By Kevin Gianni
Kale and Coffee is the customarily hilarious, picaresque story of the way Gianni went from thin, raw-food vegan faddist to bloated, out-of-shape omnivore earlier than discovering the center option to an imperfectly fit and (more) balanced existence. the adventure takes him from the Peruvian Andes to salt residences in Mexico to a pig farm and a butcher store close to his northern California domestic. alongside the way in which, he has his mind scanned and his pantry confirmed for poisonous metals, does an all-water quick, runs the grueling tricky Mudder patience race, and obsesses at the secrets and techniques of the world’s longest-lived people.
With the humor and functional knowledge that experience overjoyed hundreds of thousands, Gianni indicates you the way to dodge the future health hype, vitamin fads, and weight reduction can provide littering the trail to health. Drawing on his personal event and the recommendation of relied on specialists, he courses you to find your individual own plan for optimum nutrients and fitness.
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