The Skinny Bitch Diet
How Eating like Vegan Stars Can Make You Sexy and Slim
The vegan no-nonsense, tough-love guide for savvy girls who want to stop eating crap and start looking fabulous
When paparazzi caught Victoria Beckham thumbing through this aptly titled diet book, it caused a media frenzy and made women everywhere cry, "Where can I get a copy?" Now, as a #1 New York Times Bestseller, Skinny Bitch is getting devoured for its biting, nutritional advice. Not a diet book for the faint of heart, the language is at best 'Sailoresque' and more often flat out crude. But, if a straightforward diet guide without any sugar-coated gimmicks is what you're in the market for, then follow Victoria's example and have a look.
'Good' Junk Food?
Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin urge girls to get smart and quit eating dumb by using a simple equation. "Healthy=skinny. Unhealthy=fat." If you want to strut your sexy stuff this summer, you'd better shed your dieting baggage along with any excuses. According to the authors, you will never be hot in a bikini (much less a muumuu) as long as you're stuffing your face with processed, sugar-laden goodies. And, drinking it in soda is no better. Rory and Kim give sugar serious evil status and its own chapter, "Sugar is the Devil." After reading this, you will want to do a thousand "Hail Marys!" and some serious cupboard cleaning. Rory and Kim look fabulous, but they reassure readers that you don't have to have the willpower of a Buddhist monk to get there. Brownies, cupcakes, and ice cream are all permitted as long as they are vegan manufactured and follow basic criteria outlined in the book.
Where's the beef?
The chapter on meat ("The Dead, Rotting, Decomposing Flesh Diet") amasses physiological and cultural evidence to demonstrate why humans should nosh on fruits and veggies, not pate and steak. Rory and Kim argue that "you will be a fat, unhealthy, bloated pig if you live this way." The descriptions of animal cruelty are painful to read. Even though the edict to give up meat may make some women frown, the steeliest meat addicts will think twice after reading about the meat industry's cruelty and lack of properly implemented sanitation procedures.
Got milk?
Rory and Kim aren't too interested in milk mustaches either. To them, dairy is a nasty diet addiction that will definitely make you fat. "Cow's milk, by design," the authors point out, "grows a 90-pound calf into a 2,000-pound cow over the course of two years." Talk about a lifetime on the hips! But, isn't calcium an essential nutrient derived from milk? Rory and Kim provide eye-opening data that dairy is far from healthy and list a host of ailments related to its consumption. Leafy greens and soy are better sources of calcium that won't damage your body or promote weight gain.
The Skinny
A delicious recipe of informative research and witty girl gab, Skinny Bitch is ultimately a very empowering read. Yes, it points out some extremely stark truths (like why you need to give up sugar, meat, and dairy... Yikes!) But, it also relies on the reader's own intelligence to guide her toward healthier food choices. Skinny Bitch circumvents the dieting maze and focuses on realistic ways to improve health and vitality through sound nutritional choices. There are no rose-tinted glasses, but it is refreshingly simple. As the authors continually remind, "you cannot keep shoveling the same crap into your mouth every day and expect to lose weight." But, they emphasize that smart consumers already have what they need to get healthy and skinny - common sense and the power of choice.
Related Links
Engrid Whisenant's review of Skinny Bitch in the Kitch
The Official Skinny Bitch Website
