Simple Green Meals: 100+ Plant-Powered Recipes to Thrive from the Inside Out
Jen Hansard - 2018
No more drive-thru fast food runs. And no more Friday night pizza from a cardboard box. Real food rocks, and Simple Green Meals is here to prove it!Jen Hansard, co-author of Simple Green Smoothies, is on a mission to change the way you eat. She sees a world where you and your family "eat the rainbow" by cooking quick, tasty meals that are nourishing, delicious, and easy to make. Filled with 150 vegetarian recipes, tips to rethink the foods you put in your grocery cart, strategies to eating well with a family on-the-go, and advice from people who have changed their lives for the better by making healthy food choices, this book is an essential guide to living a cleaner, fuller, more energetic life!
On Being Vegan: Reflections on a Compassionate Life
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau - 2013
Born out of her life-changing talks and podcast episodes, On Being Vegan is Patrick-Goudreau’s sixth book. Chapter 1 is the author’s own personal story from compassionate child to desensitized adult. Chapter 2, “Defining Vegan,” comprises the origins of the word “vegan” and its meaning. Chapter 3, “Why Vegan?” provides an overview of some of the most compelling reasons people leave animal products off their plates. Chapter 4 details just what the chapter title promises: “The Joys and Benefits of Living Vegan.” Chapter 5 offers a guide for identifying animal products on food packaging. Chapter 6 asks and answers: “How Vegan is Vegan?” Chapter 7 emphasizes the fact that being vegan is about “Intention Not Perfection.”
The Coconut Ketogenic Diet: Supercharge Your Metabolism, Revitalize Thyroid Function, and Lose Excess Weight
Bruce Fife - 2014
The secret is a high-fat, ketogenic diet. Our bodies need fat. It’s necessary for optimal health. It’s also necessary in order to lose weight safely and naturally. Low-fat diets have been heavily promoted for the past three decades, and as a result we are fatter now than ever before. Obviously, there is something wrong with the low-fat approach to weight loss. There is a better solution to the obesity epidemic, and that solution is The Coconut Ketogenic Diet. This book exposes many common myths and misconceptions about fats and weight loss and explains why low-fat diets don’t work. It also reveals new, cutting-edge research on one of the world’s most exciting weight loss aids—coconut oil—and how you can use it to power up your metabolism, boost your energy, improve thyroid function, and lose unwanted weight. This revolutionary weight loss program is designed to keep you both slim and healthy using wholesome, natural foods, and the most health-promoting fats. It has proven successful in helping those suffering from obesity, diabetes, heart and circulatory problems, low thyroid function, chronic fatigue, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and many other conditions.