What Your Doctor Eats - by Camilla Stokholm (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

When Dr. Camilla Stokholm started work as a GP, her health unraveled; she rapidly gained weight, felt exhausted and had debilitating IBS. Determined to find out the root cause, she discovered that what she ate each day played a much bigger role in her well-being than she ever thought possible.

What Your Doctor Eats is everything Dr. Stokholm has learnt in her journey back to health. Using the tools in this book - including easy ways to boost the gut microbiome, tips to stabilize hormones and hacks to make sustainable change - she transformed her own health and that of her patients, and now you can too.

With a mixture of myth-busting facts, a look at the role of our genes and diet culture, along with the latest discoveries in nutrition science and with a delicious recipe section, this book is the only book you need to feel at your very best.

Review Quotes

A brilliant guide that dismantles the absurdity of diet culture whilst serving up the science of the microbiome and smart eating habits. Packaged with snackable, bite-sized knowledge!--Dr Karan Rajan

A perfect title for an inspiring manual full of the doctor's best advice and recipes to stay in optimum health.--Lavina Mehta MBE

Three cheers for all the incredible doctors out there, especially the ones like Camilla who can do the incredible job of sharing life-changing and life-friendly food advice for their patients, which ripples out to their family and friends and will make such a difference to the nation's health. This book is going to be so handy and so helpful for so many people and their loved ones.--Melissa Hemsley

A fascinating, logical and thought-provoking discussion about the importance of food in twenty first century life and how it can shape the trajectory of your life.--Dr. Saliha Mahmood Ahmed

A brilliant book for accessible, evidence-based information on how to cook, eat and live better, embracing the joy of good food.--Dr Federica Amati

The advice in this book could revolutionise healthcare. For anyone who actions it personally, I believe it will be life-changing--Dr Tara Swart

About the Author

Dr Camilla Stokholm is a GP living the UK, who was born in Denmark and spent her childhood in Denmark, Switzerland, Australia and Italy. As part of her GP training, Camilla was awarded a scholarship to research childhood obesity and provide teaching for parents on lifestyle measures to treat it. This led to a special interest in the gut microbiome, and to her studying to become a lifestyle medicine doctor alongside her work as a GP. She has a passion for good food and health, and shares her own gut-friendly, plant-based dishes on the Instagram account @whatyourdoctoreats.