The New Becoming Vegetarian: The Essential Guide to a Healthy Vegetarian Diet (Kindle Edition)
By Rob
Product Description
Comprehensive and well-researched, this new edition provides everything you need to know about making a healthy transition to a vegetarian diet or maximizing its benefits if already a vegetarian. Updated with the latest recommendations for intakes of vitamins, minerals, proteins, and fats, the authors show how to achieve optimal nutrition for all stages of life. Easy-to-read tables, figures, menus, and food guides help you determine how to meet your nutritional requirements. You'll also learn what plant-based dietary components and factors play active roles in both the prevention and treatment of chronic illnesses. And for practical application, over 50 new and easy recipes show how to incorporate highly nutritious ingredients - some of which may be unfamiliar. These delicious meals include contributions from chefs Joseph Forest, Ron Pickarski, Joanne Stepaniak, and Yves Potvin (Yves Veggie Cuisine) as well as favorites of the authors.
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All the starting essentials
Lots of great information for beginning vegetarians like myself. A few sample recipies but definitely not a cook book. Great resource.
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Great nutritional info
I have not finished reading this book, however I am about halfway through it and I must say I am quite impressed.
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A *lot* of information!
I have read “nutritional” books before – including some that are quite good. I was surprised, however, at the depth of the information in this book.
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Great Book
I am a new Lacto-ovo-vegetarian and this book was exactly what I was looking for with simple basics to get me started. It was easy to read, not complicated.
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EVERYTHING You Need to Know
This book has so much information about converting to a plant based diet. It had all the info about the nutrition of vegetarians including what vegetarian diets tend to lack.
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BECOMING VEGETARIAN
This is a good book with a lot of good information. The problem with the book is that it has an agenda.
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Great Introduction
Easy reading and great guide to becoming vegetarian and even vegan. Highly recommend for those just beginning. Also recommend as a refresher for nutritional needs.
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highly recommended
This book is extremely comprehensive. It is the first book about becoming vegetarian that I have read but I am completely satisfied that it covers all the requirements of a…
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Absoulutely wonderful and necessary for new vegetarians
This book is fantastic, it goes over many vegetarian issues and teaches you how to eat to get the maximum benefit from your food.
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vegan “yes”
This is an excellent book for anyone wanting to change their eating habits and improve their health. highly recommend this book