A Plant-Based Life

Your Complete Guide to Great Food, Radiant Health, Boundless Energy, and a Better Body

By: Micaela Cook Karlsen

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

More people than ever are eating a whole-food, plant-based diet. Studies show that it is better for our bodies and better for the planet - but it isn't always easy. Let A Plant-Based Life be your guide. Whether you're taking your first steps on this path to wellness or recommitting yourself to success, author Micaela Cook Karlsen clearly maps the way. Her program enables you to set your own pace and stay the course - without relying on willpower. Drawing on personal experience and the latest research, she reveals how to:

• Find and sustain your motivation
• Gradually add more whole plant foods into your diet, crowding out less nutritious fare
• Break old food addictions and establish new habits
• Translate favorite recipes to create delicious, nourishing meals
• Reshape your food environment (at home, at work, and on the go) to make healthy eating a no-brainer
• Cultivate relationships that celebrate and support your new lifestyle

Especially valuable are directions for navigating roadblocks. Here you'll find strategies for getting family members onboard and for allaying friends' concerns about your food choices with evidence-based nutrition information. Shopping tips, pantry lists, menu plans, and more than 100 mouthwatering recipes are all included. If your goal is a healthier, more energized, and more exuberant life, make this book your personal GPS. The journey will be more satisfying than you ever imagined.

©2016 Micaela Cook Karlsen (P)2016 Gildan Media LLC

Critic reviews

"Karlsen tackles the obstacles we all face eating well in the modern world one-by-one with powerful and intriguing research on motivation, willpower, and the food environment to make a plant-based lifestyle easy to maintain." (Dr. Michael Greger, New York Times best-selling author of How Not to Die)

Practical advice for modern herbivore

Helpful guide to transferring mind and nutrition. Author provides research based for each dietary guideline, supporting long term behavior change.

Motivating

What made the experience of listening to A Plant-Based Life the most enjoyable?

Very inspiring and informative, haven't listen to the whole book yet but I do wish it had a PDF along with it so I could cross reference when I needed to, maybe I'll get the hard copy also along with the audible,