Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin
A no-nonsense, tough-love guide for savvy girls who want to stop eating crap and start looking fabulous!
This is the book that changed my life. Literally. I went veg after reading it. The book focuses healthy eating, but the part that got me was the chapter on animal abuse in our factory farms…
Included in the book are direct quotes from factory farm workers talking about what they’d seen or what they themselves had done to the animals and it just sickened me to my core. Malicious and torturous acts of cruelty to the animals that were more than unnecessary, they were flat-out evil. Through my bawling, I knew that I never wanted to contribute to this kind of pain, suffering, and hatred ever again. It still makes me so angry, even makes my stomach queasy, just thinking about the huge amount of cruelty and suffering that is involved for just one meal. (I’m not even talking about the act of killing the animals here; I’m talking about malicious brutality to the animals while alive.)
Written in an in-your-face tone, (“Don’t even try some pathetic excuse… No one wants to hear it.”) you learn not only about the cruelty, filthiness, and unhealthiness of meat, but it also discusses things like sugar, carbs, and dairy, as well as touches on corruption in our food regulation agencies (USDA, FDA). Plus, there is a listing of healthy, vegetarian meal ideas for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for an entire month!
This is not just a book for chicks. Obviously, it is marketed towards women, but the information is definitely unisex. Plus, it’s such a short & easy read that it’s certainly worth the small amount of your time.
Five stars (out of five).
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Breakfast: Bagel with jelly
Lunch: General Tso’s Bean Curd (tofu)
Dinner: A big salad with lots of stuff: spinach, tomato, cucumber, celery, chick peas, avocado, kidney beans, peas, corn, carrots, broccoli, and pine nuts
