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By Alicia Silverstone.
When was the last time doing something wonderful for yourself actually had amazing benefits for everyone else around you? That`s exactly what happens when you make the choice to forgo meat and dairy foods in favor of a plant-based diet. Not only are you giving your body the gift of good health, you are taking concrete steps to reduce your impact on the planet and preserve our precious resources.
In The Kind Diet, actress, activist, and committed conservationist Alicia Silverstone shares the insights that encouraged her to swear off meat and dairy forever and outlines the spectacular benefits of adopting a plant-based diet, from effortless weight loss to clear skin, off-the-chart energy, and smooth digestion. She explains how meat, fish, milk, and cheese -- the very foods we`ve been taught to regard as the cornerstones of good nutrition -- are actually the culprits behind escalating rates of disease and the cause of dire, potentially permanent damage to our ecology.
Yet, going meat- and dairy-free doesn`t mean suffering deprivation; to the contrary, The Kind Diet introduces irresistibly delicious food that satisfies on every level -- it even includes amazing desserts to keep the most stubborn sweet tooth happy. Alicia also addresses the nutritional concerns faced by many who are new to a plant-based diet and shows how to cover every nutritional base, from protein to calcium and beyond.
Alicia knows that changing lifelong dietary habits is a process and that each person progresses at a different pace. For that reason, The Kind Diet encompasses three separate levels, from Flirting to Superhero. Flirts learn to dip a top into the vegan pool, reducing their meat-eating and swapping out a few key foods for plant-based substitutes to see how quickly how even small changes can reap big results. Vegans get to experience the life-altering effects of forgoing animal products entirely while still enjoying many convenience foods and meat substitutes in addition to the wonderful grains, vegetables, and fruits that form the core of that diet. True enlightenment comes with the Superhero program, based the the principles of macrobiotics and built on a foundation of whole grains, vegetables, and other yummy foods that Alicia describes in detail.
Whether your goal is to drop a few founds, boost your energy and metabolism, or simply save the world, Alicia provides the encouragement, the information, and the tools you need to make the transition to a plant-based diet deliciously empowering.
Hardcover; 308 pages. |
