The Plant-based Power Diet: 10 Simple Steps To A Healthier Leaner Energetic You

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Penguin Canada, Jan 8, 2013 - Health & Fitness - 288 pages
A plant-based diet has enormous potential to optimize your health, restore your energy, and shed excess body fat. It’s an evidence-based approach to eating that offers more fibre, antioxidants, and health-enhancing phytochemicals than any other diet. The Plant-Based Power Diet shows you how to follow the simple rules of plant-based nutrition to get all the nutrients you need. You’ll find out how to replace animal protein foods such as beef and poultry with healthier, protein-packed plant foods and how to maximize your nutrition. Step by step, you’ll learn easy ways to incorporate a wide variety of vegetables, fruits, and whole grains into your daily diet to boost your intake of fibre, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. In the process, you’ll discover new and delicious foods that will become staples in your diet. With an easy-to-follow, fourteen-day meal plan, along with plenty of healthy cooking tips and more than fifty delicious recipes, The Plant-Based Power Diet will get you started on the path to plant-based eating—and a healthier, leaner, and more energetic you.

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About the author (2013)

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.

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