Skinny Bitch

In spite of the completely offensive title and writing style, this book - Skinny Bitch: A no-nonsense, tough-love guide for savvy girls who want to stop eating crap and start looking fabulous! by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin - is filled with important information for a healthy diet.

Written in what we New Yorkers would call an LA style, this book is so filled with information on how and what Americans eat and why it needs to change, that ever single line of the book is important.

Information from hundreds of studies is boiled down to the basics - the vegan lifestyle is the only healthy lifestyle. Here is why:

Animals that are raised for meat, milk, and eggs are full of chemicals and antibiotics that are harming our bodies - not to mention what they are doing to the livestock. People and bugs are becoming resistant to antibiotics to a point where soon we will not have treatment options that work.

Aside from the harm done to animals by factory farming, there is ample evidence that humans should not consume animal products at all. Milk has addictive properties to lure baby mammals to drink it. Its sole purpose is to plump up the baby bodies that rely on it. But once we are adults we have no need for such rapid weight gain. And if you look at our insides or even just our teeth it should be evident that humans were not created to be carnivores.

Freedman and Barnouin admit that it is not easy to quit eating meat and dairy, but give all of the good options available in vegan foods - from junk food tasting stuff to the best veggie burgers. - there is no need to eat meat or dairy. I know the authors' marketing is working with the whole "skinny bitch" idea, but it would be great if the same information was also available without the swearing and name-calling that is off putting to some readers. May I suggest another version of the book without the language - it could double sales!

Freedman, Rory and Kim Barnouin. (2005). Skinny Bitch. Philadelphia: Running Press.