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Many popular diets call for avoiding some foods or eating others exclusively. But as The Good Karma Diet reveals, the secret to looking and feeling great is actually quite simple: Treat our planet and all its inhabitants well. In this revolutionary book, bestselling author Victoria Moran reveals that by doing what's best for all creatures and the planet, you align your eating with your ethics-a powerful health and wellness tool if there ever was one!...

Professional athlete-turned-firefighter Rip Esselstyn shows you how to lose weight, lower cholesterol, significantly reduce the risk of disease, and become physically fit--in just 4 weeks--by following his plant-powered eating plan based on a diet of whole foods, including whole grains, fresh fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, and seeds.

Lily Kunin, creator of the popular site and Instagram account Clean Food Dirty City, shares 100 simple, vibrant, plant-based recipes for looking and feeling your best In her debut cookbook, Good Clean Food, health coach Lily Kunin shares plant-based recipes for irresistibly clean, wholesome food. With Lily's less-is-more approach, you'll learn how to create nourishing dishes, bowls, salads, smoothies, and more using gluten- and dairy-free ingredients....

An authoritative review of the role of vegetarianism in major world religions to foster the development of wisdom, or sound judgment, about vegetarianism and its role in one's own life.

"Vegetarianiza tu dieta. No hace falta ser 100 % vegetariano para poder beneficiarte de comer sano Flexivegetarianos nos invita a incorporar en nuestro día a día hábitos para disfrutar no sólo de una alimentación más sana sino de una vida más plena, y además lo hace apostando por la flexibilidad y el sentido común, sin dogma tismos. En esta obra aprenderemos a entender el porqué y el para qué de nuestras elecciones nutricionales, a flexivegetarianizar...

Are you ready to discover the power of plants? Let's dive in. Just imagine if what you put on your plate could not only improve your health right now but also make you healthier in the future. This book shows you, and your loved ones, how to make enjoyable, sustainable choices to futureproof your body and mind. In this ground-breaking book, British family doctor Gemma Newman shares the transformative effect plant-powered eating has had not only in...

"Throughout time, people have chosen to adopt a vegetarian or vegan diet for a variety of reasons, from ethics to economy to personal and planetary well-being. Experts now suggest a new reason for doing so: maximizing flavor - which is too often masked by meat-based stocks or butter and cream. The Vegetarian Flavor Bible is an essential guide to culinary creativity, based on insights from dozens of leading American chefs, representing such acclaimed...

Executive produced by James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jackie Chan, The Game Changers follows James Wilks - elite Special Forces trainer and winner of The Ultimate Fighter - whose world is turned upside down when he discovers a group of world-renowned athletes and scientists who prove that everything he had been taught about protein was a lie. Directed by Oscar-winner Louie Psihoyos, The Game Changers mixes real-time, groundbreaking science...

This companion to the documentary Cowspiracy explores the impacts of the most environmentally destructive industry on the planet: animal agriculture. It presents the alarming truths about the effects of animal agriculture on the planet. One of the leading causes of deforestation, greenhouse gas production, water use, species extinction, ocean dead-zones, and a host of other ills, animal agriculture is a major threat to the future of all species, and...