The Kitchen Prescription: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER: 101 delicious everyday recipes to revolutionise your gut health

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The more diversely we eat, the lower our risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity, depression, and the more enhanced our immunity. This is a book you'll be reaching for time and again, because these recipes are a joy to eat and fuss free, and you can feel happy in the knowledge you'll be helping your body to stay healthy too. After facing off competition from 63 other determined contestants, through seven gruelling weeks of culinary challenges and an exhilarating final cook-off, Saliha became the thirteenth amateur cook to lift the MasterChef trophy in 2017. But, compiling my shopping list, there were quite a few ingredients that aren’t available via my usual online shop. Where I live, there is no Waitrose and no speciality Asian shops. So I’m going to have to improvise.

Prebiotics such as red cabbage, cauliflower and lentils fertilise the bowel and encourage the growth of the microbiota in your gut. Our gut microbes break down the fibre in prebiotics to release a chemical called butyrate, which plays a key role in keeping the gut wall healthy, as well as decreasing inflammation. Timings Dr Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed is a specialist registrar in hepatology and gastroenterology at the Trust. She made history as the first ever doctor to win MasterChef in 2017 and since then she has published three books: Foodology, Khazana and The Kitchen Prescription (coming 30 March 2023). Here, Saliha shares her passion for her role, cooking, and eating healthy and nutritious foods. How long have you worked at the Trust?The more diversely we eat, the lower our risk of heart disease, diabetes, obesity, depression, and the more enhanced our immunity. This is a book you’ll be reaching for time and again, because these recipes are a joy to eat and fuss free, and you can feel happy in the knowledge you’ll be helping your body to stay healthy too. I'm Saliha's biggest fan. I love cooking her recipes, learning as I go about the intricate power of our glorious guts. Saliha always keeps it simple. Cook with joy, variety, abundance and cook for you and for others. Her work in the kitchen, in the hospital, in NHS canteens and in the wider community is to be hugely admired! -- Melissa Hemsley

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Blend the roasted peppers, harissa paste and olive oil with a touch of salt to form a smooth, spicy pepper sauce. Eating well doesn’t need to be dull food and deprivation – it should be eating a wonderfully varied, vibrant and exciting range of foods. In The Kitchen Prescription, gastroenterologist Dr Saliha Mahmood Ahmed draws on her love of good food and her expertise in gut health to create 101 recipes that are easy to make, incredibly delicious to eat and will effortlessly keep your gut and digestion in tip-top condition.Dr Saliha Mahmood Ahmed is a Gastroenterology Doctor and author of Khazana, which won the Observer Food Monthly Best Cookbook of the Year 2019. Khazana was also shortlisted for the Travel Cookery Book of the Year in the 2019 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards and was winner of the Summer Harvest Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2020, in the category Celebrity Chef in English. She is based in London, working for the NHS, and has two children. Eating well doesn't need to be dull food and deprivation - it should be eating a wonderfully varied, vibrant and exciting range of foods. In The Kitchen Prescription, gastroenterologist Dr Saliha Mahmood Ahmed draws on her love of good food and her expertise in gut health to create 101 recipes that are easy to make, incredibly delicious to eat and will effortlessly keep your gut and digestion in tip-top condition.

It is incredibly humbling and empowering to be the first doctor to win MasterChef” – Meet Dr Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed I’m excited to try the recipes in this book having read through the theory part first. It looks as though this is going to be a whole new approach to cooking. The recipes look good and the photos are lush. Transform your gut health one delicious satisfying bite a time with Masterchef winner, Observer Food Monthly award winner and gastroenterologist, Saliha Mahmood Ahmed.I’ve recently been involved in a campaign called 24/7 NHS food which aimed to make food available for NHS staff overnight. This campaign taught me that food poverty is very real, and it affects people from all different strata of society, including our staff. I think it is brilliant that the Trust is making a conscious effort to produce healthy and nutritious food for staff on a budget. It is one of the core things we can do for staff well-being; well-fed staff will lead to a better performing workforce and boosted morale. In 2017 you were crowned winner of the BBC’s MasterChef. How did you discover your passion for cooking? Sign up for our newsletter to receive the latest Yellow Kite Books news, author exclusives, offers and competition details Eating well doesn't need to be dull food and deprivation - it should be eating a wonderfully varied, vibrant and exciting range of foods. In The Kitchen Prescription , gastroenterologist Dr Saliha Mahmood Ahmed draws on her love of good food and her expertise in gut health to create 101 recipes that are easy to make, incredibly delicious to eat and will effortlessly keep your gut and digestion in tip-top condition.