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Tom Kerridge's Dopamine Diet

My low-carb, stay-happy way to lose weight
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If you're interested in Tom Kerridge's Dopamine Diet, it offers a unique approach to dieting by focusing on foods that boost your mood and aid weight loss. The book features delicious, innovative recipes that aim to increase your dopamine levels, helping you feel satisfied and motivated while maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Chef Tom Kerridge combines his culinary expertise with nutritional science to provide a guide that promises both tasty meals and a positive food relationship.
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You might enjoy this book if you're seeking delicious, satisfying recipes that help promote weight loss while focusing on foods that boost your mood. This cookbook offers a variety of meals designed to increase dopamine levels, combining culinary expertise with a focus on well-being and enjoyment.

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Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge explains how to diet by keeping all of the good stuff and none of the boring stuff.

How to diet by keeping all of the good stuff and none of the boring stuff – from Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge

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If you are struggling to lose weight but don't want to give up the foods you love, then Michelin-starred chef, Tom Kerridge's Dopamine Diet is for you. A diet that not only tastes great, it will make you feel happier too!

‘Delicious recipes that will actually make you enjoy your health kick’ Independent

‘The poster boy for achievable and sustainable weight loss’ Men’s Health

‘Yes, this really is a diet! And it’s the most delicious one you’ll ever try’ Daily Mail


‘I've always known that I'd only be able to stick to a diet that allows me to eat really delicious food... so I began to devise my own low-carb regime built around ingredients that can trigger the release of dopamine, the ‘pleasure hormone’.’

Thanks to his Dopamine Diet, Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge shed eleven stone over three years. That's the same as 70 bags of sugar. If you're struggling with your weight and need to shift unhealthy pounds, this new approach makes it easy, and is guaranteed to make you feel happier in the process.

Most people find it hard to keep to a long-term diet, but this one is different. The recipes feature ingredients that trigger the release of the happy hormone’ dopamine in your brain, so it’s a diet that will make you feel good! Tom’s ‘dopamine heroes’ include dairy products such as double cream and yoghurt, good-quality meats including beef, chicken, and turkey, and even chocolate. By ditching alcohol and starchy carbs in favour of plenty of protein, fresh fruit, and veg, you will be eating meals that will help you shed the weight, whilst offering a satisfying intensity of flavour.

Containing sugar-free recipes and flavour-packed meals including:

  • Spinach, bacon, and mint soup
  • Roasted onion salad with fried halloumi
  • Shepherd’s pie with creamy cauliflower topping
  • Soy glazed cod with chilli, garlic, and ginger
  • Braised beef with horseradish
  • Chinese pork hot pot
  • Chocolate mousse with sesame almond biscuits

These are recipes that don't feel like diet food, and can be shared with friends and family. It worked for Tom and it can work for you. Give it a go! And lose weight the Dopamine Diet way.


For more healthy recipe inspiration, check out Tom Kerridge's Lose Weight for Good, Fresh Start, and Lose Weight & Get Fit.

Tom Kerridge’s new book, The BBQ Book, is out now.

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Tom Kerridge's Dopamine Diet is praised for combining tasty recipes with scientific insights to boost dopamine levels and mood, according to Dr Rachel Gow. The Independent highlights the enjoyment brought to healthy eating, while Men’s Health sees Tom as a model for sustainable weight loss. The Daily Mail emphasises the diet’s appeal and deliciousness.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781472935410

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 January 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Absolute

Illustration: Colour photography throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 196.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 1041g

Pages: 272

About the Author

Tom Kerridge worked as a chef in restaurants across Britain before deciding to set out on his own and take over a rundown pub in the quiet Buckinghamshire town of Marlow. He opened The Hand & Flowers with his wife Beth in 2005, and it went on to become the first (and only) pub in the world to acquire two Michelin stars. In 2014 he opened The Coach, his second pub in Marlow. As well as hosting two of his own BBC television series, Tom has been at the helm of the BBC’s Food & Drink and Bake Off: Crème de la Crème. He was named Observer Food Monthly’s Best Food Personality 2015.

@ChefTomKerridge / thehandandflowers.co.uk

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