To complement the Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook, one of the world’s most veggie friendly doctors, Dr. Neal Barnard, has released a diet book that contains a foreward by Alicia Silverstone.

21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart: Boost Metabolism, Lower Cholesterol, and Dramatically Improve Your Health is filled with advice on weight loss, appetite curbing and kickstarting your metabolism from the president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, an organization that advocates a vegan diet for good health.

Dr. Barnard created the book as a response to the success of an online program which aims to get people on the right eating track in three weeks–the 21 Day Kickstart Program.

From Publishers Weekly:

Day by day, Barnard discusses vegan choices, benefits and challenges. Readers will learn to substitute vegetables, fruits, legumes, whole grains, and plant-based protein for fatty animal products (meat, dairy, fish) and sugary fare; eat vegan in social situations and while traveling; promote weight loss, energy and sleep; relieve pain; prevent or reverse diabetes, heart disease and some cancers; and create meals that, Barnard contends, fulfill all nutritional requirements. Home food preparation is key, but Barnard offers options for dining at restaurants and fast-food chains and using convenience foods. While readers must commit to food shopping and cooking, Barnard motivates with promises of quick results and insights from medical professionals and celebrities, and tempts with generous breakfasts (pancakes with maple syrup; burritos with potatoes and spinach), easy desserts (a delicious chocolate cake), and assurances of weight loss without deprivation, calorie counts, and exercise routines.

The hardcover book is available now and is approximately 300 pages.

In addition to his role with the PCRM, Dr. Barnard is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, a Life Member of the American Medical Association, and a member of the American Diabetes Association

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