The Kind Diet
Alicia Silverstone's guide to becoming a vegan and loving it.
BACKGROUND
The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet is a book that highlights the benefits and provides directions on leading a vegan lifestyle. The Kind Diet is written by Alicia Silverstone, who is a noted actress, animal lover and vocal vegan. Silverstone uses The Kind Diet as a way to show that eating a plant-based diet can not only help your body, but help animals and the planet we live on.
Throughout the book, many benefits of switching to a plant-based vegan diet are revealed. Those benefits can include clearer skin, weight loss, higher energy levels and smoother digestive function. Alicia Silverstone also tells her story within the book, and shares what made her adopt a vegan lifestyle. Some of the most important things covered in The Kind Diet are the great foods that you can indulge in while on a plant-based diet. Contrary to popular belief, eliminating meat and all animal products from your diet doesn’t mean you have to spend the rest of your life eating grass and herbs. The Kind Diet offers some wonderful recipes to keep you satisfied, and even offers desserts to indulge your sweet tooth. The Kind Diet includes nearly 100 healthy recipes that will help you add a little flair to your plant-based diet.
The Kind Diet is broken into three different levels so that you can progress at a pace that works for you. The three levels are flirts, vegans and superheroes. At the flirt level, you slowly begin replacing some meats with plant-based foods and start to see immediate benefits. At the vegan level, you are completely off all animal products, but still use meat substitutes along with grains, fruits and vegetables. The final superhero stage is built on the foundation of whole grains and vegetables.
PRO
- Notice quick results due to the somewhat drastic nature of the program
- Vegan lifestyle becoming more popular
- Includes recipes for variety
- Adopt changes in stages versus all at once
- Vegan lifestyle helps preserve animals and the planet
CON
- Plant-based diet might be too drastic for some
- No meat or animal products allowed
DIET and NUTRITION
The Kind Diet is based on a vegan or plant-based way of living and eating. This means that once the superhero stage of the program is reached, there will be no meat or animal products included in anything that is eaten. To help make some great meals while on a plant based diet, The Kind Diet includes several recipes. Rather than just rattling off a list of what you can eat, these recipes allow for a little creativity when preparing your meals. A typical day of eating on The Kind Diet might include:
- Breakfast: Fruit and cold cereal with soy milk
- Lunch: Herb roasted potatoes with a tossed salad
- Dinner: Spaghetti with marinara sauce and herbed broccoli
- Dessert: Peach cobbler
EXERCISE
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CONCLUSION
Overall, The Kind Diet seems to be a great tool for those interested in adopting a completely plant-based or vegan diet. The book allows you to slowly become a vegan instead of switching over all at once. This book also provides a great deal of information on which foods to eat and how to prepare them. There’s also information on doing your part to save the planet and the animals on the planet. Alicia Silverstone has taken a subject she’s passionate about and shared it with the world. If you are considering becoming vegan, The Kind Diet is worth looking into.
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I love the book thus far. I just got it yesterday, and it has a wealth of information that is to be taken seriously. I plan on becoming a full fledged vegan as right now I am a pescatarian. However, after reading about fish, we have to part ways. The book is excellent and I recommend it.
I also wanted to comment my favorite thing about this book is that it shows you in a very simple way three stages to go about eating this way. Flirts,Vegans,Superhero. Anyone can start at whichever level. I thought to try it from the flirt to give myself the best chance of sticking to it. It kind of re teaches you the right way to eat. I don't mean to sound corny or anything when I say that this book is about being kind to yourself but it is true.
I liked it. It's been about a week and a half. I got the book the very next day it came out. What I like about it is that it is more about a way of eating healthier for long term. It's definately not a way of eating that makes you feel deprived and cranky.Will recommend to friends.
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