Healthy Eating, Healthy World: Unleashing the Power of Plant-Based Nutrition
''The same standard diet-style, rich in processed foods and animal products and low in produce, that places people at high risk of heart attacks and cancers, is also rapidly destroying our environment.Healthy Eating, Healthy Worldreports on critical information you must learn to help ourselves and our planet.''--Joel Fuhrman, MD, author of the bestsellingEat to Live''Poor nutrition is our leading cause of disease. Yet the biggest impediment to improving our health is that most people mistakenly believe they are eating a good diet. With the costs of disease out of control and threatening the economic health of our country,Healthy Eating, Healthy Worldis a timely contribution, explaining in clear, easy-to-read language why our standard diet is making us sick and how you can make simple choices that will improve your health, longevity, and quality of life. This is a must-read book. Highly recommended!'' --Raymond Francis, MSc, MIT, scientist and bestselling author ofNever Be Sick Again''J. Morris Hicks has done us all a tremendous service. He has put together a simple, clear, and profoundly helpful guide to the extraordinarily powerful benefits of plant-strong nutrition. If you want to be healthy, read this amazing book. In a world hungry for hope, this book arrives at precisely the right time.'' --John Robbins, bestselling authorThe Food RevolutionandDiet for a New America''Healthy Eating, Healthy Worldis by far one of my favorite books. It is incredibly informative, well researched, and a must-read for anyone who eats! It takes you on a journey towards adopting a plant-based diet in a way that isn't overwhelming and provides much needed tips about eating this way for good.'' --Kim Barnouin, coauthor of the #1New York TimesbestsellerSkinny Bitch''What's good for you is also good for our planet. Although heart disease and diabetes kill more people each year worldwide than all other diseases combined, these are completely preventable and even reversible for at least 95 percent of people today by changing our diet and lifestyle. This book shows you how.'' --Dean Ornish, MD, founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute and author ofDr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease''InHealthy Eating, Healthy World, the title tells it all, as author Jim Hicks masterfully resolves global challenges in a sensible, well-written, highly referenced must-read.'' --Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD, director of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Reversal at the Wellness Institute of the Cleveland Clinic and author ofPrevent and Reverse Heart Disease''Healthy Eating, Healthy Worldis more than an eye-opening, fact-filled book about the causes of poor health. It is a map leading directly to the cure. In the process, it points the way toward solving the seemingly unrelated problems of environmental destruction and world hunger. It is sensible, direct, and right.'' --Neal D. Barnard, MD, author and president, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine''Reading and implementingHealthy Eating, Healthy Worldis the best prescription you will ever fill.'' --Howard F. Lyman, LLD, author ofMad CowboyandNo More Bull''J. Morris Hicks' world-changing book,Healthy Eating, Healthy World, is compelling in transforming our health--promoting dietary choices to be over 80 percent from whole plant foods. Not only will we restore our own fitness, vigor, and happiness as we become healthier, we will be celebrating a worldwide paradigm shift by living in harmony with nature on our precious planet.'' --Alexandra Stoddard, bestselling author ofLiving a Beautiful Life''We all know we should eat more fruits and vegetables--with this book, we now know why. The authors make a well-documented case for why it is important for your personal health and why it is critical for the health of the planet. A compelling book; it is both informative and a pleasure to read!'' --Paul Allaire, Fortune 100 CEO