| People who nourish the desire to own a thin body | | | | To be healthy and lose weight naturally, people |
| of a model may find a friend in the Skinny Vegan | | | | must go back to the basics of healthy eating and |
| Diet, a diet book that bears the drawing of skinny | | | | to give interests in what they eat. Barnouin, in |
| model clad in skintight dress. It is a creation of a | | | | giving a speech on correspondence degree in |
| former model Kim Barnouin and a former model | | | | holistic nutrition motivated the audience to |
| agent Rory Freedman. They developed the | | | | question the conventional wisdom on diet before |
| concept that if people give up animal food | | | | accepting the recommendations from health |
| products, fast food and processed food and | | | | authorities, food industry or the government. |
| rather eat whole and natural vegan diet; they will | | | | In skinny vegan diet, followers are not expected |
| be healthier, happier, highly energized and of | | | | to count calories. They can satisfy their cravings |
| course, skinny. | | | | with organic fruits, vegetables, natural foods like |
| While the skinny diet book is endorsed as a | | | | whole grains. Of course, foods such as meat, fish, |
| weight-loss program, its main principle is centered | | | | dairy and its products, sugar, refined flour and |
| on animal's rights. In fact, the diet book was an | | | | beverages like diet sodas, caffeinated drinks and |
| approach to draw attention to vegan lifestyle | | | | anything that has chemicals such as sweeteners |
| fundamentally because "many women are more | | | | and additives are absolutely not allowed. The diet |
| drawn to being thin than battling chronic diseases," | | | | book also strongly recommends indulging in regular |
| Barnouun claims. | | | | physical exercises. |