Click here to buy paperback version at CreateSpace
Click here to buy paperback on Amazon (Kindle and e-books coming soon!)
Here's the final cover design, I appreciate all of your feedback on the beta-versions:
Saturday, March 19, 2016
The Potato Hack Book, Now Available!
This has been a long time in the making, and you all have been instrumental. The book is now available in soft cover format at the CreateSpace bookstore. It costs $12 plus shipping. It will be available on Amazon next week, and for Kindle the week after.
Click here to buy paperback version at CreateSpace
Click here to buy paperback on Amazon (Kindle and e-books coming soon!)
Here's the final cover design, I appreciate all of your feedback on the beta-versions:
Click here to buy paperback version at CreateSpace
Click here to buy paperback on Amazon (Kindle and e-books coming soon!)
Here's the final cover design, I appreciate all of your feedback on the beta-versions:
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Congrats! I will be buying from Amazon after Spring break.
ReplyDeleteShortly after it is available on Amazon for e-books, I will be doing a promo where you can download it for 99 cents for one day. Keep watching, I will let you all know when it will happen.
ReplyDeleteYay! I would like a kindle version and a hard copy. I tried to go through that link you gave and it didn't have a paypal option.
ReplyDeleteRose
Amazon and PayPal, my two favorite things in life. Thanks for bearing with me, this is all a learning experience. When all is said and done, I'll write a blog post with everything I learned.
DeleteOriginally, I was just going to do the book on Kindle/e-book, but then I found out it could "easily" be put into paperback. As I hate e-books, I liked this option, but it took the whole book writing experience from a fun hobby to a somewhat frustrating exercise.
If all goes well, the paperback will be on Amazon by Monday or Tuesday, and the e-books/Kindle a week later.
Congratualtions. Cover is great. You nailed it! Can't wait to read the whole thing which I just ordered.
ReplyDeleteWell, if this is your hobby, you must do smashing work! Looks good. Can't wait to plant my potatoes this year!
ReplyDeleteGreat job, Tim! Congratulations.
ReplyDeletePotato hacked Monday thru Thursday this past week. I felt lighter, energetic and my mood was buoyant by Tuesday. Some boiled potatoes, baked with salt, pepper and malt vinegar and hashbrowns. Very simple, very easy. I used my small 2 burger George Foreman grill for the hashbrowns by spreading a pile on the grill, lid down and 16 minutes later nice and crispy on the bottom. You can turn the pile over and crisp more or not. I have needed a reset as 4 years of LC,Paleo, LCHF, PHD has been great, but lately, not so much with some weight gain. I think too much fat is the problem so this potato hack has done a great job of resetting my appetite without the fat added and since Friday food is just something I eat and stop when full. I just bought the book on Amazon as I have Prime. Planning to continue and see what happens. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteForeman Grills and waffle makers are your best friend on the potato hack, lol. They make perfect oil-less hashbrowns.
DeleteI think that most people will find that once they've hit a weight they are happy with, using the potato hack once a month, or a couple times a year keeps them close to their ideal weight without endless stress and continual dieting.
Thanks for the note!
Go Tim go!!! I ordered the book by Amazon and I am looking forward to reading it. I would love to hear about the reception in both the paleo and the vegan community. I have been following your blog for years and I love to see your work published.
ReplyDeleteAwesome!
ReplyDeleteGood work and congrats - I'll be buying it!
ReplyDeleteCongrats Tim! I really like that cover photo. Action, flow, human interaction with the potato........ It draws in the eye.
ReplyDeleteExcellent choice.
Yes, I meant to compliment the pictures too. Very nice!
DeleteI'm not reading it cover to cover at the moment, too busy at the moment. But scanning through it looking at various topics and key words. So I'll prob be making comments and questions intermittently, and so also forgive any dumb questions that are answered elsewhere in the book. Here goes to start...
ReplyDeleteabout *raw* potatoes...
"They found that pigs fed raw potatoes had less infections than pigs fed standard foods."
Pigs have a digestive system similar to humans I have read. So does this signal that the same could be (likely?) true for humans?
This kinda conflicts earlier in the book where it said ...
"However, if all you ate was raw potatoes, you’d get very little nourishment from them as they serve mostly to feed intestinal bacteria, not humans."
I realize that by "nourishment" what Tim is talking about here is energy/calories not non-caloric nutrients such as vitamins and minerals.
But I'm also now wondering - are pigs also not getting many calories from the raw spuds?... or, do we both (humans and pigs) eventually extract the calories by way of absorbed fatty acids created by gut flora fermentation?
Did those studies about feeding raw spuds to pigs say if the pigs got fatter as a result? Is it customary for pig farmers to feed with raw (or cooked) spuds?
DeleteYou have to remember, these are growing pigs. They goal is for them to reach market weight quickly and on minimal feed. When raised in confinement, they develop "the scours" (diarrhea). The go-to cure was antibiotics for decades, but now consumers demand antibiotic-free meat. Raw potatoes and potato starch are an excellent alternative, they have found ( see: http://mspresistantstarch.com/product/ ).
DeletePigs or humans would not thrive on a diet of just raw potatoes. They are not capable of providing nourishment needed. But as a supplement, raw potatoes or potato starch is helpful to the gut.
I hear you. It doesn't really conflict. I just did not pay enough attention to the words "if all you ate was...".
DeleteTim do you have any idea of the calories a human would get from raw potatoes? Or it's too hard to tell due to gut absorbed fatty acids due to flora fermentation? So the net-carbs are essentially zero then?
DeleteNo idea, really. There is an old paper from 1920 ( http://www.jbc.org/content/42/1/27.full.pdf ) in which the scientists were trying to figure this all out, knowing very little about gut bacteria and nothing of RS.
DeleteBut, as you said, the SCFA from the fermentation process adds a whole new wrinkle to the inquiries on the digestibility of raw starches.
Look at the paper, and then laugh because we are just now starting to see what they were missing in 1920.
Got my paperback copy today!!
ReplyDeleteDid you already get it in the mail? Wow, that was fast. How does it look, first impression-wise?
ReplyDeleteDo you think the potato hack could be effective when paired with a traditional bodybuilding program for muscle maintenance/fat loss?
ReplyDeleteI most definitely think that! It is just as, if not more, healthy than the typical chicken and rice meals of athletes trying to drop weight fast. Definitely lots more fiber, which, I guess, could be counter-productive if you were in a swimsuit competition.
DeleteBut just the average Schmoe who wanted to eat a ton of food to gain some muscle could easily use the potato hack to get rid of the excess fat that always comes along.
If you find the potato hack to be very effective on you, it will give you a sense of freedom to explore new eating patterns, knowing that you can always just PH the pounds away should it get out of control.
Most of my daily meals consist of potatoes with an extra protein source with some fats. I usually eat about 2lbs of potatoes most days. A few times I've tried doing potatoes only and near the end of the day I can't stop going to the bathroom. Is this a normal response? Does it just take some time to adjust? I want to try to do the potato hack just once or twice/wk but I don't want have any sudden urgencies at work etc
ReplyDeleteBy the end of Day 2, a complete "change of the guards" has occurred in your guts. Increased stool output is not a normal complaint. Usually people say they go much less. But everyone is different.
DeleteA potato hack "with an extra protein source with some fats" is not the potato hack I talk about! Not sure what you are after with that approach. Try 'all-potato' a day or two at least.
I didn't consider the potatoes with extra protein and fat the potato hack. I just wanted to point out that I eat a decent amount of potatoes on a regular basis but when I attempt the hack, I have the urgencies. I couldn't figure out why.
DeleteAh! OK, that makes sense. That is strange! Must just be the changes going on creating a unique biome for you.
Deletelooks great. as a graphic designer the image is a grabber IMHO. nice feel to it and reading it now. congrats!!
ReplyDelete'the image is a grabber' literally! ;)
DeleteThanks for the review! I was worried about this print on demand service. I ordered my copy from the publisher last week, still not here, and paid $23 for fast shipping! It's like Alaska is on a different planet.
DeleteAmazon offers us free shipping and usually gets stuff here in 2-3 days.
How about the Potato Diet when you have SIBO?
ReplyDeleteHas anyone tried it?
I really have not heard anyone specifically say they did the PH with SIBO. It's hard to say what would happen. I can see scenarios where it could go either way. Only way to know would be to try.
DeleteSIBO is a catch-all term for a variety of conditions that seem to be caused by bacteria in the small intestine. It's hard to diagnose, and can often actually be SIFO (fungal). Or it can be something totally unrelated to bacteria and yeast.
I think that anyone who has chronic digestive complaints should try the potato hack for a few days and see if symptoms clear up (or get worse/stay the same). It could be very telling!
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ReplyDeleteCongrats on publishing the book (my copy's on order)! I've been interested in gut biome for a while and am convinced that microbes affect the system at all levels. Here's a 5 min vid on the importance of gut diversity. We apparently have more bacteria in our guts than there are stars...amazing!
ReplyDeletehttps://aeon.co/videos/antibiotics-make-our-guts-less-diverse-that-s-bad-news-for-our-long-term-health
Thanks! Nice video. Diversity is key to gut health, I think soon science will catch up with us here at VeggiePharm that a high fiber diet with ample RS is key!
DeleteJust ordered the book, Tim. The Potato Hack is amazing. The comfort of knowing that a dietary "hack" exists that virtually guarantees fat loss is priceless. You and Richard are truly changing minds and bodies.
ReplyDeleteBeyond thanks,
EF