Forks Over Knives is a book highlighting a plant based diet for better health. This book written by Drs. T. Colin Campbell and Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr. offers how-to information for the documentary by the same name. The basic premise of this book is that eating a plant based diet that is rich in whole foods can save your life. This information is based on the research conducted by the authors. Eating meat, dairy and oils are focused on as the culprits behind high incidents of cancer, heart disease, heart attack and stroke. Forks Over Knives takes the approach that no other method of eating can give you the benefits that a plant-based diet can. The book focuses on giving you step by step instructions on how to follow a plant based diet for optimal health. Inside you will find a list of the types of foods you should eat, information on how to transition to a plant based diet, success stories from those that have made the transition, a list of the kitchen tools you will need and 125 different recipes.
A plant based diet does offer numerous health benefits
Book offers a detailed guide to eating a plant based diet
Includes 125 different recipes
Encourages eating whole and plant based foods
Highlights several success stories
Many people have reduced disease following this eating style
CON
Claims that eating a plant based diet is the only way to be healthy
Displays all meat and dairy eating in a negative light
Giving up all meat and dairy may be difficult for many people to do
Offers no alternative options for those that want to continue eating meat or dairy
DIET and NUTRITION
The complete focus of Forks Over Knives is to eliminate all meat and dairy from your diet. The book is an accompaniment to the documentary Forks Over Knives. A plant based diet is one that excludes all meat, dairy, fish and eggs. This type of diet is comprised completely of whole foods. This means you will also eliminate all processed foods, preservatives and additives. The book talks at length about how changing your diet to one that is completely plant based will help reduce your chances for certain diseases and even help eliminate them if you have already been diagnosed. There is information on how to make the transition from your current diet to one that is plant based. Some of the recipes included in Forks Over Knives are:
Acorn Squash Soup
Almond Milk
Eggplant Dip
Lettuce Wraps
Quesadillas
White Bean Red Pepper Spread
Blueberry Oat Breakfast Muffins
Baked Stuffed Apples
Creamy Corn Chowder
Carrot Cake
Herbed Bread
Kale with Miraculous Walnut Sauce
Red Potatoes with Kale
Creamy Noodle Casserole
Strawberry Tarragon Dressing
EXERCISE
There is no exercise recommendation given with Forks Over Knives.
CONCLUSION
If you are looking to switch to a plant based diet, Forks Over Knives may be a great resource to get you going in that direction. Although the book advocates a vegan diet as the only way to be healthy, it is important that you do your own research. The authors of Forks Over Knives have reached the conclusion that a plant based diet is the way to go. If that works for you then this book offers some great information and recipes to follow. For those that want to continue to eat meat while becoming healthier, this book doesn’t really offer a compromise.
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Two months in and I'm loving it. It's the most radical lifestyle change I have made, but very surprisingly it's been very easy.
I back up my resolve by recalling the animal welfare and environmental issues.
In just two months I have lost 11kg.
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(Page 1 of 1, 1 total comments)Annette Felix
Two months in and I'm loving it. It's the most radical lifestyle change I have made, but very surprisingly it's been very easy.
posted Nov 25th, 2016 2:46 pmI back up my resolve by recalling the animal welfare and environmental issues.
In just two months I have lost 11kg.