More Plants Please: It’S Simple and It’S Worth It

By Kayla Gorrell

After being urged by several clients and friends to write a cookbook, here is Kaylas collection of her favorite and easiest plant-based recipes. She was inspired to write a book in which the recipes contained ingredients that are simple, affordable vegan and free of gluten, added sugar, and oil but with all the taste. In this book, she also tells her inspiring story of navigating the plethora of misinformation about what is healthy and what diets will result in weight loss. Reading this book will save you from wasting time, money, and stress in the trial and error process as you try to find a sustainable way to lose weight, feel and look your best, and lower your risks of developing a chronic disease.

• Language: English
• Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
• Release date: Feb 2, 2017
• ISBN: 9781489711229

Kayla Gorrell

Kayla Gorrell is a plant based expert who has helped dozens of clients improve their well-being through individual coaching, workshops and online programs. She holds a certficiate in Plant Based Nutrition form eCornell and is a certified health coach from the Institute of Integrative Nutriton. She is also a group fitness instructor who mainly teaches spinning/indoor cycling, a yogi and a former distance runner. She will make your transiton to a whole foods plant based diet simple and delicious. Her clients are often surprised at how easy and satisfying her recipes are. They also love the volume of food they can eat, so hunger is not an issue. Quite a few of them decided to either be fully plant based or to at least incorporate more whole plant based foods into their diets.

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Acknowledgements

First and foremost I’d like to thank my mother Margaret Grandison for raising me as a health-conscious person. My pursuits and current lifestyle albeit different from what I ate as a child have stemmed from my desire to understand how what I put in my body affects my health and appearance.

I’d also like to thank my friends who supported me when I doubted if I could actually help people and make a difference and told me numerous times to write a cookbook.

I’d like to thank the clients who have not been afraid to try something different especially from the status quo. Seeing your amazing results and perseverance inspired me even more to do this in order to reach more people. You don’t know how happy it makes me to hear that you’ve lost weight, gained energy and decided to continue on this journey even after our official partnership.

Lastly I’d like to thank my husband John. He does not eat the way I do but he has significantly improved his diet since we met and is 100% supportive. He gives me advice, tells me truth and knows exactly what to get me to eat when he orders food.

Introduction

Have you ever considered eating a plant based diet? Have you ever tried it for a period of time and then returned to more traditional fare? Many have heard of the vast benefits of eating a plant based (aka vegan) diet. In spite of the numerous research studies linking a whole foods plant based diet to healthy body weight, better looking skin and hair and significantly lower risks of developing heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, cancer and a host of other ailments, many shun it thinking its too restrictive, too difficult and too expensive. Some have tried it temporarily, only to revert to their former ways, due perhaps to lack of direction, support and information.

What if I told you that you can do it? What if I told you that it can be simple, affordable and fulfilling. If you continue reading, I will tell you exactly how I did it and am doing it and how I have helped friends and clients figure it out too.

It was around age 12 that I began paying attention to food as it related to health and physical appearance. My mother was always very health conscious and I grew up eating vegetables, fruits,