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The Plant Power Doctor

The Plant Power Doctor

A simple prescription for a healthier you (Includes delicious recipes to transform your health)

Summary

'Dr Gemma is one of the few brave voices in the medical community who is experienced, courageous and confident enough to talk openly about food and its significance in preventing disease to save lives.' Dr Rupy Aujla

'Packed full of leading science in a very accessible way and lots of beautiful recipes too.' The Happy Pear

'The Plant Power Doctor should be on bookshelves of everyone who wants to live a longer, better life.' Dan Buettner

'One of a new wave of GPs who prescribe lifestyle changes as well as drugs.' The Telegraph


You can eat your way to a brighter future

Just imagine if what you put on your plate could radically improve your health right now AND make you healthier in the future too...

British family doctor Gemma Newman explores how a simple change in diet helps many common chronic illnesses - from diabetes and heart disease to obesity - and the science that explains why it works.

Enjoy over 60 delicious meal ideas to kick-start your plant-powered eating, along with simple shopping lists and meal plans. This book contains everything you need to futureproof your body and mind.

Are you ready to discover the power of plants? Let's dive in...

Reviews

  • Dr Gemma Newman is a sparkling light in the medical field. She speaks from a point of knowledge and wisdom as well as making it easy to digest. The Plant Power Doctor is packed full of leading science in a very accessible way and lots of beautiful recipes too.
    David Flynn and Stephen Flynn The Happy Pear

About the author

Gemma Newman

Dr Gemma Newman has been a British family doctor for twenty years. She is also a member of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine, a founding member and ambassador for Plant Based Health Professionals UK and a Reiki healer. Her holistic health, nutrition and lifestyle advice has achieved tremendous results for her patients, as well as numerous others via her @PlantPowerDoctor Instagram platform.

She is regularly invited to teach other doctors and the general public about the benefits of plant-based nutrition via training programs, podcasts and medical conferences. Dr Newman has been featured on ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky News Sunrise as well as BBC Radio. She has contributed to numerous articles for magazines, newspapers and podcasts. She has written two books: The Plant Power Doctor (Ebury, 2021) and Get Well, Stay Well (Ebury, 2024).

Connect with Gemma on Instagram and Facebook @plantpowerdoctor and via her website gemmanewman.com
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