Conscious Eating by Gabriel Cousens M.D. Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Conscious Eating
Book Review: Good Book
Summary: 4 Stars
I've come across a few good books that relate to diet and this one has a bit of all of them. Very well put with some opinionism in it. Many of the principles in this book come from other books I've run across and some look new. Worth the money in my opinion.
It is good to see that the author explains simply the need for PH balance in our bodies. Some of the lists of food pH look familiar to the ones I've found in "Correlative Urinalysis" by MT Morter (C)1987. and "Your Health Your Choice" (C)1992. In these books it tells you "why" animal protein is not good for you and "why" we need to eat vegetable protein to balance sodium levels in our blood to maintain a 7.4 pH with proper diet and also the consequences for not.
Dr. Morters analysis of the need for a PH balanced diet to stave of major disease's 20 years from the time you decide to eat right, and to keep your blood PH balanced with your diet for more energy now .. ATP steps well with this book Gabriel Cousins "Conscious Eating" (C)2000.
"Eat right for your blood type" is another good book that I've read and has some pretty good points as to your blood type being all essential to what you should eat. Blood type can be traced back several generations to the vegetations that your ancestors ate in BF Egypt while passing their blood type on to you. Very good also.
Conscious Eating is a sensible book with a lot of good explanations. In my library it goes well with the above books.
The bottom line is all of these books promote vegetarian diets for the most part. I for one HATE cooked veggies. But have found that juicing them is palatable to me. Lots of good info on the net for these.
The authors choice of a great juicer, The champion is a bit outdated.
If your looking for a juicer check out the Omega line or something similar with "slow moving parts" that crush or "masticate" the vegetables, AND ARE EASY TO CLEAN! I use mine every morning and it's a snap to clean and the juice comes out with very little froth. Maybe champion has a better one now, my research is early 2006. If your a millionaire and can afford a Norwalk press, get one. I don't sell these.
Book Review: Good Information
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent information for healthful benefits and why our Sandard American Diet is so lacking. A huge learning curve for everyone.Book Review: I recommend this book to everybody...
Summary: 5 Stars
Dr. Cousens has done pioneering work in creating this precious, easy to read, wisdom-filled book. As a medical doctor, he represents the new breed of physician that will help our society and world achieve high level wellness. Unlike other limited conceptions of health, he keeps the highest goal of life in mind--communion with the Divine. I love him for sharing this message with us.--Eliot Jay Rosen, LISW, author of Experiencing the SoulBook Review: Love this book!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am really loving this book by Gabriel Cousens. There are a few confusing and conflicting information regarding the foods and body compositions, but I think that was an error by whoever edited the book- they should have caught them prior to printing the book. But other than that, I am amazed and awed by this book. So much information and all of it relevant, important, insightful; obviously he is a very advanced human being, and I recommend this book to anyone concerned about their wellbeing, body and spirit. I stay up late reading this book. I don't want to put it down.Book Review: More palatable without the religious sections....
Summary: 2 Stars
I have read this book and the Rainbow Diet (same author), and I wish he would put just the recipes and menus from both books into one book, then I'd buy it. The recipes sound varied and interesting, although most involve a LOT of work (the same or more than regular cooking) and/or expensive equipment.
I don't know what purpose the religious sections served, other than to perhaps attempt to spread the author's beliefs (and they will probably annoy some Christians). They don't do a lot as far as arguing for vegetarianism per se--some of the scientific arguments are far more compelling.
However, what did bother me is that while he promotes eating a "natural" vegetarian diet, more in line with how our ancestors lived, he sure has made it complicated to do so. Expensive juicers, food processors, and dehydrators are necessary with this method, along with out-of-season foods, and definitely out-of-your-local-area foods.
Were the ancients farming spirulina? Doubt it. Were they juicing, sprouting, and dehydrating foods at a precise temperature? Doubt it. Were those living inland eating coconuts and other tropical foods on a regular basis? Doubt it. Why not just eat local foods within season (or sun-dried out of season)--right off the tree or the plant as the case may be?
I was surprised that his book did not have any references to growing your own fruits and veggies at home. That would be the best way to make sure they were fresh, as well as pesticide-free.
Bottom line, the recipes have potential, if you have the time and money to do them. If the author stuck to the arguments about vegetarians damaging the planet less than meat-eaters, it would have been fine (although since much of that came from Diet for a New America by John Robbins, you may as well read that book instead) as an argument for vegetarianism.
Because this book didn't have any footnotes, it is very difficult to check the references, especially in the religious sections, even though there is an extensive bibliography.
Borrow from your library before buying--imho about half the book falls under the category of "interesting to read, ONCE", which makes this a very expensive book to take up space on a shelf.