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Chris Wark is an author, speaker, and health coach. In 2003, he was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. He had surgery to remove the tumor. For post-surgical therapy, he used nutrition and natural therapies to heal himself. He has talked about his experiences on radio and television. Also, he was mostra'n més featured in the award-winning documentary film, The C Word. He is the author of the bestseller, Chris Beat Cancer: A Comprehensive Plan for Healing Naturally. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys

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I checked out this book from the library. It has the names of Chris and Micah Wark as coauthors. Chris is a survivor of Stage 3 colon cancer who chose to follow surgery with major diet change rather than chemotherapy. (That's quite a reasonable choice for early Stage 3 which has a very good prognosis. Mine was late Stage 2 and my oncologist said chemotherapy would not increase my chances of survival, which were already over 90%). Micah is his wife. Chris starts off the introduction of the book by proclaiming that he is a "terrible cook" lacking "time and patience for complicated recipes" and uninterested in experimenting with food. So presumably the bulk of the book is Micah's, who "is a terrific cook" and "has come up with fantastic recipes". But you'd never know it to read the intro to each recipe, where it's "We whipped hash into shape", or "Our quesadillas" or even "Our version of nachos -- no tortilla chips or cheese necessary!" (what even is the point?) . And the About The Authors section at the back has a long paean to Chris's accomplishments that finishes off by noting that he lives with his wife Micah, two teenage daughters (by name) and dog and cat (also by name). So basically, Micah is pretty much a nonentity here. But there's a book of recipes to say otherwise.

Most of the recipes are pretty complicated, in number of ingredients if not in prep time, and probably beyond the ambitions of a post-operative cancer patient who lacks a spouse like Micah. I think the most daunting would be the ones where you need to make several other recipes before getting started. The several other recipes would be things like their concoction of nutritional yeast and granulated garlic that they call "No-Harm Parm" (supposed to be a cheesy tasting sprinkle. The name certainly is plenty cheesy), Peach BBQ Sauce, or Super Sriracha. That's good, in that they promote homemade ingredients, but it's a challenging way to cook. The ingredients that are not homemade are often difficult to source (coconut aminos, I'm looking at you and your expensiveness) or extremely seasonal.

However, there are quite a number of recipes that look simple, delicious, affordable, and worth a try. I'm having to do a review before the book goes back to the library so this is just a wish list of meals I want to cook! Mushroom Oat Burgers. Hoppin' John. Cabbage Roast. Lentil Tacos. Cuban Black Beans with Baked Plantains (if we ever see ripe plantains in a store here in rural Ontario!). And more.

The cookbook is divided into Recipes for Healing, which is the diet Chris ate for the first year or two after his diagnosis and surgery, and Recipes for Prevention. The Healing section is much shorter: Chris recommends a gigantic vegetable salad twice a day, with options to eat the veg as soup or roasted for variety -- if you really need variety, which one gathers Chris didn't. The recipes are full of hard-to-source ingredients, but basically you can substitute anything as long as there's lots of variety and lots of veg. For the third meal of the day, there are a number of smoothie suggestions. In the more extensive Prevention section are dozens of recipes, of which I've named several above, in sections covering Salads, Soups & Sides, Mains, and even Frozen Treats. Pretty good as a basic high-fibre vegan cookbook if you can either obtain or substitute for the ingredients.
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muumi | Aug 15, 2023 |

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