Food plays a
profound role in our individual lives, especially in terms of our health. It
also plays a role in the future security of our planet, and all the creatures
inhabiting it. It has now becoming widely known that adopting a plant-based
(vegan) diet can positively impact the health and lives of all the world’s
living creatures.
So how do we
do it? How do you go from the typical Western diet of burgers, fries, pizza,
and backyard barbecue fare to a diet of delicious, colorful, health-promoting
plant foods?
Maybe you find
yourself in this position. Maybe you’re ready for change. You’ve mentally
determined that you are ready to make this change, but now what? Where do you
turn for answers?
Transitional Guide to a Plant-Based (Vegan) Diet
It’s Easy to Start Eating Vegan! Yummy
Plants 101 is just what
you’re looking for if this is you. The book, authored by Rebecca Gilbert, is a
beginner’s guide to adopting a vegan diet. Rebecca has taken what seems to be
the ‘mental mountain’ of “I just don’t think I can make the sweeping changes to
becoming a vegan” and made it easy for readers of Yummy Plants 101.
The book focuses
on using vegetables, fruits, legumes, and whole grains as the cornerstone of a
healthy, plant-based diet. Thrown in with these four basic food groups are a
range of transitional vegan foods such as dairy substitutes, dessert options,
and refrigerated/frozen vegan substitute foods. Rebecca states, “as your taste
buds change, it becomes easier and easier to make more substitutions.”
Chapter-by-Chapter Guide
The book
includes six easy-to-read chapters on making this dietary switch. They include:
Chapter 1 –
Basics of a Vegan Diet
This chapter
introduces you to a vegan diet and contains a nice overview of the topic of
protein in the diet since this is on the minds of many making this switch. It
also offers fabulous tips on how to make your own homemade nut milks (almond,
cashew, brazil, and so forth), as well as offering advice on finding egg
substitutes.
Chapter 2 –
Stocking Your Vegan Fridge and Pantry
Chapter two
provides you with exactly what it says… various ways to keep your kitchen
stocked with the essentials, both perishable and non-perishable items commonly
used in everyday vegan living.
Chapter 3 –
Introduction to Grains and Seeds
This chapter
was my favorite! It offered a great overview of whole grains and seeds you can
use as a base to many of your meals. From brown rice to oats to many other
grains you may have yet to hear of like millet, quinoa, and amaranth, Rebecca
does a wonderful job explaining the uniqueness of each grain or seed.
Chapter 4 –
Out and About - How to Stay Vegan
Many of us in
today’s culture love to eat out or attend social gatherings centered on food.
Rebecca provides some useful tips on how to do this while keeping you on track
with your new lifestyle.
Chapter 5 – Helpful
Resources
There are a
lot of questions when making changes to a plant-based diet. This chapter offers
resources to help you make the transition. Connect to like-minded individuals
at the Yummy Plants online community forum or find important health tips from
physicians using food as medicine (Neal Barnard, MD and Joel Fuhrman, MD).
Chapter 6 – Sample
Meals and Recipes
This chapter
will load you up with meal plan and recipe ideas to start you off on your
journey towards plant-based living. Everything from breakfast, lunch, and
dinner are covered with a variety of vegan foods to quench your taste buds. All
are savory and delicious so you won’t be missing out like you thought you might
be. This chapter is a nice guide for those transitioning to a plant-based diet
based on whole foods. As mentioned before, the goal is ultimately to help
people center their overall diet on vegetables, fruits, legumes, and whole
grains. These foods give you the best chance at achieving optimal health.
How to Get Your Copy of It's Easy to Start Eating Vegan!
It’s Easy to Start Eating Vegan! is a wonderful tool for newbies to the
vegan lifestyle. No longer should you fear what a plant-based diet has to
offer. Your health and the health of the planet will reap the rewards for years
to come if you choose to make this leap of faith.
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Good post. Yes going vegan is easy. Dr John Mc Dougall makes it easiest. Very simple in concept, not much to memorize. Can't get much simpler than this!
ReplyDeleteLOVE this versus the Dr Oz show--he gives endless details and demonstrations.
1. Eliminate All Animal Foods
2. Eliminate All Oils
3. Eliminate All High Fat Plant Foods: Nuts, Nut Butters, Seeds, Seed Butters, Avocados, Coconut, & Olives.
4. Eliminate All Flour Products
5. Eat Whole Grains and Potatoes
6. Eat Legumes
7. Make Green & Yellow Vegetables One-Half to One-Third of your meal
8. Eat Uncooked Foods
9. Restrict Fresh Fruit to No More Than Two Servings a Day, and Avoid Dried Fruit, Fruit Puree, and Fruit Juice
10. Use Simple Sugar Sparingly
http://drmcdougall.com/