From refrigerator chaos to keto

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 Janet Hendershot   5.0 out of 5 stars

Fun read and loads of information 

Reviewed in Canada on April 25, 2022 Verified Purchase 

I read this book in a day. I could not put it down. Such enjoyable humour with loads of information about food and diet. While feeling sympathy for the trials of some life difficulties I was also laughing out loud. This book is for anyone who prepares their food for themselves or the family - from dicing and cutting to cooking. I was not considering a keto diet and though all aspects of this way of eating are not for me, it is a book with much helpful information. It is for anyone who wants to eat healthier and safer food. 

Penny  5.0 out of 5 stars

Laurie shares her personal stories to help us build a healthier relationship with our food  

Reviewed in Canada on April 24, 2022 Verified Purchase 

I've heard a lot about this Keto diet but didn't really know what it was. Laurie takes us along her life's journey, sharing gained factual knowledge and beautifully, artistically narrated personal experiences.  It is very easy and enjoyable to read. She takes us with her on her grocery shop, down each aisle. We watch as she painfully cleans out her "White Bear Fridge," and we travel back in time to share her personal memories of relationships with family and food.  I would recommend "From Refrigerator Chaos to Keto" to anyone. You don't need to be interested in the Keto diet or dieting to enjoy this book. Food and our relationship with it are an instrumental part of all our lives. Through Laurie's shared knowledge and personal experiences, we can relate to and have a better relationship with our food choices.  

Gnu Jazzer 5.0 out of 5 stars

 A fun jaunt down the rabbit hole of diets that cleanses and refreshes the actual and mental pallet. 

Reviewed in Canada on May 17, 2022 Verified Purchase 

Great Read, a wonderful journey through the research, experience and diets of today's nourishment challenges via the minds eye of an author with a insightful creative intuition, and it’s a very entertaining trip as well! Not just all about Keto but a nicely discerning philosophical observation on moving on to healthy nourishment. Perfect for me!  

stecenko 5.0 out of 5 stars

It's more than a diet book. 

Reviewed in Canada on May 1, 2022 Verified Purchase What I like about Laurie’s book is that it’s not just a diet book. It’s a how-to-make-good-decisions and how-to-remedy-bad-decisions book. The chapters 5 and 6 on shopping for groceries are brilliant; every aisle presents decisions. We get to decide, not store designers or food processors.  

Sarah Thompson 5.0 out of 5 stars 

Cleaning Up the Eating Act 

Reviewed in Canada on April 27, 2022 Verified Purchase At turns both affectionate and fierce, this book is a romp through a life of food and place, and the artist's fridge.   

Kerry 5.0 out of 5 stars

The short version, I found a lot of value in this book.  

Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2022 Verified Purchase 

I started reading not knowing exactly what to expect. 

While all the content is reasonable, I find that I need to start slowly. Change is difficult, especially after 72 years of bad habits. Therefore, some of us need to start with baby steps. As long as we are heading in the right direction. Eventually I will get where I need to be. 

A nice easy read that helps shed light not only on what we should do differently, but on why we do some of the self-destructive things we do. 

A lot of what she shares mirrors my own love/hate relationship with food.  I especially enjoyed the author’s personal memories of her relationship with food while growing up. So much of what we do to ourselves is learned at the knee of our well intentioned parents. Who, in most cases, didn’t know any better.  

I started to be concerned about having to make a commitment in chapter two. Then I realized that it was not so much about making a total life change, but in making a decision about taking control.  

The author provides an aisle by aisle walk through the supermarket. She explains what is good (a few) and bad (mostly). 

For those of us wanting more, she provides an extensive list of references. These provide more detail and give credibility to the concept.  

One key thing that I gleaned, which I should have known after 72 years on this planet, is; 

Never mind, buy the book. Trust me, you will be glad that you did. 

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