Lyn-Genet Recitas - The Plan Cookbook: More Than 150 Recipes for Vibrant Health and Weight Loss

I just completed the first twenty days of The Plan this weekend. I just want to say thank you, Lyn-Genet. You have changed my life! I am thirty-five years old and for the last year I have suffered from severe allergies. The doctors had me on steroids that caused me to put on extra weight. I also suffer from knee joint pain and the extra weight was causing serious flare-ups. I always felt I was too young to feel like this, but I didnt know what to do about it. After twenty days on The Plan, I can honestly say I feel the best I have felt in the last year. I feel like me again. The joint pain, gone. Allergies under control. I lost eighteen pounds and Im learning to love new foods like kale and lamb that I can stick to the rest of my life. You are truly a lifesaver! Thank you!

T hese testimonials are just a sampling of the hundreds of thousands Ive heard since my book The Plan landed on the shelves in January 2013. Suddenly, people like Samantha and Jack have been able to take weight off thats been stuck to them for years and change their health. In just twenty days. People feel healthier, more energetic, and more clearheaded than they have in years. All because theyve learned what foods work, and dont work, for them.

Now, I know what youre thinking. I know what to eat already. I only eat the healthiest foods. Its just that sometimes I get lazy and have some fun foods or dont get to the gym enough. Thats why Im putting on weight. My metabolism just isnt what it used to be.

What if I told you it probably isnt the fun foods and you dont have to work out as much as you think to be in the best shape and weight in your life? The truth of the matter is that what you think you should be eating may well be the wrong foods. And the foods you think you should be avoiding? They may not be the problem at all.

Its not about eating the foods youve been told are healthy. Instead, its about finding the foods that work for your unique chemistry. To simplify, whats healthy for me may not be healthy for you. How many times have you stepped on a scale after a healthy day and wondered how you gained weight? Or eaten healthy foods but wound up feeling bloated and constipated? Why are you trying so hard and gaining weight and feeling sicker?

The answer is simple: No food is healthy if it causes inflammation for you. If you are eating foods that dont work for your bodys chemistry, you wont lose weightin fact, youll wind up feeling worse and gaining weight.

Traditional dietsthe diets that youre used to, like no carb, unlimited protein, low fat, or calorie countingdont work because there is no universal one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to weight loss. These diets are promoting what they think are healthy foods, but thats a major problem because theres no such thing as universally healthy foods, especially for those over the age of thirty-five.

When you eat a food that doesnt work for your body, it triggers an inflammatory response. This response affects your waistline and your immune system, and hastens the aging process. The Plan works by taking those foods out of the equation. When youre no longer eating those foods, you lower chronic low-grade inflammation and everything falls into place. Your weight, your health, and your mood all balance, like you always knew they could.

Ironically, some of the most reactive foods are considered to be some of the top diet foods. They include:

Asparagus

Black beans

Cauliflower

Greek yogurt

Oatmeal

Salmon

Turkey

I know youre probably having a tough time believing that foods like oatmeal and salmon can make anyone fat. But heres the reality. Each person is chemically unique. Certain foods may work for a large population, but when combined with your individual chemistry, they can be toxic. This does not mean the foods I just listed are bad for youthere is no good, there is no bad. Instead, certain foods work with your bodys chemistry and others dont. The beauty of the recipes that youll find in this book is that they work well for the chemistry of most people. Weve had hundreds of thousands of people test these foods, all while lowering inflammation and normalizing thyroid function.