Living Cuisine: The Art and Spirit of Raw Foods (Avery Health Guides)
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Foreword: Renee Loux UnderkofflerForeword: Woody Harrelson
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-01-05
ISBN: 1583331719
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: Avery
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Book Review: Great Encyclopaedic raw reference complete with rawlicious recipies.
Summary: 5 Stars
I should start by saying that food & nutrition has in my life been (until recently) something that I haven't paid too much attention to. Don't get me wrong; I really like cooking and as a bonus, I am not bad at it either but in my busy, every day life; as I am sure is the case with most people, I used to cook mostly because you just have to in order to remain alive... It was not something to which I dedicated much time or energy.
More recently however, 2 very significant events took place; I met my current GF & also I began working very long hours for a company that gave me very little time off. As a result, my diet, as well as my health, began to decline due to my working conditions (you know; lots of fast food & take aways etc;) but my awareness of what a good diet ought to be began increasing due to my GF, who is an aspiring nutritionist, & so there became an ever increasing disparity between the two.
I would complain about my steadily increasing number of ailments etc and my GF would politely and eloquently suggest that it was probably purely down to my lack of regular exercise & diet.
So it was that eventually, both my GF & myself (reluctantly) began a journey to find out how to remain healthy despite a hectic lifestyle. Our journey took us first through investigation into different types of nutritional supplements and diet regimes, then wound through the realms of herbal remedies, homeopathy, flower essences, superfoods all the way up to spiritaul healing & vibrational medicine etc.
Now to a lot of people this probably sounds like a lot of free love, hippy inspired pseudo science but I should point out that I am very pragmatically & empirically minded.
So 3/4years on, I have found the answer! It seems that in all my searching, it was obvious all along and it makes SO much sense now. Not that the other strategies I mentioned are wrong; they are great & they DEFINATELY have their place but if you want to be free of illness & disease & doctors & hospitals & lose weight & look & feel great; RAW IS the way to go.
This book is a god-send. With it & a little other information that I think it is worth mentioning comes from a source by the name of Shazzie (another key raw foodist), I began my forray into the world of raw food.
Raw food does seem extreme when you have been eating cooked all your life; but it is not! It is hard for about the 1st week whilst your body first protests & then detoxes... but soon after that you feel amazing!
The reason for this is that collectively, raw food contains all the proteins, enzymes, vitamins & minerals, calories, fats & essential oils that exist anywhere in nature but when you cook food 70 - 80% of this is broken down in the process & is useless. If however you eat the food RAW as nature intends (it seems) all these essentials are still present & in a form which your body can utilise VERY efficiently.
The most important thing about going raw is that you MUST have variety to stop you going insane in the first week or so. Without this you are certain to give up as you will feel tired & drained. If however you make sure that your forray is as varied as possble, you will be fine - no better than fine - great!
Which is why you NEED a book like this!!!
In it Renee does to things very well:-
1) She explains in encyclopaedic detail the philosophy behind going raw including the nature of most food groups & individual foods, their chemical & biological make-up, their importance & usefulness etc both scientifically AND in lamans terms.
2) She includes a very comprehensive assortment of recipies a delights that are equally satisfying, useful & quick & easy to make.
I should mention at this point that Renee is a succesful RAW chef who runs her own very popular Raw resteraunt.
For this reason, without this book, I for one would have had a very tough challenge on my hands & would probably have given up (maybe not but close).
Thanks to this Renee (& did I mention Shazzie) I have seen the light!! It all makes sense now & RAW is what my body hase been searching for all this time.
If you plan to go raw, this book is a MUST have. Absolutely invaluable!
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