The Food Babe Way: Break Free from the Hidden Toxins in Your Food and Lose Weight, Look Years Younger, and Get Healthy in Just 21 Days!

by Vani Hari, Mark Hyman MD (Foreword by)

Overview

A #1 national bestseller. Cut hidden food toxins, lose weight, and get healthy in just 21 days.

Did you know that your fast food fries contain a chemical used in Silly Putty? Or that a juicy peach sprayed heavily with pesticides could be triggering your body to store fat? When we go to the supermarket, we trust that all our groceries are safe to eat. But much of what we're putting into our bodies is either tainted with chemicals or processed in a way that makes us gain weight, feel sick, and age before our time.

Luckily, Vani Hari — aka the Food Babe — has got your back. A food activist who has courageously put the heat on big food companies to disclose ingredients and remove toxic additives from their products, Hari has made it her life's mission to educate the world about how to live a clean, organic, healthy lifestyle in an overprocessed, contaminated-food world, and how to look and feel fabulous while doing it.

In The Food Babe Way, Hari invites you to follow an easy and accessible plan to rid your body of toxins, lose weight without counting calories, and restore your natural glow in just 21 days. Including anecdotes of her own transformation along with easy-to-follow shopping lists, meal plans, and mouthwatering recipes, The Food Babe Way will empower you to change your food, change your body, and change the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316376488
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date:	03/08/2016
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	254,035
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.15(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Vani Hari is a food activist and the creator of foodbabe.com. In her work, Hari has influenced how food giants like Kraft, Subway, Chipotle, Chick-fil-A, and Starbucks create their products, steering them toward more healthful policies. She lives in North Carolina and travels around the world to speak about health and food awareness.

Table of Contents

Foreword Mark Hyman, MD ix

Note to the Reader xiii

Introduction 3

Part I Those Tricky Sons of…

Chapter 1 We've Been Duped 19

Chapter 2 We Are the Chemicals We Eat-The Sickening 15 38

Chapter 3 Cut Out the Chemical Calories 58

Part II 21 Days of Good Food and Good Habits

Chapter 4 Week 1 - Fluid Assets for Food Babes 79

Day 1 Cleanse Daily with My Morning Lemyn Water Ritual 80

Day 2 Be a Lean, Green Drinking Machine 85

Day 3 Stop Drinking with Your Meals 96

Day 4 Be Aware of What's in Your Water 103

Day 5 Ease Back on Dairy Foods 110

Day 6 No More Big Gulps! 118

Day 7 Love Your Liver 128

Chapter 5 Week 2 - Food Habits for Food Babes 143

Day 8 Pass on Fast Food 145

Day 9 Detox from Added Sugar 155

Day 10 Eat Meat Responsibly 165

Day 11 Eat Raw More Than Half the Time 177

Day 12 Break Some Bread-and Other Carta 181

Day 13 Balance Your Healthy Fats 191

Day 14 Supplement with These 10 Superhero Foods 201

Chapter 6 Week 3 - Feats of a Real Food Babe 215

Day 15 Know Thy GMOs! 216

Day 16 Dine Out the Food Babe Way 227

Day 17 Do a Kitchen Cleanout 241

Day 18 Change Your Little Grocery Shop of Horrors 246

Day 19 Cook Outside the Box 259

Day 20 Fast Every Day 266

Day 21 Travel Organically 270

Part II The 21-Day Food Babe Way Eating Plan and Recipes

Chapter 7 The 21-Day Food Babe Way Eating Plan 281

Chapter 8 The Food Babe Way Eating Plan Recipes 288

Appendix A Join the Food Babe Army: How to Start a Petition 337

Appendix B Recommended Reading and Resources 339

Appendix C Corporate Bucks Try to Defeat Mandatory GMO Labeling 346

Appendix D Bibliography 349

Acknowledgments 359

Index 362

Editorial Reviews

"Read this book and you will never think about food, your health, or the world in the same way again. And we will all be better off for it."—From the foreword by Mark Hyman, MD, author of The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet

"Vani Hari is a crusader for truth in what we eat and drink. She turns her in-depth food investigations into a practical, easy-to-follow plan that will have you feeling and looking your best in no time."—Frank Lipman, MD, author of The New Health Rules

"Vani Hari is a fierce protector of our health and well-being and millions will benefit from her heroic deeds. It would be nearly impossible for someone not to lose weight and feel better after following these 21 habits. They are absolutely life changing and I recommend them to my patients and students of medicine."—Joel Kahn MD, FACC, clinical professor of medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, and author of The Whole Heart Solution

"Vani Hari is a fearless leader in a new food revolution. I'm in awe of her commitment to heal the world one bite at a time. In her book, The Food Babe Way, Vani wakes us up to the truth about our food, our health and our future. I recommend this book to everyone!"—Gabrielle Bernstein, author of Miracles Now

"[Vani Hari's] work is inspiring millions of Americans to get active and involved in pushing back against the overwhelming force of the food industry. If you want to bring transparency to our food system and improve the health and well-being of our fellow Americans then you need to join this movement."—Congressman Tim Ryan

"Vani Hari knows how to kick some serious artifice (a good name for Big Food brand!), and the kick-ees are none too happy about it. ... Vani and her all-volunteer 'Food Babe army' have caused loads of dubious junk to be taken out of our food supply that should never have been in it to begin with. Which is why every food corporation in America is asking their crisis management teams right now: Can this woman be stopped? Good luck with that."—Ken Cook, President of the Environmental Working Group

From the Publisher

02/15/2015
Hari's blog (foodbabe.com) and social media posts expose many of the hidden ingredients in processed food, and her large army of loyal fans will flock to bookstores to pick up her latest title. A food activist and health advocate, the author first began learning about the hidden, and often toxic, ingredients in the foods that many people eat daily from restaurants and prepackaged foods from supermarkets when she fell seriously ill. As well as educating readers on GMOs (genetically modified organisms) and hidden food toxins, Hari creates a structured 21-day plan to help individuals make healthy changes to their diet gradually. She asserts that by eliminating the potentially harmful additives from our diet and focusing instead on foods in their natural state we will feel healthier and lose weight naturally. The book includes sample shopping lists, meal plans, and recipes in addition to an appendix listing many recommended resources. VERDICT With the quality of our foods and GMO controversies so prevalent in the public mind today, Hari's engaging, timely guide will appeal to the average consumer and is guaranteed to be popular with both health and diet-conscious readers.—Crystal Renfro, Georgia Inst. of Technology Lib. & Information Ctr., Atlanta

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