Pat Crocker - The Reducetarian Cookbook: 125 Easy, Healthy, and Delicious Plant-Based Recipes for Omnivores, Vegans, and Everyone In-Between

A t this moment we are witnessing a seismic shift in how people are fueling their bodies. It can be sensed from the headlines. Last year, reality television personality Kylie Jenner announced via social media platform Snapchat that she had adopted a vegan diet and joined celebrities like Miley Cyrus, Beyonc, and Ellen DeGeneres and notable politicians like Cory Booker and Al Gore in touting the benefits of cutting back on animal products. Even athletes are jumping on the plant-based bandwagon. Football quarterback Tom Brady recently teamed up with vegan-food supplier Purple Carrot to launch a new meal-delivery service designed to help active individuals stay at their peak; Novak Djokovic debuted the vegan restaurant Eqvita in Monte Carlo, where the tennis star lives full-time.

On another front, an extensive study found that reducing meat consumption would improve human health, decrease greenhouse gas emissions, and lower health-care costs significantly. Perhaps then its no surprise that more and more people are becoming vegetarian. Now 6 percent of US consumers claim to be vegan, up from just 1 percent in 2014.

As I detail in my book What Are You Hungry For?, I got swept up in the groundswell about a decade ago. Despite the fact that I had medical training, motivation, reasonably good habits, and access to any food that I wanted, I had become a statistic, joining the two-thirds of people who are either overweight or obese. Rather than going on a deprivation dietwhich countless studies show to be futileI decided to pursue awareness eating, implementing incremental steps that made me feel good and were good for my body and mind. In addition to cutting back on processed foods, white sugar, and salt, I significantly increased the amount of fresh fruits, vegetables, and whole grains in my diet. In essence, I embraced a reducetarian lifestyleeating fewer animal products, including red meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, and dairy. The benefits were nearly instantaneous: I quickly dropped nineteen pounds. My body felt light and energized. My mind felt sharper than ever before.

That is why I am so grateful that The Reducetarian Cookbook exists. Rather than repeating the same advice about healthy eating that has existed for decades, Brian Katemans book provides you with the no-nonsense tools necessary to transform your good intentions into actionable results. It focuses on progress, not on perfection, and will help you discover the small but significant lifestyle changes that activate the bodys innate ability to thrive. These teachings focus not on restriction but on choicea necessary ingredient for finding joy in any moment in time. And, of course, along the way youll encounter countless healthy and delicious plant-based recipes that are good for you and good for the planet.

May your reducetarian journey be filled with compassion and light.

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