Plas - WTF WFPB : 4 weeks 4 health : a whole food plant-based meal plan to get you started

Kiddy World Publishing

Van Pallandtstraat 63

6814 GN Arnhem

The Netherlands

Copyright 2015 Kiddy World Publishing

Design: Andrei Andras

Photography: Goffe Struiksma (P&I studios), Victoria Plas

Food styling: Victoria Plas

Concept & Content: Victoria Plas

Editing & Proofreading: Brandy Goodyear

ISBN = 978-94-91882-11-1

NUR 860

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or produced in any manner what so ever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

The advice in this book is not intended in any way to replace the advice and services of health professionals. It is not a substitute for medical advice. Please consult a health professional with all questions you have relating to your health.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Hi,

Im Victoria, a foodie, a Plant-Based Nutrition graduate from eCornell, singer, dancer, fashionista, fencer, sport-a-holic, global citizen, and travel freak; I speak four languages, and Im a 13-year-old high school student whos hoping to attend Yale or Cambridge University in three years. Say what? Before you think Im either crazy, too intelligent, or ADHD, let me share my secret with you. I feed my body and mind with the things that give them energy. I dont shove things down my throat that do the opposite. I actually like my body (which is pretty unusual for a teenager), so I treat it nicely. ;-) My body and mind are always fully powered on, and yours can be too! Its really that easy: eat and drink the good things and withhold from the bad things. After these 4 weeks 4 health you will literally be mind blown and energized to the max. No more feeling like your body is only partly functioning, and no more feeling as if your body was on standby. You will feel like youve been living in a fog until now, but not anymore!

I had no illnesses when I started shifting my omnivore diet to a healthy one. But as we all know, having none doesnt mean not getting one. As I love life, I decided to go vegan. I did this for health reasons but also for moral reasons. In this form, Im really with Michael Jackson: heal the world; make it a better place. I dont think grown-ups, until now, have done such a good job, so its time to change. I felt the health advantages immediately, yet something felt wrong. I started researching and stumbled upon Dr. T. Colin Campbells work in The China Study. Fascinated as I was, I tried to read the whole book the same day. Its impossible as you need at least two hours per page to let all the information in there really sink in. Was I reading this right? Is a disease, like cancer, preventable in almost all cases and even reversible? That cant be! Or, could it? I was obsessed. Was everything I had been taught based on old evidence? I mean, this is the world upside down! Yet would this mean someone who is really close to me wouldnt have to die of the cancer he had been diagnosed with? Would making him eat this diet reverse his illness? What do I tell him? How do I start, and how do I convince him?

I stumbled upon the first problem. A pill is really easy. You simply take it according to the directions on the box. The only thing you have to do is pour water in a glass to go along with the pill. Reversing illnesses with food is not that easy. Im not going to lie to you. The change is hard and frustrating. In the beginning, it looks like nothing is permitted anymore. At one point, you will feel the change in this. You will shift from not being permitted to not permitting rubbish in your body. You wouldnt shove a tablespoon of chemicals down your throat, so why would you do that if these chemicals were baked in the shape of French fries?

All major changes are hard. This is why I made this four-week program cookbook. You will find exactly what to eat and what not to eat and an easy-to-understand schedule. Do remember that this is not your average cookbook. The food prepared in this book is prepared by me, and the pictures are just pictures of how it really looked on my plate. This is called honesty in my opinion. No fancy food stylist tweaking it up. Just a geeky WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get. Honest products with honest pictures.

Does it really only take four weeks? Yes and no. You will absolutely feel and see the difference in only four weeks. Yet I hope you will continue after these weeks of course. If you start eating bad stuff again, bad things will happen again. This is why I want to encourage you to really write down all things you notice in the diary pages. After four weeks, read it back and you will be amazed. If youre ill, you will definitely see a difference in these four weeks, which is more reason to continue and not fall back into old habits!

Lets all share that feeling of being happy, energized, powered up, and healthy!

be sure to download your free diary pages at iVegan.net

WTFs WFPB?

Okay, to me, a Whole Food Plant-Based diet is the ultimate way to treat yourself to a healthy life and body. The WFPB diet does miracles for your mind too!

The Whole Food Plant-Based diet is based on the research of Dr. Campbell from Cornell University. He started studying why milk was good for us and what about it makes it healthy. Although he was convinced milk did miracles, he entered his research with an open mind. His empirical evidence led him to see that the opposite of his assumptions was true. Cows milk isnt good for humans. His studies lead him to China where all forms of cancer where mapped of all Chinese inhabitants. He was able to research the relationship between chronic illnesses and animal protein. With the University of Oxford, UK and the Chinese academy of preventive medicine, they found out that:

As this study is so incredibly eye opening and amazing, I suggest you read The China Study by Dr. T. Collin Campbell. He clearly explains all his research in this book, and you will be amazed. I would also recommend The Campbell Plan by Dr. Tom Campbell. Reading these books will give you insight as to why you are eating a WFPB diet from now on (hopefully).

So, pretty much all the things you were eating to get and stay healthy were actually doing the opposite. Are you lost now? Heres what really got me kicking: A WFPB diet actually makes it possible to escape, reduce, and reverse numerous diseases!

Now the real question pops to mind: WTF? WF PB?