John Mackey - The Whole Foods Diet: The Lifesaving Plan for Health and Longevity

The Whole Foods Diet makes a compelling and engaging case for the many advantages of wholesome, whole foods, mostly plants, across the expanse of human health promotion, the ethical treatment of animals, and protection of the environment. The message is not just right, but itself wonderfully whole and satisfying, informed by science, sense, and personal experience; and extending beyond the what, to all the reasons why, and ways how to make such a diet your own. Anyone hungry for good, actionable advice about eating better should certainly dig in!

David Katz, MD, founding director of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center

The Whole Foods Diet nails it. The secret to living to 100 is knowing the right foods to eat, learning how to make them taste good, and designing your life so that whole, plant-based foods are your easy, go-to choices. Here is a book that is both wonderfully engaging and that supremely delivers on the promise of Blue Zonesa formula for a vital, long, and healthy life, free of chronic disease.

Dan Buettner, National Geographic Fellow and New York Times bestselling author of The Blue Zones and Blue Zones Solution

The Whole Foods Diet is a unique and long overdue comparison of all of the popular programs advising you to eat fewer animals and more whole grains, vegetables, and fruits. By cutting through the confusion created by minor differences between diet experts, you will achieve decision-making clarity necessary for you to regain your lost health and appearance. Read this book before you look any further for advice on what to eat.

John McDougall, MD, author of The Starch Solution, cofounder of the McDougall Program

The Whole Foods Diet is enormously compelling and clear-headed but not doctrinaire or the least bit scolding. After reading it, I came out of the experience with my mind full of the right kinds of facts and my stomach ready for the right kinds of foods to invigorate and nourish me. Even with my long experience with these issues, I learned so much and feel like I have a new plan of action.

Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO, the Humane Society of the United States

In this lively and entertaining book, John Mackey and his coauthors show that a plant-based, whole foods diet is best for us, better for the environment, and a more ethical way of living. If everyone were to read The Whole Foods Diet, and eat as the book recommends, we would be living in a healthier, happier, and more sustainable world.

Peter Singer, AC, bestselling author of Animal Liberation

So many people want to improve their diets and take advantage of the power that healthy foods can bring, but they are unsure where to begin. The place to begin is here! The Whole Foods Diet explains how to use foods to improve your health and gives you simple steps that make the transition easy.

Neal D. Barnard, MD, FACC, adjunct associate professor of medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine; president, Physicians Committee, Washington, DC

As a physician who specializes in weight loss, I can tell you that most of the diseases we treat in Western medicine find their origins in what we eat. It still amazes me that something so simplewhat we should put in our mouthshas been made so complex. My patients are completely confused, and industry wants it that way. The Whole Foods Diet is the perfect guide to simplifying the age-old question: What should we eat to be healthy? John Mackey, founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market, has been at the forefront of bringing the public healthy, wholesome food. He has teamed up with two expert physicians who specialize in using food as medicine. Their combined knowledge creates real-world explanations that make nutritional science seem obvious rather than confusing. They address and dispose of fad diets, and in the end offer an excellent guide to creating a healthy lifestyle. This is a must-read for physicians and for the public.

Garth Davis, MD, medical director Bariatric Surgery at Memorial Hermann Memorial City; assistant professor of Surgery, University of Texas-Houston; author of Proteinaholic

I love everything about this book! John, Matt, and Alona have laid out a program to success that is simple, engaging, and delicious! Follow this road map to health and give yourself the life you deserve.

Rip Esselstyn, author of