The Forks Over Knives Plan: How to Transition to the Life-Saving, Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet Paperback – Illustrated, January 17, 2017

Absolutely the go to book for improving your health. Learn to eat better.

After seeing the documentary, I ordered this book. So glad I did, as the book helps me understand what these doctors are saying. I have changed maybe 70% of my diet, and feel so much better, that some things must be improving inside my body. I am after healthy blood vessels, and a healthy body, and my food budget has decreased. So far, I still allow about 30% meat, dairy and processed foods, but this helps me to continue with the improvements long term. I have found it easy and do-able, compared to the many plans I've tried, and many foods I'm eating are less expensive than my older ways. Foods I'm eating are much more satisfying and flavorful now. I have some great, energetic days - which is a huge improvement for me. My weight seems to be down slightly and my clothes are starting to get looser, but it feels like it's what I'm eating that is making such a huge difference, and not merely from this slight weight loss.

This book and the documentary which inspired it were recommended by a doctor after another round of blood tests showed that my triglyerides and fasting blood sugar were still high after being put on two different cholesterol meds. First of all, the documentary blew me away. I'd never heard of the doctors that they profiled or the studies that they'd done on diet and disease. I bought the book immediately after watching the documentary on Netflix and started the transition in my diet right away. I've been following this program for almost three weeks and have gone to a completely plant based diet in that time. In the process, without counting points or weighing and measuring anything, I've also lost eight pounds. That may not sound like a lot but over the past five years, I've been on at least ten different diets and managed only a half pound or so loss per week and that was with drastic cuts to the amount of food I would normally eat. I have honestly been eating as much as I want at meals and even between meals but I just stick to plant based foods like beans, brown rice, fresh vegetables, and whole grains. I'm never hungry and I really didn't even experience meat cravings after the first week or so. My new favorite breakfast is the homemade granola recipe from this book. I've also tried several other recipes and they've all been good so far. If you're struggling to lose weight or dealing with health problems like high cholesterol or blood sugar, give this a try. It's a completely new way to look at food and it works. You may think you can't live without eating meat but just give it a try. It's amazing how much more energy I feel since I've been on this and I haven't had heartburn or indigestion even once and that used to be a daily occurrence for me. Forks over Knives is not a diet. It's a way of life. I truly believe this is going to change my health and my future for the better.

This is backed up by a great documentary of the same name on Prime video.The program the book, and documentary, describes and outlines is excellent.The only beef I have (pun intended) is that some of the color photo pages fell out of the book after my first reading (which took a few days).

Finally bought the book.Wow. Such an excellent book of first-steps and guidelines for anyone looking to start on the "whole-food plant-based" diet journey."Whole-food plant-based" wow, that's such a...mouthful, isn't it? :)First time I ever heard "whole-food plant-based"...and that this translates to Vegan?!!Picketing, hippies and sad-faced cows, amongst other things flashed through my mind.But rest assured this is a just wonderful book of instructions (and recipes) on how to start cooking delicious, satisfying plant-based meals - and just feel really, really good and healthy for the first time in your life.As we read through the book, it feels as though the authors have thought through questions we might have as we begin transitioning to eating this way, and address our concerns about calories, nutrition, feeling full, etc.Realistic, easy to follow guidelines and instructions with simple language, recipes that are easy for a beginner to put together, advise on how to cook, even what kind of utensils to start with, make this an excellent book to follow for anyone looking to start their journey on this healthy lifestyle.The teacher will come when the student is ready. So, if you've come this far, you are ready. :)Happy Cooking!!

This book is amazing. I started buying the Forks over Knives magazines at the grocery store, so I decided to research to see if they have a cookbook. Yes! I have been cooking strictly vegan recipes for the past month and every recipe from this book is delicious! My husband was dubious at first but has liked everything that I have made so far. I have both lost weight and neither of us feels a sense of deprivation-which is what most people fear will happen if they start a vegan diet. No restrictions on volume of food, no calorie counting.