Lincoln cookbook author spells out how to eat the ‘Vegan Keto’ way
When she was growing up in Bolton, Liz MacDowell said, she felt sick almost all the time.
“I was the kid who was so sick I would miss 30 days of school and they would threaten to hold me back if I missed another day because I was just ill all the time,” said MacDowell.
The story of how the Lincoln resident regained her health is the seed of her new cookbook, “Vegan Keto: 60+ High-Fat Plant-Based Recipes to Nourish Your Mind & Body.”
Despite becoming a vegetarian as a seventh-grader, a meatless diet didn’t help eliminate stomach issues she says were symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS.
But after graduating in 2005 from high school at St. Mark’s School in Southborough, McDowell headed off to McGill University in Montreal where she met new people and learned new ways of eating.
“I started thinking outside the box,” MacDowell said, “and realized I should take a look at what I was eating.”