In 2007, an overweight, pre-diabetic Mark Bittman faced a medical order: adopt a vegan diet or go on medication. He didn’t want to spend the rest of his life on pills, but as a food writer he lived and worked to eat. Mark’s solution was to switch to a ‘flexitarian’ diet: until 6 p.m. each day he was a vegan, his food consisting of fresh vegetables, fruits and grains. After 6 p.m. he’d eat however he wanted.

He called this plan ‘Vegan Before 6’ (VB6), and not only did “ Mark swiftly lose two and a half stone but the diet proved to be lasting and sustainable in the long term. 

VB6 involves no gimmicks, scales, calorie counting or point systems. There are no so-called ‘forbidden foods’ just delicious home-cooked meals and a practical solution to healthier eating. In this book, you will find recipes to a kick-start your new lifestyle, alongside a complete 28-day eating plan showing VB6 in action, plus tips and advice from Mark throughout.

If you’re one of the millions who have thought of trying a vegan diet but fear it’s too monotonous or unfamiliar, VB6 will introduce a new, flexible and quite simply better way of eating you can really live with ...for life.