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Green Diets

As we become more proactive to protect the Earth, it makes sense that we consider the affect our dietary choices have on the planet. Many new diet and eating plans falling under the "green diet" heading are available to help you make greener eating and living choices.

Green Diets – Diet Reviews

The Whole Foods Diet

Savor the taste of fresh food without additives with The Whole Foods Diet - a healthy eating plan that can drop pounds and reduce risk of disease.

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Natural Foods Diet

The Natural Foods Diet is a whole-foods plan that endorses a healthy approach to eating in which only foods from nature are consumed.

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Real-Food Diet

With six easy steps to follow, Laura Pensiero's Real Food Diet focuses on sustainable eating that even counts Oprah Winfrey as a fan.

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The Eat-Clean Diet Recharged

More information and additional recipes take the Eat-Clean Diet to the next level in this book by Tosca Reno.

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Food Rules

Written by Michael Pollan, Food Rules is your guide to mindful eating whether you're eating at a buffet or shopping for dinner at the supermarket.

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The New American Diet

The New American Diet exposes the secret of how "obesogens" are making us fat, and features a 6-week plan that will flatten your belly and improve your health.

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The Hormone Diet

A program to balance hormones for men and women, The Hormone diet helps you lose weight, gain strength and live younger longer.

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Nuriche

Nuriche's two main products, LiVE and ReVIVE, offer dietary supplements made with more than 70 whole, live fruits and vegetables.

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The Conscious Cook

A gourmet cookbook filled with delicious and meatless meals, The Conscious Cook is a vegan cookbook filled with creative, hearty and nutritious meals.

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21-Day Vegan Kickstart

A three-week introduction to the vegan lifestyle, The 21-Day Vegan Kickstart is a challenge for anyone curious about eating an animal-free diet.

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The Omnivore's Dilemma

From farm to fork, investigative journalist, Michael Pollan explains the origins of your dinner in The Omnivore's Dilemma, an eye-opening and provocative read.

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The Get Healthy Go Vegan Cookbook

With more than 125 vegan recipes, The Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook will change your mind about avoiding dairy, meat and eggs.

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Detox 4 Women

A plan for a sleek body and radiant health, Detox 4 Women by Natalia Rose is a four-week plan to a more beautiful and slimmer you.

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The Yoga Body Diet

Feel and look better from the inside out in just four weeks, with The Yoga Body Diet, a complete program that helps you reduce stress and reduce your weight.

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Paleta

A meal-delivery plan that supports your health and the planet's, Paleta prepares fresh and organic meals in LA's only green-certified commercial kitchen.

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Whole Foods Diet Cookbook

A cookbook that is as healthy as it is delicious, the Whole Foods Diet Cookbook features a library of nutrient-rich recipes for all occasions.

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Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life

Using mindfulness and meditation, you can incorporate new practices to lose weight with Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life.

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Go Green Get Lean

Make healthy choices that benefit the environment at the same time with Go Green Get Lean, a diet for you and the planet.

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The Omnivores Dilemma for Kids

Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma for Kids is geared to kids health and socially-responsible teens and parents who want to make healthier food choices.

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The Kind Diet

Alicia Silverstone is an acclaimed actress and vegan. She shares her passion for animals and eating healthy with the world in this how-to book, The Kind Diet.

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Diet for a New America

A strict but inspiring way of vegan eating, The Diet for a New America encourages you to avoid meat and dairy to improve your health and that of the planet.

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Gobble Green

Vegan diets don't have to be a lot of work. Gobble Green is a vegan meal delivery service that does all the work for you and brings healthy meals straight to your home.

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The Eat-Clean Diet for Men

A diet minus the salads and calorie counting for men, The Eat Clean Diet for Men includes guy-friendly recipes, a clean-eating menu plan, and fitness training program.

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Dr. Oz's 28-Day Vegan Challenge

Dr. Oz's 28-Day Vegan Challenge is a four-week plan that avoids meat, dairy and cheese, all aimed at improving your heart health and the environment.

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The Thrive Diet

A vegan, raw food lifestyle may sound extreme but The Thrive Diet is a highly nutritious eating plan that can support weight loss and improve health.

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Clean, Green and Lean

Ridding your body of toxins could be the missing piece to your diet and exercise routine. Learn more in Clean, Green and Lean.

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True Food

Rediscover real and natural food with True Food and be inspired to lead a healthier life for you and the planet.

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The Food Revolution

If you have every turned your nose up at a vegetarian diet or have toyed with the idea of becoming one, The Food Revolution is a must-read!

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The Gorgeously Green Diet

Trim inches off your waist and pounds off of your carbon footprint with the Gorgeously Green Diet - an informative guide to living gorgeously green and lean.

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Eating for Energy

Yuri Elkaim, a nutrition professional, has created a diet that's good for you and good for the Earth. Eating for Energy focuses on a raw foods diet to ensure you receive all the nutritional benefits of fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

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Thrive in 30

Take this 30-day challenge to eat a plant-based diet,balance out your body's pH and learn long-term strategies to improve your health for good.

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Skinny Bitch

Put down that junk food and grab a copy of the hottest new diet book, "Skinny Bitch". Penned by two fiery and passionate best friends

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The Eat-Clean Diet

Tosca Reno's new book The Eat Clean Diet is the result of her own personal battle with weight loss after having children. This fresh approach to eating, permitting only natural foods and absolutely nothing processed or man-made, will help you lose weight and live a full, healthy life.

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In Defense of Food

"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants," that is the basic premise behind Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, an informative read that motivates us to eat better.

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Vegetarian Diet

Living a vegetarian lifestyle can provide better health for you and the planet. You may even lose a pound or two as well as having less risk of weight-related illnesses.

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Vegan Diet

The Vegan Diet is just a part of what is an entire lifestyle. All things organic, natural and animal-free- which means a diet concentrated on whole grains, soy products, fruits, vegetables and nuts.

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Raw Diet

The growing trend of organic-based diets has spun a plan called the Raw Diet. Based on a philosophy of eating only natural and organic plant foods

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RAWvolution

Rawvolution is a meal delivery program that supports a commitment to a raw or vegan lifestyle. Organic, fresh foods in a diet that also helps the environment.

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The China Study

An eye-opening book that shows how diet is related to heart disease, cancer and diabetes, The China Study is scientific but a very comprehensible and important read.

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The Green Pregnancy Diet

A how-to guide to eat a non-toxic, eco-friendly and vegetarian diet throughout pregnancy, The Green Pregnancy Diet supports your health, your baby's and Mother Earth's.

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Macrobiotic Diet

Who doesn't want to live a great life? With a macrobiotic diet that is exactly what you get.

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Green Diets – Recipes

Slow-Cooker Mexican Style Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers

From the Whole Foods Diet Cookbook, the Slow Cooker Mexican Style Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers is a crowd pleaser. Packed with protein-rich tempeh, hearty black beans and gooey cheese, this is a one-dish winner.

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White Bean Butternut Squash Ragout with Polenta Squares

A hearty dish full of fiber and antioxidant-rich ingredients, the White Bean and Butternut Squash Ragout with Polenta Squares from the Whole Foods Diet Cookbook will satisfy and delight.

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Mini Quinoa Pizzas

From the Whole Foods Diet Cookbook, these Mini Quinoa Pizzas are full of flavor and nutrition and offer automatic portion control. Try this healthy pizza recipe for a new twist on your usual pizza pie.

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Farmers Market Salad

Spend a summer morning at the farmer's market and come home with the makings for a fresh, flavorful salad.

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Veggie Burgers

An easy vegetarian recipe. These burgers taste like the real deal and are even healthier for you.

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Skinny Bitch Chicken Salad Sandwich

Skinny Bitch in the Kitch is a cookbook especially meant for a vegan lifestyle. This chicken salad recipe uses vegan chicken, agave nectar, grapes and plenty of seasoning to make a kickin' sandwich.

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Bircher Muesli

You can make your own muesli cereal with this easy recipe. It's an ideal breakfast recipe for a vegetarian, or anyway trying to find healthier additions to their diet. The flax seeds, oats, almonds and fresh fruit back a nutritional punch.

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Vegetarian Rice Casserole

Change up your next potluck with this great casserole. It's quick and easy and has a great flavor.

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Skinny Bitch Macaroni and Four Cheeses

If you've switched to a vegan lifestyle, but still crave this gooey, cheesy classic, then this recipe from Skinny Bitch in the Kitch will satisfy your hunger. Made with four kinds of vegan cheese, rice noodles, winter squash and lightly seasoned, this macaroni and cheese recipe will bubble to perfection.

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Quinoa Pasta with Creamy Pesto and Tomatoes

Whether you're searching gluten-free recipes, or just need a healthy pasta alternative, this Quinoa Pasta with Pesto and Tomatoes recipe is a delicious find. Created by Chef Rocco Dispirito, he helped Amy Parham prepare this dish for Biggest Loser: Families.

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Delicious Lentil Salad

Shannon Marentette submitted this recipe to DietsInReview.com as part of our vegetarian recipe challenge. It's a hearty, protein-filled meal made of lentils, sundried tomatoes, fresh peppers and parsley.

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Green Diets – Videos

Michael Pollan's 10 Questions

Michael Pollan answers reader questions during an interview with Time magazine. His philosophy is "Eat Food. Not too Much. Mostly Plants." Learn more in his books
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PLANET: The Movie Trailer

"PLANEAT: How to Feed a Planet" is a provocative challenge to our love of meat and dairy. Tracking the work of a group of scientists, doctors and environmentalists, the film forces us to confront the evidence that a heavily animal-based diet is...

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Skinny Bitch's 5 Reasons to go Vegan

Rory Freedman, along with co-author Kim Barnouin, have authored a series of books called Skinny Bitch. Their approach to weight loss and healthy living is a...

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Interview with BabyCakes Bakery NYC

Amy with DietsInReview.com Interviews the founder of NYC's BabyCakes Bakery, Erin McKenna. She talks about her new cookbook and her favorite ingredient in her 50 calorie vegan and gluten-free cupcakes.

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Green Diets – Blog Posts

Interview with Sophie Uliano, author of The Gorgeously Green Diet

[caption id="attachment_8233" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Gorgeously Green Diet author, Sophie Uliano"]<img class="size-full wp-image-8233" src="https://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sophie-uliano.jpg"...
Healthy Earth Day Round-Up

In honor of Earth Day, we encourage you to do something healthy for the planet and yourself today. Often, you can accomplish both of those goals in one effort. Here is a round-up of the Earth-friendly tips and articles found at...
An Argument for Organic: Cleanest and Dirtiest Produce Items

<strong>UPDATE 6/19/12:</strong> <em>The "Dirty Dozen" has now been updated to include 14 total items. The list now includes cucumbers, blueberries, green beans and kale/collard greens; and it no longer includes pears...
Digging out the Truth on Farming Legislation

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Green Diets

Green Diets – Diet Reviews

The Whole Foods Diet

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Natural Foods Diet

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Real-Food Diet

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The Eat-Clean Diet Recharged

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Food Rules

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The New American Diet

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The Hormone Diet

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Nuriche

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The Conscious Cook

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21-Day Vegan Kickstart

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The Omnivore's Dilemma

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The Get Healthy Go Vegan Cookbook

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Detox 4 Women

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The Yoga Body Diet

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Paleta

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Whole Foods Diet Cookbook

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Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life

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Go Green Get Lean

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The Omnivores Dilemma for Kids

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The Kind Diet

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Diet for a New America

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Gobble Green

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The Eat-Clean Diet for Men

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Dr. Oz's 28-Day Vegan Challenge

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The Thrive Diet

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Clean, Green and Lean

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True Food

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The Food Revolution

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The Gorgeously Green Diet

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Eating for Energy

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Thrive in 30

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Skinny Bitch

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The Eat-Clean Diet

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In Defense of Food

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Vegetarian Diet

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Vegan Diet

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Raw Diet

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RAWvolution

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The China Study

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