Veganist_ Lose Weight, Get Healthy, Change the World - Kathy Freston [0]
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VEGANIST
LOSE WEIGHT, GET HEALTHY, CHANGE THE WORLD
Kathy Freston
Copyright © 2011 Kathy Freston
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of the Publisher. For information address Weinstein Books, 345 Hudson Street, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10014.
ISBN: 978-1-60286-141-1
CONTENTS
Introduction: The Big Picture
PROMISE 1. Your Body Will Find and Maintain Its Ideal Weight—Effortlessly
Straight from the Source: Dean Ornish, MD, on Losing Weight
Ben’s Story: Weight Loss Was an Unexpected Benefit
PROMISE 2. You Will Lower Your Risks for Cancer, Heart Disease, and Diabetes—and Even Reverse Diseases Already Diagnosed
Straight from the Source: T. Colin Campbell, PhD, on Diet and Cancer
Meg’s Story: Surviving Cancer with a Plant-Based Diet
Straight from the Source: Caldwell Esselstyn, MD, on Heart Disease
Robert’s Story: Reversing the Family Heart-Attack Pattern
Straight from the Source: Neal Barnard, MD, on Diabetes
Natala’s Story: Her Diabetes Cure
PROMISE 3. You Will Live Longer—and Better
Ruth’s Story: You Can Be Fit at Any Age
PROMISE 4. You Will Take Yourself Out of Harm’s Way
Straight from the Source: Michael Greger, MD, on Factory Farming and Superbugs
PROMISE 5. You Will Save Money
PROMISE 6. You Will Radically Reduce Your Carbon Footprint and Do the Single Best Thing You Can for the Environment
PROMISE 7. You Will Be Helping Provide Food to the Global Poor
PROMISE 8. You Will Reduce Animal Suffering
Bruce’s Story: A Journey Begins
Gene’s Story: The Rescuer
Josh’s Story: Undercover at a Chicken Factory
Undercover at an Egg Farm
PROMISE 9. You Will Be Following the Wisdom of the Great Spiritual Traditions
PROMISE 10. You Will Evolve—and Take the World with You
AFTERWORD: Making the Shift
Frequently Asked Questions, Answered by the Doctor
Three Weeks of Meals
Shopping List
Cookbooks and Websites
Acknowledgments
The views expressed in this book are not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice.
I encourage you to seek the advice of a doctor (preferably one who is up on the current nutrition research) before changing how you eat, especially if you have a serious medical condition. To find a doctor, you might try contacting the American Holistic Medical Association for a referral: 216-292-6644. You can also search their database at http://www.holisticmedicine.org/.
Introduction: The Big Picture
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME TELL YOU RIGHT OFF THE BAT THAT HIS book is all about the lean—leaning in to a shift in whatever way or whatever pace feels right to you. It’s about checking out some new information that could change your life, and then pushing yourself ever so gently in the direction of health. It’s not about making a radical conversion. It’s not about strict discipline. It’s more about empowering you to take your health into your hands in a practical and easy way, while at the same time arousing a broad spiritual awakening. Making profound changes in your life is never a straight path, and it shouldn’t be; it’s a gradual awakening with lots of twists and turns that happens in its own time. I am hoping that by providing you with ten life-changing promises fulfilled by moving toward a plant-based diet, you will find that that awakening time is at hand now (or soon!).
You don’t have to do anything at all upon hearing these promises. You can just sit with them, knowing that if you are ever ready for or desirous of change, there is a way to get there. Or you can just nudge yourself a little, and make small changes in what you eat, so that you gradually build a momentum of healthy choices. Either way, the information in this book will open