The Wellness Rebel by Plantbased Pixie - Non Fiction - Hardback

Details. Condition: Brand New. Format: Hardback. ISBN: 9781786697615. Publisher: Anima (Head of Zeus). Age Range: Adult. Overview. The Wellness Rebel is Plantbased Pixie's evidence-based answer to the wellness industry's noise. Written by a food blogger and qualified nutritionist, it cuts through Instagram-fuelled "clean eating" myths with science, wit, and warmth. Rather than another restrictive diet manual, this hardback champions balance, debunking fads like alkaline diets, raw food dogma and superfood hype, while offering practical, sustainable ways to enjoy food without guilt, fear or nutribollocks.. About the Book. The healthy eating market continues to boom, yet so does confusion around what "healthy" actually means. The Wellness Rebel arrives at exactly the right moment, addressing the backlash against unqualified wellness influencers who promote so-called "clean eating" with little scientific grounding. Plantbased Pixie, a biochemist and registered nutritionist, uses her scientific training to interrogate popular food myths chapter by chapter, tackling subjects such as the alkaline diet, raw food trends, and the truth about superfoods. Each chapter blends accessible science writing with personal anecdote, drawing on her experience of inherited high cholesterol, food anxiety and orthorexia to show how she navigated a social-media landscape saturated with pseudo-science. The result is a book that is as entertaining as it is rigorous, translating complex nutritional science into everyday language without talking down to the reader. Alongside the myth-busting, readers get genuinely useful tools: a guide to spotting "nutribollocks", and a collection of Pixie's own recipes, including her signature Pixie Plates, designed to make balanced eating simple and sustainable. There are no detoxes, no elimination diets and no restrictive rules here — just an invitation to relax, trust the evidence, and rediscover pleasure in food. It's a book for anyone who has felt overwh