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The Thrive Diet is a Gift The Thrive Diet is a gift - a gift to yourself and your commitment to live a better quality life. I am so grateful that Brendan has taken the time to share his deep experiences and knowledge with us in his new book. The Thrive Diet is a solution for many ailments that we encounter on a daily basis from living on this stressful planet. He is keenly aware of and addresses the role that food plays in the prevention of most chronic diseases, stress, weight, and aging. Brendan has written in a very personal fashion, relating his experiences and his path to discovering the diet in which to thrive at the top level as an elite athlete - and with a plant based diet. However, The Thrive Diet is also for you and me. It is for my mother and father, for the person who suffers with digestive issues, the person who cannot sleep deeply at night, the person who is so stressed out they don't know what to do. It is for the person who doesn't have enough energy to accomplish what they need to in the course of their day, the person who doesn't have time to cook but wants to eat better, the person who is holding extra weight and is suffering from health issues because of it. The Thrive Diet is gratefully written by a man who is healthy, extremely intelligent, determined and sensitive enough to discriminate and find out the truth in order to reach to top of his field--both as a professional Ironman tri-athlete and the Canadian Ultra Marathon Champion for 2003 and 2007. Brendan has given a lot of answers you might have searched for your entire life- and possibly not found - and they are there for you simply by reading his book. He explains the process step by step so you can succeed. Brendan has great experiences with success and is sharing his path with us. Even though we are reading the words of a top-level international athlete, Brendan's compassion and delivery is inspiring and hopeful. He is very heartfelt and to the point, with clear examples and scientific research to back his findings. Brendan also has the consciousness to consider how each action we take affects everything around us, how it impacts the world. He wants to help, and this is so evident the moment you begin reading his book. All this for only $20! It's one of the best investments you can make in your life! The Thrive Diet is a "must have"! I can't wait to continue reading it and to take the steps that will change my life by helping me live with less stress and with more vitality. In a Class By Its Self This is far and away the best book I've ever read on the subject of diet...and I've read A LOT of diet books. Its holistic, long-term, broad-thinking approach is what appeals to me. Brazier has written a fantastic book that has given me a completely different prospective on the subject. It's exceptionally well-written (considerably better than your average diet book), is concise and remarkably sensible. I had no idea how much poor food choices caused a stress response and how that was the root cause of my sleep difficulties and ultimately my slow but steady weight gain. Thanks to the Thrive Diet, I'm already sleeping more soundly and waking up with greater energy, resulting in no desire to drink coffee or eat sugary foods. Thank you Thrive Diet! This book is truly in a class by itself. Great recipes I learned a lot from this book and tried a lot of the recipes. This book started me on the path to unintentionally following a mostly vegan diet. I started making changes to my diet (I was a meat eater) and my cravings and tastes for certain foods just changed. I just didn't want to eat meat anymore and I found myself craving veggies, fruit, nut based recipes etc. I no longer crave really sugary sweet things and I have always had an incredibly sweet tooth. Some of my favourite recipes: Chocolate Almond Smoothie (with carob powder) Cucumber Pesto Salad Tomato Basil Dressing Vegetable Crackers Although I love this book and highly recommend it, I do not solely follow the Thrive Diet. I did need a bit more variety in my diet so I use other vegan cook books and follow the vegan food guide from another book (to make sure I get all the daily requirements etc). The thrive diet will make you see the light of health The Thrive Diet is amazing. It's by far the best health educational book on releasing nutrient power from whole foods. It explains how whole vegan food effects weight loss, lean muscle mass, cell regeneration, finding your fountain of youth through detoxification, tapping into new energy storage, environmental awareness and consciousness from food production, deals with stress management by reducing cooked/refined foods by eating raw easily digestible filling foods. The thrive diet makes good reading for the mass population. Brendan's easy to read book or food bible shows how athletes can improve overall performance. A 20 minute workout person can get more out of their time just by eating mother earth's natural foods, it's just common sense foods from 100 plant based recipes that will blow your taste buds out from your head, they read so good you can taste it! It's a must read even if you think you've mastered your diet or you know someone sick who needs a change cause there's a 12 week raw food meal plan. I'm very passionate about this book because I love myself, health and food and I'm a strong believer in proper nutrition for family, friends and children. Thanks Brendan. New thoughts I have never read elsewhere ...and I have read a lot of health books. A strong case for being vegan - somewhat convincing at times. New ideas = recalibrate your metabolism - go to a lower basal rate - discovery of chlorella and hemp. He is big into sprouts. A lot of good recipes. My main criticism is: 1. Very poor documenting his facts and supporting materials. Although he has a lot references jammed in the back, virtually none of his stats, facts and ideas are footnoted. This is unacceptable and unforgiveable for such a book - how could anyone (author or publisher) get away with this? 2. Further to the above, a few stats/claims are a outlandish. However, I liked most of the ideas; so I give this a 4 out of 5. Two curious things to end with: --I have never ever read a chapter on sources of "protein" before where there is not even 1 mention of meat (even in a vegan book) --Making your own ketchup? Come on man! You have too much time on your hands! See also:
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