent liver damage if you are healthy, you can halt/reverse that damage if you aren’t.

Before I say anything, let me emphasize that before you follow any plan in here, you should 100% consult with your doctor. The authors do say at several points that you should do that if you have a preexisting condition like diabetes, but you should also do that if you think you are perfectly healthy. Not all conditions have outward symptoms.

I do like several of the points that they make in this. I agree when they say that outward appearance doesn’t always indicate health. You don’t necessarily have to lose weight to be healthy. Eating more vegetables and moving more is a good thing. I like how it talks about applying this book to children. As it says, children are very susceptible to taking eating/diet advise and comments on weight and turning that into an eating disorder. The advise for how to get children moving and healthy is very good. I like the recipe section that was so closed at the end of the book. Multiple things sounded tasty and I’m looking forward to making some of the things I saw there. I do have several issues with this book however.

There is a heavy emphasis on moderate to low carb dieting in this book, which won’t work for everyone. It has a heavy emphasis on intermittent fasting, which really isn’t for everyone. There is a very fine line between fasting and disordered eating and it bothers me that the authors never said that fasting can lead to this. There are also multiple health conditions that can be negatively effected by intermittent fasting. Doctor advise should always be sought out before intermittent fasting is started. Intuitive eating is also emphasized without really going into what it is. I’m willing to bet a large amount of people reading this don’t know what intuitive eating is or how to do it properly. It would have been nice to see that more fully explained in this book.

Several eating plans are gone over in this book and most of them concern me. A lot of attention is given to not overly restricting what you eat at but when an example of a day of eating is given it seems extremely restrictive. It talks about how breakfast should be your largest meal of the day but then shows examples of hilariously small first meals. The health properties of coffee are talked about but it’s use as a hunger suppressant is also talked about which raises red flags for me. A cup of coffee isn’t a snack. People shouldn’t be encouraged to have a cup of coffee instead of eating when they are hungry.

The things that annoyed me that most was it’s anti “chemical”. It says at several points they if you can’t pronounce something in the ingredients list of something you shouldn’t eat it. This is a terrible guide for finding the right things to eat. Tocopherol, pyridoxine, cyanocobalamin, ergocalciferol, and phylloquinone all sound scary. Those are vitamins E, B6, B12, D, and K respectively. Just because something has a shorter ingredient list doesn’t mean it’s better for you. Storing things in plastic won’t kill you.

I’m not going to say this was a bad book. Like said, there are a lot of good points that are covered in this. Just please, if you are going to use this book as a means to change your health, consult with your doctor about it first. This is a mostly a good stepping stone book and a good start to a healthy life journey.