Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health

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Gene Stone (genestone.com) is a former Peace Corps volunteer, journalist, and book, magazine, and newspaper editor, and is a New York Times bestselling author. He has written, co-written, or ghostwritten more than 45 books on a wide variety of subjects, but for the last decade he has concentrated on plant-based diets and their relationship to health, animal protection, and the environment. Among these books are Forks Over Knives, How Not to Die, Animalkind, The Engine 2 Diet, Living the Farm Sanctuary Life, Rescue Dogs, Mercy for Animals, and Eat for the Planet.

Series: Forks Over Knives

Paperback: 224 pages

Publisher: The Experiment; 1 edition (June 28, 2011)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1615190457

ISBN-13: 978-1615190454

Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches

Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Customer Reviews: 4.5 out of 5 stars1,341 customer ratings

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,927 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #32 in Vegetarian Diets (Books) #26 in Vegetarian Cooking #35 in Whole Foods Diets

abunda_amazon_reviews Page 101: for the most nutritious meal ever known. Exxalus's Black Bean Soup. It stands alone as THE SINGLE MOST nutritious recipe you could ever make. It has everything! Put some hot sauce on it, or pepper sauce and it is perfect. For one thing I have never eaten chard before. Who has? But you will like it in this recipe. The film documentary changed our eating habits for good and you get the highlights in the beginning of this book. You almost don't need to see the documentary but you should. And we also have the large recipe only cookbook of the same name. We have both because we loved this documentary so much. Cutting out meat and dairy has made a tremendous difference in our lives. Also cutting out desserts and sodas as well. Weight loss comes pretty quickly and the long-term effects are indisputable. Why take a chance on your health? We do not deny ourselves one bit and totally enjoy our lifestyle. Of course we will have dessert on a special occasion, and maybe a soda once a month. But we keep them rare occurrences. As well as fish...this is where we digress from the book. We have fruit daily as our dessert and we are in no way lacking sweets. We have "infused" water with a splash of cranberry juice for an awesome drink that is not too sweet but has lots of fruit flavor. We drink this at home every day---it is our go to drink. Again, not lacking in any way. Cut out the sugar and cut out the red meat and cut out the dairy fat and your body can DIGEST food the right way. The other stuff just gets in the way of digesting your veggies which is where true nutrition is found. For this former voracious meat eater I didn't think I could survive on veggies, but with the right recipes I can. And the weight just stays off. Some great recipes in this book Easy Quesadillas p.82, Bean and Barley Chowder p.94, Zingy Italian White Bean soup p.96 and of course the go to Black Bean salad that stands alone, or as a side with another dish, or on top of your greens salad. p.105;;Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2015;;5.0 out of 5 stars;;Turn to page 101 for.....;;J.;;/gp/customer-reviews/R3EACEWYYLO2W8/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1615190457;;;I liked the documentary, so I bought this book thinking it would add to what I learned. Nope, wrong. I am returning this book because it isn't a BOOK, it's a *cookbook*. Yes, I realize it says right on the cover that it has 125 recipes, and yes, I did look at the preview. But I assumed this would be mostly BOOK plus recipes. What I got was no different than most other cookbooks I own. A cookbook with a little bit of extra information. The information was identical to the documentary, and the personal stories were scattered between the recipes. I love Forks over Knives, but I'm choosing to return this because if you want a cookbook, why not pay a few extra bucks for the Forks over Knives cookbook that has 300 recipes? Makes more sense to me. But, I suppose this would be a good book to get someone who refuses to watch the documentary? Maybe.;;Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2018;;2.0 out of 5 stars;;Just a cookbook, not a "book book"...Get the actual cookbook instead.;;DRP;;/gp/customer-reviews/R3CW03MVINZD7B/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1615190457;;;I have become a Forks Over Knives convert. This book is a great companion after watching the movie (very cheap on YouTube). My wife and I have cut back on eating meat drastically, and have found loads of veggie recipes that taste great to such a point that we really don't even miss the meat. And I grew up loving meat in all its forms. At first I didn't understand the title, but once it was explained that using your fork to eat healthy foods is much better than going under the knife for surgery, it made sense. So many of my friends and co-workers eat a meat heavy diet, and yesterday we were told that one of them has to start immediate chemo after they found a very large cancerous tumor inside and outside his colon, and he is in his late 40s! In the book they talk about other parts of the world that eat mostly fruits and veggies (too poor for meat) and they have very low rates of cancer. If anyone ignores that warning, they are a fool.;;Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2017;;5.0 out of 5 stars;;Want to live a long healthy life? Add this book to your collection;;Ina Downey;;/gp/customer-reviews/R1BV4A10C4NE5N/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1615190457;;;This is the information I was praying for when I was 300 pounds and sick with Arthritis, Cancer, Diabetics, Heart Disease and High Blood Pressure., . Each of the major speakers in the DVD production address a major illness; and they are Medical Doctors who noted; invested their time; to discern that some people got better and some people did not get well followed a hunch and discovered how to stop certain diseases and how to reverse other diseases. To me it was a surprise - Yes our nation has special interest who advertise - and the truth is not always told. And a surprise to discover that animal do not make protein. Animals get their protein from green plants. Excess animal protein will make your body sick. Bruce;;Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2018;;5.0 out of 5 stars;;Know someone who is sick - and is eating his/her protein to keep their body strong - they may need a change of diet;;bruce e. young\Marcia Damarjian Young;;/gp/customer-reviews/R2MG7HUUOL48ML/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1615190457;;;I can't say enough about the change I have found since I have embraced WFPB.....Whole Foods, Plant-Based eating. I watched the video of the same name and now have the book on Kindle and the Forks Over Knives Cookbook. I am sold. I am committed. These two doctors make sense of it all.....Dr. Colin Campbell, and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn. I think I developed a crush on Dr. Esselstyn,,,,that smile. Anyway, read the book, watch the video. Do it. If you find you agree and commit to a change in the way you eat and live,,,,,you will likely NEVER regret it. All you can do is get healthier. Yayyyy ! P.S. I should mention - a serendipity is - I have lost 30 lbs - with nothing changed except doing WFPB - as outlined in Forsk Over Knives. I have a friend who is diabetic. on insulin, with blood sugar numbers in the 200+'s....her numbers have dropped to around 115 as a rule, and though she was weighing in at over 300 lbs, she has already lost 15 of them.. Her doctors are changing her meds, lowering the doses on them all....listen to the good news....go WFPB and enjoy !;;Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2017;;5.0 out of 5 stars;;watch the video - read the book;;Marilyn GS;;/gp/customer-reviews/R1NJWFWKZ4M0D0/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1615190457;;;This is a great series about food and food lifestyle. Helpful for people who are starting out to eat healthy but don't have a clue where to begin. I bought the whole series and they seem decent and were a good price.;;Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2017;;5.0 out of 5 stars;;Great series for begginers;;J Susseman;;/gp/customer-reviews/R1TDJ0KBO2VRG7/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1615190457