Trim Your Waistline with the Ultimate Low Carbon Footprint Diet
Rodale Press | ISBN:1605299898 | File Type: PDF, 308 pages | File size: 74.Mb | Mar. 17th, 2009
Weight Loss: Trim Your Waistline with the Ultimate Low Carbon Footprint Diet Over the past 20 years America has been steadily marching toward a diet that is more drenched in fossil fuel than any key nutrient Experts estimate that it now takes roughly 7 to 10 calories of fossil fuel energy to bring one calorie of food energy to the American plate Not only have our eating habits turned us into an increasingly overweight society but the alarming truth is that our food choices are having as much of an impact on the planet as the cars we drive Go Green Get Lean is the perfect eating plan for our time Revealing easy to follow steps anyone can take to eat for a healthy body and planet and drop up to 9 pounds in the first 2 weeks Kate Geagan helps readers see the questionable value of convenience foods and explains why going green doesn t require a drastic vegan overha Because there are many nutritional benefits to be drawn from some non plant based food choices she points readers to the best selections including occasional splurges they can enjoy in good conscience In learning to make try LEAN choices Kate offers the following straightforward forma Before eating food ask yourself Local or global What was the Energy used to bring it to my plate Include processing packaging transportation and temperature of food Animal or plant lant foods are greener Is this Necessary Is this food critical to my health and weight goals This trailblazing work the first to offer a specific weight loss plan along with the promise of a lowered carbon footprint makes it possible for readers to help the environment and their waistlines at the same time
