Grow Yourself Healthy by Beth Marshall

Grow Yourself Healthy by Beth Marshall ISBN-13: 9780711250710 Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: White Lion Publishing Released: March 17th 2020

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
Discover how to grow 50 vegetables, fruit & herbs to maximise their nutritional value. Plan your own gut-health garden using 11 easy projects, with planting plans and best varieties. Follow 13 recipes for fermented foods to multiply the benefits and enjoy all year round. Understand the science of gut-health gardening and how it affects our health and well-being.

GROW YOURSELF HEALTHY describes the best types of fruit and vegetable to choose and how to grow them to optimize their health boosting properties. It brings together the latest scientific research into different organic growing, harvesting and processing methods that will empower the reader to take back control of the nutritional value of the food they eat. It also contains 11 practical projects to demonstrate how to grow healthy, fresh produce at home, in a small garden, allotment, balcony, or even on a windowsill and 13 fermentation recipes for sauerkraut, kimchi, pickles, fermented drinks, and more.


My Review:
Grow Yourself Healthy is a gardening book with a focus on foods that are good for our intestinal microbiome. The author talked about the importance of a healthy microbiome in your gut and the types of foods that help the beneficial microbes thrive. She then discussed how to grow those foods, including tips on how to plant them, the mild stresses that help increase the nutritional value of these plants, and tips on how to best store and cook them for the highest nutritional value. She included suggested layouts for different types of gardens made up of these beneficial plants, including layouts for small areas. She also included several recipes for fermented foods (like kimchi and sauerkraut) using these plants. Overall, I'd recommend this book to gardeners who want to get the most nutritional and gut health benefits from their plants.


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