The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet

350 Pages·2010·8.13 MB·English

by  Silverstone

For Sampson, for all animals who suffer needlessly, and for those who do their
best to tread lightly on the earth

Preface
Having been vegetarian now for many years, I am always pleased when someone
spreads the good word. Originally, I became a vegetarian when my wife, Linda, and
myself were eating leg of lamb and, at the same time, watching a group of very cute
baby lambs gamboling in the field. We made the connection, and so our original
reason was that of compassion. Through the years, we have learned of the health
benefits of a veggie diet and most recently have become aware of the extreme danger
the livestock industry poses to the environment. When the United Nations (not a
vegetarian group!) issued its report in 2006 saying that the livestock industry was
responsible for more damage to the environment than all of the transport industry put
together, I was glad to see a further reason for going veggie being made public. I
believe that more and more people are looking at ways to change their diet and
lifestyles, and I believe Alicia’s book will be very helpful to them and all of us.
Paul McCartney

Contents
Preface by Paul McCartney
Foreword by Neal Barnard, MD
The Journey Starts Here
Part I: Kind versus Nasty
1 What’s So Kind about Dieting?
2 Nasty Food #1: Meat
3 Nasty Food #2: Dairy
4 More Nasty Stuff: White Sugar and Processed Foods
5 Kind Foods
6 Nutritional FAQs
Part II: Living the Kind Life
7 Flirting
8 Going Vegan
9 Becoming a Superhero
10 The Kind Kitchen
11 Kind Away from Home
12 Getting Fit, Inside and Out
13 We Are All Activists
Part III: The Recipes
14 Vegan Recipes
15 Superhero Recipes
Appendix: Further Reading
Endnotes
Acknowledgments
Index