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VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health . . . for Good
Mark Bittman
3.65 AVERAGE
76 reviews for:
VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health . . . for Good
Mark Bittman
3.65 AVERAGE
Enlightening and well researched, the researched based pieces were written in a very easy to understand prose. I'm not sure that this is the diet for me, but I'll certainly be incorporating pieces of it into my routine.
Lots of good looking recipes. More moderate approach than most diet books.
It's a good concept, but the book provides literally zero new information about being vegan, and the recipes are only okay.
If you haven't yet read Engine 2 or Eat to Live or The Starch Solution and are a fan of Bittman's writing (which helps educate while remaining funny and relatable), this is the book for you.
If you are already vegan, there's not a whole lot of news here. I'd thought the book was going to suggest eating vegan before 6 pm and then fasting until breakfast... Well not quite! He suggests eating a whole food plant- based diet until 6 pm and then eating whatever you like for dinner, which for most Americans is a big step toward health. But for us funky veg-Americans, this would be backsliding.
I do love the idea that Bittman's big audience will get some new information about the SAD diet though, and his chapters on the science are freshly observed.
If you are already vegan, there's not a whole lot of news here. I'd thought the book was going to suggest eating vegan before 6 pm and then fasting until breakfast... Well not quite! He suggests eating a whole food plant- based diet until 6 pm and then eating whatever you like for dinner, which for most Americans is a big step toward health. But for us funky veg-Americans, this would be backsliding.
I do love the idea that Bittman's big audience will get some new information about the SAD diet though, and his chapters on the science are freshly observed.
This is concisely written and isn't a totally kooky conceit to base your eating on, and Bittman gives lots of examples on how it might be implemented based on your personal lifestyle. That said, it's really geared toward a reader who's in need of a dining intervention, who doesn't cook much for themselves or pay attention to what they choose when eating out. If you already do those things, it's mostly old hat.
Meh. While it has shining moments of the politically-motivated writing on food and eating that I prefer, VB6 really does seem more and more like a diet book with every page. Likely very useful and inspiring if the subject matter is new to you, but I didn't glean any new insight personally. Abandon ship.
3.5 stars
As a longtime fan of Mark Bittman I enjoyed this book, but not as much as some of his other work.
In this book Bittman outlines his health plan - to lose weight, stay healthy and reduce his chances of heart disease and diabetes he became Vegan Before 6pm.
Thus, from breakfast to dinner he would eat vegan and then eat meat, dish or dairy with dinner. As a former vegetarian, and someone who now considers herself to be a "flexitarian" I found this to be an interesting book.
However, it is much more of a diet/cook book then it is a philosophical, or health journalism look at meat consumption in North America. I was hoping it would be more of the latter as there is plenty of the former around.
The recipes are good.
Recommended for those interested in improving their health or looking for healthy and delicious recipes.
As a longtime fan of Mark Bittman I enjoyed this book, but not as much as some of his other work.
In this book Bittman outlines his health plan - to lose weight, stay healthy and reduce his chances of heart disease and diabetes he became Vegan Before 6pm.
Thus, from breakfast to dinner he would eat vegan and then eat meat, dish or dairy with dinner. As a former vegetarian, and someone who now considers herself to be a "flexitarian" I found this to be an interesting book.
However, it is much more of a diet/cook book then it is a philosophical, or health journalism look at meat consumption in North America. I was hoping it would be more of the latter as there is plenty of the former around.
The recipes are good.
Recommended for those interested in improving their health or looking for healthy and delicious recipes.
I'm not really the audience for this - it's geared more towards heavy meat eaters who are trying to cut down - but I always enjoy Mark Bittman's writing and recipes. I don't really read diet books, but I suspect this is pretty loose and forgiving compared to most. There is nothing that he absolutely says to never eat because he realizes we are all human and have our weaknesses, though he makes it pretty clear which foods he thinks we should avoid as much as possible. It contains a decent amount of nutritional information which I don't understand (because science) but it's probably good that he included it. My full review is here.
I am a little bit embarassed to say I read this book because it has a misleading title. I read any book Mark Bittman writes as a rule. I am very interested in this topic so not much of the scientific evidence was new, but he did present it in a more accessible reading level than some other books i read which many people would probably enjoy. he also presents what you might call a "plan" or "diet", but I hesitate to use that word because it isn'e really accurate. Basically, he tries to give you loose guidelines to follow about the way you eat. The book does include a 28-day meal-by-meal to get people started if they are the type who would need that. It also has some really simple, healthy recipes. I wonder if the subtitle was added by the publisher to boost sales. Quick read, good material. Standard Mark Bittman.