Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health

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Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health

by Gene Stone, T. Colin Campbell, Caldwell Esselstyn

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What if one simple change could save you from heart disease, diabetes, and cancer? For decades, that question has fascinated a small circle of impassioned doctors and researchers—and now, their life-changing research is making headlines in the hit documentary Forks Over Knives. Their answer? Eat a whole-foods, plant-based diet—it could save your life.

It may overturn most o...more What if one simple change could save you from heart disease, diabetes, and cancer? For decades, that question has fascinated a small circle of impassioned doctors and researchers—and now, their life-changing research is making headlines in the hit documentary Forks Over Knives. Their answer? Eat a whole-foods, plant-based diet—it could save your life.

It may overturn most of the diet advice you’ve heard—but the experts behind Forks Over Knives aren't afraid to make waves. In his book Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn explained that eating meat, dairy, and oils injures the lining of our blood vessels, causing heart disease, heart attack, or stroke. In The China Study, Dr. Colin Campbell revealed how cancer and other diseases skyrocket when eating meat and dairy is the norm—and plummet when a traditional plant-based diet persists. And more and more experts are adding their voices to the cause: There is nothing else you can do for your health that can match the benefits of a plant-based diet.

Now, as Forks Over Knives is introducing more people than ever before to the plant-based way to health, this accessible guide provides the information you need to adopt and maintain a plant-based diet. Features include:

Insights from the luminaries behind the film—Dr. Neal Barnard, Dr. John McDougall, The Engine 2 Diet author Rip Esselstyn, and many others
Success stories from converts to plant-based eating—like San’Dera Prude, who no longer needs to medicate her diabetes, has lost weight, and feels great! The many benefits of a whole-foods, plant-based diet—for you, for animals and the environment, and for our future A helpful primer on crafting a healthy diet rich in unprocessed fruits, vegetables, legumes, and whole grains, including tips on transitioning and essential kitchen tools
125 recipes from 25 champions of plant-based dining—from Blueberry Oat Breakfast Muffins and Sunny Orange Yam Bisque to Garlic Rosemary Polenta and Raspberry-Pear Crisp—delicious, healthy, and for every meal, every day.(less)

Paperback, 214 pages

Published June 28th 2011 by The Experiment (first published June 7th 2011)

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Jul 06, 2012 Laura rated it 3 of 5 stars

THIS IS ONE OCCASION IN WHICH THE MOVIE IS BETTER THAN THE BOOK!!! PLEASE WATCH IT!! The book is pretty good for recipes but it basically is just a summary of the movie. The movie, on the other hand, was totally mind blowing. I am a registered nurse and I see first-hand what obesity & poor diet do to people.

I have been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for 15 years but started to eat seafood on occasion because of convenience. Anyway, I started to see myself suddenly gain weight & thought it was...more THIS IS ONE OCCASION IN WHICH THE MOVIE IS BETTER THAN THE BOOK!!! PLEASE WATCH IT!! The book is pretty good for recipes but it basically is just a summary of the movie. The movie, on the other hand, was totally mind blowing. I am a registered nurse and I see first-hand what obesity & poor diet do to people.

I have been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for 15 years but started to eat seafood on occasion because of convenience. Anyway, I started to see myself suddenly gain weight & thought it was just peri-menopausal. As a result, I started to eat more seafood & dairy to increase my protein as a modified low carb diet. I lost a little weight but my energy level was very low. Earlier this year, I developed Shingles. I thought, "How can this be? I'm a healthy person who is extremely active!" I have the normal amount of stress but I don't sleep & again, I attributed that to hormones. The Shingles were extremely painful & after they went away, the pain remained despite any sort of medication.

I watched this movie on a whim & it really made an impression on me. Who would have thought high protein was so dangerous? I always thought that maybe those high protein diets would cause renal damage, but many people I know have lost weight without their kidney function being affected but now I worry about problems they will have later in life. While thinking of the long term, I decided that for me, altering my diet is so much more preferable than to take medications & then have to take more meds to alleviate the side effects. Remember, I'm a nurse. I know this to be true.

I decided to try this diet for a month & see how I would feel. I cut out all processed foods, all dairy, & all seafood. Within a week, I was amazed at how wonderful I felt! I had tremendous amounts of energy, my clothes were getting looser, and best of all, my Shingles pain disappeared!! Incredible!! I decided to continue the diet for even longer! A month into it, I got my cholesterol checked & it was the lowest it has ever been IN MY LIFE!!

But the most amazing thing was that we had 3 parties over the next month & I cheated by eating a small amount of processed food, a piece of cake, some chips, a brownie. And wouldn't you know it, I felt like garbage the very next day. My face was swollen, my Shingles pain came back, & I was definitely more tired. And this happened on 3 different occasions, like clockwork! It seems the stuff that comes in boxes & bags with all those crazy ingredients are what are so dangerous to us. Our bodies must go into some sort of inflammatory mode to figure out how to rid ourselves of this stuff. Again, it's truly amazing!

One other thing is that I've been having my periods every 20 days for years (I know, to much information). It is not fun to go through that so often. Well, since I've started this diet, it went right to 27 days. We really don't realize that the food we eat has so many immediate consequences.

It is true that in this society, eating this way can be a difficult. I went to a birthday dinner for a relative at a steakhouse (I ate before I went out) and decided I would eat some broccoli so I wouldn't stand out. This broccoli was loaded with butter! I looked at the menu & there was absolutely nothing on it without some sort of animal product on it. It's really awful.

The people in this movie who drastically changed their diet were on death's door but are still alive over 20 years later. If you are relatively healthy, you may be able to lower the amount of processed foods & animal products that you eat a little at a time, but I'm telling you you will feel the difference. Eat things as close to their natural state as possible. Eating this way is definitely challenging & you need to learn to cook a whole new way with new ingredients but you can really come up with some yummy stuff!

I really hope this catches on because people are the fattest & unhealthiest they have ever been. Breaks my heart especially to see children this way. I bought the video to show all the other nurses I work with and EVERY SINGLE NURSE who has seen it was deeply impressed & they are all learning to cook vegan meals & getting their spouses involved. If people educated in science & health practices are impressed, you should take it seriously too!(less)

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Mar 28, 2013 Tanja rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Forks Over Knives companion book does a good job of laying out the argument that the sicknesses that plague modern society stem from our diet laden with process foods and animal products. The book added upon the foundation of the documentary without a lot of repetition, which was nice. Most of my complaints about the book would be critiques of the wholesale claim that humans should never eat any animal products. For example, even the famous casein rat study fluctuated the intake of casein (a...more

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Feb 20, 2013 Sarah Long rated it 4 of 5 stars

So much controversy over this book...
Jones and I saw the movie on the recommendation of a friend. We thought it was worth trying, mainly because we have become aware over the years of how adulterated our food supply has become and how drastically our food choices affect how we feel. For years we have slowly been moving in this direction...away from processed crap foods, sugar, fried foods, etc and towards clean, organic foods. Our goals have been an improved quality of life and management of Jon...more So much controversy over this book...
Jones and I saw the movie on the recommendation of a friend. We thought it was worth trying, mainly because we have become aware over the years of how adulterated our food supply has become and how drastically our food choices affect how we feel. For years we have slowly been moving in this direction...away from processed crap foods, sugar, fried foods, etc and towards clean, organic foods. Our goals have been an improved quality of life and management of Jones' Type I diabetes (and hopefully avoidance of some of the life-shortening consequences of that disease).

For many years, I have felt like one of the canaries in the coal mine. I have multiple food allergies and chemical sensitivities. As time has gone on and our food supply has been more and more drastically manipulated, I have had to work harder and harder to keep my diet clean and have been forced to drop more and more options from my diet in order to avoid feeling ill. After we saw the Forks Over Knives documentary, we decided that we would try this way of eating for 90 days starting January 1, 2013.

We are now in week 8 and although we are still keeping an open mind and reserving the option to go back to our old way of eating, I can not imagine ever going back. Within days of taking on this "challenge", we started noticing improvements to our health. Problems that Jones has had for 25+ years have improved drastically to the point of near eradication (chronic sinus infections, SERIOUS digestive problems, sleep issues). These are conditions for which he has visited multiple doctors, including specialists, time and time and time again, with no relief. He is using HALF the insulin that he used before. I am sleeping better, have had only one headache in 8 weeks, do not get ill after eating, and do not get hit with a daily tidal wave of exhaustion in late afternoon.

We have both lost about 10 pounds, our skin is glowing, energy levels and mental clarity are WAY up.

It's true, the book is not as good as the movie. But it is a wonderful tool if you want to give this way of life a shot. The recipes are easy and truly delicious. We eat as much as we want and are never hungry. Our bodies seem to be more satisfied because we do not crave foods the way we always did before. We also bought the Forks Over Knives cookbook and we switch back and forth daily.

We will continue to monitor our health and make changes if needed, but we hope to keep eating this way permanently. We are looking forward to J's next endocrinologist visit so we can check improvements to his cholesterol levels, etc. His doctor has been pressuring him to go on statin meds for years and we're hoping to finally put that argument to rest. Neither of us is on a single medication (other than insulin for J's diabetes) and we plan to do everything in our power to keep it that way.

I'm a dyed-in-the-wool skeptic. I'm a believer in Forks Over Knives, but only because I tried it and am experiencing the evidence first hand. Oh, and I put "challenge" in quotation marks up there in the third paragraph because it really isn't all that challenging. It's actually really easy...we're just conditioned to eat the way we eat in this country and most people think it is insane to consider giving up meat and dairy. Get over that mental hurdle and a whole new world opens up.(less)

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Jan 06, 2013 Sean rated it 3 of 5 stars

I think this book deserves a read for three reasons: the sake of one's health, the sake of animal health, and the sake of our environment.

First, the editor shows how incidences of heart disease and cancer fall upon adoption of a plant-based whole foods diet. I have been eating copious amounts of dairy products - particularly milk, cheese, and yogurt - for much of my life and did not know that casein can lead to cancer and will, henceforth, attempt to reduce my casein intake to the extent possib...more I think this book deserves a read for three reasons: the sake of one's health, the sake of animal health, and the sake of our environment.

First, the editor shows how incidences of heart disease and cancer fall upon adoption of a plant-based whole foods diet. I have been eating copious amounts of dairy products - particularly milk, cheese, and yogurt - for much of my life and did not know that casein can lead to cancer and will, henceforth, attempt to reduce my casein intake to the extent possible. I also learned that the human body does not need animal protein and nutrients from animals -- with the exception of vitamin B12 - and can derive all of its nutrients from a plant-based diet instead.

Second, I learned that a plant-based diet benefits animal health in ways I had previously underestimated. For instance, the average meat-eater in the United States kills 29 animals per year based on his or her own eating habits. That amounts to over 2,000 animal deaths that result from one human life. Moreover, recent farming practices have become increasingly cruel and resulted in inhumane acts of torture and cruelty toward animals, who do have feelings and experience pain. Because the food industry has lobbied against showcasing practices of animal torture, most people acquiesce to eating meat due to their ignorance of how the food ended up on their plates.

And third, eating a plant-food based diet preserves our environment. A meat-based diet leads to deforestation, depletion of water reserves, and the emission of harmful toxins into our environment. The author points out for instance that a meat eater who switches to a plant-based diet can have a greater impact on polluting emissions than one who switches from driving a traditional car to a hybrid.

Think of all the money wasted on the current healthcare system on treatment. If instead physicians focused on prevention, many more people would live healthier lives. Physicians, however, have little incentive for their patients to adopt a plant-foods based diet because physicians receive higher payments each time they treat patients. That's why books like these matter and deserve attention (the documentary of the same name delivers the same message with greater visuals). Moreover, for everyone that tries to do their part by giving to charity each year, benefiting the environment or doing a good deed, why not instead make the basic change of adopting a plant-food based diet to help our environment and not kill 29 animals per year based on their own eating habits? Lobbyists from the food industry will object to this book but all others who care about their health, animal health, and the environment's health should read this book and heed its message. (less)

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Jul 18, 2012 Mel Murata rated it 2 of 5 stars

The "book" portion is a poorly reconfigured summary of the documentary Forks Over Knives. If you are interested in the information or background for this type of diet the documentary is superior in every way. I had purchased the book hoping for additional information or the background to the many statistics that are bandied about in the documentary and was disappointed that the book appeared to be the script from the movie.

The saving grace of the book is the large selection of recipes. While I...more

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Mar 05, 2012 Jennifer rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: only-if-there-are-no-other-books-on

I was watching the documentary by the same name. Wow! I was really looking forward to this and thought it would be great to share with my A & P classes. Wow! Yeah, not at all. Thirteen minutes in to the documentary (and I use that term here very loosely), the narrator is discussing that evil molecule: cholesterol. He goes on to say that cholesterol is found in all animals even humans. In humans, it plays a very important role in out cells' walls. WTH!!!! Seriously? Anyone who has paid remote...more

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Jan 22, 2012 Michelle rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: vegan, lifestyle-books

If you've read any other vegan book in your life you won't learn anything new here. It's rehash. It's good information, but rehash to seasoned vegans nonetheless.

And, I really hate to say this, but I actually think Forks Over Knives might ultimately turn more people off than create new converts.

Don't get me wrong. I agree with what they are saying, and their philosophy on how to live is in line with what most of us vegans believe in. But what this book recommends is an extreme form of the lifes...more

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Jan 21, 2012 Jenny rated it 2 of 5 stars

i was hoping for a technical manual but it's really more like a long magazine article. if you have seen the documentary, you don't really need to see the book, unless you are interested in the recipes, which i am, so i'm only a little disappointed.
having said the above, i will say this; like any other book/movie/program about health and what we eat, there is something of a belief system involved. the fact is that very few "foods" are going to kill you on the spot and the evidence for the danger...more

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Nov 03, 2011 Stella rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

My rating is based on my first impressions of this book, which being mostly a cookbook, seems to be filled with some tasty recipes that by and large ask for ingredients readily available or that I suspect I can likely track down without too much fuss. As someone trying to establish a new, more healthful diet this looks like it'll be a good primer and I especially liked the various links/resources also mentioned at the end. I do want to warn fellow Nook users though that the e-book version you do...more

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Sep 16, 2011 Elizabeth rated it 1 of 5 stars

I actually watched the movie and did not read the book. The science in this book is so poorly researched it makes my skin crawl to think that there are poeple out there that will follow this diet and die of this diet. The cholesterol you eat does not lodge itself in your arteries. To do that would mean that there is something seriously wrong with your digestion. Allowing food from your digestive system into your circulatory system is not even possible without a knife or bullet cutting the way.

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Jun 28, 2012 Susan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Loved this book. Planning on doing some shopping to prepare some of the dishes. I thought the book (and dvd) were very informative. Everyone I talk to about "there is no food in our food" with all the processing, fast food, etc. That our society has a lot of obese and morbidly obese people; cancer and diabetes along with heart disease. This book gives some good thoughts of why that is. "Consider this: If the entire U.S. postulation were to adopt a plant-based diet for just one day, the nation wo...more

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May 04, 2012 Kristle Dayton rated it 5 of 5 stars

I netflixed the documentary and and I just had to order the book....The next time someone asks me why I'm a vegetarian/aspiring vegan, I'm just going to tell them to read this book.....fascinating statistics of how animal products are ruining our health and the environment....good stuff =D And you should def check out the documentary too.

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Mar 22, 2013 T.L. Cooper rated it 4 of 5 stars

Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health edited by Gene Stone is the companion book to the documentary, Forks Over Knives. After watching the movie on Netflix, I bought the book mainly because it contains 125 recipes. The movie makes several convincing arguments for embracing a plant-based diet including the impact on one's health and the environment. In many ways, the contents of the book simply rehash the documentary without as much detail, but it makes a nice easy reference to keep on...more

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Sep 20, 2011 Zen Nana rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I've decided to stop reading fiction for a while. I have a pile of books on health and wellness (of the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual kind) patiently waiting for me to read them, so I will. The first one is Forks Over Knives: The How-To Companion to the Feature Documentary Forks Over Knives. I've seen the film. but first I saw Stone on Bill Maher's show, where he made a very convincing case for the vegan life. When Maher asked him to explain the title, his answer was the kind of gran...more I've decided to stop reading fiction for a while. I have a pile of books on health and wellness (of the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual kind) patiently waiting for me to read them, so I will. The first one is Forks Over Knives: The How-To Companion to the Feature Documentary Forks Over Knives. I've seen the film. but first I saw Stone on Bill Maher's show, where he made a very convincing case for the vegan life. When Maher asked him to explain the title, his answer was the kind of grandpa-doesn't-really get-the-question answer, but the answer is simple -- mind what's on your fork and you won't need to go under the knife. There's a whole lot of very persuasive evidence that the plant-based, whole foods diet can do things like lower cholesterol and blood pressure, diabetes and obesity. That evidence is presented in both the film and the book, but I recommend seeing the film first. The book add lots of recipes and tips for actually living this way. If you're eating the Standard American Diet, it may seem drastic to you at first, but if you've been trying to "eat healthy" it won't. The two middle-aged men who lost a lot of weight and shifted their "numbers" (the ones your doctor gives you when you get a physical) so much that you will be convinced. And that's to say nothing of the woman with cancer who changed her body chemistry through diet and lived another decade (so far).

I have food allergies, and so does everyone else in my family, so there some adjustments to be made and some whole recipes I can't use. Even so, I found this book a great addition to the film and there are some recipes I will definitely try. But the bottom line is that this is a new way of eating that we can all try, at least partially. When the results start showing, the more strict regimen doesn't look so daunting anymore. The most amazing thing about all this is how we apparently can reverse the damage done by years of "normal" eating and it's never too late to start.

Usually I would advise reading a book first and then (if you must) seeing the movie. But in this case, see the movie and then get the book. I don't know about you, but I'd prefer to negotiate the table fork rather than the surgeon's knife.(less)

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Oct 12, 2012 Julia rated it 4 of 5 stars

Please see my review to "What's Eating Your Child?" They are very similar in nature although this book is also a documentary, which I recommend over the book. I would read this book concurrently with "The China Study." I am currently reading it and will post a review when I'm done. Also, this book differs from "What's Eating Your Child" in that this book is promoting a vegan lifestyle based upon medical research conducted by T. Colin Campbell. "What's Eating Your Child" is more medical in nature...more

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Sep 25, 2011 Ben rated it 2 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Others seeking to become heart attack proof.

This is a companion to the documentary more than a book on it's own. For me, it's most valuable for the recipes to help transition to a plant-based diet. Also appreciated are most of the one-page profiles of speakers featured in the documentary that pepper many chapters.

BUT, this is not the book to convince skeptics of the merits of a plant-based diet. My own path was from Paolo Bacigalupi's The Windup Girl and Pump Six and Other Stories to Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifes ...more

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Jul 18, 2012 LA Carlson rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: everyone

Shelves: food

Are you disenchanted with the Western way of eating? Do you take multiple medications to control diabetes, heart disease etc? Are you tired and unmotivated? This book is the beginning of a new way of eating and thinking of food. It should be accompanied by watching the documentary. If you're reluctant to try new recipes and learn about new ingredients this book won't be for you. The evidence is over whelming; if we continue to eat fast food, fat and sugar we will continue to be a nation of unmot...more

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Jul 24, 2012 Deanna rated it 3 of 5 stars

For about five minutes, this book made me want to be a vegan a lot. Now I just want to be a vegan sometimes. It's not that I don't care about animals -- I just know that biologically we were meant to be omnivores. However, I think it's really healthy to eat mostly fruits, vegetables, whole grains and beans, and have very little meat. So as long as you aren't completely crazy about this whole vegan thing, I think we could all learn a lot -- and feel better, lose weight, and be generally healthier...more

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Mar 29, 2013 Lynn Pribus rated it 4 of 5 stars

Recommended by a woman I met recently, but for me its preaching to the choir. It's about the physical and environmental benefits of becoming vegan. I've been vegan for probably ten years or so. Very strictly at first but now relaxing into just vegetarianaism when out to eat with friends or family.

Has some interesting recipes in the back and I'll probably try a couple, although the Internet is an excellent source for vegan recipes. My husband came home from the store with TWO five-pound bags of...more

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Jun 18, 2012 Pamela Hubbard rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: non-fiction, health-and-beauty

So I must confess, I watched the DVD, but I still wanted to write a review. I was a little bit disappointed. I recently watched "Food, Inc." which was very informative and eye-opening and also more relatable and emotional. I felt like Forks over Knives was an infomercial for becoming vegan. They had good points, but it was more focused on health issues related to eating rather than food quality, the food industry, etc. I am a healthy person and I felt that while the points made were valid and ap...more

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Feb 14, 2013 Gerald Kinro rated it 2 of 5 stars

With the increase of diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, the authors make the case for a plant-based diet, effectively, I might add. A plant-based diet is also good from sustainability and humanitarian standpoints. They should have stopped there instead of venturing into recipes.

I am convinced of the benefits of a plant-based diet. I liked what was presented. I did not like what was not. Like many books of its type, the book does not tell the reader specifically what to eat. O...more

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Aug 13, 2011 Lisa added it

Shelves: health, food

I'm holding off on rating this book until I try some recipes.

This book advocates a plant-based diet and supplements the documentary by the same name (which I have not seen). From glancing over the recipes I have to say that they look promising for those interested in trying some vegan recipes in that they call for wholesome, real food and contain unprocessed and minimally-processed ingredients. Thankfully, there are no calls for 1/2 cup vegan cheese, 1 slice fake soy meat, tvp, etc. It should b...more

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Jan 19, 2013 Barbara rated it 3 of 5 stars

This is a valuable book. I agree, the documentary is better than the book, but after seeing the documentary, I was pleased to find a copy of the book in my library. The recipes were helpful and I also liked reviewing the material in the documentary. The book and the documentary changed my life, for the better. I feel like a new person, my body thanks me every day for switching to a vegan diet. I have never felt this good, and I am happy to contribute to the planet and not contribute to the death...more

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Feb 06, 2012 Cindy rated it 1 of 5 stars

This seems to be an obvious afterthought to the movie. But while the movie is great, the book is poorly done. The facts and information provided are better written and better presented in so many other books on this subject, and the bios of real people are not as effective in these pages as they are on the screen.

Don't buy it just for the large recipe section, either. I tried several of the recipes but did not keep a single one for my recipe box. And this is in spite of the fact that I have been...more

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Jul 02, 2012 Esther rated it 4 of 5 stars

I started by watching the documentary. I liked it so much, I bought the book. It has convinced me of the importance of a vegetarian lifestyle. Don't think you're so attached to meat that you can never live without it. If this is something you're interested in, it is possible to change. Don't give up before you even try. I've made some of the recipes in the back and they are scrumptious. They aren't for everyone, though. I didn't care for the avocado soup (although I love avocado) nor the green b...more

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May 21, 2012 Ayneka rated it 3 of 5 stars

I first heard about this from a friend who said I needed to see the DVD. So I got the DVD and than also found the book at the library. Basically the same info in both.
I'm not one for a totally plant based diet but even for someone that doesn't want to fully cut out meat or diary there is a lot of great information in here. Some is basic stuff that I already know or have heard so it wasn't all that eye opening for me. I have not yet used any of the Recipes in the book, but I did look over them. A...more

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Feb 07, 2012 Alison rated it 1 of 5 stars

I understand where the authors and propnants of eating plant based diets are coming from. However, I found this book (2/3 of which are recipes) to be fanatical in their position and less than objective. I do agree that plant-based foods belong in one's diet; and I do agree foods we eat can *contribute* to disease and illness. I also believe in a well balanced diet. I take offense that the authors and supporters take the position that I caused the cancer that invaded my body. I read the studies t...more

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May 01, 2013 Annie B rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is a perfect companion book to the documentary film Both the film and book really helped open my eyes, so much so that I've been almost vegan for about six months now, maybe more. It's a life-changing book. I feel so much better and healthier, have lost about 22 pounds without even trying, and really really enjoy the taste of my food now. My husband has been with me on this. He has lost about 15 pounds so far (he started later than me), and his type 2 diabetes is much improved. The doc has...more

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May 01, 2013 Fiona rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: health-nutrition

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is considering adopting a more plant based diet or who is interested in the health benefits of such a diet. It is not as thorough or detailed as some of the other books out there, but does a good job of hitting on the major benefits of plant based eating and the author cites many studies which back up the claims made in the book.

The book is based on the documentary, also called Forks Over Knives, and I would highly recommend the documentary as...more

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Apr 25, 2012 Lisa rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: self-help

I love this book!!!!! Not really for it's content on plant-based eating but for all those great plant-based recipes. If you're interested in the content I'd watch the documentary. It explains things better. All the recipes I've made from this book is fairly simple and good. It is rare to find a plant based cookbook where most things are great. The only thing I wish it had more of was salad recipes. I think salads are a staple in plant-based eating and I'm always on the lookout for some great sal...more

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“Driving a hybrid car could save about one ton of carbon-dioxide emissions per year but adopting a plant-based diet would save nearly one and a half tons over a comparable period."

"If every American reduced chicken consumption by one meal per week, the carbon-dioxide savings would be equivalent to removing 500,000 cars form the road."

In a given year, "the number of animals killed to satisfy American palates is 8.6 billion, or 29 animals per average American meat eater. The total number of animals killed on land and sea was approximately 80 billion, or 270 per American meat and fish eater - making the average number of animals consumed in one American lifetime 21,000.” — 3 people liked it

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