My Beef With Meat: The Healthiest Argument for Eating a Plant-Strong Diet by Rip Esselstyn
Reviewed by Salvador
What is the bestselling book in our diet section? The answer will surprise you. Of course you will think of other titles but not a book that advocates giving up meat and dairy products. The answer is The Engine 2 Diet. The book that started the “plant-strong” phenomenon in this country.
In E2 Diet, author Rip Esselstyn, former triathlete and former Austin firefighter, advocates a diet that consists of foods that come from plants only. In order to fight the diseases that plague our country, he asks you to avoid meat, fish, dairy, eggs, and processed foods. In our fat, salt, and sugar addicted society, this type of diet wouldn’t seem to have a chance. But, people responded. By 2010, E2 Diet was outselling all of the other books in the BookPeople diet section, where it still remains a brisk seller.
Now, Rip has released his newest book titled My Beef With Meat: The Healthiest Argument for Eating a Plant-Strong Diet. Here you’ll fine 36 super short chapters on the most powerful reasons to switch to a plant-strong diet. Plus, the second half of the book has 140 plant-strong recipes.
Here’s what Rip had to say about why he wrote My Beef With Meat:
“I’ve discovered that there is a HUGE disconnect between what people think is healthy and what medical science knows to be healthy; for example, people have been bamboozled into believing that olive oil, Greek yogurt, chicken, and fish are healthy. Many people think the diet of the day is salmon, low fat dairy, and olive oil, washed down with a glass of red wine and a Lipitor pill for good measure. This is how confused, distracted, and off-course we have gotten–because this is
NOT a good diet!”
Here’s a shot of one of the recipes in My Beef With Meat. It includes kale, my favorite new veggie discovery this year, and a favorite of Rip, as well.
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Rip Esselstyn speaks about and signs My Beef with Meat here at BookPeople on Monday, June 17 at 7PM. The event is free and open to the public.
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