Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. For the millions who are following a plant-based diet, as well as those meat-eaters who are considering it, My Beef With Meat is the definitive guide to convincing all that it's truly the best way to eat!
New York Times Bestelling author of The Engine 2 Diet and nutrition lecturer Rip Esselstyn, is back and ready to arm readers with the knowledge they need to win any argum For the millions who are following a plant-based diet, as well as those meat-eaters who are considering it, My Beef With Meat is the definitive guide to convincing all that it's truly the best way to eat! New York Times Bestelling author of The Engine 2 Diet and nutrition lecturer Rip Esselstyn, is back and ready to arm readers with the knowledge they need to win any argument with those who doubt the health benefits of a plant-based diet--and convince curious carnivores to change their diets once and for all.
Esselstyn reveals information on the foods that most people believe are healthy, yet that scientific research shows are not. Some foods, in fact, he deems so destructive they deserve a warning label. Want to prevent heart attacks, stroke, cancer and Alzheimer's? Then learn the facts and gain the knowledge to convince those skeptics that they are misinformed about plant-base diets, for instance: You don't need meat and dairy to have strong bones or get enough protein You get enough calcium and iron in plants The myth of the Mediterranean diet There is a serious problem with the Paleo diet If you eat plants, you lose weight and feel great My Beef With Meat proves the Engine 2 way of eating can optimize health and ultimately save lives and includes more than delicious recipes to help readers reach that goal.
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Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Jun 05, Dana rated it it was ok Shelves: health-and-diet. My Beef with this book. My main beef with this book is that Rip Esselstyn has sold out. He has partnered with Whole Foods and advertises on his web sites for many different products. He even has his own brand of cereal now sold in Whole Foods. That is fine for him and I have no problem with him making money. However, profit driven advice is not necessarily the healthiest thing for you.
Colin Campbell and he My Beef with this book. Colin Campbell and he advocates strongly for a plant based whole foods diet. I have also read books by Michael Pollen who shares the same viewpoint and since Rip's first book, "The Engine 2 Diet" has a forward by T.
Colin Campbell, I thought that they shared the same views. Rip, however includes lots of highly processed foods in his recipes and diet suggestions, things that have more than 5 ingredients, many of which are unpronounceable chemicals. Michael Pollen would not approve. Furthermore, Rip replaces fats with sugars. Many of his salad dressings include maple syrup.
I personally don't like sweet salad dressings. I make my own salad dressings with EVOO and vinegar - usually balsamic, red wine and apple cider vinegars all mixed or perhaps with some fresh garlic, ginger, lime juice or lemon juice.
I do not think that is any less healthy than a salad dressing made with maple syrup. Rip does explain that large amounts of oils are unhealthy, but I think that in moderation, they should be fine. Rip also includes tons of soy in his recipes. He tells us not to believe everything we believe about soy, but admits that "there is not yet conclusive evidence" about it, and it "may in fact both help and hurt us" but, "like most natural ingredients I have made some of the recipes from this cookbook which, by the way, are not made up by Rip himself, but by his friends and family.
I made the "Crispy Polenta Strips" which are coated with "corn flake crumbs from a canister, not from your old cereal boxes! They were ok. I also tried to make the "Spicy Italian Eat Balls" which lists 1 cup wheat gluten as an ingredient.
I looked up wheat gluten online and it was listed as seitan, so I bought that and used it in the recipe. That was the wrong ingredient. What is needed in that recipe apparently is vital wheat gluten, a dry wheat flour rather than wheat gluten aka seitan which is a lumpy moist wheat product. Rather than meat balls, I had mush, which I put in a loaf pan and baked like meatloaf. It still did not stick together and was just mush, but it tasted ok.
I will try to make it again using vital wheat gluten and see how it turns out. Lastly, I made the "Lime-Ginger Tofu Cubes", soy - and I used Braggs Liquid Aminos instead of low-sodium tamari sauce because the low sodium sauce still has mg of sodium per serving as opposed to the over mg in the regular sauce while the Braggs has mg of sodium per serving. The Lime-Ginger Tofu Cubes were very good.
I do think that Rip brings up some good issues about healthy eating in his book and many of the recipes seem good as well. I continue to be skeptical about all of the soy ingredients and the egg replacer and many of the highly processed foods that he includes. I don't think that is truly a whole foods diet and I am not sure that replacing meat and dairy with processed soy and other processed items is the best diet.
I think it would be better to leave the soy and processed foods out and stick to just whole foods. View 1 comment. May 19, Emmy rated it it was amazing. I have read Rip's first book The Engine 2 Diet and let me start by saying that this is not that book.
The Engine 2 Diet explains why a plant based diet is good for you, and teaches you how to implement it into your life. It gives some room for the hesitant meat eater to ease into this way of life. My Beef With Meat assumes that you've already converted or are close and are looking to be able to handle conversations with the meat eaters in your life. He's blunt and in your face in this book. He g I have read Rip's first book The Engine 2 Diet and let me start by saying that this is not that book.
He got you making the changes in Engine 2 and now he needs you to know why this is the best way to take control of your health. He doesn't sugar coat it. He doesn't give you an out for eating your grass fed beef over giving it up all together. But, he gives you the tools you need to present the hard facts to others still holding on to their dead animals. There are also new recipes and I've already made one that was fantastic! Read this book! May 28, One rated it really liked it. While I didn't learn anything new, it is still a good book.
This is especially good for those who are not all that familiar with the benefits of a plant based diet. I like the humorous approach that is taken and the fact that he covers so many areas. Jun 04, Shirley Revill rated it really liked it Shelves: non-fiction , thought-provoking , factual , reference. I learnt quite a bit from this book and I found it an interesting read. Not tried the recipes yet but they do sound tempting. Sep 15, Ari rated it really liked it.
A hard hitting, fast paced, sensible overview of the long-term benefits of cutting meat and milk out of your diet. By de-emphasizing the moral standpoint only one 2 page chapter hits on cruelty to animals and emphasizing the health elements meats and milks contain tons of bad, difficult to digest fats and animal proteins , Rip makes a strong case for switching to plant-strong diet.
He furthers his argument by explaining that we can get all our vitamins and proteins from the assortment of plan A hard hitting, fast paced, sensible overview of the long-term benefits of cutting meat and milk out of your diet. He furthers his argument by explaining that we can get all our vitamins and proteins from the assortment of plants available to us.
Rather than a diet of cutting carbs and going against our own desires, we can eat delicious foods to fullness and still lose weight and be healthier. This is because veggies are natural energy providers and break down much easier than meat and milk.
Don't have too many heavily processed substitutes, like fruit juices which cut out fibers of fruit skin or french fries loaded in oils and salt, but rather a sampling of his easy to make and delicious sounding recipes: Red Quinoa salad with black beans and corn Lean, mean green split-pea burgers beer-battered onion rings spicy spinach and black bean burgers raise-the-barn butternut squash-vegetable lasagna black bean and sweet potato quesadillas A total of recipes, with some mouth watering full color pictures to get you excited.
Here's a statement I never heard before on page Plants are bone strong "Remember that dairy and meat products contain a lot of animal protein, which itself is chock-full of amino acids that cascade through our bloodstream. In order to neutralize these acids, the body needs to release something alkaline to restore our natural pH balance. And guess what? One of the most effective alkalizing agents is the calcium stored in our bones.
So while that chocolate milk you're drinking might have a lot of calcium, its high animal-protein content ironically ends up siphoning essential calcium from your bones! Holy osteoporosis, Batman! The Harvard Nurses study showed fracture rates higher for those who consumed three of more servings than those who drank nothing. Lastly, Americans consume tons of milk, yogurt and cheese yet have an osteoporosis epidemic.
When our top killers are heart attacks, we should consume less of it's cause. Especially if there is a tasty and energizing alternative.
Although I personally enjoy the taste of meat, I often feel tired or sore after eating it, whereas I rarely do so on a pure plant-strong meal. So up those lentil and quinoa counts, say yes to leafy greens, and minimize the amount of unnecessary animal proteins that our bodies can handle, but not without repercussions. Oct 29, Beau Raines rated it really liked it.
I'll start out that I eat paleo and eating that way has changed my life. My friend Laura mentioned that she was reading the book and the book description sounded intriguing, especially to get counter-points to my chosen lifestyle.
What I found interesting as I read the book that the chapters about vegetables read just like many of the other paleo books I'd read: vegetables are packed with necessary nutrients, eat lots of them, eat in variety, limit sweets and processed foods. In a very simple sum I'll start out that I eat paleo and eating that way has changed my life. In a very simple summary, like paleo, but without meat and added back in grains.
Like many of the paleo books I've read, this book details the nutrients that humans need and vegetables provide. But unlike other paleo books particularly Cordain's , it doesn't talk about how much a person needs on a daily basis of those nutrients and how to get all those in a plant based diet.
I didn't feel like there were many arguments why meat was bad, but how superior veggies are. And I think his summary of the paleo lifestyle are pretty elementary and might be more how some people implement paleo just eating bacon all day long as opposed to how it was intended lean meats, lots of veggies, avoid sugars, no grains. The first time he mentioned a baseball players "plant-strong" diet, I thought that he was writing about someone who had the majority of his diet from plants and actually did eat some meat.
After "plant-strong" and "meat-weak" were repeatedly mentioned, I realized that it was a caveman like pun intended adjective to not so subtly support his argument. This is a good book to learn about the importance of vegetables in your diet and counter the questions that vegetarians get about how they eat.
However, I think it falls short in the "meat is bad" category. I'd recommend people interested in switching to a vegetarian diet read this book, but less if you are just looking for general education. May 20, Kate Merriman rated it it was amazing Shelves: vim. This is the perfect book to give someone who wants to get all the facts they need about eating - and then can then make smart decisions about what Rip accurately terms "your number one asset, your health"!
The chapters are concise and written in a no-nonsense fashion with just the right balance of humor and honesty. You Bet! All of Rip's material is backed up with solid science. Wha Wow! So for those of you who already have caught the plant-strong wave, it's still a worthy purchase. For me, the most helpful chapter is "Lose the Moderation Mentality" and the great email it contains from a man who achieved excellent results following the Engine 2 program.
Also awesome advice from this chapter and a good sample of the style throughout the book : "When I think of a loving relationship, I think of a mutual give-and-take, something that loves you in return. The reality is that cheese, steak and ice cream do not love you back. They punish you with the contraband that is inherent in each of them. I am hereby letting you know you are officially in an abusive relationship, and as such I give you permission to sever the relationship.
When you get home tonight, I want you to let these foods know you are finished with them. And when you kick them out of the house, be sure to tell them to not let the door hit them in the butt. View 2 comments. Jun 21, April rated it really liked it. At one point he's talking about a conversation where a gentleman never had to expla Ok At one point he's talking about a conversation where a gentleman never had to explain to his friends when he grabbed his 4th slice of pizza and his 2nd or 3rd beer While it was sort of funny I've had these conversations!
He is basically with facts from the previous mentioned sources refuting the arguments that many meat eaters throw out when faced with a plant strong diet individual. Where do you get your iron? You won't get enough B There's no calcium in your diet. You can't be getting enough protein! It's too expensive. It just plain ole doesn't taste good. Rip goes through these arguments and more.
But, it's the same old, same old. You're not going to convince anyone what you believe if they don't want to believe it. May 19, Karen Robb rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Everyone. Rip's newest book is excellent. I've been plant based for over three years and know first hand the health benefits of not eating meat, dairy and eggs. His latest book gives great information whether you are already eating this way, just starting out on this journey or thinking about going plant based.
Rip puts it in simple terms and provides the proof and information to back up the claims that a whole foods plant based diet can improve your health and help reverse and prevent many diseases.
The Rip's newest book is excellent. The recipes are amazing and delicious. May 19, Julie Johnson rated it really liked it Shelves: healthy-living , plant-strong , cookbook , recipes. I read Engine 2 Diet last year and liked this book as well. There is a lot of information that dispels many myths out there about eating a plant strong diet.
I am back on track with eating and cooking this way and I feel better and have more energy. Mar 16, Wendy Hudson rated it really liked it. Book pinpoints all the myths about a person needing to eat meat to live.
May 19, Elaine Mccracken rated it really liked it Shelves: Very accessible and easy reading but he hits all the points! Jan 15, Gayle Pritchard rated it really liked it Shelves: cookbooks. I never would have picked up this book based on the title or the goofy title, but the librarian recommended it when the title I was seeking was not available. I was pleasantly surprised at the number and variety of amazing recipes, all meeting my parameters of no or limited oil, sugars and salt, and limited grains.
May 10, Melissa rated it really liked it Shelves: storygraph , books-i-own , kindle , netgalley , nonfiction , cookbooks-food , health-wellness. I know. Eating animal products including dairy is, according to Esselstyn, one of the causes of the dramatic increase in diseases and conditions such as heart attack, stroke, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, cancer, and others. And indeed, there is. In My Beef with Meat, Esselstyn, a former firefighter in Austin, TX, takes aim at all the myths and questions surrounding eating a plant-strong diet.
In his book, Esselstyn breaks it down for his reader with the U. A cup of strawberries, for instance, has 8. One orange? As a vegetarian myself for 17 years — and someone who tries to eat as plant-strong as possible - the protein issue is the number one question I get from people about my way of eating. Now, thanks to Rip Esselstyn, I have some good responses.
Read that again. The average American eats pounds of meat a year. Think about that as you fire up your grill this week. Beans, oats, bananas, potatoes, and brown rice are all very affordable. Speaking of costs, Esselstyn gets into that with the sustainability issue as it affects the planet. Esselstyn states that the FDA estimates that meat contains and different kinds of unnatural chemicals — but that our government only tests for 60 of them.
With a very approachable, simple, and down-to-earth manner, Rip gives his reader a big bowl of statistics flavored with some humor. The first edition of the novel was published in , and was written by Rip Esselstyn. The book was published in multiple languages including , consists of and is available in ebook format.
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