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I don't even know how this qualifies as non-fiction. Nearly all the studies listed aren't scientific, nor blinded. No controls either. It is a vapid anti-Agriculture rant. Now, conversely this can be a fun read, but scientific or factual, hardly.
I could do without some of the language, which seemed contrived to be "hip," but this is a great information source for every woman to find out where her food comes from, what the process is, what is REALLY healhty, and how to best treat your body. I've also heard fabulous things about the cookbook.
Simply hilarious. I love this book. It's a tough love to eating healthy, for sure. I think people need to hear it directly like it is laid out in this book. It makes you laugh, it makes you feel stupid for some of the things you believed to be true, but ultimately... you can't argue with it. It's common sense. It's true. You can't be upset with someone/thing that is absolutely true. You just can't. Thankfully, I'm not someone who holds onto pride so I laughed and learned a LOT. A wonderful contribution to the food revolution. Keep it coming!
I liked the spirit of this book. Paying attention to food labels, eating only when you're really hungry, and bulking up on fruits and vegetables are all great ideas, echoed by many nutritionists. The authors think that you should be vegan. I wanted to love this book, but I couldn't, because I found the following things wrong with it:
-Shoddy science. They compare the raw numbers of people who have osteoporosis between America and Africa, for example. They say that humans didn't actually evolve to be omnivores. Stuff like this makes me lack faith in anything else they say.
-Trying to get people to be vegan by using detailed descriptions of slaughterhouses just doesn't work. We all read The Jungle in high school and were vegetarians for a week, then went back to our evil ways. What's more, if there WERE a humane way to slaughter animals, would the authors suddenly eat meat? I doubt it. Use scientific evidence instead - which they also try to do, but I'm not sure I can believe (see above).
-Speaking of meat, there's no talk of fish. Are fish caught in inhumane nets? Maybe in the next book.
-A chapter on fiber where you throw in every graphic term for poop you can think of, doesn't actually teach readers a damn thing about fiber.
-Saying that dairy and processed foods don't make you feel good in any way is ridiculous. Maybe I need to make them a plate of my brownies.
-The section on fasting is relatively responsbile but saying, "the more fasting the better," definitely not responsbile.
-There is no mention of cooking. They say not to eat processed foods and yet, of the foods they recommend, many of them are just vegan forms of frozen bugers or patties. If they care about nutrition, they could at least mention that it's good to cook for yourself.
-There is no mention of exercise or fitness in this entire book. All the skinny bitches I know work really, really hard at it. Maybe giving up your processed food and cheese fix will drop you a few pounds, but if you want to be healthy you have to combine that new lease on eating with some moving around. If this were just a diet book I'd forgive it, but it reads like a lifestyle book, and the omission of exercise is just inexcusable. Look at these girls. You think they look like that just from substituting soy cheese? Hardly.
Overall I like it; we need to get fired up about nutrition. They expose a lot about the food industry that citizens should know. It has me changing a few habits and I appreciate that. I just wish it were a little less sloppy. The sassy tone and cursing only gets you so far - it doesn't hide your content mistakes.
-Shoddy science. They compare the raw numbers of people who have osteoporosis between America and Africa, for example. They say that humans didn't actually evolve to be omnivores. Stuff like this makes me lack faith in anything else they say.
-Trying to get people to be vegan by using detailed descriptions of slaughterhouses just doesn't work. We all read The Jungle in high school and were vegetarians for a week, then went back to our evil ways. What's more, if there WERE a humane way to slaughter animals, would the authors suddenly eat meat? I doubt it. Use scientific evidence instead - which they also try to do, but I'm not sure I can believe (see above).
-Speaking of meat, there's no talk of fish. Are fish caught in inhumane nets? Maybe in the next book.
-A chapter on fiber where you throw in every graphic term for poop you can think of, doesn't actually teach readers a damn thing about fiber.
-Saying that dairy and processed foods don't make you feel good in any way is ridiculous. Maybe I need to make them a plate of my brownies.
-The section on fasting is relatively responsbile but saying, "the more fasting the better," definitely not responsbile.
-There is no mention of cooking. They say not to eat processed foods and yet, of the foods they recommend, many of them are just vegan forms of frozen bugers or patties. If they care about nutrition, they could at least mention that it's good to cook for yourself.
-There is no mention of exercise or fitness in this entire book. All the skinny bitches I know work really, really hard at it. Maybe giving up your processed food and cheese fix will drop you a few pounds, but if you want to be healthy you have to combine that new lease on eating with some moving around. If this were just a diet book I'd forgive it, but it reads like a lifestyle book, and the omission of exercise is just inexcusable. Look at these girls. You think they look like that just from substituting soy cheese? Hardly.
Overall I like it; we need to get fired up about nutrition. They expose a lot about the food industry that citizens should know. It has me changing a few habits and I appreciate that. I just wish it were a little less sloppy. The sassy tone and cursing only gets you so far - it doesn't hide your content mistakes.
Terrible. Terrible language and terrible use of extremism.
im just starting to read this book and i just couldn't help myself to not comment already..
i hate!! i hate i hate! the writer's style i feel she is trying to talk to the larger majority of people.. the stupid ones. because quite frankly i dont like her ways of repeating shit. ass and sissies for people who cant go on their day without coffee for example..
i'll complete my review when i finish it though.. i still have no idea about the content but her way of writing is a turn off to a book reader like me.
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finally done with this book and let me tell u that one thing didn't change. i still find her writing to be rather insulting. this method of "though love" talk bullshit wont slap anyone back to "reality"
however
they did manage to do one thing. i dont know if it's good or bad..
i cant look at poultry or meat the way i used to before and i just feel so guilty to eat them.
not that i had previous perspectives.. concerning their eating..
the book in general had but a few points to make without the sarcasm and the insults. i dont recommend it
---retread again after watching the documentary called earthlings in 30 oct. 2013. I stopped eating meat and chicken and their products like dairy and eggs.
i hate!! i hate i hate! the writer's style i feel she is trying to talk to the larger majority of people.. the stupid ones. because quite frankly i dont like her ways of repeating shit. ass and sissies for people who cant go on their day without coffee for example..
i'll complete my review when i finish it though.. i still have no idea about the content but her way of writing is a turn off to a book reader like me.
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finally done with this book and let me tell u that one thing didn't change. i still find her writing to be rather insulting. this method of "though love" talk bullshit wont slap anyone back to "reality"
however
they did manage to do one thing. i dont know if it's good or bad..
i cant look at poultry or meat the way i used to before and i just feel so guilty to eat them.
not that i had previous perspectives.. concerning their eating..
the book in general had but a few points to make without the sarcasm and the insults. i dont recommend it
---retread again after watching the documentary called earthlings in 30 oct. 2013. I stopped eating meat and chicken and their products like dairy and eggs.
Great book, brings vegetarianism to the point and serves the issue up hot
Bought it at a thrift store like 5 years ago and just got around to reading it. Bought it bc I remember some of my friends in high school reading it (2010-ish.)
I knew it would be bad but it was so much worse.
This is what it would be like if low-rise jeans tried to write a book.
0.5/5 It would be a zero but the first chapter did convince me to kick my caffeine habit so there’s that.
I knew it would be bad but it was so much worse.
This is what it would be like if low-rise jeans tried to write a book.
0.5/5 It would be a zero but the first chapter did convince me to kick my caffeine habit so there’s that.
Good Book but a little heavy on the "vegan" lifestyle.
I'm not a vegan. I never will be. I cannot endorse a book that tells people to eat fake food instead of real food. Sorry.