Review of The Vegetarian Handbook: Eating Right for Total Health (Paperback)

I also bought this book shortly before becoming a vegetarian and found it to be a wonderful resource.It goes into a great amount of detail regarding nutrition, dispelling many commonly held beliefs about protein requirements and what is healthy.(No, vegatarians are not starving to death from lack of protein and just too stupid to know it, but they do have a 47% lower risk of heart attack!)
This book is very well research and has a huge bibligraphy section for those wanting to learn more.It details the scientific, social, political, and relgiious reasons that different vegetarians have for their lifestyle.My only complaint with this book is that the recipes inside are vegan, not vegetarian (no milk, cheese, eggs, etc.)But, vegan or not, they are delicious!

Product Description
Many patients that I see in my medical nutrition practice request specific detailed information in order to move toward a vegetarian lifestyle.Here is a book that will guide them along such a path.It will also assist current vegetarians to reach a new level of understanding by offering specific instruction for improving food habits.The instruction includes the most up-to-date and scientific data regarding food protein.By using the egg as a model of the near perfect protein source and comparing vegetarian foods with the egg, we now have available tools for increasing the benefits of protein from non-meat sources.

"Patients with certain medical problems should consider removing red meat and other animal proteins from their diet and moving toward vegetarian food sources.Some of these medical problems include the following: hypoglycemia, obesity, digestive disorders including diverticultitis and other colon problems, gout, and elevated cholestrol.Many specfic studies have shown that the vegetarian diet may help with these problems.This book presents a clear and sophisticated road map for becoming a vegetarian or moving in this direction." --Dr Martin Feldman


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