Alicia Silverstone's The Kind Diet
Today I took a rare escape from my desk to walk to the library during lunch and pick up a book I’ve been eagerly awaiting that was finally on hold for me: Alicia Silverstone’s The Kind Diet.
Along the lines of Skinny Bitch, The Kind Diet talks about losing weight and saving the world by adopting a plant-based diet. The toll meat takes on our bodies is no surprise to me; I’ve been a vegetarian for 9 years. But both of these books are strongly pro-vegan and are filled with interesting information about the dairy industry that I tend to ignore–much in the way meat eaters ignore my vegetarian rants.
I already eat an almost vegan diet since yogurt is occasional, cheese is rare, and butter is non-existent in my kitchen, but I don’t expect to adopt the lifestyle or the label.
Then again, I’m only in Chapter 1. So we’ll see…
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Calcium?
saw that one coming, MOM. expect a full report about how countries with the highest dairy consumption (USA) also have the highest osteoporosis rates. hrmmm… suspect.
Genetics?????????play a role as well. In that area, you swim in a very shallow gene pool. Sorry
I’m by no means close to being a vegan, but I still really enjoyed the book Skinny Bitch as well- it was an eye-opener.
Gah! This is my next book purchase at the Strand. I’ve been eying it for weeks but haven’t had the time to run by and pick it up. I follow her blog and enjoy it even though her writing is not my favorite.
Let me know how it goes!
ive had the kind diet for over a month and havent started it yet. I REALLY must get on that- i have SO MANY books that i purchased when a bookstore near me was going out of business and decided to take advantage of the bargin prices and buy many books on my wish list.
im not a vegetarian or a vegan (i mostly declare myself a “flexitarian”), but a lot of days when im logging my meals i realize i did indeed eat vegan all day long – im wondering how the book will effect my decisions in food department. we should discuss this after we both read it!