Why Vegan Is the New Black (BOOK REVIEW)
Why Vegan Is the New Black:
More Than 100 Delicious Meat and Dairy-Free Meal Ideas Your
Whole Family Will Love
by Deborrah Cooper
Deborrah Cooper
Publishing
Paperback, $24.99
224 pages, Illustrated
ISBN: 978-0-9909713-8-2
Book
Review by Kam Williams
“An
estimated 82% of black women and 69% of black men are considered overweight or
obese, with 45% and 40%, respectively, suffering from hypertension. Heart
disease is the #1 killer of African-Americans, with cancer, stroke and diabetes
also among the top five reasons for early death.
These
are largely preventable afflictions, directly related to what we put in our
mouths. Reality is, what’s on our plates is killing us… The typical
African-American diet is full of greasy, high-sodium fast food that really
packs on the pounds and sets us up for serious health problems.
My
goal was to help change the perception that healthy foods look weird and taste
bad. Reducing the quantity of animal protein and upping the plants we eat has
been proven to reverse heart disease, normalize blood sugar and lipids, and
lower both weight and blood pressure in just a couple weeks.”
Deborrah
Cooper
Even though Deborrah
Cooper was a nutritionist and fitness trainer for over a decade, she never
considered becoming a vegan until her body began breaking down. As assorted
stresses of life started taking a toll, she found herself battling headaches,
high cholesterol, high blood pressure, high blood sugar and sever stomach
pains.
And with each visit
to a physician’s office, she was prescribed pill after pill to treat this or
that symptom. But rather than resign herself to a dependency on doctors and
medications, Deborrah decided to become actively involved in her recovery by
making some immediate lifestyle changes.
She had a hunch that
a combination of diet and weight loss would do the trick, so she proceeded to exercise
more while turning to vegetarianism. As she explains, in making the shift to a
plant-based diet, she got rid of “anything that would not fit my new eating
plan… bakery items, butter, eggs, cheese, crackers, packaged convenience foods,
fish, poultry, bacon, canned chili and soups, canned milks, lunch meat,
etcetera.”
Fortunately, the
changes “worked wonders… reducing risks of coronary heart disease and stroke by
half in just eight weeks.” As an African-American, Deborrah subsequently felt a
sense of duty to share the secret of her success with the black community,
given its particular susceptibility to a host of diseases which are preventable
simply by paying strict attention to what one ingests.
However, she also
knows that there is a general “perception that health foods are expensive,
bland and flavorless.” So, in order to reverse that image, Deborrah has
published Why Vegan Is the New Black, a combination how-to primer and
illustrated cookbook featuring 100+ mouthwatering recipes for main dishes
(Black Bean Lasagna), appetizers (Potato and Mushroom Soup), sauces (Tahini
Salad Dressing) and sweets (Oatmeal Shortbread Cookies).
An inspirational,
informative and creative guide for anyone hoping to wean themselves off meat
and/or prescription drugs.
To Hear Deborrah Cooper discuss why she became a vegetarian,
visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MZq9f2UIts
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