The Obesity Code Cookbook. Jason Fung
THE
OBESITY
CODE
COOKBOOK
THE
OBESITY
CODE
COOKBOOK
Recipes to Help You
Manage Your Insulin, Lose Weight,
and Improve Your Health
DR. JASON FUNG
Vancouver/Berkeley
Copyright © 2019 by Jason Fung and Alison Maclean
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Greystone Books Ltd.
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ISBN 978-1-77164-476-1 (cloth)
ISBN 978-1-77164-477-8 (epub)
Editing by Lucy Kenward
Copyediting by Lesley Cameron
Proofreading by Jennifer Stewart
Cover and interior design by Nayeli Jimenez
Cover and interior photographs by Gabriel Cabrera,
assisted by Marley Hutchinson
Food styling by Blanka Smekal, assisted by Brianne Beaudoin
Greystone Books gratefully acknowledges the Musqueam, Squamish,
and Tsleil-Waututh peoples on whose land our office is located.
Greystone Books thanks the Canada Council for the Arts,
the British Columbia Arts Council, the Province of British Columbia
through the Book Publishing Tax Credit, and the Government of
Canada for supporting our publishing activities.
This book is dedicated to my family, who has always helped
and supported me through my journey in life. I’m blessed to have such
support. For my parents, Wing and Mui Hun Fung, Michael
and Margaret Chan, you’ve taught me so much. For my beautiful wife,
Mina, who means everything to me. For my children, Jonathan
and Matthew, who bring me such joy.
Contents
• Practical Fasting Facts and FAQS 35
• Poultry: Chicken, Duck, and Turkey 106
• Meats: Beef, Lamb, and Pork 144
• Broths and Other Beverages 184
• Sample Meal Plans for 16-, 24-, 36-hour Fasts 197
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Introduction
The ObesiTy epidemic
I GREW UP in Toronto, Canada, in the early 1970s. My younger self
would have been utterly shocked if someone had told me then that obe-
sity would be a rising, unstoppable global phenomenon within only a
couple of decades. Back then, there were serious Malthusian fears that
the nutritional needs of the world’s population would soon eclipse the
world’s capacity for food production and we would face mass starva-
tion. The major environmental concern was global cooling due to the
reflection of sunlight off dust particles in the air, which was expected to
trigger the dawn of a new Ice Age.
Instead, almost fifty years later, we find ourselves facing exactly the
opposite problems. Global cooling has long ceased to be a serious con-
cern, with global warming and melting polar ice caps now dominating
the news. Instead of global hunger and mass starvation, we face an obe-
sity epidemic that is unprecedented