Gwyneth Paltrow Talks Low-Carb, Gluten-Free Family Diet in New Cookbook It's All Good

Goop goddess set to release her latest culinary tome on April 2, in which she offers a slew of recipes inspired by her recent switch to a healthier diet

By Alexis L. Loinaz Mar 13, 2013 11:54 AMTags
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Gwyneth Paltrow's new cookbook is giving folks lotsa good intel to chew on.

The actress turned Goop goddess is set to release her latest culinary tome, It's All Good, on April 2, in which she offers a slew of healthy recipes inspired by her own recent switch to a healthier diet and lifestyle.

In the book, the 40-year-old star opens up about the conscientious diet that her family—hubby Chris Martin and their two children, 8-year-old Apple and 6-year-old Moses—have adopted, which includes dishes that are both gluten-free and low-carb.

"Every single nutritionist, doctor and health-conscious person I have ever come across...seems to concur that [gluten] is tough on the system and many of us are at best intolerant of it and at worst allergic to it," she writes in a cookbook section devoted to grains, per an excerpt in the Daily Mail.

"Sometimes when my family is not eating pasta, bread or processed grains like white rice, we're left with that specific hunger that comes with avoiding carbs," she adds.

The avowed foodie—whose first cookbook, My Father's Daughter, was a huge best seller when it was released in 2011—reportedly decided to write It's All Good after learning last spring that she was both anemic and had a vitamin D deficiency.

The book's 185 recipes provide a flavorful spin on dishes borne out of her new doctor-prescribed diet, which included cutting out dairy, eggs, soy, sugar, coffee, alcohol, shellfish, wheat, meat and processed food, among other ingredients.

Her toothsome solution includes dishes like huevos rancheros, hummus tartine with scallion-mint pesto, and salmon burgers with pickled ginger—recipes of which are included in the book.