The Flexitarian Diet: The Mostly Vegetarian Way to Lose Weight, Be Healthier, Prevent Disease, and Add Years to Your Life

The Flexitarian Diet . . . mainstream vegetarianism for people who choose not to give up meat!

Ever hear a meat-loving man (or woman) ridicule a vegetarian? He or she may be laughing all the way to the grave. Most people who eat a lot of meat do not understand the tremendous benefit of a primarily plant-based diet, as outlined so thoroughly in The Flexitarian Diet. From weight loss to decreased risk of diabetes and cancer to longer life expectancy, the flexitarian or vegetarian diet does wonders for your health. When I was a young girl, I was an extremely picky eater. I didn't like meat at all . . . not even hot dogs or hamburgers. The only way my mom could get me to eat roast beef was to shred it and scatter it on my mashed potatoes and smother it all with gravy. I was so thin my mom and dad took me to the doctor, who made me drink a chocolate milk shake with a raw egg in it every night. To this day I will not drink a chocolate milk shake or eat chocolate ice cream. Jealous? I did outgrow my dislike of meat, and over the years I also outgrew my clothing. So fast forward 40 years. Here I am at 57 reverting again to my primarily plant-based diet. Weight lost? You bet. Fewer allergies? Sneezing and sinus infections . . . gone. Have I beat the diabetes gene which runs rampant in my family? Oh yeah! Aging well? Guessing by the look of surprise on the faces of people who find out my age, I'd say yes. So now you have the "why". The Flexitarian Diet gives you the "how", which is the main reason people are not flexitarians . . . they don't know how. The author give us the lowdown on five flex food groups, a five-week flex meal plan (including 35 breakfast recipes, 35 lunches, 35 dinners, and 35 snacks), keeping the ingredient list to an average of just five ingredients, five flex fitness factors, and lastly five types of flexlife troubleshooters to help you overcome the hurdles of healthy changes and weight loss. In this case, five is a very lucky number! If you've ever thought about becoming a vegetarian, but you're not sure how to do it, this book's for you. You...