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The Plant-based Power Diet
10 Simple Steps To A Healthier Leaner Energetic You
- Publisher
- Penguin Group Canada
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2013
- Category
- Healthy Living, Nutrition
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780143183877
- Publish Date
- Jan 2013
- List Price
- $24.00
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Description
A plant-based diet has enormous potential to optimize your health. There is clear scientific evidence that the health benefits gained from eating only plant-based foods are far-reaching, from preventing heart disease, diabetes and certain cancers to halting disease progression. A plant-based diet also improves mental clarity, restores energy and is a healthy and effective way to shed excess body fat and stay lean.
More and more people are turning to a plant-based diet because it simply makes sense. You'll discover that it helps alleviate a host of common health problems, and you'll look and feel amazing, too!
Renowned dietician Leslie Beck shows you, step by step, how to follow the principles of plant-based nutrition and get all the nutrients you need. In the process, you'll discover new and delicious foods that will become favourite staples in your diet.
Complete with an easy-to-follow 7-day meal plan, over 40 healthy and delicious recipes and plenty of cooking tips, The Plant-Based Power Diet has everything you need to adopt a plant-based lifestyle.
About the author
Leslie Beck, RD, a registered dietician, is a leading Canadian nutritionist and the bestselling author of eleven nutrition books. She is the national director of nutrition at Body Science Centers.
Editorial Reviews
"The Plant-Based Power Diet presents a powerful, scientifically based program for trimming down and getting healthy. This book will change your life." - Neal Barnard, M.D., president, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
"I truly believe that a plant-based, whole foods diet is the future, necessary for peak personal and environmental health. The Plant-Based Power Diet will help you get there." - Brendan Brazier, bestselling author of The Thrive Diet and formulator of Vega
"An excellent book for people who are new to the concept and for people who've been plant-strong for years. Highly recommended!" - Gene Stone, author of Forks Over Knives and The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick
"If you want to pursue a vegan diet, Leslie Beck has created the quintessential plan of action with her book The Plant-Based Power Diet. Leslie's book does good for your body, for the planet and for the future of food!" - Julie Daniluk, R.H.N., bestselling author of Meals That Heal Inflammation