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The Forks Over Knives Plan: How to Transition to the Life-Saving, Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet
Alona Pulde, Matt Lederman
3.79 AVERAGE
21 reviews for:
The Forks Over Knives Plan: How to Transition to the Life-Saving, Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet
Alona Pulde, Matt Lederman
3.79 AVERAGE
This book is a companion to the documentary Forks Over Knives which discusses a plant-based diet and its effects on a person's health. The authors posit that a diet rich in whole grains and whole plant based foods can reverse what ails you, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Studies are cited that back the claims and first person testimonials are also included. The bulk of the book lays out a four week plan to transition to this new way of life with 100 recipes to get you started.
I have to be honest and say that I have not yet watched the documentary. I've done enough research on my own to know that a diet in whole foods is a much healthier option to a high processed lifestyle. It should come as no surprise to anyone, these days, that processed foods have tons of chemicals that just are not healthy for anyone. I don't necessarily agree with the authors that a completely plant-based diet is the right diet for everyone. There are people who cannot handle soy based products or who need added animal protein. I've done a bit of homework to read the "other side" to find that some of the claims and studies cited are not the whole story. It is always best to do your own homework and consult your own physician before starting any diet. I was also not charmed with the way the authors start out saying "this is not a diet but a lifestyle", yet continuously refer to this way of life as a diet. The authors also say that all oil, including olive oil, avocado oil, etc. are bad for you; however, use maple syrup when you need a sweetener, and oh, if you need some sugar for your sweets, that's alright from time to time. It just seems like they are very strict on a couple of points, but lax on others.
This book has not convinced me to move to a vegan diet. I honestly have tried some recipes that turned out to taste like dirty socks. There are some that work very well, though. The book did reinforce / remind me how it is best to keep moving away from processed foods and cook healthy whole foods at home whenever possible.
I have to be honest and say that I have not yet watched the documentary. I've done enough research on my own to know that a diet in whole foods is a much healthier option to a high processed lifestyle. It should come as no surprise to anyone, these days, that processed foods have tons of chemicals that just are not healthy for anyone. I don't necessarily agree with the authors that a completely plant-based diet is the right diet for everyone. There are people who cannot handle soy based products or who need added animal protein. I've done a bit of homework to read the "other side" to find that some of the claims and studies cited are not the whole story. It is always best to do your own homework and consult your own physician before starting any diet. I was also not charmed with the way the authors start out saying "this is not a diet but a lifestyle", yet continuously refer to this way of life as a diet. The authors also say that all oil, including olive oil, avocado oil, etc. are bad for you; however, use maple syrup when you need a sweetener, and oh, if you need some sugar for your sweets, that's alright from time to time. It just seems like they are very strict on a couple of points, but lax on others.
This book has not convinced me to move to a vegan diet. I honestly have tried some recipes that turned out to taste like dirty socks. There are some that work very well, though. The book did reinforce / remind me how it is best to keep moving away from processed foods and cook healthy whole foods at home whenever possible.
Changed my life! I also watched the Netflix documentary, Forks Over Knives. I'm a convert, well, 90% anyway. After the first few days, I woke up and thought to myself, "wow, I don't feel bad this morning. Huh...I actually feel pretty good." It was a concrete wake up call and I'm grateful that I picked up this book at a time in my life that I was ready to receive the message.
This book is such a good complement to the Forks Over Knives documentary. It's helpful because it's like having your own nutritionist walking you through a whole foods, plant based diet. They address all assumptions about nutrition, like carbs being bad for you (they're not), or meat being a necessary source of protein (it's definitely not). And that's just the first half of the book! The second half is all recipes. I haven't tried any yet, but I'm excited about their breakfast recipes because I've always been bored by cereal and eggs. My only qualm with this book is the sketchy reasoning behind taking B12 supplements. In the book, the whole point they make is that you can get all your nutrients from plants, except B12. On the other hand, they also talk about the risks of taking supplements. But they're okay with taking B12 supplements, yet don't provide the greatest reasoning. Over all, I really like this book and will think about how to better incorporate this diet into my life as a result!
This was an interesting and inspiring read. It really inspired me to eat better and to eliminate dairy and meat from my diet, or at the very least, greatly reduce the amount of it I am eating. Joined some other plant-based, whole food groups online to follow up and get more information.
The easiest book to know what, how, and why to eat plant based foods.
This book explains how to implement a plant based whole foods diet that was introduced in the documentary "Forks Over Knives". The first part of the book explains why a plant based whole foods diet is healthy and necessary. The "plan" is rather simple and that part of the book tells you to begin by eating according to this diet for breakfast the first week adding in lunch the second week and dinner the third week. There are also interesting nutritional facts in the plan part of the book. The last part of the book is the recipes and they look like good recipes. I like them, but, disregarding the health rules of the book, I have found that many of them are even better when made with chicken broth or with some added feta cheese, olive oil, or butter. I received this book free to review from Netgalley.
This recipes were why I got the book and I won’t even try them, the bulk of the book is focused more on weight loss than actually developing health habits. It’s a bunch of high-carb, low fat crap while also being fat phobic at times.
challenging
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I found a lot of this helpful for the coming year and the changes I plan to make. I'm not going completely vegan, but I'm starting a Flexitarian diet. This gave me ideas on what to purchase, make, organize, manage, and where to begin. I will be purchasing this.