Deb's Reviews > The Engine 2 Diet: The Texas Firefighter's 28-Day Save-Your-Life Plan that Lowers Cholesterol and Burns Away the Pounds

Rip Esselstyn is a former professional triathlete, now a firefighter in Austin, Texas. He is also the son of Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, who studied the relationship between heart disease and diet. When Rip began cooking plant-based meals at the firehouse, his fellow firefighters began to lose weight and lower their cholesterol and blood sugar.

This book provides a 28-day plan to change to a plant-based diet. It also contains recipes and success stories. The plan is fairly strict - it is a total plant-based diet: no fish, no dairy, no oils. It gave me a good, solid basis for beginning a plant-based diet, and I'd recommend it for anyone who wants to investigate this way of cooking and eating. It is easy to understand, and is very clear about how to proceed.

There is a lot of information about this online, including some recipes, as Rip teamed up with Whole Foods in 2009 to promote healthy eating, and they will introduce the Engine 2 line of foods this year. There are recipes on the Whole Foods website, and other sites as well.

There's an interview with Rip on the site MindBodyGreen, which also has lots of helpful food-related information and recipes. http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-700/Q-...