Friday, October 15, 2010

Becoming Vegan: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Plant-Based Diet

Becoming Vegan: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Plant-Based DietThe authors of Becoming Vegetarian explore the benefits of a vegan diet (eating without meat, eggs or dairy products). More and more people are being motivated to become vegans because of the impact of their nutritional choices on their health, the environment, animal rights, and human hunger. As registered dietitians, Davis and Melina are well-qualified to provide the latest information on:

how a vegan diet can protect against cancer, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses getting all the protein you need without meat meeting your needs for calcium without dairy products what vegans need to know about B12 why good fats are vital to healthy and how to get them balanced diets for infants, children, and seniors pregnancy and breast-feeding tips for vegan moms considerations for overweight, underweight, and eating disorders achieving peak performance as a vegan athlete how to deal gracefully with a non vegan world

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Kristen's Raw: The Easy Way to Get Started & Succeed at the Raw Food Vegan Diet & Lifestyle

Kristen's Raw: The Easy Way to Get Started & Succeed at the Raw Food Vegan Diet & LifestyleMounting evidence has shown that heat destroys many of the nutrients found in raw, living food, rendering it harder to digest, nutritionally diminished, and even toxic to the body. Raw food is catching on! From Hollywood stars with personal chefs, to a host of chic new Manhattan restaurants, the Raw Food movement is sweeping the country as people learn about the dramatic health benefits derived by eating a vegan diet in which food is never heated above 118 degrees Fahrenheit.

But where does one begin? Knowing that Raw food is good for you is one thing; actually adopting the Raw vegan diet is something else. Whether you're interested in diving deep into the Raw vegan lifestyle or just testing the water and easing into it, you'll benefit by having an expert show you the way. Raw food chef Kristen Suzanne leads you step-by-step through the How? and Why? of introducing more Raw, plant-based foods into your diet and daily routine.

Unlike Raw recipe books, this one-of-a-kind Raw Lifestyle guide provides expert advice and super easy tips and tricks for changing your habits and succeeding with the world's healthiest diet. You'll learn what to expect physically, what to expect emotionally, how to get started, how to handle cravings, how to order in restaurants, how to travel, how to handle questions from friends and co-workers, and how to deal with family members or introduce them to the Raw food lifestyle. In this friendly, funny, candid, and sometimes shockingly irreverent volume, Chef Kristen becomes your best friend, Raw food guide, and mentor, helping to ensure your success in what promises to be one of the most physically and mentally rewarding journeys of your life.

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Thursday, October 14, 2010

The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Vegetarian Cookbook: 80 Delicious Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes Made Easy with the Glycemic Index

The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Vegetarian Cookbook: 80 Delicious Vegetarian and Vegan Recipes Made Easy with the Glycemic Index
The world's leading authorities on the glycemic index offer even more delicious diet solutions in this companion cookbook volume to the New York Times bestselling The New Glucose Revolution series. Low GI eating is widely acknowledged by health experts as a healthier, better balanced, and more flexible alternative to every other diet regimen. Now, based on their groundbreaking research discoveries on the benefits of eating low glycemic foods, Dr. Jennie Brand-Miller and Kaye Foster Powell, along with Joanna McMillan-Price, present a complete low-GI cookbook on vegetarian and vegan meals. Featuring 100 simple, satisfying recipes, The New Glucose Revolution Low GI Vegetarian Cookbook makes it easy for vegetarians and vegans to switch to a low-GI lifestyle — and for low-GI fans to adopt a vegetarian diet. The book includes essential information on the basics of vegetarian and vegan cooking, food shopping the low-GI way, preparing kids meals, and menu ideas for a busy lifestyle. With beautiful color photos throughout, The New Glucose Low GI Vegetarian Cookbook offers vegetarian and vegans the key to achieving weight loss goals and lifelong vitality.

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The Vegan Lifestyle: Your Guide To Eating, Living, And Adapting To A Healthy Vegan Diet And Lifestyle

The Vegan Lifestyle: Your Guide To Eating, Living, And Adapting To A Healthy Vegan Diet And LifestyleHealthy eating does not mean plain, uninteresting food. At this time and age, we have come a long way from green bitter juice and tasteless tofu. Vegan cooking is not just a new craze in health and nutrition. Vegetarianism is rooted in us since prehistoric times. The benefits of vegan cooking are unarguable. The profits to the person's physical and mental well-being have been tried and tested over time by all who have supported this strict lifestyle. This book will assist your quest to go vegan with plenty of helpful recommendations. * Learn food substitutes for common vegan ingredients and tips on double-checking food components that may pose as vegan but are actually animal derivatives. * Learn easy to follow steps on setting up a vegan-friendly pantry. * Learn how to cook the vegan way and prepare well-balanced vegan meals for you and your family. * Learn to transform meals into a vegan diet to solve common health issues. * Enjoy delectable vegan recipe suggestions that you can sample for everyday or for big parties. Follow the vegan lifestyle now and enjoy a healthy mind and body for life!

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The Ultimate Vegan Guide: Compassionate Living Without Sacrifice

The Ultimate Vegan Guide: Compassionate Living Without SacrificeYOU could be the world's next vegan. It's easy if you know how, and this uniquely helpful book tells you everything you need to know. Every topic related to vegan living is covered, including cooking, nutrition, food shopping, dining out, and much more. You'll get clear and straight-forward guidance from one of the world's most respected vegan authors. Going vegan is something you can easily accomplish; let The Ultimate Vegan Guide show you the way.

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

How It All Vegan!: Irresistible Recipes for an Animal-Free Diet

How It All Vegan!: Irresistible Recipes for an Animal-Free Diet

Vegan food is fabulous food, full of flavor and all the nutrients you need. With fun illustrations and a cool, punky sensibility, How It All Vegan! will tempt you to join the Vegan Empire. "Written with sass, style, and a sense of humor. More than just a cookbook. . . ."—BUST

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The Raw Secrets: The Raw Vegan Diet in the Real World

The Raw Secrets: The Raw Vegan Diet in the Real WorldThe Raw Secrets will help you live sustainably on the raw vegan diet and overcome the problems you may have encountered in doing so. Based on logical principles, this diet still often falls short of expectation. Instead of improvements in their health, many people see deterioration. Others experience less rejuvenation than they anticipated, or find themselves unable to maintain balance in the long-term. This results solely from a lack of understanding of the guiding principles of natural diet, from the widespread misinformation about it, and the gross errors that follow.

The Raw Secrets contains straight talk and rare wisdom from around the world on the most exciting, healthiest diet of all time — now gaining mass attention and acceptance. The 28, succinct chapters give unique insights on many topics affecting contemporary raw-foodists. Each holds dozens of tips to help you eat a pure, simple, nourishing diet.

If you are tired of the same, boring, repetitive information found in nearly every other book on the subject, then you're in for a surprise. If you seek groundbreaking research and a fresh perspective on raw eating, you will find them in The Raw Secrets.

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