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description: The #1 New York Times bestseller answers: What if one simple change could save you from heart disease diabetes and cancer? For decades that question has fascinated a small circle of impassioned doctors and researchersand now their life-changing research is making headlines in the hit documentary Forks Over Knives. Their answer? Eat a whole-foods plant-based dietit could save your life. It may overturn most of the diet advice youve heardbut the experts behind Forks Over Knives arent afraid to make waves. In his book Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn explained that eating meat dairy and oils injures the lining of our blood vessels causing heart disease heart attack or stroke. In The China Study Dr. Colin Campbell revealed how cancer and other diseases skyrocket when eating meat and dairy is the normand plummet when a traditional plant-based diet persists. And more and more experts are adding their voices to the cause: There is nothing else you can do for your health that can match the benefits of a plant-based diet. Now as Forks Over Knives is introducing more people than ever before to the plant-based way to health this accessible guide provides the information you need to adopt and maintain a plant-based diet. Features include:Insights from the luminaries behind the filmDr. Neal Barnard Dr. John McDougall The Engine 2 Diet author Rip Esselstyn and many othersSuccess stories from converts to plant-based eatinglike SanDera Prude who no longer needs to medicate her diabetes has lost weight and feels great!The many benefits of a whole-foods plant-based dietfor you for animals and the environment and for our futureA helpful primer on crafting a healthy diet rich in unprocessed fruits vegetables legumes and whole grains including tips on transitioning and essential kitchen tools125 recipes from 25 champions of plant-based diningfrom Blueberry Oat Breakfast Muffins and Sunny Orange Yam Bisque to Garlic Rosemary Polenta and Raspberry-Pear Crispdelicious healthy and for every meal every day.
language: English
title: Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health
publisher: The Experiment