Sunday 18 November 2007

Book ~ "The Thrive Diet" - Brendan Brazier (2007)

From Amazon.com ~ The Thrive Diet is a long-term eating plan that will help you achieve optimal health through stress-busting plant-based whole foods. It's an easy-to-follow diet that will help you understand why some foods create nutritional stress and how other foods can help eliminate it, giving you a lean body, sharp mind, and everlasting energy.

Fully researched and developed by Brendan Brazier, professional Ironman triathlete, The Thrive Diet features:

- the best whole foods
- a 12-week whole foods meal plan
- over 100 easy-to-make recipes with raw food options that are all wheat-, gluten-, soy-, corn-, refined sugar- and dairy-free, including exercise-specific recipes for pre-workout snacks, energy gels, sport drinks, and recovery foods
- an easy-to-follow exercise plan that compliments The Thrive Diet -
environmental preservation - learn how The Thrive Diet can help

Boxing Babe Trish recommended this book to me a couple months ago. Though I eat and enjoy meat, I found this book interesting because it explains a lot about stress, nutrition, etc. And most of the recipes looked tasty!

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