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Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2015
I do not write many reviews, but this books is worth it. The author has done an outstanding job. I purchased this book without any great expectations, figuring it would merely present a simple diet plan, with some basic, high level nutrition information. It is a lot more. The book not only presents the theory and historical precedence for the "Vegiterranean" Diet in a very clear and accessible fashion, but also provides a highly comprehensive, scientifically based, nutritional guide. In fact, I even believe the book could even stand on its own as a nutritional guide, diet aside.
Contrary to what the the simple title of the book might imply, this is not a fad diet book. It is an overall healthy eating approach, wherein instead of counting calories and other tedious requirements, the author rolls all her scientific research into a few basic rules for healthy eating. She thoroughly explains the nutrient breakdown all of the foods that are to be eaten (and avoided), but one's everyday food selection is very simply based on maintaining a proper proportion of whole foods, without the need for being constantly wrapped up in the individual nutrient quantities in each food. This is possible because whole foods are inherently very nutrient rich, wherein you are automatically getting an abundance of nutrients by eating them.
You are also getting an abundance of highly valuable phytochemicals that are not available from any other source (supplements, etc) other than whole foods.
Portion size is determined based on listening to one's body. It is a very intuitive way of eating.
I am already very used to eating a free diet already, so the diet approach is very easy for me to follow. I cannot speak for how easy it would be for somebody to follow who was not used to a meat free diet. I can only speak in generalities based on my own experience, and say that I have now been eating meat free for over ten years, after having previously been a big time meat eater for almost 30 years. I think I easily qualified as being one of last people in the world that anyone would have expected to give up meat. But giving it up actually turned out to be extremely easy. The first month or two was tough, but after that you do not even want it anymore. Going meat free is a much healthier (not to mention compassionate toward God's creatures) way to eat, and I highly recommend people adopt this dietary choice.
While the author expounds on the benefits of eating meat free, she is very down to Earth and not at all preachy about it. The only negative point I can mention about the author's approach is she states that one of the supposed benefits for avoiding meat is to decrease global warming. However, the whole "theory" behind man-made global warming has been debunked, such that trying to use it as a basis for a person choosing to not eat meat, can potentially cause the whole argument lose credibility. But none of this detracts from the overall quality of the work, which is outstanding. I give this book my unqualified recommendation.
Contrary to what the the simple title of the book might imply, this is not a fad diet book. It is an overall healthy eating approach, wherein instead of counting calories and other tedious requirements, the author rolls all her scientific research into a few basic rules for healthy eating. She thoroughly explains the nutrient breakdown all of the foods that are to be eaten (and avoided), but one's everyday food selection is very simply based on maintaining a proper proportion of whole foods, without the need for being constantly wrapped up in the individual nutrient quantities in each food. This is possible because whole foods are inherently very nutrient rich, wherein you are automatically getting an abundance of nutrients by eating them.
You are also getting an abundance of highly valuable phytochemicals that are not available from any other source (supplements, etc) other than whole foods.
Portion size is determined based on listening to one's body. It is a very intuitive way of eating.
I am already very used to eating a free diet already, so the diet approach is very easy for me to follow. I cannot speak for how easy it would be for somebody to follow who was not used to a meat free diet. I can only speak in generalities based on my own experience, and say that I have now been eating meat free for over ten years, after having previously been a big time meat eater for almost 30 years. I think I easily qualified as being one of last people in the world that anyone would have expected to give up meat. But giving it up actually turned out to be extremely easy. The first month or two was tough, but after that you do not even want it anymore. Going meat free is a much healthier (not to mention compassionate toward God's creatures) way to eat, and I highly recommend people adopt this dietary choice.
While the author expounds on the benefits of eating meat free, she is very down to Earth and not at all preachy about it. The only negative point I can mention about the author's approach is she states that one of the supposed benefits for avoiding meat is to decrease global warming. However, the whole "theory" behind man-made global warming has been debunked, such that trying to use it as a basis for a person choosing to not eat meat, can potentially cause the whole argument lose credibility. But none of this detracts from the overall quality of the work, which is outstanding. I give this book my unqualified recommendation.
