Scan barcode
A review by carriepond
Crazy Sexy Diet: Eat Your Veggies, Ignite Your Spark, and Live Like You Mean It! by Kris Carr
3.0
I read all the chapters except for the cleanse, and I did not do the cleanse. Overall, I liked this book. She has a really cutesy tone, which I noticed other reviewers did not like. I found it to be over the top, but I was also not surprised by the tone-- the book has cutesy lettering and is called "Crazy Sexy Diet: Eat Your Veggies, Ignite Your Spark, and Live Like You Mean It!" so, really, what other tone would one expect? One cutesy term that I loved was her calling your body your "God pod." I am not religious at all, but I liked the reminder of how incredibly important our bodies are.
I am a vegetarian who limits dairy quite a bit and considers myself to be a healthy eater, so some of the information was old hat for me. I thought she did a good job laying out facts about the pros of cutting meat out without being too over the top (though sometimes calling dairy "pus," though accurate enough, might have turned some readers off). Anyway, though some of the information wasn't new, there was plenty of food for thought (no pun intended) and new ideas. I particularly liked her chapters on nutritional supplements and juicing/smoothies.
I think this is a good read for those who are looking for a diet overhaul. Reading it helped encourage me to try to cut more added sugar out of my diet. Basically, I think many of us (myself included at various times in my life) need this reminder that we can't treat our bodies like garbage cans. This book points out many of the ways we can change ingrained habits to treat ourselves a little better. And who can't use advice like that? Oh, and the "chocomole" recipe in the back is almost worth giving this book five stars. It is DELICIOUS.
I am a vegetarian who limits dairy quite a bit and considers myself to be a healthy eater, so some of the information was old hat for me. I thought she did a good job laying out facts about the pros of cutting meat out without being too over the top (though sometimes calling dairy "pus," though accurate enough, might have turned some readers off). Anyway, though some of the information wasn't new, there was plenty of food for thought (no pun intended) and new ideas. I particularly liked her chapters on nutritional supplements and juicing/smoothies.
I think this is a good read for those who are looking for a diet overhaul. Reading it helped encourage me to try to cut more added sugar out of my diet. Basically, I think many of us (myself included at various times in my life) need this reminder that we can't treat our bodies like garbage cans. This book points out many of the ways we can change ingrained habits to treat ourselves a little better. And who can't use advice like that? Oh, and the "chocomole" recipe in the back is almost worth giving this book five stars. It is DELICIOUS.