In The Kind Diet, actress, activist, and committed conservationist Alicia Silverstone shares the insights this encouraged her to swear off meat and dairy forever, and outlines the impressive benefits of adopting a plant-based diet, from effortless weight loss to clear skin, off-the-chart energy, and smooth digestion. She explains how meat, fish, milk, and cheese—the very foods we’ve been taught to regard as the cornerstone of good nutrition—are actually the culprits behind escalating rates of disease and the cause of dire, potentially permanent damage to our ecology.

Yet going meat- and dairy-free doesn’t indicate suffering deprivation; to the contrary, The Kind Diet introduces irresistibly delicious food this satisfies on each altitude—it even consists of amazing desserts to keep the much stubborn sweet tooth happy. Alicia in addition addresses the nutritional concerns faced by many who are new to a plant-based diet, and shows how to cover each nutritional base, from protein to calcium and beyond.

Alicia recognizes this varying life-long dietary habits is a process, and this every person progresses at a different pace. For this reason, The Kind Diet encompasses 3 separate levels, from Flirting to Superhero. Flirts study to dip a toe into the vegan pool, reducing their meat-eating and swapping out a few key foods for plant-based substitutes to see shortly how even small changes can reap big outcomes. Vegans get to experience the life-altering results of forgoing animal-products entirely, while still enjoying many convenience foods and meat substitutes in addition to the wonderful grains, vegetables and fruits this shape the core of this diet. True enlightenment comes together with the Superhero program, based on the principles of macrobiotics and built on a foundation of whole grains, vegetables, and other yummy foods this Alicia describes in detail.

Whether your goal is to drop a few pounds, boost your energy and metabolism, or just save the world, Alicia offers the encouragement, the information, and the tools you want to do the transition to a plant-based diet deliciously empowering.