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    Veganist: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, Change the World
    Veganist: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, Change the World
    Veganist: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, Change the World
    Audiobook8 hours

    Veganist: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, Change the World

    Written by Kathy Freston

    Narrated by Karen White

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Kathy Freston wasn't born a vegan. The bestselling author and renowned wellness expert actually grew up on chicken-fried steak and cheesy grits and loved nothing more than BBQ ribs and vanilla milkshakes. Not until her thirties did she embrace the lifestyle of a veganist-someone who eats a plant-based diet not just for their own personal well-being but for the whole web of benefits it brings to our ecosystem and beyond. Kathy's shift toward this new life was gradual-she leaned into it-but the impact was profound. Now Kathy shows us how to lean into the veganist life. Effortless weight loss, reversal of disease, environmental responsibility, spiritual awakening-these are just a few of the ten profound changes that can be achieved through a gentle switch in food choices.

    Filled with compelling facts, stories of people who have improved their weight and health conditions as a result of making the switch, and QAs with the leading medical researchers, Veganist concludes with a step-by-step practical guide to becoming a veganist, easily and gradually. It is an accessible, optimistic, and illuminating book that will change the way you eat forever. No less delicious, still hearty and satisfying-just better for you and for all.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateFeb 1, 2011
    ISBN9781452670911
    Veganist: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, Change the World

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    • 3/5
      There is nothing new here. This is a typical gung-ho message from a born-again vegan. Bolstering it with a weight-loss angle from Dean Ornish was unnecessary; an absurd attention-grabbing ploy. That's not what veganism is about. I’ll give this three stars only because it promotes the vegan principle in a small way.

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    • 2/5
      "Who's the audience?" I ask in my best Maddie Hayes impression. This book presents a conundrum of sorts: This book is best meant to convert people to the lifestyle, but a name like "veganist" is only going to attract people who already believe in the lifestyle or are already sympathetic. In the rare instance it attracts the curious, it may be very understandable but it is far too preachy; the entire book is an argument for veganism and not the best one at that.

      Some might find it a good thing that it is so focused on her "ten promises" for veganism, ranging from health to ethics in its reasoning. The downside with attracting bigger audiences is that this book cannot help you much in the way of converting to the lifestyle (the one good point she makes in the book I can put here: through her disclosure of her own journey, she emphasizes that it doesn't have to be all-or-nothing but a slow conversion, as hers took place over several years).

      This is not to say she has no information on handling conversion. She has a small chapter with a few hints at the end and a menu plans/shopping guide. However, I hated these things as they were very region specific (she mentions specific products or shopping at particular chains that may be widely available in the US; all I know is it is not available here, therefore not helpful to me and I cannot comment on its primary region). As well, I didn't think the generic (not product specific) suggestions were all that creative.

      Largely, I must say she is quoting the same propaganda as everyone else, even the same experts, so I found the information tiring. As well, it is a weak argument for being so one-sided: she presents information with no acknowledgement of the other side or conflicting information, nor does she necessarily present long-term solutions (I tirelessly always must make the same argument: once we end unethical factory farming, what happens to these animals that no longer have a niche in the wild nor survival skills?)

      I am not saying it is a n entirely bad book; it's not. It is just nauseatingly preachy and I don't see it has having wide appeal (I believe the people it will appeal to, well, you don't need to preach to the converted). However, due to lack of audience and bad marketing (a different name and/or styling/sizing of the subtitle would have helped), I can completely see why I picked it up on a clearance table.
    • 3/5
      Okay, Good for basic information on vegan lifestyle.
    • 4/5
      I was really looking forward to reading "Veganist" but sadly it didn't leave me with the same feeling.It took me almost a month to read the book from begging to end because I found it boring and the constant repetition just drove me crazy.I also completely disagree that Veganism is mainly and only the best way to lose weight, that is not what being vegan is all about. Being vegan is about respect/welfare of the animals and the earth not losing weight and curing disease (although it's a plus factor). Freston did not mention that being Vegan is a lifestyle change from not only not eating animals, to not wearing leather or using products tested on animals such as makeup and cleaning products.Veganist is a good book to read if you are just starting out or want to add vegan attributes to your diet but for a seasoned vegan not so much.
    • 3/5
      This book is very interesting & inspiring. I learned a lot of new things. I listened to the audio version, and I had to fast fwd past the animal treatment chapter. I just could not get through it because it was so upsetting.